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SIG~ TAU EPbILON
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The membership in SIGMA TAU ~Sll..ON will be restricted tq supervisory
officials, who have attained a commerui~ble standard of safety in the conduct
of their work. The o~ficiale eligible for membership are:
l. Mine Sup~r~.~ienfl_e??,j ,~ who were irt general charge ~f any certain
mine which has won or in the future mar oin the Sentinels of Safety trophy.
Members q~alifying under this section will not be privileged either to hold
office or to vote.
2. Min t?___forem~tn. who \7er0 in local charge of any certain mine which
has won orinthe future may win the S~ntinels of Safety trophy, or who we~G
in charge of a mine in which no lost-tfme accident ~as suffered for a calendtl~
year. M~bere qualifying under this s~ction will not be privileged either io
hol4 offic;e or to vote.

3. Unit Foremen who have conducted a section or sections in any
mine or mines for three consecutive ca+endar years, without a lost•time acc:i.dent suffered by any · employe working under their direction. Unit F-oremen
who have ~onducted their section or sectioris without a lost~time accident
for the CEµendar years 1938, 1939 and i940, will be eligible to membership
in the Society. Members gualifying under
this seqtign will be privileged
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both to holg office and to wttt:
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4. Outside Foremen who were in charge of the outside me~ employed
in any mine or group of mines to whom no lost time accident occurr~d for a
period of three calendar years. Outside Foremen who have conducted their
foremanship without a lost~time accident during the calendar years 1938, 1939,
and 1940, \'/ill be eligible to members~p in the Society. Uembars gualifyipg
ynder this section will be pfivileged ~oth to hold office and to v~te.
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5. Proof of eligibility for metqbership will be taken from the
pq roll and accident recol'Cis of .The Union Pacific Coal Company, certified

to by the Company's Auditor and the Safety Engineer or General Manager.
No officer other than those covered by Sections l, 2, 3, and 4, above, will
be eligible for membership in the Society.
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6. General officers of The Union Pacific Coal Company will not
be eligible to membership in the Society, but any member \"JhO may be advanced
to the office of President, Vice President of Operation, General Manager,
General Superintendent, Chief Engineer or Safety Engineer, will be privileged
to retain his membership in the society without right to hold office or to
vote. No honorary memberships shall a~ any time be established by the Society.
7. Regular ~eting_s _of SIGMA TAU EPSILO~ will be h_e_,ld _9.1,1arterly _in
each year at Rock Springs in the month4- ofJ.fil&gt;l:~!icy, MEly L All&amp;Uf!t,_ ~~-~C?_v~~~er,
at a time and place designated by the President, and there will be elected at
the first quarterly meeting of each year, a President• a Senior and a Junior
Vice President and a Secretary, who wiil conduct the affairs of the Society
in a manner approved by the membership, fifty per cent of the members who
are in the employ of The Union Pacific Coal Company constituting e. quorum at
any meeting. Special meetings may be called by the President or in his
absence, by a Vice President when necessity requires same. Members who leave
the employ of The Union Pacific Coal Company will retain their membership
but will not be privileged to hold office or to vote.

�8. The dilties of the President (or in his absence a Vice President),
will be to arrange~ suitable program for each regular and special meeting,
to preside over same, and to use his best effort to inspire and promote the
wQrk of accident prevention. The Secretary will maintain an accurate record
of al~ proposed members, with qualifications ahd date of admission to membership, and in addition will maintain a roster of membership and keep a full
record of the transactions of all regular and special meetings. No due's· will
be collected from members and no expen~es will be incurred except with the
approval of the General Manager of The Union Pacific Coal Company.
9. There will be appointed ~y the Fresident at the first quarterly
meeting in each year; cert~n committees on safe practice recommendations,
each of whom will elect a Chairman and a Secretary. Each committee will
diligently study accident prevention methods, making due report to the Society
for approval, amendment or .disapproval of their recormnendations; all approved
recommendations to be submitted by the Secretary to the Safety Engineer for
the consideration of the management of 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.
10. The Safety Engineer will deliver promptly to the proper committee chairman, a statement of all accidents that occur within and outside
the mines for such recommendations as the certain committee may submit. l!
will be understood that the real work of the several committees is to observe
bad practice. making recommendations regarding same, thus anticip;.ting and
attempting to prevent accident_s .
U. 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 admission to the Society.

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                <text>This collection is made possible in part by a generous grant from Wyoming Humanities. All materials are the property of Union Pacific Coal Company, on long-term loan at Western Wyoming Community College. For usage inquiries, contact the &lt;a href="https://www.uprrmuseum.org"&gt;Union Pacific Museum&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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