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Crowds gather to watch miners participate in Safety Day exercises.

1. Safety Day Is Important

IDNO:
002768
Title:
Safety Day Is Important
Date:
ca. 1920-1940
Description:
Crowds gather to watch miners participate in Safety Day exercises.
Cars line the hillside above the stadium where Safety Day exercises are held.

2. Safety Day Is Important

IDNO:
002769
Title:
Safety Day Is Important
Date:
ca. 1920-1940
Description:
Cars line the hillside above the stadium where Safety Day exercises are held.
Four pictures showing the proper and wrong ways to scotch and clean under cages.

3. Safety Procedures for Scotching and Cleaning Under Cage

IDNO:
002802
Title:
Safety Procedures for Scotching and Cleaning Under Cage
Description:
Four pictures showing the proper and wrong ways to scotch and clean under cages.
Two pictures of a miner retracking a mine car. Left is the safe way to retrack, right is the unsafe way to retrack.

4. Methods for Retracking Mine Cars

IDNO:
002806
Title:
Methods for Retracking Mine Cars
Description:
Two pictures of a miner retracking a mine car. Left is the safe way to retrack, right is the unsafe way to retrack.
Miner sitting in between posts that hold the roof of the mine up. 'Safety First is stressed in every possible way at White Oak mines. Note the posts to protect this man at his labor. He is waiting for another mine car so he can clean up his working place and make it ready for the mining machine crew who will cut it during the night, ready for him to work tomorrow.'

5. Safety Posts

IDNO:
002808
Title:
Safety Posts
Date:
undated
Description:
Miner sitting in between posts that hold the roof of the mine up. 'Safety First is stressed in every possible way at White Oak mines. Note the posts to protect this man at his labor. He is waiting for another mine car so he can clean up his working place and make it ready for the mining machine crew who will cut it during the night, ready for him to work tomorrow.'
Safety float of the New River Coal and Coke Co. on the Fourth of July. Floats with safety themes highlighted many parades in Fayette and Raleigh Counties.

6. New River Coal Company Safety Float at Mt. Hope, W. Va.

IDNO:
002810
Title:
New River Coal Company Safety Float at Mt. Hope, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Safety float of the New River Coal and Coke Co. on the Fourth of July. Floats with safety themes highlighted many parades in Fayette and Raleigh Counties.
Bulletin board emphasizing safety themes.

7. Summerlee Safety Bulletin Board

IDNO:
002811
Title:
Summerlee Safety Bulletin Board
Description:
Bulletin board emphasizing safety themes.