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Show MAKING UTAEI-APEX A SAFE f.HUE T ii iV'-m i'.m -PQ v -J n'Xs ' ( r.; .T HM-TM4iw MlMiMM;ailWiilawiiiilWaM :. 'tei.liWJIiHin-... .Wv.:.; jm w . . . J UTAH-APEX MINE RESCUE TEAM AT DRILL. I I Through a co-operative plan with the U. S. Bureau of Mines, the officials of the Utah - Apex Mining com.pany have been giving giv-ing 350 of their employees special spe-cial safety and First Aid training, train-ing, 18 of whom have taken the Mine Rescue course. The remainder re-mainder of their employees, numbering approximately 150, wild receive instructions at Salt Lake City in the near future. The management of the mine is doing all in its power to make the Utah-Apex the safest mine in the world, and have directed aU of their employees to take instructions in this work. This is the largest class ever to take this work in the West. Mr. Kessler of the Bureau of 1 Mines is in charge of this work and is assisted by C. A. Bonner, Safety Engineer of the Utah-1 Utah-1 Apex. I STRIDE FORWARD, $ Some of the things being done I to make this mine safe are, keeping all waste cleaned up, whitewashing all stations, terminals ter-minals and billboards, requiring each miner to spend the first half hour or more if necessary, of his shift, in cleaning down all loose rock and making his working work-ing place safe. This rule is mandatory and enforced. All miners are required to wear Hard boiled' hats and goggles. The latter as a protection against flying bits of rock when drilling and the former as a protection pro-tection from falling rock or other substance, and also the hat is made of hard enamel paper pa-per and serves as an insuation shoud it come in contact with light or trolley wires. An ambulance has been placed on the ten hundred level (the main level of the mine), this car is equipped with doors so that it may be closed to keep out the cold drafts, blankets and hot water wa-ter bags filled with chemical, which when shaken, generate artificial heat, also are provided. These measures are bringing wonderful results and more than justify the efforts being put forth. Forty per cent reduction in accidents and lost time to employees em-ployees have resulted during the last year, from theS'S measures. For the first time in its history the company reported no accident acci-dent patient at the hospital last week. The safety committee and foremen meet regularly twice a month to discuss the problem of safety and all employees meet once a month on company time for the same. purpose. All accidents acci-dents are reported in detail so that all may profit by the experience ex-perience of others. Another measure taken to keep down the accident rate is, to employ only those able to speak English fluently, all employees em-ployees of the Utih-Apex can speak English . and 65 are Americans. . |