Page Six B.C. LUMBER WORKER 1950 Conet-Logging Aecidenda- \ 1950 Const. Logging hecodenie- 1s NOSE GUY TALHAD iro CRIBDING oF DUMP AT @) ‘2 SALT WATER EATS AWAY Uif"CABLE TILL IT BREAKS. Guy THAT ‘3-GUYS SPACED $0 IF ONE BREAKS, OTHERS ARE NO USE. 4roin-rore © prors To G1), STRIKING OIL DRUM EDECEASED AT Xe ® TOSITION OF Loos Rup Tit can ont Tas s08) wav ACE DEAD... DEAD... Occupation Dump man. Age: 63. Date: May 18th, 1950. Occupation: Chokerman. Age: 18 years. Experience: None The deceased, who was an experienced steam engineer, was hired | Second day on job. Date: April 27, 1 to operate a diesel tractor used for unloading logs. He was instructed Yarding was being carried out alongside a truck road. A ‘rub in the operation of the machine by an experienced operator and two | tree was used to keep the logs off the road $ loads were dumped. ‘ They hooked on two logs which were bout 100 feet back of the rub tree. One was 35 feet long with a 7-inch top, and the other 20 The tide was low and the logs were jamming up at the dump so it'was decided to shift some of them with the main line, the deceased | looking after-the choking of the logs. They were taking a pull when | UP in Some Sotling roto posite to the main line. a/Joadicameé into the Tanding., - 3 f : Deceased and the rigging slinger changed the chokers to the other When the operator released the strain on the line the gin pole | side of the tree, fastening them five feet from the ends of the logs. feet long with a 14-inch top. When the turn went ahead it hung up in some sapling roots of the rub tree and the ends of the logs snapped back a guy line parted where it was fastened to the cribbing-| = They went to one side, deceased sitting on a log and the rigging and the pole came down striking deceased on the head. He died | singer standing behind him with one foot on the log. When the about three hours later on the plane enroute to hospital. |“go-ahead” signal was given the back end of (he logs swung in an There were the required number of guys on the gin pole, but jar, striking deceased and just missing the rigging slinger. because of the location they were not spaced so that two guys were| Death was due to a ruptured heart, fractured breast bone and always taking the strain. ribs. “... Our records show that the majority of men injured in our plant°are those men who take no interest in the safety programme... A Vancouver Sawmill Manager. One of the most important reasons why accident rates are not more noticeably reduced is the attitude of indifference on the part of the majority of workmen. Few would acknowledge this indiffer- ence and most would be quite emphatic in claiming a keen interest in safety. The reasons or excuses for indifference are many, but possibly the most com mon one is that "accidents happen to the other fellow’. Most men think that they are smart enough to look out for themselves and it is up to the other fellow to do the same. In the minds of most men is the suspicion that the fellow who was injured is a “dope”. It is a small minority of workmen who -have the unselfish willingness and the sense of responsibil- ity to carry on the safety work in industry. Safety Committee members frequently become discouraged because the whole burden of acci- dent-prevention is dropped on their shoulders and little assistance or co-operation is given by the men. The accident rate cannot be materially reduced by the efforts of the Safety Committee alone. Safety is not a matter of monthly meetings, but of constant alertness and attention, day in and day out, by everyone. ‘ The Safety Committee members are, after all, only delegates of the entire crew. Their job is to review progress and co-ordinate action. They cannot do the thinking for each and every man on the -job. : No thinking person would delegate the responsibility of guarding his own welfare to another: person. For self-preservation each man must take a positive and active interest in the safety programme. To best serve his own interest, each must serve in the common interest. WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION BOARD Vancouver ADAM BELL, Chairman CHRIS W, PRITCHARD, Commissioner F, P. ARCHIBALD, Secretary E, V. ABLETT, Commissioner