Show METAL MINING RECORD OF DEATHS in commenting upon the record of deaths occurring in the metal mining and smelting smelling sm elting industry of utah for the year 1919 safety record for december published by the industrial commission of utah says the deaths in the metal mines of utah show an improvement over 1918 and considering si the large number of mines that had no fatal accidents at all the results are highly encouraging we hope that all who read this silently express a determination that they shall be still less next year here is how they happened underground mines jacob harsla utah apex mine killed by fall of rock in january 20 ed Estima utah apex killed by fall of slab in drift october 13 gorcho eptimoff Es utah apex fell oft off bucket in shaft november 3 henry salo utah consolidated mine killed by falling rock slab in drift february 6 walter A wells tintic gintic standard mine killed by fall of rock in august 30 J A Me Vicar imperial lead mining company fall or rock from back of drift september 12 harry balopulos Bul brown colorado consolidated mine fell down shaft september 19 alvin M jensen tintic gintic drain tunnel shaft killed by falling loaded bucket october 23 john A murphy silver king coalition suffocated in ore chute december 11 in addition to the above there were two men killed underground who were not employed as miners one of these was oscar dahl who was looking for a lease in the eureka hill mine and was killed by falling the other was a prominent attorney of salt lake mr E C ashton killed in a collision between an ore train and motor in the utah apex mine surface metal mines L J rushton utah copper company killed by delayed black powder blast january 1 this accident occurred in a gravel pit away from the mine operations W kawaguchi utah copper company killed by flying rock from blast january 18 william utah copper company killed by rock slide from face of bench febuary 24 K rustom utah copper company killed by rock rolling from bench march 20 J utah copper company killed by rock tolling rolling from bench march 20 it will be noted that all of these men were killed during the first three months of the year and there have been no deaths since then smelters shelters Sm elters and mills sam anest garfield smelting smelling Sm elting company crushed by ore car june 6 A A perry utah copper mill magna struck by railway car august 12 peter Star apolis U S smelter midvale killed by fall of platform july 27 ben brown U S smelter midvale fell from swinging platform august 6 jim barkis A S R smelter murray fell between two railway cars and struck head october 9 summary and comparison with 1918 underground mines 1919 1918 killed in course of employment 9 15 killed other than miners 2 0 surface mines killed at mine 4 8 killed at gravel pit 1 0 smelters shelters Sm elters 4 4 mills 1 6 in the next issue of the record we will give you more data about these men that were killed and about their families one of them left a wife and ten children and one child unborn Is it silly or unmanly to play safety first when by so doing you might save the father of a family like that |