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Show DEPARTMENT OF MILLS AT KENNECOTT AGAIN RECEIVES RE-CEIVES MANAGER'S TROPHY For the third consecutive year, personnel at the Department of Mills of the Utah Copper Division have been presented with the general gen-eral manager' safety trophy for the greatest improvement in the reduction of accidents. The 1959 accident frequency rate among the 1,400 employees of the Magna and Arthur Mills which process copper ore was 1.43 compared com-pared to 3.74 in 1958. This was an improvement of 62.7 per cent, said F. C. Green, general manager. The annual awarding of ' a shins clock-barometer-desk et to the plant having the greatest reduction in accident frequency rate wa inaugurated in-augurated in 1955. The trophy was won the first year by the Department Depart-ment of Mines and in 1956 by the Refinery. For 1959, the Department of Mines was second with a 35.1 per cent improvement and the Refinery third with a 9.1 per cent improvement. improve-ment. The Division' smelter wa not considered in the competition, being a new installation. The trophy i awarded according accord-ing to National Safety Council procedure pro-cedure in determining eligibility for outstanding safety achievement. . This is based on the rate of improvement im-provement during the past year over the average of the preceding three years, it was explained. O |