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Show MINE ACCIDENT REDUCTION TOLD At least 75 per cnt of all accident! acci-dent! In the mlnlnc Industry could be prarantad, D. Harrington, chief f tha haalth and safety branch of tha U. 8. buraau of mlnaa, told an audianca of mining man here Thursday. Speaking at tha morning session marking atart of tha third day'a program for tha annual convantlon of tha American Mining Congraaa, weatarn division, at tha fair f rounds. Mr. Harrington outlined nearly 60 specific rules designed to Increase aafety. "Records at hand make it appear that well directed accident prevention preven-tion activities In tha mining field and allied Industries have reduced accident frequency, severity and cost at some planta aa much aa 90 per cent within a few years," ha asserted. as-serted. Burden Removal Bought "If wa can reduce the accident toll wa will automatically remove at least soma of tha burden of compensation com-pensation from tha employer and take aoma of the stings of Its Inadequacy In-adequacy from thoae who receive the compensation after having incurred in-curred injury." Mr. - Harrington predicted that probably within a few years occupational occu-pational disease compensation will be accorded practically aa wide recognition as accident compensation compensa-tion is at present. "It cannot be truthfully 'said conditions con-ditions aa to workmen's compensation compensa-tion lthp with resDact to acci- dent or disease, are satisfactory at preaent to either the workera or employers, but conditions are far auperior to those in existence 30 years ago," Mr. Harrington aaid. Profit Motive Hit Mr. Harrington recommended that the atata or federal government administer compensation insurance acts to take tha "profit motive" out of the picture. Mining he classified as the most haxardoua occupation in which large numbera of persons are employed. em-ployed. Despite this, however, Mr. Harrington Har-rington charged that state laws and regulations regarding the welfare of mine workers are too general in nature, most of them are "grotesquely "gro-tesquely out of date" aa applied to 'present day conditions, and none of them la adequate to protect life, limb, health and property. Advantages of the aiushinr system sys-tem used to load ore at the C'I'max Molybdenum company plnnt at Freemont Pass. Colo., were described de-scribed by W. E. Romig. general superintendent, in the first address of tha day. Zeiglrr Is Speaker Economics of small milling plants were described by W. L. Zeigler, mill superintendent of the Hecla Mining company, Wallace, Idaho. Erneat Gayford. Salt Lake City, vice preaident of General Engineering Engineer-ing company, and Edward L. Sweeney, Swee-ney, construction engineer of Denver, Den-ver, led a discussion following Mr. Zeigler's talk. William B. Daly, manager of mines for Anaconda Copper Mining company, presided at tha morning meeting. The annual banquet at 7 p. m. in the Hotel Utah will end Thursday's Thurs-day's program. Exhibits will open In the ' Minerals Min-erals building at 9 a. m. Friday, rlosing .day of the convention and ' exposition. |