"Don'ts" 



for Gasoline Users 



Don't use gasoline 

 near a machine 



In a single year in the United States 

 1,040 persons were burned to death 

 and 3,120 persons injured (a weekly 

 average of 20 persons killed and 60 

 persons injured) on account of gaso- 

 line fires. From the transportation of 

 gasoline alone there recently resulted 

 a yearly damage amounting to nearly 

 $118,000. Nearly all such disasters 

 and losses are due to carelessness 



Don't wash the 

 hands with gasoline 



Don't smoke cigarettes while cleaning 

 clothes with gasoline. 



If you are cleaning silk with gasoline, don't 

 rub it hard. Violent rubbing of silk 

 generates electric sparks that will set 

 fire to the gasoline. 



Don't clean automobile parts with gasoline 

 in an open can. Two pieces of metal 

 striking together will cause a spark. 



Don't smoke cigarettes while filling your 

 fuel-tank. 



Don't use liquid-fuel lamps with glass oil- 

 wells if you can get metal ones. 



Don't use gasoline in a room where there 

 is an open light or flame of any kind. 



Don't pour out more gasoline than you 

 intend to use. 



Don't use gasoline in a room where there 

 is a machine which may cause arspark. 



Don't spill gasoline. 



Don't use gasoline to wash your hands. 



Don't use gasoline where there is machinery 

 with belts. Electric sparks are produced 

 by the belts. 



Don't use gasoline in a room where there is 

 machinery- with shafting. 



Don't use gasoline in a room where there 

 are electric switches or fuses. 



Don't use gasoline in artificial light if you 

 can help it. But if you must, see that the 

 lights are electric and that the bulbs are 

 provided with guards to prevent them 

 from being smashed. 



Don't use gasoline in an open pan without 

 a cover. Keep the cover handy and cover 

 the pan when you are not actually using it. 



Don't fill the tank of your liquid-fuel 

 stove full. 



Don't use a leaky liquid-fuel stove. 



Don't fill a gasoline stove in a room unless 

 the windows are open. You need plenty 

 of air to carry the vapor out of the room. 



Don't clean automo- 

 bile parts with gaso- 

 line in an open can 



Don't use gasoline 

 in a room where 

 there is an open light 



Don't smoke cigar- 

 ettes while cleaning 

 clothes with gasoline 



Don't rub silk hard 

 when you are clean- 

 ing it with gasoline 



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