NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL

Cause & Cure
Contest
Starts Dec. 1

A valuable wrist watch will
be awarded by the IWA Dis-
trict Safety Council as first
prize in the accident “cause
and cure” contest announced in
the last issue of the “B.C.
Lumber Worker”.

The contest will commence with
the Dec. 1 issue of the B.C, Lum-
ber Worker and conclude with the
issue of Feb. 2, 1950.

A cash prize of three dollars
will be awarded the best submis-
sion for publication in each issue
during the contest period. From
among the cash prize winners, the
judges will select the best of the

Series for the top prize of the
wrist watch.

The contestants are asked to
submit a brief description of an
actual and typical accident in the
branch of the industry where
they are employed, whether in
logging or mill operations. With
each such description they must
outline briefly the remedy.

The contest is open to members
of the IWA only. District Ofi-
cers and members of the District
staff are not eligible to compete.
Officers of the IWA | District
Safety Council are likewise ex-
cluded.

Judges are: Michael Skuzanski,
president; Bill Gray, secretary of
the District Safety Council, and
George Mitchell, District sgecre-
tary-treasurer,

Further information regarding
the contest will be furnished upon

application to the District Office,
IWA. ie

The first prize is a Churchill
wrist watch, 17-jewel, anti-mag-
netic, shock-proof, dust-proof and
engraved with the prizewinner’s
name,

It was especially selected for
the contest by Goldbloom and
Son, 207 West Hastings St., Van-
couver, a firm well-known to lum-
ber workers,

Human understanding is the
ability to understand and sympa-
thize with the ambitions, hopes,
and fears of the people with
whom we work.

A basie part of such under-
standing is a genuine desive to
help “ene Such a spirit is found

in those who really like and
+ epee ae nature. ag
must nuine; it can never
cessfully “put on”.

It is one of the essential char-

ics of real leadership,
based on unselfishness and a very
real urge to help others.

and more efficient it
their duties. PS

—Safety Slants.

B.C. LUMBER WORKER

pressed at the request of the
accident prevention.

The need for more rapid and
reliable transportation of injured
loggers to hospital was stressed
and will be further emphasized
by supporting evidence to- be pre-
sented during hearings to be held
in Vancouver.

Specially trained first aid at-
tendants for isolated camps were
advocated as essential for the
saving of life following serious
accidents,

The brief submitted by George
Home, secretary of the B. C. Fed-
eration of Labor, supported by
IWA officials, urged that Safety
Inspectors be empowered to en-
force safety regulations more
strictly.

The number of safety inspec-
tors should be increased from
nine to at least twelve, the brief
stated, with provision for one
woman inspector, to deal with the
needs of women employees.

It was pointed out by labor
representatives during discussion
on accident prevention, that ex-
perience had shown the possibil-
ity of lowering the accident rate
to the mutual advantage of em-
ployer and employee.

It was also agreed by the trade
union representatives that where
wilful or negligent action by
those in authority was primarily
responsible for the accident, ef-
fective disciplinary action should
be taken against those respons-
ible.

White Elephant
Trails Mishaps

A new scheme to encourage
safety in the mill of Victoria
Lumber Co. Ltd., Chemainus, will
be instituted shortly. If there is
any name for it at all, it might
be termed “The Trail of the
White Elephant”,

The company has acquired a
very sombre looking elephant
made of solid teak. This object
has recently received a glossy
coat of white paint.

The idea is, briefly, that the
elephant should repose on the
desk of Mr. E. G. Shorter, gen-
eral manager, till the first com-
pensable accident occurs. At that
time, it will be trekked to the
desk of the foreman in charge of
the department in which the ac-
cident occurred, and will remain
there till a compensable accident
takes place in another depart-
ment. The white elephant will
then trumpet its disapproval from
the foreman’s desk in that de-
partment.

Tf no compensable accident oc-
curs for a month, the elephant
goes to the desk of Mr. Jim Mil-
lar, personnel manager, and then
to the desk of Mr. F. G. Elliot,
mill superintendent, if there is no
accident for a two-month period.
After three months without a
compensable accident in the mill,
the white elephant would return
to Mr. Shorter’s desk.

The results might be more
startling had the elephant been
painted pink, it is thought.

“Jolly Good Show!”

“Until we get a considerable
volume of unemployment we shall
not get hard work. The only in-
centive the human creature re-
spects is fear. A man will not
give of his best unless he is
frightened he will lose his job.”

—Dr. Desmond P, Bailey, Barris-
ter-at-Law and President of Al-

trincham Young Tories, (Al-
trincham Guardian). :

s Need
Air Ambulance |

An air ambulance service on radio call for all remote
logging camps, was urged by officials of the B. GC. Federa-
tion of Labor, before the Royal Commission on Workmen’s
Compensation in Victoria, Nov. 8. The question was

IWA during consideration of

QUIZ

Loggers, how well do you
Inow your accident prevention
regulations?

Check your knowledge on the
following questions with the
answers on Page 12.

1_Q—What is the rule about
using Molly Hogans?

2. Q—What is the standard
precaution to be taken before
giving the “go-ahead” signal
in yarding?

3. Q—How far may logs ex-
tend beyond the trailer bunk on
logging trucks?

“PIPE-UP”
FOR PIPE

With Christmas in the air,
Geoff Spencer, our “ad” man,
feels that we need more humor
in the paper. He offers a prize
for:

Your Best Joke;

Your Funniest Personal Ex-
perience in the Woods;

Your Most Unbelievable
Woodworker's Story.

‘The winner of each category
will receive a special hand-
carved briar pipe from Italy,
which can be used to smoke
tobacco or frighten your
friends.

The results will be printed in
the December 15 issue.

stop.

stances.

was sent in.

‘THE diagram shown on this page illus-
trates very clearly one type of logging
accident that the IWA is determined to

Our information is to the effect that
six men lost their lives on the Coast this
year under almost exactly similar circum-

In this instance, the survivors testified
at the inquest that ample time had been
given to get in the clear before the turn

It was toward the end of the day. They
were tired, and rather than go back of the
turn of the logs, they took chances.

One life was snuffed out. Three others

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DIAGRAM OF SCENE OF FATAL ACCIDENT
2.30 P.M. NOV. 282 1949

Men Don’t Have To Die Like

narrowly missed the same fate. We can
readily imagine the feelings of the crew
when tragedy struck.

We gain nothing by attempting to

fasten the blame for such accidents on
anybody. It is our business to learn the
lessons of experience and safeguard log-

gers against any such accidents in the

future.

CAKEO SHOW

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FREE OF SWOW... Rie ,

Such accidents can be prevented. They;
can be prevented if every man on the crew
is on the alert to avoid unnecessary ris!

Our agreement with the employer:
calls for the organization of accident pri
vention committees on every operatio
The IWA District Safety Council is urgin:
that activity on the part of these commit

OTVO RWOWEETTER

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