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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

: August 17, 19

six-point safety program \

‘No Accident? Weeks Urged
To Boost Safety Program

By Michael A. Skuzanski, District Safety Director

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Let us review the set-up of
Safety (Joint) Committees and
their duties.

Plant Safety Committee

The chairman should be a fore-
man or superintendent of the
plant. The secretary should be an
TWA man. Other members are to
be selected in accordance with our
master agreement or (which are
the same) with the Workmen’s
Compensation Board Regulations.
There is equal representation
from management and the Union.

Duties of Committee

1. To make a regular monthly
inspection for unsafe conditions
and practices and to submit to
the committee chairman a written
report of its findings.

2. To instruct and warn fellow
workers of dangerous practices.

3. To investigate all serious ac-
cidents. or near accidents, and
submit reports and recommenda-
tions.

4. To help improve the co-op-
erative spirit between manage-
ment and employees in safety
work. 3s

Meetings

Meetings should be held once
each month on company time.
Special meetings may be called
by the chairman or a majority of
the members of the committee.

Program
Visual aids should be encour-

aged and followed up. This in-
cludes posters, bulletins, motion
pictures and sound films, safety
lectures, safety messages on
cheques. Contests and competi-
tions should be encouraged.

Other activities that should be
folowed and carried out when op-
portune are suggestion schemes
(which ‘provide an incentive);
classes in first aid (persons quali-
fied in St, John’s First Aid usu-
ally have a high degree of safety
consciousness); and special cam-
paigns, such as “No Accident”
weeks, etc.

Summary

Draw up a plan and follow it.
Don’t expect results too soon, but
be sure that progress is being
made.

Don’t expect the company to do

PACKED SPEEDERS PROBED

AT CAMP 3

Job safety committees are
the foundation of any safety
program. When functioning
properly, the causes of’ acci-
dents can be steadily elminated.

The minutes of the commit-
tee should record the results at-
tained, as well as all decisions
and recommendations. Other
safety committees may find
those of Camp 5, Bloedel’s of
interest as shown below.

The regular monthly meeting
of Camp 5 Safety Committee was
held on July 24, 1950, with a roll
call vote showing 14 members
present, eight from the Union
and six from the company. The
meeting was called to order by
Bro, Epp at 4:45 p.m.

M/S/C minutes be adopted as
read.

Discussion concerning hy-

something until you have indi-|drants, fireextinguishers,a

cated the need and made a con-
structive suggestion tactfully to
the person best qualified to take
necessary action.

Last but not least, Union repre-
sentatives should see that copies
of their monthly meeting min-

power house fire. Supt. Challen-
ger reports that when new power
house is built, that fuel tank will
be placed across the tracks and
fuel will be piped to the motor.
That Safety Committee inform
householders to use 15-watt fuses,

utes reach their Local Safety|and explain danger if not used.

Council regularly each month.

Keep your good “looks”!
WEAR GOGGLES on every eye-

hazardous job. Be safe—
not sorry.

Report by Supt. Challenger that
company is considering a wire
pay telephone for Camp 5. It will
probably be installed this year.

Transportation, _ overcrowding
in speeders to be looked into by

R. Daines. No. 408 to have new

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Occupation: Chokerman. Age: 18. Experiénce: One year.

Date: June 1; 1950.

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A six-man crew were operating a cold decker in steep.and rough

DECEASED
GREK By SWINGING

—| steps installed.
Fallers and buckers. Reported
|by Bro. Epp, a faller going to

work without hat. Reported by
M. Sharpe that some of rigging
terew are using hard hats.

First Aid Kits — reported in
good condition by M. Sharpe.

Bulletin boards and posters —
decided by Safety Committee that
present distribution of posters is
satisfactory. Reported by H.
Parker that safety booklets are
being distributed to new employ-
ees.

M/S/C — That warning sign,
not to pass under trestle when
train is in motion, is to be posted
at No. 4 dump. Worn dogs on
hand winches to be replaced.
Compensable Cases:

M/S/C—That members at gen-
eral meeting be warned to behave
themselves when living in camp
on compensation, liable to jeop-
ardize case, as well as being gen-
eral nuisance.

Next meeting will be held Aug.
21, 1950. Meeting adjourned at

p.m.
Secretary R. Bellis.

HUMAN toes are sensitive—as
you will vividly realize if
you recall the last time you
stubbed your toe against the fur-
niture! Z

And yet:

A 1400-pound casting dropped
onto” the toe of a safety-shoed
worker and caused only a slight
bruise.

A two-ton section of dredge
pipe hit the toes of two men, with
no injury to either. Both wore
safety shoes.

Worth wearing, aren’t they?

JULY_12

ditions in the

as well.

