The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 27, 1918, Page 7

STAR—SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1918, PAGE 7 |PREVENTABLE ACCIDENTS } Po eel Disobedience of Orders— Haste—Willful Neglect— Carelessness These are factors in a large majority of cases, resulting in much suffering and a large money loss. We will cite a few accidents occurring recently which could have been prevented, had the parties concerned been more careful. TAKING A CHANCE belt. He was immediately whirled to his death. A widow and three children left dependent. His first act should have been to stop the motor. These were instructions furnished by his employer. This fact also proves DISOBEDIENCE OF ORDERS. HORSE PLAY As aresult the injured workman will be absent from his work for several weeks. Cut out the Horse Play. Take your work seriously. NEGLECTED WOUND An employe caught his finger on the sharp end of a bolt. putation of the hand just above the wrist. UNDUE HASTE Don’t watch the time clock. Leave your work in an orderly fashion. IMPROPER USE OF ELEVATORS (all in fun presumably). This is a subject of most vital importance— Do not fail, under any circumstances, to report all scratches, burns, cuts, bruises, regardless of how trivial, for immediate attention. Serious cases of blood poisoning and lockjaw of ten result from neglect. DON’T NEGLECT SMALL WOUNDS. In a certain place an employe had occasion to examine a motor. Instead of making the examination outside the guard rail, which, in this case was possible, he evidently climbed or stepped over the guard, was caught by the driving Take your work seriously. All fooling and horse play should be prohibited and rigid rules laid down for its elimination. A workman in a manufacturing plant threw a six-inch pipe nipple at a fellow workman It struck him on the hand and broke the index finger. He failed to report to his foreman. The wound became infected, necessitating am- A young man, in his desire to be the first out of the plant at closing time, attempted to get to the gate first. In his haste he tripped over a small truck, which caused him to fall and break his arm. He was fortunate he did not break his kneecap, which would have crippled him for life. An employe using an elevator to obtain material from an upper floor attempted to step off the elevator while it was in motion. Result—His foot slipped, body was caught between the safety gate and the floor of the elevator. Fell to the basement, three floors below, fractur- ing the skull and causing instant death. Never step on or off a moving elevator. Many accidents with serious and sometimes fatal effects have occurred through the improper use of elevators. Better Be Safe Than Sorry THINK! TALK! TEACH—“SAFETY FIRST” Pr Public Service Corporations, Banks and Trust Companies, Firms and Individuals: Seattle’s Business and Professional Leaders Robert P. Oldham Frank Waterhouse Ole Hanson William Pigott Moritz Thomsen John Murphy Seattle’s Leading Financial Institutions National Bank of Commerce — Savings Bank and Trust Ph Bank of Seattle Yokohama Specie Bank The National City Bank Seattle National Bank Union Savings & Trust Co. The Scandinavian-American Bank The Dexter Horton National Bank Seaboard National Bank First National Bank Northwest Trust & Savings Bank Well-Known Seattle Hotels and Restaurants The Washington Hotel Seattle Hotel The Washington-Annex Boldt’s Restaurant & Bakery Co. Smelter and Refining Companies Western Smelting & Power Co. Great Western Smelting & Refining Co. Dairy and Milk Products Companies Pure Milk Dairy A. Kristoferson, Inc. Carnation Milk Products Company Department Stores and Furniture Companies Standard Furniture Co, : ‘The Rhodes Co. Frederick & Nelson The Bon Marche Fraser-Paterson Co. M. A. Gottstein Co. MacDougall-Southwick Co, The GroteRankin Co. Manufacturing and Industrial Institutions ‘Tho Nut House Kilbourne-Clarke Co. Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. Black Manufacturing Co. Crescent Manufacturing Co. Lang Manufacturing Co. Hendricks Manufacturing Co. C. C, Belknap Glass Co. Boeing Airplane Co, Centennial Mill Co. Iremis Bros. Bag Co. Rothweiler & Co. Pacific Creosoting Co, Metropolitan Building Co. Wholesale Fish and Meat Packers Lee H. Wakefield Co. Barton & Co. Kelley-Clarke Company Columbia Salmon Co. Carlisle Packing Co. Lindenberger Packing Co. Hardware, Plumbing, Engine, Boiler, Steel, Iron & Electrical Works Fy Walworth Manufacturing Ca ij Pacific Coast Engine Works Hofius Steet & Equipment Co. Heffernan Works Commercial Boller Works Seattle Machine Works Westerman Iron W: Marine Engine Works. A. H. Cox Co. Whiton Hardware Co. Perine Machine Co, Crane Co. Pacific Coast Steel Co. Stetxon-Ross Machine Works Pacific Car & Foundry Co. Elliott Bay Yacht & Engine Works Olympic Foundry Co. Real Estate Dealers John Davis & Co, 3, Kinnear Co. Leading American Road Builder Portland Cement Association Automobile Companies Eldridge Buick Co. Overland Pacific, Inc. Frank Waterhouse & Co., Automobile Dept. Seattle Automobile Co. White Automobile Co. Pacific Motors, Inc, ’ (COPYRIGHT, 1917) Seatile’s pds and Wooden Shipbuilders J. F. Duthie Company Sloan Shipbuilders Corporation Patterson-McDonald Shipbuilding Co, Ames Shipbuilding Co, Meacham & Babcock Shipbuilding Co, National Shipbuilding Co. Seattle Construction & Dry Dock Co. Paget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co. Leading Wholesale, Produce and Grocery Companies Northwestern Frult Exchange The Bradner Co. Augustine & Kyer Schwabacher Bros. & Co. Groceteria Stores Co, Bonney-Watson Co. Railroad, Transportation and Power Companies Puget Lepore Traction, Light and Power Seattle Rainier Valley Railway Co, City Light Dept. Western Smelting & Power Co. Pacific Steamship Company City Messenger & Transfer Co, Nippon Yusen Kaisha Puget Sound Navigation Co, This “SAFETY FIRST” campaign is unanimously indorsed and supported in the interests of the public by the contributions from the following Manu- Seattle Japanese Import ° and Export Companies Cho Ito & Co. Azuma Bros. Japancee-American Commission Co, T. Takiguchi Leading Bakery Seattle Baking Co. Lumbermen and Lumber Mills Leading Fuel Companies Roslyn Fuel Co. Pacific Coast Coal Co. Pacific Shipping ae oigs Co, United Coal Sales Wellington Wd Ih Central Coal Co. American Import and Export Companies Rogers Brown Griffin & Co. Galbraith, Bacon & Co, Inc.