United Paracale wins safety honors in Paracale District

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Title: United Paracale wins safety honors in Paracale District
Language: English
Year: 1940
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Fulltext: 14 UNITED PARACALE WINS SAFETY HONORS IN PARACALE DISTRICT United Paracale Mine was the winner of top hcnors in safety for the Paracale district in 1939, according to P. K. Strong, Director of the Mambulao-Paracale District Mine Safety Association. The mines in the district were divided into two classes "A" and "B" according to their size. In class "A" were United Paracale, San Mauricio, Santa Rosa, North Camarines, and Paracale Gumaus. Class "B" included the remainder of the smaller mines and the Philippine Smelter. Malaguit Mining Company was the winner in Class "B", having had but one lost-time accident during the entire year. United Paracale not only had the lowest fatality rate for the year, with but one fatality compared with six in 1938, but also excelled in frequency (number of accidents per million man-hours of labor), and severity (number of days lost per million man-hours of labor). This fine record was established after having started the year with a bad record in the first two months. From March onward throughout the year the accident rate showed a perceptible decline to place them in first place at the end of the year, showing the greatest improvement of all mines during the year. This record places United Paracale in the position of winner in Class "A" of the Marsman Safety Trophy for the year of 1939. Safety training by the staff of the mine and by the Safety Director, and close atten.! tion to details on the part of the workmen resulted in the attainment of this signal honor. United Paracale is continuing its rigid safety campaign and present results indicate that it will find itself in the top bracket for the present year. Safety Training Class at United Paracale THE MARSMAN MAGAZINE for March, 1940