Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-07-27 | Page 13 | Work of Rescuing Miners Improved

I I WORK OF RESCUING MINERS IMPROVED As the result of or a conference which was Wai held under tho the auspices of ot the United States bureau of oC mines last September the American Mine Une Safety association has been organized with headquarters at Pittsburgh Pa Pap Its members Include the tho leading coal and metal mine operators mining engineers engIneers engi engI- anti and mine safety engineers of oC tho the country Its purpose Is tho the conservation con con- conservation of ot the life lire and health of ot the miner and a reduction In property loss due to explosions or 01 fires tires in mines It will attempt to place before the tho miners standard methods to be used In rescue work and In first aid to tho the Injured The work of ot tho the bureau of or mines In reducing the number of ot deaths in the mines has led to the adoption of or many different types of or rescue apparatus and also ahro to tho use uso of ot many different methods of ot resuscitation and first aid to tho the Injured Hundreds of mines within the last three or four years cars have boon bean equipped with rescue apparatus apparatus atus rescue corps and first-aid first corps Many Man of ot the men men in emergencies have developed their own ways was of ot doing things The or organizers of ot this association feel teel that the tho most efficient methods and apparatus In actual use should be found and recommended to the tho mining industry for tor general use There were 2719 persons killed in tho the coal cOllI mines of or the tho United States during tho the year 1911 and ana and 28 slightly Injured Nearly an equal number of ot men were Injured In metal mines anti and quarries Mine lIne operators now realize that It Il Is moro more expensive to restore wrecked mines more costly to fight tight damage suits through the lie courts and ond less profitable to pay regulated liability charges or even workmen's s tion than It la is to bear the cost In In- Involved Involved in reducing these charges b by means menns of ot diminishing the tho number o of ot accidents and the duration of t the tho re resulting re- re suiting disability by bo the adoption o of ot Improved safety rescue and ald first method methode Fifty eight per por cent of or all aU Industrial accidents are arc shown b by statistics to b be due to negligence carelessness or lack lac of ot knowledge of ot employers or employees em em- a as The Journal TournaI of the tho American Ameri Amen can Medical Association points out th the vital necessity of ot learning everything possible about the tho cause causes and means mean of ot preventing these accidents must b be evident to every man concerned I in mining To tho the operator It spells spell business busi hual ness success or failure to the tho miner life lite or the physical ability to work an and support a n. family