Show SAFETY RECORD iii RAilROAD t ISSUED 1 I itly One Passenger r r Evet Eveton SW t Killed on Salt Lake f Route S t V Vf 5 t f 6 Nt chairman of the central safety f t and committee of th the SaIt- SaIt Route has issued a circular containing t a n report of ot the thc progress Jn in tho ho nr t. t year of tho existence of first committee of that railroad on This rh report says that there thero was wis during dur duro in ing tIle tIo year a decrease of 30 per percent percent cent in lathe the number lumber of ot accidents aa ns compared com com- p pared recI with tho preceding year car There were cc durin during tho year car 54 1 pc personal onal injuries in in- JUIle juries as compared with S 1 1 for tho the I year cn ending int October 31 11 31 1913 The Tho rep report report re re- re- re p port ort considers all accidents that have hn-e occurred whether or not the person injured in suffered loss Joss loss of of timo in employ employ- meat ment f S Of the 51 1 injuries S were accidents accidents acci- acci dents in the shops and 13 were on the ther road r l. l The diy division sion is iM 00 iO per cent in the thc shops and 40 per cent centon on on the road Sec Sec- Sech h tiou laborers suffered tho greatest number numer num- num bet ber er of injuries there thero hain having been 77 iT of t these Tho The 3 average crl C number of men employed in tho the shops i is 1100 and andon on the road 2 2200 00 Suggestions Adopted I More ore than haH the number of safety suggestions submitted to the fhe committee have havo been acted acte upon fa favorably Some Somo of of these recommendations have havo been becu considered as good oo i ideas en but havu havi not been in incorporated orr orated because of the un tin e p or for other reasons the exception of or one accident the company Jas not killed hilled a passenger enger In Ina Ina a 0 train tr accident since through service tva was hau Inaugurated 1 May In 1 1905 Tills This exception was wa In 1907 when two passengers ers riding on a 0 coach platform were killed III In a de derailment dc- dc C- C Thc They were violating rules by lw riding on th the platform and the com coin I ls b made mad In the report that the they p probably hi would have ha escaped with the other oilier pasa passengers pas pas- a engers had they been rid riding In In the thc coaches i S During the last year only three e employees em em- e. eo had been killed This WU tho the JOW lowest record save In 1909 when three S employees ees killed J A section fo foreman on n a velocipede was W struck hy by n a train a 0 laborer fell feU under q the t he wheels or of a train w while lIe hd he was intoxicated j at l. l and a It car clerk was as In i h manner marmer that could not pot b lift ht explained It U Ula ili la is assumed mc 1 that he lie fell fen between mo ln moving I cars ars ara while checking s sat 11 numbers on ox I cars S Deaths Are Are Low 7 During the the- year eat sixteen trespassers els el's killed and thirty JC were re Injured No NoS o travelers on 01 highways were killed during daring g S the year Only fifteen 1 Irr In- Inthis this lion thon have o suffered death since th the i train servIce i o of the tile company was Inaugurated Alt All of oC these were In vehicles and the tho re report Ie- Ie port rays fays that If It heed had been paid to the iho Stop Look Listen signs the these e accidents ac ac- ac- ac probably would ha have hac c been a averted The Interest manifested by bJ and employees ees In tho f safety ret first st movement mo hits b been en gratifying e to the management ot of the road During Durin the year ear two ninety two employees offered sUJ suggestions Of Ot these theseS S thirty six were employed In the Salt Lake J division and six fifty In the Los Angeles I division loD William Mulloy conductor Salt Sail Lake division and E E. M. M 1 Jc Jessup sup engl- engl neer maintenance of or way y department Los division are aTe tied for Cor high place with eleven cleven suggestions to the credit of or orea RIchter machinist Salt Lake 4 ea each h. h Fred division holds second place with ten sug- sug Other employees of ot the Salt h ki Lake division who ar are aro mentioned In the tho thoA A report report- are S. S Reveal engineer five iwo F. F w TV W claim agent five and C. C H. H t S. S Merrill machinist both divisions nine nIneL f L |