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Show ACCIDENTS NEVER Always Some Cause for Them; "Look Out," Says Commission. "Wlio Is responsible for arcUlcnts arising aris-ing out of employment;" is a emery put J the safely department nf the state industrial commission. In its safety lirst campaign tlio commission yesterday submitted sub-mitted tho following Item of propaganda for publication : The theory that accidents happen without cause and that they happen just because they were destined to jiiappen, Is a Ions since dead and burled theory. The law of cause and effect controls all accidents. The cause can generally bo readily located locat-ed after tho accident, has occurred, but then it Is too late. Why not devote a lit tie time each mid every day in locating the possible possi-ble cause for accident, and then t.ikc immediato steps to have the cause removed. It is the best-payinir work that you can, engage in; not that it maiay you personally in dollars and (f5, but that if will save you or jv'your fellow employee much suffering and loss of time. The pay will come to you In a feeling of satisfaction whenever, throuch your efforts, there has been a dangerous place protected. pro-tected. It Is much easier to count the accidents ac-cidents that have happened than to ascertain those which have been prevented. pre-vented. Where statistics are carefully care-fully kept, the fact has been very clearly established that at least 75 per cent of all industrial accidents can readily be prevented. If every employee em-ployee -would but seriousiv consider his obligations to those dependent upon him, he would surely provide m of two things, namely, a sufficient suffi-cient amount of life insurance to insure in-sure his dependents as good or better bet-ter support than that which he had provided, or he would resolve to see to It that every consistent means be adopted In and about his place of employment em-ployment to make it a place safe and healthy to work in. This is not intended in-tended to discourage the providing of life insurance, for there are few things that give a man more peace ot iiund, which is always esaenLial to ?roou iieaitn, tiian the knowledge that his family will be provided fur if he is taken away. TWs is rather to sug-;' sug-;' gest lo the. employee and impress , upon him liLs duly. It is not only a duty that you owe to yourself and dependents, but one to your employer em-ployer and to your country, for there iK'ver was a time in the history of nations when the conservation of man power was as essential as at the present. Therefore, it becomes the patriotic duty of every employee, as well as employer, to do his utmost in preventing unnecessary a cciden ts. The mind is not different from the muscles of the arm ; if you wish to develop the strength of your arm you take consistent exercise, and you eet results. If you wish to develop the mind along: safety work, fjivo it consistent con-sistent every-day exercise, and observe ob-serve the results. Let us resolve today to effect an organization or-ganization anions the employees of our plant, enlist ing the co-operative interest of all in the safety movement. move-ment. The results will be beneficial to all. |