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Thomas Cowperthwaite, Safety Inspector of the Calumet & Arizona
Mining Company and their subsidiary companies, spoke before
the Mining Club of the Bisbee Y. M. C. A. recently, and gave
many pertinent suggestions on accident prevention. A few excerpts
from his talk follow:
"A Safety Inspector needs all the power he can get. If he is general
manager or superintendent he can put any idea he may get into force
without bothering to collect data for a long time. The next best
thing is to have all the biggest bosses on committees. That way,
things wrong can be remedied all the minute."
For instance, one afternoon, Mr.Cowperthwaite found three dangerous
places in one afternoon. The superintendent was on the commission
and ordered the carpenters to go fix that at once. Before the
shift was over all three holes were safe. Getting action that quick
may have saved three men's lives or prevented bad accidents. That
kind of Safety First gets results. 12 p.