https://haylibrary.cvlcollections.org/files/original/38bf4147913a99a25f3d4628aa5f6e5f.pdf 2d9994576b87c181691a9313c8e94790 PDF Text Text r-t j SAFETY HONOR SOCIETY 01-ganized Rock.,Spri11gs, Wyoming Febmary 27, 1941 �! SIGffiA TAU fPSllOn SAFETY HONOR SOCIETY Orga11ized Rock.,Springs, WJ1omi11g Febmary 27, 1941 l I I �SIGMA TAU EPSILON For the purpo c of furth ering the cause of accident prevention in and about the coal The way to accident prevention is through thoughtful plauning, rigid observa11ce of safety rules, a11d eternal vigi!a11ce. mines of T he Union Pacific Coal Company, che fi r t Greek letter afety H onor Society known co the mining indu t ry was organized at R ock Sp r.uws, Wyoming, on February 27, 1941. The name of the Society, SIGMA TAU EPSILON, represents the three initial letters of the Greek words, SOTERIA TIME ET AIREIA, which, translated into English, reads, Safety Honor Association, Club or Brotherhood. Forty-three charter members were admitted to the Society at the Rock Springs meeting, and ~dditional members will be added from time to time when qualified. �RULES GOVERNING THE SOCIETY Requirements for lHembership The ~embership in SIGMA TA U EPSILON will be restricted to supervisory officials, wh o have at• tamed a commendable standard of sa fety in th e co nduct of their work. The o ffi cials el igible fo r mem• bersh1p are: Mine Superintendents Mine sup~rintendents_who were jn general charge of any certain mme which h as won or in the futur e may_ w!n the Sentin_els of Safety T roph y. Members qualifying under thlS section will n o t be. privileged either to hold office or to vote. Mine Foremen Mi_ne f<;:iremen. who were in local charge o f any ce_rtam mme . which has won or in the future may wm the Sentmels of Safety troph y, o r wh o were ir• charge of a mine in which no lost-tim e accident was suffered for a calendar year. Members qualifying under this section will not be privileged either to hold office or to vote. Unit Foremen Unit foremen who have conducted a section ur sections in any mine or mines for three consecutive calendar years, without a lost-time accident suffered by any employe working under their direction. Unit foremen who have conducted their sectio n or sections without a lost-time accident for the three preceding calendar years, will be eligible to member· ship in the Society. Members qualifying under this section will be privileged both to hold office and to vote. Outside Foremen ::::::, Outside foremen who were in charge of the out· side men employed in any mine or group of mines to whom no lost•time accident occurred for a period of three consecutive calendar years. Outside foremen who have conducted their foremanship without a lost-time accident during the three preceding cal• endar years, will be eligible to membership in the Society. Members qualifying under this section will be privileged both to hold office and to vote. Proof of eligibility for membership will be taken from the payroll and accident records of The U n1on Pacific Coal Company, certified to by the Com· pany·s Auditor and the Safety Engineer or Gener.ii Manager. No officer other than th ose covered by the above four sect ions will be eligible for member· ship in th e Society. Proof of Eligibility Genera l officers o f The Union Pacifi c Coal Co m• General _0_lbflicers . not b e e11g1 · "bl e to mem b ers h tp . in • t h e notexcept e 1,g, e, !?any will Soc iety, but an y mem ber who may be adva nced to by promotion th e office o f P resident, V ice President of Oper, ation , General Manager, G eneral Superi ntcnd<.