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SOMME signs bring out the dare-
devil in us—like the one that
says, “Danger! Do not feed the
grizzly bear.” But the bear looks
cute sitting there begging, so we
feed it. Nothing had happened.
Immediately we conclude that the
sign is meaningless, and maybe
we get up closer next time to feed
the animal—one time too many!

Another sign says, “Wet paint.
Do not touch.” So we touch the
paint. If it’s wet, we say, “So it
is.” If it is. dry, we say, “I
thought so.”

There are all kinds of signs.
Some are just painted lines at
intersections to show us - where
to walk on therstreets. Even with
these, the cities and towns are
full of chance-takers jaywalking
outside the lines.

Printed signs and silent signs like
machine guards and walkway
lines should be respected and
obeyed. It is hard for some peo-
ple to obey signs. They don’t like
being told what they should or
should not do. But to disovey is
to gamble. And in this gamble
there is nothing to win and a lot
to lose.

‘‘tankful of patience
DEATH

‘The life of the highway is just what you make it

For you and the others who ride.

It is a great life. Will you live it or take it? STRUCK IN
TH ¢

ESE B. C.

SMASHES —

Each moment it’s yours to decide.

So figure the distance by miles safely driven,
And carry a good-judgment spare;

Take a tankful of patience to help you keep livin’,
And measure your pleasure with care.

helps keep you living”

AUGUST 22

appeared in the las'

Coast camps.

In, one bunkhouse, where I stayed for a while, we used to set

New Times Old Ways

HE times do change, but apparently not in the Interior. The
description of Interior logging camps and bunkhouses which
t issue of the B.C. Lumber Worker, brings

back vivid memories of what I suffered way back when, in the

TURW BROUGHT IN,
DECEASED GOES IN
TO UNHOOK cHOKERS,

In the scope of man's ai
the home, there is on one hai
part and people can live. wi
extreme there is a field of
stant vigilance is necessary ai
all persons must follow rigid

Security is a field of activities whe
abilities of the individual and sai

judgment as to the required degr e

There is a narrow invisible lini
tion and recklessness. An importan
line varies with each individual. WI
ous for another. :

Therefore, in the sphere of fi
of compulsion, rigidly obey rul
bears the full responsibility for

The place you w

WORKMEN'S (

the légs of our beds in tobacco tins, filled with coal oil to keep
the armies of bed bugs from marching into our blankets. Didn’t
work, though, because they learned to parachute off the rafters

into our beds.

‘Every old-time logger at the Coast wil} sure be behind the
boys in the Interior in their drive to clean up the camps.

Sanitation is important for

good health, and what we have

done-about sanitation we'll have to do about safety, if we want
to‘continue enjoying ‘good health,

Name the Causes

‘What are the causes of these con-

ditions. I can tell you.

1.. The greed of the owners.

2. The apathy, fear, and lack of
organization among the workers.

3. Lack of proper education and
leadership in past years.

4, Great distances between mills
and camps. :

5. The disdain of old hands for
the “short logger” and lack of
any’ genuine attempt to under-
stand the problems.

The Remedies

How can we cure these conditions?
The answer is plain.

1. Organization of all woodwork. |

ers in the IWA.

2. Constant enforcement of the
government regulations through

© plant and camp committees.

3. Readiness to report conditions
which break the rules to the
Local Union officials, and Dis-
trict Office.

4. By honest, consistent and perse-
vering work to see that all em-
ployers and workers co-operate
for safety all the time.

We're right behind the lumber
workers in the Interior 100%. We
should be 100% behind the IWA
safety campaign everywhere as well.

AUGUST 28
Death Strikes Again

Another Jad of 18 years killed, I
see in the ‘paper today. The verdict,
accidental death.

Why? . . . why all these needless
deaths? Is it bad training or lack of
any training?

‘We do not give a Jad of this age a

ee

our responsibility. by simply telling
him itsmay be dangerous if not oper-
ated properly. We insist on some
training or some skill, before a license
is issued.

The same rule applies with regard
to cranes, boats, and trains. But we
seem well content to let our youth go
into the woods and start work on
high powered equipment with no
training or what amounts to no train-
ing.

shake our heads over the high casualty
ist.
Accidental Death

The usual verdict is accidental death.
Most of the time the verdict should
be murder. This verdict never tells
what might have been done to pgevent
death. i

Tt never tells of the heartbreak and
sorrow behind the scenes. It never
tells of the loss to the country f the
productive ability of the victim. It is
a loss that never can be measured.
Loggers are not expendable.

If any of us want a job driving a
big truck, we would find ways and
means to learn how some way before
we could get a job driving that truck.
The truck costs plenty money.

Yet there are foremen who will
cheerfully let green men fool with
5 to 20 tons of Jog or free, without
so much as a word of warning.

Somewhere or somehow we are go-
ing to see that every man in the woods
fis trained to do his work the right
way, the safe way.

_ Ukeep blowing my cork on this sub-
ject, but unless more of us chime in,
the slaughter will go on. How about

5-ton truck or a plane, and get rid of

it?

‘What can we expect? All we do is |:

WHILE UNHOOKING BIG
LOG, SUSPENDED SMALL
LOG DROPS, CRUSHING
HEAD.

Occupation: Chaser: Age: 20 years. Experience: 4 years,

Date: June 22, 1950.

‘A turn of logs had been brought into the landing and d
went in to unhook the chokers. While unhooking a big log, the enc,
pended small log dropped, crushing his head.

MEL STILLWELL, camp com-

mittee chairman, Vancouver Bay,

wins club bag in safety draw.

Safety rules in your mind
means money in your pocket,

t ® &

ADAM BELL, Chairman
F. P. ARCHIBALD, Secretary

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