Safety bulletin describing a recent accident at the Chicopee plant of the Fisk Tire Company

Title

Safety bulletin describing a recent accident at the Chicopee plant of the Fisk Tire Company

Subject

Tire industry--Massachusetts--Chicopee

Description

Inside the safety bulletin case, management of the plant has placed a poster which shows and describes how a worker injured his finger while placing his hand on a tire hanging from the overhead track; the worker next to him pushed a tire which smashed one of his fingers. The poster in the case is written both in English and Polish. By 1920, persons born in Poland made up about 9% of the population of Chicopee and many were employed by the Fisk Tire Company.

Date

[ca. 1920]

Contributor

Edward Bellamy Memorial Association

Is Part Of

The Fisk Tire Company collection at the Edward Bellamy Memorial Association, Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Language

English

Coverage

Massachusetts--Hampden (county)--Chicopee

Identifier

FTC11

Original Format

Photographs

Files

FTC11.jpg

Citation

“Safety bulletin describing a recent accident at the Chicopee plant of the Fisk Tire Company,” Chicopee Archives Online, accessed March 19, 2024, https://www.chicopeepubliclibrary.org/archives/items/show/4079.