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Show 1 ' Sk ;' 1 . ' . . :- : Utalj (Supper 3iltsion - T - tuenntcoii ifopper ctorpuratitw j: y ', ' . illinee giant . W flj Bingham (tanun, fital? f !tl for updating an opfn-ptt rupprr sine a& plant toitljuut a fatality, from Jd M L-nrTl 2? ta Apt'1 l' l933 a tutal of 18.189,628 man-hours for : rCwKMJ ,U4fj employ. n f'tf-ft w 'ttf ' 'ft Jin'f it in tKjiSrictjytw vt. tu W nv f' r 1 a t h Ap r II " hWAui. t f tot ?tf tn-tbrr Jr h Utah Copper Mine Awarded Honor Certificate Li..- The 2500 employees at the open-cut copper mine of Utah Copper Division, Kennecott Copper Cop-per Corporation, Bingham Canyon, Can-yon, Utah, have been awarded a certificate of Honor by the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association Asso-ciation of Washington, D. C, for having operated 21 months during dur-ing which more than ten million man-hours were worked without with-out a fatal accident I Personnel at the mine traditionally tradi-tionally have had one of the best safety records in the nation. In 1952 there were only 37 lost-time lost-time accidents for 5,993,367 man hours worked which theoretically theoretical-ly means that a man would have to work 65 years before being involved in an accident. "All mine employees are pleased at this recognition" said J. C. Landenberger, Jr, Gen eral Superintendent. "The record re-cord was made possible by outstanding out-standing cooperation among employees em-ployees plus a well planned safety program." Commenting on the receipt by the mine of the Certificate of Honor, Chairman Otto A. Wies-ley Wies-ley of the Industrial Commission of Utah said he was "especially well pleased because your accomplishment ac-complishment clearly indicates jthat the rank and file employee as well as supervisory officials are safety minded. I sincerely congratulate the man in the overalls, the safety supervisors and management for the splendid record which earned for all of you a distinct honor." The Certificate covers the period July 27, 1951 to April 1, , 1953 during which time 10,189,-688 10,189,-688 man hours were worked, I |