. The railway library . It has been the aim of the Safety First Organization to im-press upon the men that it was they and not the stockholders orofficers of the road who were being killed and injured; that theyare the controlling factor in the work; that every time an employeis killed or injured it not only brings suffering and sorrow to him-self and family, but it necessitates the employment of an inexperi-enced man in his place, thereby increasing the risk of injury to allother employes, and at the same time decreasing the efficiency ofthe organization. The issuance of bulletins similar to
. The railway library . It has been the aim of the Safety First Organization to im-press upon the men that it was they and not the stockholders orofficers of the road who were being killed and injured; that theyare the controlling factor in the work; that every time an employeis killed or injured it not only brings suffering and sorrow to him-self and family, but it necessitates the employment of an inexperi-enced man in his place, thereby increasing the risk of injury to allother employes, and at the same time decreasing the efficiency ofthe organization. The issuance of bulletins similar to the following was adoptedfor the purpose of calling to the attention of the men the importanceof eliminating the little accidents which can be prevented in lesstime than it takes to report them: Diagram showing employes killed and injured on the Chicago and North Western Railway for the years ending JuneSO, 1912, 1913 and 1914 Kl I. LED N JU RED 401 lwiii« 2i% or 1 la <v«45 Injortd In coltraioaftid derailiii«»t«. Stop the little accidents aad we will wipe ont the accident business In order to show that a large majority of all accidents are pre-ventable and a large part of them are due to carelessness or thought-less practices and not to defective machines, structures, tracks, en-gines or cars, the following diagrams were prepared and distributed 294 The Railway Library to the men, posted on the Safety Bulletin Boards (which have beenplaced at all points on the railroad where men congregate) andotherwise brought to their attention: Diagrams showing causes of accidents in which employes were killed and injured while on duty during the two years ending June 30, 1914 KILI-ED INJURED
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