THE WORLD'S ADVANCE 



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A Graphic Lesson in "Safety First" Methods: At the Left, the Old Way of 

 Chipping Off Burrs from Castings; At the Right, the New and Safe Way. 



is developed to a great extent throughout 

 the working force. 



Still other methods are used to reach all 

 the employees directly. A weekly 

 newspaper is published for free distribu- 

 tion in the factory and which carries 

 valuable material along the line of ac- 

 cident prevention, although the liberal 

 sugar coating of personal comment, 

 chaff, cartoons and news of the force 

 makes it far more welcome than straight 

 "safety first" pamphlets would be. Pho- 

 tographs illustrating the right way and 

 the wrong way of doing the day's work 

 are used with telling effect, and when 

 an accident occurs which can be de- 

 scribed together with such photographs, 

 the lesson is effectively driven home. In 

 this way many careless "habits that lead 

 to mishaps are done away with. 



The use of safety slogans is consid- 

 ered an effective method of reaching the 

 employees. At each gate house may be 

 found a huge sign with a brief slogan 

 which is changed every other month. 

 Their wording is something like this : 

 "SAFETY FIRST. PRETTY GOOD RULE. 

 THINK IT OVER/' By putting this idea 

 into new and crisply worded phrases, the 

 attention of the men is caught and held, 

 and the constant hammering away at the 



thought of "safety first" is bound to 

 produce the desired results. 



The Workmen are Constantly Reminded to be Care- 

 ful in a Typical "Safety First" Plant. 



