Show 1 ti r p k 1 j j t r 1 i II I I LIFE SA SAVER VEn An ounce 18 cold chisel that fell feU approximately approximately 25 feet could have severely severe I ly Iy Injured Benjamin nen Eugene Sudbury left if 1 he had not been wearing an industrial hard hat Sudbury of 01 West South Kearns shows how the chisel penetrated hard hat I at Copper Corporation Corporations Corporation's Corpora Corpora- tion tion's Arthur concentrator The chisel fell feU approximately 25 feet PARK CITY CITY- Personal protective equipment equipments Is s helping make jobs Jobe safe at Copper Corporations Corporation's plants plant In Utah Purchase of such equipment by total more than a I er million dollars in n the past three years for employees loy s do Utah lIlah The equipment helped Kenne Kenne- cott achieve its finest safety record record record re re- re- re cord in history h last year when 25 time lost injuries were suffered InI in more than 13 million worked I I I i Moat Most c common m on items of protective protective I tive the equipment are hard hats safety glasses and special shoes 1 i I I spent more than 68 COO for prescription safety glasses I I I for employees from 1959 through 1961 Regular safety glasses l without without with with- I I out prescription cost coat more than U I I The eye eye sight of several Ken Ken- I empl employees ees was saved by these glasses In some Borne some cases len lenses es were shattered but eyes were no not damaged Employees saved from serious injury 4 because of protective equipment are members membra of t special i clubs The Wise Owl Wl club la is for employees employee saved from eye teye Injury the Golden Shoe club is for three those protected by safety I shoes and the Turtle club recognizes recognizes recognizes re re- re- re cognizes employees who avoided injury by wearing a hard bard hat I Last year 22 employees were 1 saved from injury by shoes 21 by wearing hard hats and 14 by safety safety safety safe safe- ty glasses I downward when it dropped from Irom fromn Iroma a n workmans workman's pocket drop Its Ita point hit the hat bat with a force of approximately ap approximately ape proximately 26 foot pounds The only damage was WM to the hat Examining the bat hat Is H W. W R. R I Hansen assistant safety engi engl- engineer engineer neer at the concentrators Protective Protective Pro Pro- I equipment helps make employees employee 16 times safer lafer on the job than they arc off the job fob I |