Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 124, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1912 — MAKE NOTE OF THESE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MAKE NOTE OF THESE

“DONTS” THAT MAY SOME TIME SAVE LIFE OR LIMB. Seemingly Simple Precautions, but Even Experienced Railroaders Will Sometimes Forget and Easily Avoidable Acci- • dents Result. Don’t try to drills hole in a pieceof work without first clamping the ma-

terial firmly to the table; it Is both,' dangerous to man and tools. Don’t feel a drill or reamer while it is running. Don’t try to put drills in a spindle while it is running. Don't put your finger under material which you are drilling in order to ascertain whether the drill is about through. Don’t try to stop the drill press

spindle with a drift. Don’t leave any material or tools close to the track where repairs have been made to a car, as Borne switchman or other employee might, reoeive injury while switching the cars. - Don’t throw any material or tools from the top of a car until you are satisfied that no person is about the car who 1b liable to become Injured by same. Don’t use an iron bar as a- lever for a ratchet jack; use the wooden lever made for the purpose. Don’t throw pieces of wood having nails in them on the ground In such a manner as to allow the nail points to point upward; you or some one else might step on them. Don’t put a scaffold where It Is liable to he struck when trains are being switched. Don’t use trestlfes on soft ground without first placing solid board footings. Don’t release your hold when assisting others to carry heavy material (timber for Instance) until all have been notified. If one end is thrown down before the men at the other end have been notified, some one is going to get hurt i Don’t lift one end of a heavy piece of material that you are assisting others to raise until all Is ready; you are liable to catch somebody’s fingers or toes. Don’t take a truck out from under a car until you are satisfied that the jacks oj* trestles on which the car rests are safe. Don’t leave to be switched a car having partly fastened handholds. Don’t try to cross between cars while switching is going on. Don’t use any tools that are in a worn-out condition. Don’t leave any loose material whatever on the tops of cars that are to be switched. Don’t leave any material, trucks or cars on crossings.—Exchange.