Talked with Joe Morris, 2nd vice-president of the District,
and Tom MacKenzie, International Board Member, who have
been in the interior these last few weeks. They tell me that con-
ills and camps are appalling, so far as accident
prevention goes, and I gather so far as a lot of other conditions

I hope they reach a point of
near 100 percent organization be-
cause the only way to improve
conditions is to be able to do it
yourself. If the boys in the In-
terior will stand up for enforce-
ment of accident prevention regu-
lations, sanitary facilities in
camps and mills, proper bunk-
houses, etc., the District Safety
Council will be right behind them
as they have been on the coast.
Gus Skuzanski tells me that he
hopes the Interior will perk up
some. with representation on the
District Safety Council. How
about it, boys?
JULY 18

Demand Training

As the toll of killed, injured
and maimed mounts in 1950, I
wonder if the year 1949 was just
one that luck played a large part
} in cutting down on accidents? As
I go over the diagrams of fatali-
ties in the B.C. Lumber Worker,
I see the lack of education in the
work, or experience, if you wish
to use that term, is a large fac-
tome 3 .

We are not allowed to drive a

country. They had just finished lunch and there was only one log,| car till we have satisfied the au-
a 66-foot boom stick, left at back line. Deceased left the crew to put| thorities that we can do so Stans
the Junch buckets away and to be in a position to pull the strawline| erly. You cannot use dynamite

when the road was changed.

without instruction. There are

‘The hook-tender and chokerman hooked on to the remaining log| dozens of similar instances where
and gave the “go ahead” signal. When the log moved, it plunged} you ‘are not permitted to en-
down a very steep hill. The hook-tender stopped the rigging and|danger the lives of yourself and
shouted to deceased, asking if there was another log nearby that} others through lack of experience
they could pick up. Deceased said there was one just ahead of the| or training. Yet you can go out
turn so the hook-tender gave the “go ahead slow” signal. The boom| in the woods, where there is con-

stick fouled a stump. ‘The back end lifted and swung. Although the
hook-tender could not see deceased because of the irregularities of
the ground he saw the end of the boom stick swing through the aii
“He stopped the rigging and went to investigate. Deceased had ev:

stant danger, and without prior
struction just go to work. If
you get killed or crippled—well,
it is tough, but there is always

dently been struck by the log and was lying on the ground uncon-| someone to take your place.

scious. He was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital two hours

later.

We spend millions of dollars in
time of war to teach men how to

‘Death was due to a fractured skull and injury to the brain. _| kill und how to avoid being killed,

and we pay them while training.
But do we train men in the wood-
working industry? Very little.
What is being done is done
monthly on a limited scale by in-
dividual companies. Where this
is done it has been successful to
a large extent. Even then acci-
dents will occur.

It is our job as members of the
IWA to demand training for men
in the logging and lumbering in-
dustry. We fight. for wages and
hours. Why not fight for the con-
ditions that will cut down to the
‘least possible level the number of
accidents in the industry?

AUGUST 6

I see where one IWA proposal
to Chief Justice Sloan, during the
hearing on the Workmen’s Com-
pensation Act, has been taken up
by one daily newspaper where
they gave considerable space to
the proposal.

During the same week the B. C.
Lumber Worker published a let-
ter from the National Safety
Council complimenting the IWA
on its Accident Prevention Cam-
paign. Recognition by this body
is not given unless there is merit
won deservedly. ¢

I see in one of our daily news-
papers where a school is being es-
tablished to train people in some
branches of the logging industry.
The number is woefully small, but
it is a step in the right direction.
Let's try and see if we can get
it enlarged and expanded.

Just a closing reminder to all.
School opens soon and thousands
of children will -he going back to
school. Thousands more will jbe
starting for the first time. Drive
carefully at all times. BUT
DRIVE VERY CAREFULLY at

all times when near schools.

euadat ‘

“What are the main fe
your accident rate in the rt
question directed by the B.C.
safety committee, following | yr
men’s Compensation Board.

The opinions expressed
menibers in other logging g
successful development of a

Safety men at North W
confident that full labor-mani

pay rich dividends.
SAFETY

In_summary, the main featw
Millan Co., with participation by the |
1, Induction conference for new e
2. Safety films. a
3. Regular meetings job safety «
4, Job Safety Training Cour:
5. Prompt investigation of eac
to each employee.
6. Right of each employee to pre

NEW EM

At least once a month, all new
conference, that they may become fam
the same time, they are informed |
welfare. R
As the labor turnover is low_iu |
quently. It should be noted that@iin
down the accident rate. K
The men are invited by the co
home. The balance of the evening is
trative problems.

Chairman is the personnel sup
ector and the bullbucker in turn deal }
employed to eliminate needless danget

The employees are given the
top officials with a complaint about

Specific accidents that have o
pared by the bullbucker. A discussion
have been prevented. P
During the evening several safe

SAFETY CO)

Initiative on the part of the
stems from the joint safety commit
Meetings are held regularly, at I
Occasionally, the committee meml
inclination to scoff at safety precautions
poses and advantages of the work undert
The safety committee is inform
“chase” the supervisors, till accident haz

z JOB S.

Every employee in the operation i
training. ‘This course is modelled afi
during the war, but is adapted to the

Usually the class is held in the:
back to the job is provided, by the co

If the training or safety work is
in pay is made, If held outside the re}

continued.
DIAGRAM

After every accident, whether set
grave results, the bullbucker prepare:
accident was caused.

Copies of this diagram are imn
ployee within 24 hours,

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The ji safety committee or
as possible. In addition, the compai

vestigation and submit reports. This it
sions of the committee.

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