| Show safety first idea has reduced loss of life among all classes Classe of workers B by WILLIAM H CAMERON genau bennu manager of national il safety council the safea safety first idea doe snot shot stop with the railroads wonderful as ba has been the success athe idea in what was formell formerly y ranked as the most dah dangerous erous of all our indus industries rles the average number of tons of coal ml mined bed iw in the united states per fatal injury during the last forty years year was ia 0 tons lt last year this thief figure egure was reduced to one fatality io to tons an and d this t too 0 jojn in spi spite lid of the m gre great at increase in creasa of non english speaking men in the mining indus industry fry 1 the same spirit of pre preparedness pa re aness has invaded building operations with the advent daveid of modern steel construction and the piling of story an on story till the newspapers for want wani of a better expression coined the skyscraper phrase safety of the iho woi workmen kmen for a time became al a byword A banner of the structural ironworkers iron workers in a labor day parade read we e dont di die e we are killed F well that hold good any longer an ironworker lids has about the sa same me chance to io die from pneumonia scarlet fever faver or other contagious disease these days as he ae has irom from industrial accidents i in the industries we find intelligent preparedness len lengthening the life of the worker an average of nine nhe years in some of the more co confining aning trades while in others where dust poor sanitation and occupational hazard was the rule rather than ih the d exception I 1 believe twelve and fifteen years have been added to the life of the average worker if you prefer con consider sider another phase chase of p preparedness repa redness five people ran can swim today to one of a dozen years a ago go every I 1 vacant lotisa lot is a baseball field in the summer months the suburban sidewalks are rolle inks for ofir our children the churches and schools are used as part time rde gymnasiums and field a days ays and dancing classes alethe are the rule rather than the exception our people are living iving a saner and more healthful and safer life than at anytime any time in the history of our nation |
