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Show SAFETY AWARDS TO BE PRESENTED TOJENNECOTT j Award of Merit for safety achievement will be presented by the National Safety Council to the Arthur mill and to the electrolytic elec-trolytic copper refinery of Utah Copper Division. Kennecott Copper Cop-per Corp., according to word received re-ceived from the national safety organization. The refinery's award is based on the year 1952 when the plant achieved a frequency rate of 2.3 accidents per million man hours worked. The national average is 13.0 for non-ferrous refineries in the years 1940-51. "The genuine interest of all employees and supervisory personnel per-sonnel made the safety award possible," said H. A. Shaw, superintendent. sup-erintendent. "For a plant which started up a little over 2 years ago with new equipment and a working force unfamiliar with refinery operations, the 1952 safety record is very gratifying." The award for the Arthur mill is being presented by the National Nation-al Safety Council for the plants having a frequency rate of 2.5 accidents per million man hours worked during last year. This compares with a national average of 20.1 for non-ferrous mills covering cov-ering the years 1949 to 1951. "During 1952, considerable remodeling re-modeling went on at the Arthur plant while maintaining copper output," said C. G. Quigley, superintendent. sup-erintendent. "Remodeling normally norm-ally causes hazards. However, employees and foremen showed their usual excellent cooperation with the safety program, took remodeling hazards in their stride and achieved the best safety re- rnrrl sinPA 1917 tho nnrlinst vAar for which accident statistics are available." R. L. Erickson is the safety engineer en-gineer at the Arthur mill and R. L. Dean, the director of safety first and personnel at the refinery. re-finery. The two awards are expected for presentation in the near future. fu-ture. r |