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Show COAL IVIlINLHb BECOME EXPERT IN FIRST AID AND RESCUE WORK EHAMPIONS TO REPRESENT STATE IN CONTEST AT EXPOSITION SOME of the HUM that participated in the first airt and 1 Stinert, r. On.ii.1vis. O. Wldluier, L. Leavitt, F Tones and'VT'lV'n rf ,h" Comol,d''t,,rt r"l company and the Utah Fuel company. No. 1 Mohrland first aid team; left to right, F. ! torisht. K. HayOOOk, Georie Wilson. M. Butler W Butler T Reese a n? j n 1 Hi'uv"U"1 toai"' "M w' represent the Consolidated Fuel company at tho Panama Pacific exposition; left pay at the Panaiu-Pcifte exposition; left, to right (studinrt U H netUii u 'M'tter TOady f0r rw,fU8 worl( No- 1 Buuajrside loam, which will represent the Utah Fuel com- :! girl maws of tho Utah Fuel company iiwejier, Zeph Thomas, T. J. Johnson, aorRO Ushor; (sitting) George Clark and J. W. Littlojohn. No. G Wintcrquar- Consolidated Fuel and Hiawatha Hia-watha Teams Make Splendid Scores. BY defeating the teams from the Mohrland and Blackhawk properties prop-erties of the Consolidated Fuel company during the past week. K first aid and mine rescue team of le Hiawatha property won the dis-aetion dis-aetion of selection to represent, joint-I joint-I with the Sunnyside team of the Utah ael company, the state of Utah in the itemational first aid and mine rescue mtests at the Panama-Pacific exposi-on, exposi-on, September 23 and 24. Prior to the final contest between iree teams representing the three prop-tries prop-tries of the Consolidated Fuel eom-iny. eom-iny. a series of elimination contests we held between the teams represent -ig each individual property. The final tatest was held at Hiawatha, and by ;oring 97.1 per cent, the home team on the first prize a trip to the Pana-la-Pacifie exposition, with the privi-ge privi-ge of competing in the international ;nts. Mohrland took second place rtt a score of 96.1. and Blackhawk lushed last with a score of 92.3. In lfition to the trip to the exposition members of the Hiawatha team were ven gold medals. The members of A Mohrland team received silver dals and the Blackhawk team bronze da ersonnel of Teams. J. E. Pettit, state coal mine inspee-r, inspee-r, H. H. Sanderson of the Draeger tygen Helmet eompanv, and Inspector edale for the Ctah Fuel company, ted as judges of the events at Hia- team of the Consolidated Fuel company, com-pany, will leave in about a week to participate par-ticipate in the international contests at the ban Francisco exposition. During their stay at San Francisco the Utah expositions commission has extended to them an invitation to make the Utah building their headquarters. points. The total of all discounts was deducted from 100 points to ascertain the percentage of each crew. The following discounts were made: A Preliminary: High pulse, for each member. 3" points; failure to remain re-main in smoke room, each member, 4; failure to name tests for apparatus, each test, -3; apparatus not properly adjusted adjust-ed to wearer. 7; loose joint or connection, connec-tion, each. 10; breathing bags flat, each apparu:u8; S. B While performing event: Failure to maintain two-yard interval while advancing, ad-vancing, 2 points; failure to test condition con-dition of roof. 3; failure to test for presence of gas, 4; failure of captain to give command, 4; failure of member of crew to obey command. 5: for breathing breath-ing externa air intentionally. 12; failure fail-ure to protect live men against mine gases, S: failure to use lifeline in smoke. 3; failure to complete event in time specified, 6: losing time or doing unnecessary things, 4; failure of captain cap-tain to examine gages, apparatus, etc., 2; failure to mark course of travel, 3; failure of crew to rest at intervals, 2. By making the highest average score of 91.2 points the Sunnyside team won the trip to the fair and the possession jf the silver loving cup for one vear. The (.ersonnel of the winning team is M. H. Detweilcr. captain; Zeph Thom-is. Thom-is. T. .1. Johnson. George Clark, J. W. Littlejohn and George Usher. These nen. with the members of the Hiawatha p VI ' ' i "safety first" movement, both with respect to lives and property. An instance of the great value of the training is given in an accident which happened August 14 at the Sun-nvside Sun-nvside mine of the Utah Fuel company, mck Chimakas. a Greek miner, when leaving the mine, walked along an electric elec-tric motor road in violation or the company's com-pany's instructions and came in contact con-tact with a live trolley wire. When found by other workmen Chimakas was lying on the track badly burned about the face and head and was apparently ap-parently dead. Xotification of his death was telephoned tele-phoned to the mine office, which in turn notified the state coal mine inspector in-spector by telegraph. In the mantime John Patterson, S. McCIure and M. Bjarson, men who were near by and highly trained in first aid work, went One-man event Man has been overcome over-come by gas. It is impossible to carrv him in erect position. Carry him twent'v feet to place where bearer can ussunie erect position, then carry for twenty feet by shoulder carry. 