>nt, Chief En gin eer, or Safety En gineer, will be privi• Ieged to retai n his membe rship in the Society with• out ri ght to hold oflice or to vote. No hon orary ruember; hip sh all at any tim e be established by t h Society. Honorc'.li;y mcmU crship Th ere will be ele cted at the fi rst quarterl y meet• in g of each year, a President, a Senior and a Ju nior Vice President a nd a Secretary, who will co ndu ct th e affairs of th e Society in a manner a pp roved by the membership, fifty per cent of the members wh are in th e employ of Th e Union Pacific Coal C orn• pany constituting a quorum at any meeting . Election of Office rs Nominations for each office, not to exceed five in number, may be made from the floor, each nom· ination to receive a second. When all nomination s are completed the President or other presiding mem • ber will appoint two tellers who will proceed to can· vass the votes of the members present by written ballot. On the completion of the count by the tel· lers, the presiding officer will announce the names of the officers elected for the ensuing year. Officers, how elected The duties of the President ( or in his absence a Duties 0£ Officers Vice President) , will be to arrange a suitable pro, g_ram for each regular and special meeting, to pre• side over same, and to use his best effort to inspire and promote the work of accident prevention. The Secretary will maintain an accurate record of all pro• posed members, with qualifications and date of ad, mission to membership, and in addition will main, tain a roster of_ membership and keep a full record of the transactions of all regular and special meetings. No dues will be collected from members and �no expenses will be incurred except with the ap, proval of the General Manager of The Union Pa, cific Coal Company. Meetings, When held Regular meetings of the SIGMA TAU EPSI, LON will be held quarterly in each year at Rock Springs in the months of February, May, Augu st and November, at a time and place designated by the President. Special meetings may be called by th e P resident or in his absence, by a Vice Presid ent wh en necessity requires same. Non-employe members Members who leave the employ of T he Un ion Pacific Coal Company will retain th eir mem be rshi p but will not be privileged to hold office or to vo te. Committees on There will be appointed by the P resident at th e recom~!~1ations fir~t quarterly meeting .in each ye ar, crtain com• m It tees on safe practice recom mend au ns, ea ch of whom will elect a Chairman and a ecre tary . Each committee will diligently stud y acciden t pre· vention methods, making due report to the Society for approval, amendment or disappro val of th eir recommendations; all approved reco mmen dati ons to be submitted by the Secretary to th e Safety En gineer for the consideration of the man agem ent o f The Union Pacific Coal Company. All committee appointments will be for one year and all vacancies will be filled by the President of the Society. The Safety Engineer will deliver promptly to th e proper committee chairman, a statement of all accidents that occur within and outside the mines for such recommendations as the certain committee may submit. It will be understood that the real work of the several committees is to observe bad practice, making recommendations regarding same, thus anticipating and attempting to prevent accidents. Society Emblem =:::, A suitable emblem to be worn by each member of the Society will be furnished by The Union Pacific Coal Company, upon which will be engraved the name of the member and the year of his ad, mission to the Society. COMMITTEES ON SAFE PRACTICE (Revised M ay 1, 19 49) 1949 Th e promotio n of safe pra cti ce is primarily th e fu nction of th e Compan y's su pervisory officials, an d accident preve n tion can best be accompl ished by an, ticip ating and rem oving the cause of acc id ents be• fore th ey occur. T o that end SIGMA TAU EPSILON will maintain ten standing committees whose duty will be to observe bad conditions and bad workin g practi ce , making recommendations to the mana gement for th e correction of sam e. The ten stand in g comm ittee , to serve for one yea r, with the curren t assignm e nts of th e seve ral committees, are set forth below. List of Committees: Com mittee No. 1- Roof and Rib Falls and Timber, ing Committee No . 