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Safety Lessons in Metal Mining R6 of 6

Reel Number: 221620-05

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1914

Country: USA

Location: Franklin,New Jersey

TC Begins: 02:54:58

TC Ends: 03:06:03

Duration: 00:11:05

Safety Lessons in Metal Mining R6 of 6 Continued... Title: A miner, leaving an acetylene lamp...while loading holes...” Man loading dynamite in holes w/ fuses hanging down. Boss comes up. 02:55:37 Title: “He accidentally lights a fuse...explosion...” Smoke, man & partner run; explosion. 02:56:02 Title: “Miners lighting the fuses properly...” Two men lighting fuses then run, smoking fuses. 02:56:36 Title: “...after lighting the fuses, miners place danger sign.” Top of ladder shaft, men leave, change sign to danger & go out tunnel. 08:57:18 Title: “Hoisting men at end of shift. Miners boarding...at underground shaft...” Miners onto skip; it rises as others wait for next, then board & it rises. Remaining men wait. GOOD. 08:59:18 Title: “Miners leaving...shaft station.” Men arrive at top & unload past camera 08:59:58 Title: “Miners taking their work checks from their department check board.” Line pasing & taking. 03:00:21 Title: “Operations in open cut. Men at work on various benches using safety belts & ropes...” Half dozen working w/ pry bars & drills on large rocks, tilt up to two men on top. 03:00:57 Title: “One man is noticed w/o safety belt...” Climbs up rope, takes belt & safety rope, returns to work area & puts on belt. Men working. 03:02:25 Title: “Later, miner desires more freedom..unfastens...” Men working, one slips. 03:03:04 Title: “...both fall; but one man is saved by his safety rope...other killed.” Falling (looks real). Rocks cascade down. 03:03:34 Title: “--Notice-- All men working...must wear safety belt... Miners using change house. Note the...fan suction to each locker...” Men washing & cleaning up. GOOD 03:05:04 Title: “Miners leaving the plant. Miners leaving Time-Office gate. ...clothed to withstand the cold weather.” Men wearing hats & dressed in suits & heavy coats leaving. The End. Department of Interior insignia. 1914 Government Safety Film; Heavy Industry; Mining; Dangerous; Work Place Hazards; Medical; Staged; Documentary Educational Film.

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