son; Secretary Albert Radford. SAFETY COMMITTEE. AND FIRST AID CLASS, Comox Logging & Railway Co., Ladysmith, assembled for discussion of safety questions. Seated at table, right to left: First Aid Instructor Allan MacDonald ; Safety Director, A. J. Taylor; Chairman George Simp- | Adam Bell, of the UNLOADED NERE TIME: 4:45 P.M. CONDITIONS: WEATHER FINE HALF TIDE QUIET WATER. DEPTH OF WATER: APPROX.12'AT®) EPORT boat and brought it into the walk ple of drinks. boat out and tied it up. We starte looked around and I did not see him. boat and then I looked in the water] d not see him. I did not hear any fell.” down and got a pike pole and felt The rest of the boys came down and the next morning lying under the toward the shore.” ternoon that the men went down to Pieces to unload.” time ceremony, September 27. GENUINE JOB SAFETY BY IWA AT FRASER MILLS BRINGS REWARD Employees of Fraser Mills, New Westminster, who were recently awarded top honors by the Workmen’s Compensation Board for meritorious reduction of the accident frequency in a Class “A” mill, 1949, were congratulated by the quarterly meeting of the B.C. District Council IWA, October 15. District officials were inst commendation for the striking p: Presentation of the Certificate of Meritorious Safety Perform- ance was made by Chairman Workmen’s Compensation Board, at a noon- The certificate was accepted by Mr. M. J. Ryan, Managing Director of Canadian Western Lumber Co. Ltd. Mr. Bell stressed the benefits to be gained by full labor - management cooperation for safety objectives, and warmly congratulated the management and employees for an enviable record in this respect. Mr. Ryan replied, stating that no one man had been responsible for the winning of the awards, but that success had followed the combined efforts of all the,em- ployees and representatives of the management. 1950 Target When called upon to speak, IWA Chairman of: the Safety Committee, Reg Davis, was warmly applauded, when he as- sured the guests that the employees were confident of win-- ning the 1950 award. He e: pressed appreciation of the co- operation extended to the Safety mittee by the management. IWA members in the plant were thanked by Sub-Local 1-357 IWA Chairman Henry Switzer, for their safety achievements and full Union cooperation was’ as- sured in plans to capture the award for 1950. Will Jenkins, retired safety director and known in the plant as “the grand-old man of safety”, gave a brief and characteristic talk, winning applause for his obvious enthusiasm for safety. Also taking part in the cere- mony were, Messrs. Chris ructed to forward a letter of erformance achieved. Pritchard and A. V. Ablett, mem- bers of the Workmen’s Compen- sation Board, and “Scotty” Alli- son, Safety Director, B.C. Lum- ber Manufacturer’s Association. Program Feature When interviewed by the B.C. LUMBER WORKER, IWA Sub- Local Chairman, Henry Switzer, praised the conscientious effort made by Chairman Reg Davis and members of the Safety Com- mittee. An outstanding feature of accident prevention work in the plant, he stated, was the spirit of cooperation that had been developed among all em- ployees and representatives of management to promote safe working conditions. Meetings of the joint safety committee are held regularly each month, and plant conditions are thoroughly and regularly in- spected. Safety Crew Reports indicating unsafe con- ditions are followed up, and necessary work to remove hazards is made the responsi- bility of a crew of two men, aug- mented whenever necessary. The IWA sponsors film pro- grams on the job, which present safety features, and instruction. All IWA shop stewards are con- stantly on the alert to advise on safe working habits, on the part of all employees. A jack-pot competition, conducted in the plant, also serves to stimulate in- terest in the safety program. In his opinion, safety is kept to the fore in the plant, because the IWA Sub-Local, 1-357, under- takes the-promotion of a safety program as one of its major re- sponsibilities, and because this has met with the whole-hearted cooperation of all the employees. Guards on machines are signs. They carry no printed words, but they are signs of the hazards that lie behind them. And yet it is necessary to use printed “Replace the guard” signs to help make some workers appreciate the im- portance of those guards. Some signs are meant to be funny—like the one on the lawn saying, “Your feet are killing me.” Humor in some signs is okay and attracts attention. But it would not be fitting to substi- tute for “Danger—1,000 volts” a sign saying, “You'll be sorry!” Ea Ricans ian on atle High-Rigger In Action WELL-KNOWN SAFETY CHAIRMAN “DAVE” DONAHUE demonstrates safe method of topping larch at Camp Holberg.—(Photo by J. R. Wolthuis, Camp Holberg.)