UNIROYAL CHEM-TEXTS
Vol. 4, 1970 PUBLISHED FOR THE PEOPLE OF UNIROYAL CHEMICAL No. 3
Safety Is Everyone’s Responsibility
[IMAGE: Black and white photograph showing employees leaving work at a plant with cars visible]
A day’s work is done safely and employees leave for home and their families. Driving home requires just as much concern for safety as at work.
The plants. The foremans. The employees.
To make the plant a safer place to work, local management is doing everything possible to prevent accidents. It’s a major goal of every department to make 1970 a safer year than 1969. However, no matter what improvements are made, it ultimately depends on the individual’s attitude and concern for his own safety and the safety of his fellow employee to improve safety.
Safety is just as important to the plant’s operation as production, cost, quality and morale. It’s the responsibility of the factory manager, superintendent, foreman, supervisor and every employee to eliminate every unsafe condition in the department, which is usually the result of an unsafe act of a person.
3,181 Work Days Lost
In 1969 there were 23 lost-time injuries. As a result of these injuries along with a carryover from prior years, a total of 3181 work days were lost. Most of these injuries could have been avoided by a greater awareness of safety and observing safe work procedures.
Accidents Cost $145,512
$145,512 was the total cost of lost-time accidents and serious injuries in 1969. This represents approximately $85 for each employee as a result of lost time accidents. These payments are made from the plant’s profits. It is evident that accidents affect us not only personally by pain and suffering but also affect the job security of all people.
Who Suffers?
The individual employee hurt in the accident; his family; and every employee in the plant.
No amount of money can pay the cost of the pain, the
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H.S. Girls Run JAROY, Inc.
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Five women executives of Jaroy, Inc., a Junior Achievement firm sponsored by Uniroyal Chemical, are leading the company to record sales this year. Sales were high recently when the firm sold slate boards, first aid kits, roll-a-notes and solid maple cutting boards at the plant entrances. From left are Jo Ann Niski, president; Lisa Rossi, Eugenia Arnold, Ted Lainas, advisor; and John Prior, purchasing a first aid kit. The products were designed and manufactured by the firm’s members, who are high school students.
Corporate Identity Changed
Uniroyal adopted a new corporate identification logotype which replaces the blue rectangle with white UniRoyal letters. The new identification will be used on TV commercials, advertising, booklets, brochures, catalogs, point of sale, letterheads and printed material.
This issue of CHEM-TEXTS shows the new corporate identification, a bright red rectangle with black UNIROYAL letters on a white background. It is somewhat similar to the Uniroyal Tire division identity which is black and red with a tire tread, seen at Uniroyal tire dealers.
All material with the old identification such as stationery should be used until supplies are depleted. When new supplies and materials are ordered the new corporate mark should be used.
Morrison Prevents Fire
Quick action prevented a fire when overheating of a motor ignited a thin accumulation of Celogen® dust on the floor below the grinder motor.
Chet Morrison, operator of the grinder, shut off the moto., opened the manually operated sprinkler head over the area and asked Nunzie Ruby to turn in the fire alarm which recorded the location at the watchman’s control center, where Ed Day was on duty.
The sprinkler system extinguished the thin film of
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Morrison’s quick action averted fire. From left are Clyde Rapp, Angelo Taylor congratulating Chet, and Eddie Gooch.