2- Haulagc Committee No. 3-Handling and Use of Explosives Committee No. 4--Handling and Storage of Ma, terial, Inside Committee No . 5-Ventilation and Rock Dusting Committee No. 6-Electrical and Mechanical stallations In, Committee No. 7-Proper Operation and Mainte, nance of Tools and Machinery Committee No . 8-Handling and Storage of Mate, rial, Outside Committee No. 9-Prevention of Injuries from Slipping and Falling of Persons Committee No. 10-General Welfare, Inside and Outside �Committee Members Committee No. Committee No . Committee No. Committee No. 1-Roof and Rib Falls and Timbering DeForest Nielso n, Sta nsbury John . Zupence, Rock Springs Maunce R. Messersmith, R eliance Kenneth \Vilcox, Reliance Robert H end erso n, Sta nsbury Attilio Gucrri, Winton Frank Subic, Superior Richard H aag , $upe rio r John D eMark, H an na 2-Haulage John Cu ka le, R ock pri ngs Shandow Bacskay, R eliance Barton G rosso, Jr. R •liancc Eugene A shby, tans bury Thomas O very, Jr., ta nsbu ry Jam es E . Kn o ll, W into n Joseph G o rnik, Superior Cecil B. Waters, Superior Thomas Lu cas, H an na Louis Scarp elli, H anna 3-Handling a nd U se o f Expl osives George Blacker, Rock Spri ngs Alex Easton , R elia nce Fernand M arcy , R el iance C . Clark R ussell , Sta nsbury Pete Marinoff, Stansbury A . M. Stra nnigan, Winton Ben Dona, Winton William S. Fox, Superior Richard Arkle, Superio r Frank Hearne, Hanna Robert Norris, Hanna 4-Handling and Storage of Material, Inside Joe Salvatico, Rock Springs Carl F. Nelson, Reliance James Herd, Reliance Alex T. Clark, Stansbury David G. Wilde, Stansbury Joe Kosovich, Winton George Harris, Winton Edward A. Forsell, Superior John J . Balogh, Superi_or Louis Kladianos, Supenor Jam es Hearne, Hanna C ommittee No. 5- V entil ation and Rock Dusting R. J. Bu xton, Rock Springs Sam Eva ns, R eliance Frank Smith, Reliance James Nob le, Reliance Geo rge Wilcox, Stan sbury Primo Gatti, Stansbury Frank Silovich , Stansbury Albert S. Cu rl e, Winto n John V. Knoll, Winton Stanley Fabian , Superior Rud oloh J. Battista, Superior Jake H ysell, Supe rior W ilbur H . Moffitt, H anna Co mm ittee 6- Electrical a nd Mechanical Install ati ons W illiam C reek, Rock Sprin gs Fe rrel ildc, R el iance R onald N oble, Rel ian ce Albert Gaylo rd , Rel ia nce Charles Han ley, Stansbury \Vil lia m Benson, Stansbury Milan Painovich, Stansbury Paul Hribar, \Vinton James 0 . Canaday, Superior Frank Prcvcdel, Superior Anthony B. Dixo n, Superior E. R. Henn ingse n, Hann a o. Committee N o. 1 I Committee No, 7- P ro per Operation and Maintenance of T ools and Machin ery Jo hn C. Sorbie, R ock Springs Andrew J. Havrillo, Reliance R. C. Bailey, Reliance Leo Kozola, Reliance Max Hartle, Stansbury Ern est Besso, Stansbury Jack Rafferty, Stansbury Thomas Edwards, Jr., Winton Bernard Woodhead, Superior Frank Fedele, Superior George Wales, Hanna 8-Handling and Storage of Material, Outside James F. Zelenka, Reliance John A . Armstrong, Stansbury John G. Marushack, Stansbury Harry P. Warinner, Winton Lawrence Rock, Superior Isaac C. Berry, Superior Vincent B. Lucas, Hanna �Committee No. 9-Prevention of Injuries fro m Slippin g and Falling of Persons Alvin Christian, Reliance Charles Clark, R elia nce P aul F. Petro, Reliance G eorge Fabiny , Stansbury Alon zo M. Searles, Stansbury Anto n Zupence, Stansb ury Andrew Spence, Winton Arthur Billin gto n, Su peri or Edward O ve ry, Jr., Superio r Ben C . Coo k, H anna C o mmittee No. 10-General W elfar e, I nside an d Ou tside V . 