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f the Compensation
r’s jury, which was
gging company em-

head shipper, crane-
seman, timekeeper and

an “astonishing situa-
er situation. The IWA
ating logging deaths
experience.

‘decided to spend some of my own time,

| Stressed

deration of Labor.

sibility

lvocate

their claims for the Board.
ber the way men get crossed up in the

istance in this respect.

ition

rogram, they really got a. hearing.
, IWA, and Joe Morris, District Vice
‘missed a trick under cross-examination.
jody, and dealt with their subject from

nd today, and it looks as though they
told by one of the officials that their
the enquiry.

Kelowna, had been on the stand. Don
‘and stricter observance of safety regu-
a first-class safety program, especially

made a case for better all round de-
‘k has been spotty. On some opera-
hers they have been asleep. Some com-
reent, and others are more or less in-

y wakened up a lot of Joes to the

| Council
“council for the industry should be set
it and the Board, to push a safety

onsibility for others’ lives should be
n in the industry should learn to

iad Jowered the accident rate by being

on the idea.
sted

og ‘

the large operators are just as
they didi't toy to take the IWA for
‘too much, they ktiow, so the old

a sort of religion with the men

nd.
mc atibe air-taxi companies,
‘rs to move injured men more

re up to at the Sloan enquiry into|classes, in addition to his other

the interest that the employers were
high-priced lawyers in the city were on

ey weren't missing any bets, and
ome Unions don’t, that Workmen's

ety Council had charge of the IWA
‘o parts. He first dealt with a number

loner that the IWA was supporting | and a changed attitude in the mill

when he showed the importance of | with notable results.

when hé described how disabled men Bob Walker Praised
to get useful employment. Then he said
sualties a new chance, as it was to fix

p a convalescent and re-training centre, |OUtstanding work accomplished |
rovide them with everything needed |by First Aid Attendant Bob

‘the employers should make the effort j
umber of them in new jobs which they| A new pride in their safety |

@ Old Country and that it works well for|Safety Committee members to

issioner when they asked for the appoint-

d to go to bat for a lot of them, and
roperly presented. Bill Gray said that Two Escape

the stand, he was talking the |

B.C. LUMBER WORKER

New Safety
Program At
TahsisSucceeds

Energetic safety program
launched by Mr. G. Gibson,
Tahsis Co. Ltd., in co-operation
with the Tahsis Sub-Local 1-85,
IWA, has aroused the interest
and support of Tahsis mill em-
ployees, according to recent re-
ports from the plant IWA
' Safety Committee.

Safety Director “Scotty” Alli-
son, B.C, Lumber Manufacturers’
Association, arrives by chartered
plane every Thursday to conduct
lectures and’ demontrations on
safety procedures, and has se-
cured an excellent response from
workers in the mill.

Newly appointed First Aid At-
tendant Bob Walker has com-
pleted the re-modelling of the
First Aid room and is busily en-
,|gaged in conducting first aid

duties.

Head millwright Al Crowe has
given special attention to safety
feutures, All foremen have joined
him in a determined effort to
eliminate needless accidents. _—|

Immediate result has been the
enthusiastic participation by the
employees in the safety program,

with regard to safety precautions,

|
The plant committee members
|have recorded their praise of the |

Walker, in dealing with the mill’s
accident problem. He is rated by |
them as “very good”. |

work, has prompted the IWA

declare that the mill will soon es-
tablish the top safety record
among mills on Vancouver Island.

Bunker Collapse!

Two men narrowly escaped |
with their lives at Kashmir Singh
Lumber Co., North Vancouver, on
April 24, because of the com-
pany’s failure to heed the warn-
ing of the IWA, Local 1-217, re-
garding the unsafe condition of
the sawdust bunkers.

While working on their truck,
the employees whose lives were
endangered, heard an ominous
creak, and hurriedly jumped-.to
safety. In a few seconds the
truck was completely buried, by
Ithe collapsing bunkers.

The incident will be investi-
gated by officials of Local 1-217,
to secure enforcement of accident
prevention regulations in future.

SOUND SENSE

Two women were getting ready
to board an air liner.

One of them turned to the pilot
and said:

“Now please, don’t travel faster
than sound. We want to talk.”
.

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