B.C.

LUMBER WORKER

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Bill Gray,
Sec. District Safety Council,
District No. 1, IWA, CIO.

In this issue I will discuss

some of the safety appliances
which are of special interest to
sawmill workers. Chief among
these are the steel toe safety
shoes. These are made by at least
four reputable companies in Ca-
nada.
. They have a tempered steel toe
incorporated in a boot of good
quality leather available in either
boot or shoe style, at reasonable
prices. As a hint to plant Safety
Committees, try selling your
company on the idea of making
all the articles mentioned here,
available at wholesale prices to
the workers in your plants.

Safety shoes are a MUST for
all mill workers. There are hun-
dreds of cases on record where
they have saved broken toes and
other serious damage to the feet.

It is true that safety shoes give
only partial protection to the
feet, but in places where addi-
tional protection is desired, foot
guards may be worn. These are
made of steel, and go over the
boot itself. They protect most of
the instep.

Eye Protection
, The EYES have it. How many
times have you had something in
your oye? Dust, saw-dust, steel
particles, emery-dust, dirt and a
thousand other things. The eye
is one of the most easily injured
parts of the human body as well

as one of the parts
BS withionit. Pi we can least

Tn this modern age there are
protective glasses and goggles de-
i for any job, in and around

a ea re your eyes a break
ind wear the proper eye .
tion for your job. te sia

Safe Fastening

Gloves and leather aprons also
come under the heading of pro-
tective equipment. When a glove
or mitt gets worn and ragged, it
is iy get a new one. The
Same applies to leather aprons.
eee. i. a tip $e anea working

0 moving Jumber and ma-
chinery, and who wear leather
aprons, *

Copy the cowboys who wear
chaps, those wooly or leather
pet covers used in riding. Cow-

ys fasten them with a leather
lace, not half or three-quarter
inches in width, but one that will
-break with a ten-pound pull. If
you fasten your aprons the same
way they will never drag you
into a saw or chipper, because
you can break the first.

Firm Ladders
Ladders are another piece of

eguij it that are the causes of
ents, when not properly con-
structed and when used without

be sure that

Over 2,000,000 job accidents a
year throughout American indus-
try cost employers and workers
an estimated $4,500,000,000. Some
industries, establishments and
stations have made great pro-
gress in the last 40 years —
others have not. i

No one escapes the effects of
job accidents, neither the worker
who gets hurt, his family, the
community, the employer, nor
the nation.

‘The majority of accidents oc-
cur in the 2,500,000 small firms,
even though they employ a lesser
proportion of our work force.
Here is where we need to con-
centrate our effort.

Public and private organiza-
tions working separately can
bring safety services only to li-
mited areas. Our mission is to
reach every job site in America.
Only co-operative action will ac-
complish this.

Hazard Control

Safety and efficiency are closely
related. Accident prevention is
an integral part of good design
and good management. The eli-
mination of physical hazards is
a first step in building a safety
program. It is recommended that:
1, Engineering control of ha-
zards begin at the drawing
board and continue through
construction and layout.
There be more inspection,
job analysis and accident
investigation for the detec-
tion and correction of ha-
zards, +
Control of machinery ha-
zards begin at the design
stage.

Development of ASA stan-
dards be continued co-oper-
atively.

. More study be given to
man’s physical limitations
in machine development.
Environmental influence be
further studied and controls
applied. Noise, vibration,
temperature, air contami-
nants and illumination affect
accidents.

Safe Behavior

All workers need education and
training to make them safe. More
study is needed on the personal
or human factors in accident
causation to establish dependable
methods of training and control.
Individual differences, mental
and physical, require greater care
in selection and placement of
workers. Devices for measuring
individual traits also need fur-
ther study and validation.

2.

3.

4,

Plant Safety Program
and Organization
Top management should accept
full responsibility for safe work
places and methods. This is dem-
onstrated by personal participa-
tion of top officials.

WOODWARD’S

Hand-Made
LOGGING BOOTS

© Non-Rust Eyelets.

Truman Committee Says

“SAFETY IS DUTY
OF MANAGEMENT”

The following is a summary of the report of the Co-ordinating Committee to Pres-
ident Truman’s National Industrial Safety Conference recently held in Washington, D.C. | c

WAGES ‘UP’, VALUE DOWN

WEEKLY EARNS

WEEKLY EARNINGS ADJUSTED’ |
BY COST OF LIVING INDEX

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INCREASED WAGE RATES FOR 1948 were wiped out by run-
away prices, as shown in the graph reprinted by permission of the
Bank of Canada Statistical Summary. Money earnings increased
considerably, but weekly earnings in terms of the 1946 dollars were
on an average slightly lower than those of 1947.

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[| also see a doctor at once.

WATCH THOSE
LIGHT TUBES!

following has been re~
pects by the Industrial Health
Division of the Department of
National Health and Welfare,

Ottawa:

“A serious health hazard has
developed due to the increasing
use of fluorescent lighting in in-
dustry. The fluorescent tubes are
‘cated on the inside with a pow-
der containing the element beryl-
lium, If particles of glass carry-
ing this powder get under the
skin the material may Aelay th
healing of wounds and lead

j[4 chronic inflammation and tumor-

like growths.

When a small number of
fluorescent lamps are broken the
following precautions are to be
taken:

«(p) Avoid breathing dust and
vapors that may be evolved.

Further on this, the District
Safety Council recommends that
First Aid treatment for cuts
from these tubes should consist
of washing with soap and water
and immediate medical attention.

‘Anyone exposed to breathing
powder from these tubes shou]

It is urged that anyone using
these tubes for towel racks or
any other like purpose should
discontinue doing so at once, and
should destroy them according to
instructions given above.

ATLAS PRINTERS

Soclal & Commercial Printers

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356 Alexander Stree?
VANCOUVER

PAcific 3723

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A definite safety policy should
be formulated and explained to

each employee.

‘Accident records should show
frequency, severity, causes, costs.

Correction of physical hazards
should be followed by periodic
inspection.

Foremen should be thoroughly
trained in safety fundamentals.
Each worker should receive ade-
quate training in safe ways of
doing his job. Job safety analysis
should be used as a basis for
worker education.

Definite provisions for man-
agement-labor cooperation in the
safety program should be estab-
lished.

Associations

Trade associations should pro-
vide their members with safety
services, such as collection, an-
alysis and interpretation of acci-
dent records, study of hazards,
safety manuals, bulletins, con-
tests, etc.

E. W. HAROLD
29 Years’ Service

© No. 1 Chrome Leather Uppers
Highest Grade Leather Soles

Province, and I worked there
Montreal

8-inch Tops.
Price Delivered _ $21.95

Southams took over.
“Southams rewarded my

my job.

T AM
AN LEU.
RANT

I HAVE BEEN ON THE

PICKET LINE

AROUND THE

DAILY PROVINCE

FOR 36 MONTHS

“Until I was forced on the picket line by the Southam
Co. in June, 1946, I had worked in the composing room of
The Daily Province for 29 years.

“I contributed my fair share to the building of The

long before the Southams of

moved into Vancouver with their millions and
bought the paper. There never was any trouble until the

lifetime of service with 32

months on the picket line, obtained a court injunction, sued
members of my union for damages in the Supreme Court
and imported individuals from all over Canada to take

-“I am still on the picket line with my fellow LT.U.
printers. We will be there until the Southam Co. will
abandon its union-wrecking policy and sit around the
conference table in good faith.”

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