Show Our Progress in Safety The Salt Lake Route is sending out the following letter to its cers and employees relating to the Safety First move The progress of at the road in this line is truly wonderful wonderful wonderful won won- and the efficiency being attained attained at- at at attained shows that to ride on the Salt Lake Route trains or to be employed employed employed em em- In the operation of the road has lost all its hazardous s aspects I To 10 Officers O and Employees If It an old man of or ninety were transformed to a youth of at nineteen the effect would be marvelous Yet just such a transformation has taken place in our safety movement StartIng Starting Starting Start Start- ing 4 years ears ago with about ninety employees injured each month we have reduced It until our last report shows but nineteen 71 fewer fower calls for the doctor 71 fewer failures of at men materials or methods 71 liabilities liabilities liabilities changed to assets Of Ot the 19 injuries nearly all were wera slight Most were caused by carelessness carelessness carelessness care care- of at the Injured persons Letting things fall tall on feet and getting getting getting get get- ting fingers pinched were the major causes Be sure y youre ure right and then go ahead should be the motto of every employee employee If uns unsafe f conditions conditions conditions con con- are found report them to the Division Committee if It not corrected correct correct- ed to the Central committee 7 slight injuries to p passengers oc- oc cured One had his hand caught in inthe inthe the toilet door This was 1 reported to t tie the e pullman company who advise that they rare are equipping their cars with cars with doors almost pinch proof 3 passengers suffered from tram rough handling of at train Engineers good our promises to the traveling public 1 was killed With althe al althe the rest of or the world to walk upon persons in the United States each year ear elect to end their existence existence exist exist- mice ence ence In the 4 feet 8 S 1 inches which separate the two rails of a railroad track It Is a national peril The solution however is simple sample Pass laws against and then enforce them 1 traveler on the Ufe highway drove his truck into the side of or our engine engine engine en en- gine and lost his right arm In an encounter between a gasoline car and anda a steam engine the advantage advantage Is all with the locomotive How much more satisfactory it Is to watch the train from the the side of at the road than from a cot in the hospital hospital In the movement for the conservation conservation conservation conserva conserva- tion of or men the Salt Lake Route Is doing its bit To ro maintain the property property property pro pro- perty at the high standard of at effectiveness effectiveness effectiveness effect effect- which the added burdens of the war make Imperative our line is taking the the lead lead in saving the lives limbs and health of those who use it and no road has a better record than we No passengers killed i in n trian accidents in ten years eer Injuries to employees red reduced 75 per percent percent pe r cent in four years To paraphrase President Wilsons Wilson's memorable The railway railway railway rail rail- way world must be bo made safe safo for Cor efficiency We Ve must use extra extraordinary extraordinary or- or dinar care to to protect our passengers passengers passengers gers employees and users users users us us- ers of highway crossings in order that the supply of bodied able-bodied men may in no way diminish If your place Is the bench and not nott t tine the e trench if It you decide to invest instead of at enlist if you choose the iron horse rather than the iron cross if you feel teel that you can best the arms of at the President by upholding upholding upholding uphold uphold- ing the arteries of commerce then do It with a will what your hand finds to do and right where you are I wage relentless warfare against the enemies of safety safely ty and efficiency in inthe inthe inthe the Nations Nation's business H. H L. L Nutt General Manager l Chairman Chair Chair- Chairman man Central Safety and Eth Efficiency Efficiency el- el ency eney Committee |