Show SAFETY WORK AT ARIZONA MINES C L colburn the calumet arizona mining company has established an efficient and progressive gres sive department of safety under the directions ions of thomas Cowper thwaite safety engineer the safety department serves not only the calumet and arizona properties but also associated companies namely the calumet arizona smelter at douglas arizona new cornelia copper company at ajo arizona warren bisbee Tail railroad road running between warren and bisbee the tuc son cornelia and gila bend railroad running between gila and ajo during november 1916 the gadsden copper company at jerome arizona started development work and this alsol also was taken in charge by the same safety department the calumet and arizona mining company operates four large mines at bisbee employing about 1500 men underground and about surface men during normal times the smelter at douglas employs about men the new cornelia copper compan employs from 1000 to 1200 men during normal times and the gadsden about fifty the safety system requires that all superintendents foremen shift bosses and others who have charge of men to be members of the safety committee this is done for two reasons first because the man who has charge of a piece of work should make observations regarding the conditions under which his men work and should compel his men to exercise a reasonable amount of care second it invites competition between those who have charge of men the mines at bisbee the smelter at douglas and the new cornelia are always in competition with each other in safety matters their safety status is determined ter mined by figuring the yearly cost of accidents as compared to the pay roll this method invites competition between the various superintendents who in turn require their foremen and shift bosses to use extra precautions to reduce their accidents to a minimum at the new cornelia copper mine a committee composed of the heads of the various departments makes a trip around the plant and mine each month and reports the defects noted this has proved very effective because each department head tries to find something wrong about his neighbors department all defects are reported to the chief inspector who investigates them and reports to the general superintendent perin A bonus of 30 is paid to the boss whose gang works 2500 shifts without an accident requiring an employee to lay off if a boss has thirty men he is credited with fifty shifts each day therefore it would take him fifty days to earn the bonus A bonus of from monthly reports of investigations bureau of mines department of interior is paid to the foreman who has the best yearly record these bonuses have considerable influence in strengthening the competitive system each department head works to get better results than his colleagues the mining department pays the following bonus to the men any man employed who works one year without losing more than thirty days except loss of time owing to serious sickness receives a bonus of for the first year the second year he receives the third year and so on until the bonus amounts to this is the largest amount paid |