Page Six B.C. LUMBER WORKER 1950 Coast Logging Hecidewe- APRIL 24 : i THs working on afternoon shifts has its drawbacks, but also has its advantages. Today, I went with one of our business | agents to visit a couple of mills at noon-hour. I see where or- ganization is necessary if we workers are going to have safe | working conditions. It’s up to the boys on the job i | j Me Coci ACU eee Oe y to get in the Union and get yee APRIL 29 ee SKED TO 3 = committees set up and function- Dore NOT EAL. fy tarunen amyids ing. We still have lots of mills | Safety Award S z he that need alert and aggressive Another interesting event that safety committees. should be coming up soon is the ‘APRIL 26 ; awarding of the Werth Lowery 4 award to the IWA Local with the | Safety Council best safety record. | I was at the Local Union office| I had forgotten about it till I today, and Stu Hodgson told me|Was going over some of the that the Local Safety Council is| Union literature, I had stowed set, up for 1950. Bill Croy is|away. I should sure like to see chairman, and Bert Fulljames is | it go to a Local in B. C. District 1. secretary. cae : MAY 1 They have a big job ahead o ici ; them, but I am sure that with the Publicity Rating help of the job stewards they will} I see in the newspapers that get along with it. the W orkmen’s Compensation One thing we can all do is see | Board 1g making srardss & ane that the minutes of our respective | Mills, logging west of the Cas- : j plant safety committees go into |cades, and logging east of the | COSTLY ACCIDENT—Pailure {o war th the Local Union office each month.|Cascades. to leave curve. If-any of the committees need|_ 1 suppose it will do some good, help, a phone call to the Local a ene oaly (iteugh ue pub- ccs |, BRI |G DOWN SAPLING AND TREE ‘A’ office will get immediate atten-| icity it gets. course, it may Ten Otero enn ity cet ie str up some’ interest ana ft Nil PRIL 28 give some public acknowledge- A ment of what has been done. “Cause and Cure” It still looks to me as if a HE TOOK HIS LAST CHANCE) ; 2.3 eee ana school where men could be taught . ; ow to do the job safely woul FALLER, 28 years of age, and with six months’ experience. |Gus $kuzanski today and they |fow to do the job Fett eaters, lost his life March, 1950, in the accident | ¢o4n to decide who had submitted | MAY 2 4 the best “cause and cure” for . z The deceased owned the power saw, and had a 19-year-old |an accident. Gus said it was not| Enquiry Continues partner who had never worked in the woods before. They were | going to be too difficult, as there| I found out today that the IWA working in a small operation, without supervision from a bull- | weren’t too. many entries. is not finished with their pre- bucker. I was siepelbed) Because the Sie ene ot Chiet Ju ‘They had been shipped to the camp by an employment office | wrist watch that is the prize is |Sloan, and the oyal Commi n, in Vancouver, and had worked only 1% days before the accident | worth 45 bucks, and that’s not|of the Workmen's Compensation > ly 1% day: occurred, hay in any language. | Act. Bill Gray’and Don McRae are being called back for cross-exam ination and there may be adi tional witnesses called as well. I | say, go to it boys, do a good job. — SSS |MAY 4 The boys that presented our Labor and Management share in the formulating of Accident-Prevention : SAFETY r ) | Regulations. They share, also, the responsibility for carrying out the regula- changes they asked for in their | ‘Me landing. What might happen, someday) ) tions. They tell me they can make ar- | rangements to have a. 30-minute film on helicopter rescue work shown to any group that is inter- ested. Also Frank Howard is tak- ing a projector on the Loggers’ Navy and a number of films, in- cluding some‘on accident preven- | tion to show the boys in the | camps on his next trip. If laws are not accepted and complied with by the majority concerned, then successful enforcement is unattainable. Compliance with the intent and spirit of the Accident-Prevention Regula- tions gives greater results than enforcement for the following reasons: Industrial hazards are‘ so varied in type and degree, and so numerous that it is impracticable to completely and specifically cover them all by regulations. A large number of actidents occur in the field not covered by | the regulations which, of necessity, are but minimum legal re- quirements. Regulations are applicable only to those hazards subject to con- trol and enforcement, | SAFETY MEETINGS Importance of Safety Commit- ee do : brief to the Sloan Commission "TONGS haven't stopped working for the | SAFETY PRECAUTIONS FORGOTTEN, tee Meetings are now clearly rec- ognized. If conducted efficiently, results of value to every worker in the plant can be realized. Experienced safety men rec- ommend consideration of the fol- lowing suggestions to get the ° most out of the meetings: DANGEROUS COMBINATION: Gasoline ae Set ie regular date and time| snags, all in close proximity, and all contr: Enforcement of the regulations is necessary to bring into line those persons 2. Remind Peseta Bee who are unaware of or unconcerned with their personal obligations to them- in advance. selves, their families, their fellow-workers and their employers. 3. The inspection team should # = ‘make its inspection before Enforcement can be by means of compulsion or by persuasion. Force the meeting and have its re- generally may have more immediate results, but lasts only so long as the force A pone mend is applied. Persuasion requires greater ability and effort, but has more lasting : ~ Review your “Safety Com- | It is impossible to legislate mental and emotional attitudes to the job or against habits and customs peculiar to individuals or occupations. Satisfactory accident-prevention performance can only be achieved through the compliance by all parties with the written regulations, coupled with the voluntary adoption of sensible on-the-job rules to cover the specific and parti- cular hazards of the job and persons concerned. mittee Meeting” file folder effect. and plan your meeting. If . Possible, arrange an