0 . Murray, R ock prings William Wil kes, R ock pri n g Charles G rosso, Stansbu ry Lawrence W elsh, R diance Jam es Law, Wi nton Tony Ta ucher, J r., upe rior Juliu s Reuter, H anna SIGMA TAU EPSILON Officers 1948-1949 G eorge Blac ker, Rock Springs .. . . .. . . . ... Presid ent Tho mas O very, Jr. , Stansbury .. . . Senior V ice Presiden t Jul ius Reu ter, Hann a . . . . . . .. . . Junior Vice President Richard Ar kl e, Superior .. .. . . .. . ... . . .. Secretary Ch arter M embers February 27 , 194 1 ,:,George L. A dd y E. R. H enn ingsen '' W ilkie Henry Richard A rkl e -' F. V. Hi cks R. C. Bailey '' R. V . H otchkiss '-' John Ba talich ,:, Anhur Jea nselme Wi ll iam Bema n Ern e t Besso " A. M . Johnso n George Blac ker " Ch arles Kam psi '" G eo rge A . Brown "'John Krppan ~' Sam Canestrini -' W ill iam La hti '"Gus Coll ins James Law Pete Ma rin off -'Nick Co nza tti, Sr. ,:,Matt M arshall Ben Coo k Anth ony B. Di xo n D eForest N ielson ,:,Ed . Overy, Sr. (d eceased) Sa m Evans ,:,Ad am Flockh art Th o mas Overy, Jr. ''Thomas Foster Milan Painovich A. M . Strannigan *R. W . Fowkes George Wales Wm . S. Fox William Greek '" Edward While William Wilkes Charles Gro sso ,:,R. T . Wilson Ja mes Hearne '-' Grover Wiseman Members received May 24, 1941 Anton Zupence *M. A. Sharp Members received September 27, 1941 *Charles Gregory V . 0. Murray ''Thomas Overy, Sr. ,:,John Traeger *Left service J �Members received March 14, 1942 Julius Reuter Shandow Bacskay Lawrence Rock Richard Haag Frank Silovich ,:, Marlin Hall ,:,p_ J. Ward John V. Knoll ,:,Henry Krichbaum (deceased) Members received December 19, 1943 John Cukale Alex Easton Thomas Edwards, Jr. Albert Gaylord Jack Rafferty ,:, Alf red Russell Members received July 2, 1944 ,:, Frank Buchanan ,:,Benjamin Caine Frank Fedele ,:, Foster Leroy Gordon George Harris ,:,Colin Hodgson Frank Prevedcl •>Tom Riccardo J oc Salvatico Ar.drew Spence Kenneth \Vilcox ,:, Basil \\/isnicuski Members received August 19, 1945" John J. Balogh Rudolph J. Battista ,:'\\/. H . Buchanan ,:,James B. Caine Alex T. Clark Ben Dona Barton Grosso, Jr. Frank Hearne James Herd Thomas Lucas ,:,Arthur Munn ,:,Clyde Rock Frank Subic James I'. Zelenka Members received September 15", 1946 Albert S. Curle Primo Gatti Joseph Gornik Joe Kosovich Carl F. Nelson Robert Norris Members received year 1947 Eugene Ashby Isaac C. Berry C. Clark Russell Tony Taucher, Jr. Ralph J. Buxton Robert Henderson Leo Kozola James Noble Harry P . Warinner Cecil B. Waters David G . Wilde Jo hn Zupence Members received Nov ember 14, 1948 John A . Armstron g, Jr. John D eMark ,:,William C. Gerh ardt Attilio Gucrri Paul Hribar Jake Hysell Louis Kladia nos James E. Knoll Fernand Marcy John G. Maru hack Maurice R. M essersmith Wilbur H . Mo ffitt Ro nald N obl e Paul F . P etro, Jr. ,:, Jack R eese Louis carpell i r\ lo nzo M . cari es ,:, Earl G . mith orb ie John Lawre nce W elsh Members rec.:ived year I 9 -1 9 Arthur Billin gto n James 0 . Canaday Alvin Christian Charles Clark Stanley Fabian George Fabiny Edward A . Forsell Charles Hanley M ax H artle And rew J. H av rillo V incent B. Lucas Edward Overy , Jr. Frank Smith G eo rge Wilco x Ferrel Wilde Bernard W oodh ead � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource Sigma Tau Epsilon Safety Honor Society Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource CC BY-NC-ND Date Created Date of creation of the resource. 1941 Subject The topic of the resource A booklet, the Sigma Tau Epsilon group, 1941 Description An account of the resource 7" x 4" bright yellow booklet with black text. A booklet containing the requirements for membership, committees, etc for the Sigma Tau Epsilon group. Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Safety Honor Society Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1-0051 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Union Pacific Coal Co.