B.C. LUMBER WORKER Page Seven nt deration, it may mean that we year than in previous years. accidents had a cause. While the jury hangs over the heads of men allow this situation to exist when ‘ou don’t believe it, stop reading here, catches up with you. BRAINS cilled if we dig into the facts about can then act in an organized way on i diagrams, with the facts in each a good square look at them and 1 m done to prevent each tragedy. ar, we can find only one where death most of them, the victim himself, or SLAUGHTER ess, it’s next door to suicide. He but in fact he does. negligence, causes the death of an- r, in fact, if not in law. We know but his conscience will tell him that e to prevent another death. , it must likewise answer the charge ER OR WORSE tacks about this manslaughter and sui- ws that safer working conditions are esponsibility is it to make the job safer? Management must provide safe ety training. has ordered safety. It pays off in ‘costs. The rub is that company men can’t see every wrong move that’s comes the time when they must or reckless to get production,-the crew lake organized action on the job under @ crew to write the safety laws for the ery operation. Keep the safety com- L regularly, make regular inspections, he company men on the job, as pro- th a sane safety program. The safe for the whole crew that every man nee or unsafe procedures to the down to size the guy who doesn’t and see that they get educated about by playing it safe every minute on g about safety the hard way in shter an 1950 Conet Logging Accudenie- BEFORE ‘TRACTOR PUSHING LOGS INTO WATER. ‘OWE LOG FOULS ON BOULDER. WHILE PUSHING IT CLEAR, SOMETHING GOES WRONG, AND TRACTOR KEEPS GOING INTO LAKE d suicide now! 1950 Coaet-Logging Aecidenie- Ny asses A) tots ra. | ee Occupation: Superintendent. Age: 40. Date: April 9, 1950. Deceased and a helper worked on Sunday to put some logs in the water so the tractor could have some repairs made before sending it to another part of the operation. ‘A turn of logs was pushed into the lake, but one of them, a boomstick, fouled a boulder. While pushing this clear something appeared to go wrong and the tractor kept going right inte the lake. The body has not been recovered. DEAD... Bucker. Age: 58, Experience: 30 years. Date: Oceupatior March 15, 1950. This accident occurred while clearing a right-of-way for a new logging truck road. A hemlock, having five separate hearts, had grown alongside a fir and the branches of the two trees were interlaced. A cut was completed in the hemlock, but it did not fall. The fallers were going to cut the fir, but before they got started the engineer called them away to do another job. The head faller warned deceased of the danger from the hemlock falling. De- ceased either forgot or thought it was safe, for an hour later, he started to buck a cedar close by. The hemlock came down just as he started to cut. He died on the way to camp. os fe About It! It may be that some of you have thought of sending in a contribution for our safety pages, but have been undecided about the subject for the article. If you are one who has been wondering, “What shall I write about?”, here are some sugges- tions: 1. What's wrong with our safety meetings? 2. Your operation’s biggest safety problem. 3. The story of a safety stunt that worked. 4. A new safety device, lay- out, method, committee setup, that you have found effective. 5. How you converted the plant’s “Tough Guy” to safety. 6. Your reasons for being sold on safety shoes, goggles or a “for instance” story. 7. The gimmick in the safety . contest in your plant. Surely everyone has something to say on one of the above sub- jects. How about saying it in an article for use in our safety pages? GVO KWOWEGETTER . boil Carctess We ays, Prove Sofely Pays ; It's a man-sized job on this old earth To get on your own and prove your worth, But it’s tougher still to have a mishap ‘And face the world with a handicap. No matter how smart you think you are, You cannot depend on your lucky star To keep your limbs and your eyes intact, Or to keep your skull from being cracked. It takes constant care and a mind that’s alert. To stay on the job and avoid being hurt. A beautiful epitaph can’t be read By the man it’s written for, after he’s dead. The age-old plea, “I wish that I had...” Is no relief when you're hurt and sad ‘And you dream of an eye that once could see, Or think of a limb that used to be. It’s worth far more, as the days go by, To give safety a break and honestly try To avoid the cost-of careless ways, And prove to the world that SAFETY PAYS. If a man is alert, He seldom gets hurt. WILSON FOR WASHINGTON A Progress meeting of the Presi- dent's National Conference on Indus- trial Safety at Washington, D.C,, next week, will be attended by Manley J. Wilson as a representative of the In- ternational Woodworkers of America, President J. E. Fadling announced to- day. Wilson, editor of the organization's newspaper, the “International Wood- worker", is a member of Governor Douglas McKay's Advisory Committee ‘on Industrial Safety. The Conference will be a three-day meeting, convening on Monday, June 5, and continuing through the 7th. The first of the National Confer- ences was called in March of 1949 and brought together some 1,200 rep- resentatives of Federal and State Gov- eraments, labor, management and pri- vate organizations directly interested in industrial safety, —(Anonymous) > F; wt Tossing objects speeds up trou- ie.