Safety Signboard
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Title |
Safety Signboard |
Title Caption |
Hundreds of workmen pass this safety signboard on their way to and from the construction areas. |
Description |
Numerous innovative safety efforts emerged at the Grand Coulee Dam to forestall and prevent accidents. In 1939 alone 619 workers suffered injuries from falls, lifting, explosives, electricity, tools/machinery, vehicles, and numerous other workers. In total there had been an estimated 2,452 accidents on the project to date and 67 fatalities.(Banks, Columbia Basin History Project 1939 vol. VII, pg. 86) |
Date Original |
1939-05-01 |
Author |
United States. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Reclamation.; Messrs. Johnson and Erickson selected photographs from photographers Pomeroy, Robinson, and Russell. |
Library of Congress Subject Headings |
Grand Coulee Dam (Wash.)--Safety measures |
TGM Subject |
Administrative offices |
Type |
Image |
Genre |
Photographs |
Geographic Area |
United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam site; United States--Washington (State)--Grant County--Grand Coulee Dam |
Identifier |
cg040b07v7p83.jpg |
Publisher |
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries: https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/ |
Source |
Is found in A History of the Columbia Basin Project (vol. 7, pg. 83), Cage 40, Frank A. Banks Papers https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/cg40.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc |
Rights |
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ |
Rights Notes |
No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was created by the United States government. |
Digitization |
Original photographic prints were scanned at 24 bit 3000 pixels by the long side for master TIFF files on an Epson Expression 10,000 XL scanner. While 24 bit 150 PPI JPEG also created and added to the CONTENTdm database at the WSU Libraries. |
Notes |
Part of Western Waters Digital Library, http://westernwaters.org/ |
Language |
English |
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