'Perform artificial arti-ficial respiration by Schaeffer method tor one minute, time for performing event, eight minutes. Two-man event Man found Iving face up. shoulders resting on electric wire; unconscious; shoulders burned. Rescue and give treatment. Time for performing event, eight minutes. Throe-man event Puncture wound of ,r-' A ct"i ana alt. eanaerson in J. ( . Boberts of the United States reaa ot mining, also acted as judges the events held at Castlegate about ree weeks ago under the auspices of L tati Fuel .company. The other of aals of the Hiawatha contests were: arpenter, recorder: G. H. Har-B, Har-B, timekeeper. Hie personnel of the teams follows: Hiawatha J. fieese, captain of the P rescae crew; E. .Tones, captain of in aid crew; G. Nelson, V. But ,i M.. Butler and fi. Havcock, life-line J aDd patient. Mohrland L. Leavitt, captain of mine oe erew; A. Stewart, captain first Wallace Leavitt' F' Gnindvig and Bbekhawk George Pierson. captain a rescue crew; p. Schultz. life line i? and patient; L). Mitcherlv, R. War-u. War-u. Thomas an.I E. Nelson. MI Game and Banquet. ?e "nine rescue and first aid con-j con-j - wee during the morning, f a the afternoon a baseball game een the Hiawatha and Mohrlanl ms was staged. Again the borne was victorious bv a score of 5 to -il it. ,0?k twelve tong innings to 'de the battle. In the evening a .m serve,J to ,hp competitive i other honored guests, at "raters of the teams were wited with medals bv E. L. Carpen-- Carpen-- President of the Consolidated Fuel mSkiV' Tbe festivities closed with Pablfe dance. j final contest of the Utah Fuel npany was held at Castlegate about tL a8- Th'-- Sunnvside team ded Ty first "onors, "which in-rl in-rl m a "some silver loving cup, f ls for the members tnd a I to the Panama Pacific exposition ernlV P","' of competing in the eraatioual events. prior to the final d i !minat"'OD contests had been ich various ramps to decide ttZ ShrU'' - -: the camp ert ; ber! worc six teams en-, en-, , t!"- final events, but two of , '!'' compete in the mine rcs-feA. rcs-feA. and therefore forfeited a t TMZ' tke oariial l'ri'c. The 3 fw,of the teams 'was: Sunnyside, ni .V" erqn,a?.ers' 7e-1- Som'rset rt aid M Ut3il 93 in the the 1 t",t' but not compote Castlegate team were given "coals as second prize winners. "er's Life Saved. "onIfedbrh ,the r,ah FuH and thp tru,t; ,u el companies have been i min " employees in first aid veaA Ta WOrk for more an ly'ligl i ij" f onsolidated Fuel eom-ife eom-ife the r. .hSl ,ne annual contest, 8ieh Fucl company has held Krtrate,TenV'" ,The "ontts h' P.f the C'ear,V th0 man;e Be ,,f .1 two companies the great 01 the work in furthering the to the assistance of Chimakas. After performing artificial respiration for twenty minutes Chimakas revived, little lit-tle the worse for the accident other than that he sustained more or less serious burns. Reward for Life Savers. If there had been no one available who understood the method of reviving a man suffering from an electric shock an hour or more would have been required re-quired to have obtained a doctor, in which time the injured man unquestionably unques-tionably would have 'lied. The men who performed the first aid work in this emergency are to be suitably rewarded re-warded by the company. 