Show j I First I II 1 Safety I of the nation are this week concentrating on an ana ani i a prevention drive The r railroads v ho however ve constitute J t o omy one part of the tile accident menace The safety first firs slogan can f be adopted opted in every industry t r l If vl was nineteen years ears ago that Dr William H H. H Tolman opened t museum of safety at New York and started the first firstI I safety first propaganda Since tb then n it it- has been learned that 80 ij i I ps caw pI qt lt of all accidents are preventable The effort now is to toI toa toa I a j The ne slipping ladder causes more accidents than anything else J m st careless people are those between the ages of 22 and t More ore More accidents occur on Monday than any other day More ze accidents a occur between 9 and 10 a. a m m. than any other hour of off I f t any i y or night I t Accidents kill kilt abo about t 3 American workmen yearly Two I tm m Jr others are injured Three mi million i n ca cases es of sickness due to toI toi I It i t occupational dise diseases ses is another er annual toll f t 4 A Accidents c cause u e a y wage ge lo loss bf f 0 O 9 every very twenty four h hours i i iny 41 j Th These se are are a i x fe fe of f the he statistics t i ti s that h have ve been gathered r QI g the hie he last nineteen e years years They s snow show ow why all effort for fors' fors s' s tl first h has s be been well will spent spent 11 hey evidence why rai r are this ekI an accIo acci- acci o tj prevention campaign And t d. d yet railroads ads a are e not ot th the chief o fw d ders rs There are m more re accidents accidents' in 10 the farming ig g industry th than n any apy other J Th The prevention of accidents can never become becom automatic fey ty devices help materially but human ca caution tion is the he V erful protection that can be provided I |