7t is a fixed policy of both the Utah and the Consolidated Fuel companies, and probably of other companies in Utah as well, to have men who are trained in first 1 aid work scattered throughout the mine and about the surface sur-face plant, so that at least two such men can be reached quickly in ease of aceident at any point. In order to further facilitate first aid work the Utah Fuel company has hospitals at various va-rious poifits underground, where patients pa-tients may be taken and properly and comfortably cared for until they are in condition to lie removed from the mine. It is planned to have in the near future hospitals so equipped that, when necesasry. major operations can be performed underground with every facility of a first-class hospital. Equipment Is Modern. A part of the equipment maintained in both companies is a fulls- equipped mine rescue car. which is available not only for the use of the owning companies, com-panies, but will he sent to any other company in case of accident. PJach car is in charge of a man thoroughly trained in mine rescue and first aid work ami who co-operates with the United States bureau of mines. The car is fully equipped with all apparatus appara-tus and tools needed to enter a mine after an explosion of a fire and con tains a complete stock of all kinds of first aid material. The training is not compulsory among the employees, but when the movement was first instituted they quickly realized real-ized its value and took up tho wTcrk voluntarily. The study of the work is not confined to the men and many teams of women and boys have been organized in almost every "camp. At the properties of the Utah' Fuel eompanv meetings are held at regular intervals and the physicians at the different camps give instruction in mine rescue and first-aid work. The Consolidated Fuel company, in addition to the physicians, phy-sicians, has a safety superintendent. Arthur Ar-thur Dennison, whose sole duty is to visit the different camps and instruct the employees and look after all safety, mine rescue and first-aid equipment arid see that it is kept in perfect workiug order at all times. Knowledge Is General. Realizing that their safety largely depended upon knowledge of mine rescue res-cue and first-aid work, the employees have taken more and more interest in the movement until there are verv few iu any camp who do not have at" least some knowledge of what should be .lone in case of accident. To stimulate fnrther interest the companies have inaugurated annual contests, which take the form of outings. The contests entail a considerable con-siderable expense on the part of the companies, but the additional interest aroused and the results obtained have more than justified the expense. The problems offered for solution nt the annual events take the form of accidents ac-cidents and all problems at the recent contests were arranged to comply strictly strict-ly with the rules which will govern the international meet at San Francisco, and. with the exception of the problem in rescue work, were selected from the problems suggested by the United States bureau of mines and "the American Safety Safe-ty association. The first air problems presented at the Utah Fuel company's contests fol low: palm of right hand (bright red blood); small cut on calf of leg with slight bleeding; left aukle sprained. Treat the case. Time for performing event, eight minutes. Full team events Compound fracture of left thigh: wound three iuehes long, calf of right leg; cut on outer surface of n'ht forearm with profuse bleeding. Treat and earn patient on an improvised impro-vised stretcher twenty-five VHrds. Tune for performing event, twelve minutes. Method of Judging. Only one problem was offered in the nunc rescue contest as follows: Smoke discovered coming from mouth of mine. Crew enters, encounters bad cave-in and fire in mouth of room. Men behind barricade are overcome. Rescue Res-cue them. Work on fire about one minute. min-ute. Cauary overcome. Time for performing per-forming event, twelve minutes. In the first-aid contests each crew was credited, before entering, with 100 points. The total of all discounts barged was deducted from .100 points to ascertain the percentage of each crew. Deductions were made on the following fol-lowing schedule: Not doing the mosl important thing first. 6 points; failure of captain to com"-rnand com"-rnand properly, 1: slowness in work and lack of attention, 2; failure to entirely coyer wound or being unable to give location lo-cation of injury. 4; ineffective artificial respiration, 11; splint improperly padded or applied. 6; tight, loose or improperly applied bandages, n; insecure or granny knot. 4; unclean first-aid material, 3"; failure to have on hand sufficient and uroper material to complete a dressing, 3; lack of neatness. 1' ; awkward handling hand-ling of patient, 4; assistance lent bv patient, 3; tourniquet improperly applied. ap-plied. 7; failure to stop bleeding. 8; not treating shock. 5; failure to be aseptic, 7; impronor treatment. 12; failure to temporarily control hemorrhage previous to application of tourniquet. 7. System of Discounts. In the mine rescue contest each crew was credited, before entering, with 100 |