it by reasons of the feasting Jove and good fellowship ‘of safety. The essence of safety posters—it is the feeling in it of service—it is a strong inward It rises above selfish interests or lifference. vent of the safety movement in imbued with the safety spirit. y Committees I would like to offer my appreciation for their worthwhile con- ‘ellow workers. more families to enjoy the spirit of ‘the opportunity of facing the New 7 saved from injury for they are accidents. You should not need s gives greater personal pride ty work of this year I would like also Merry Christmas and that you will gf year, _ A, FRANCIS Chief Inspector Workmen’s Compensation Board. “Well Build A Better World” I leave this with you and this convention. Re -dedicate_your- selves and your souls to build this great movement of ours and re- dedicate yourselves to see to it that every lumber worker is in the union. Bring to your officers and to your rank and file a greater degree of unity and har- mony. Let us go together down the road to human progress, advocat- ing universal peace with a happy and secure life. Let all men be on the same level, in our country and in every land, no matter where he was born or under what circum- stances. No matter how he wor- ships his God and regardless of tings From Officers xtends all IWA members sincere he children, for the happy renewal otect this pattern of happiness nts. ‘associated with tragedies which off the job as on the job. e make it safer. during the past year has arry the same tradition into our munities and homes. the color of his skin. That will make our country great. Let’s make it a shining example of democracy. This is a great human movement building for mankind, unselfishly, for a better day, a better life and a better world. PHILIP MURRAY CLO, President Take Care Young Man! Some people who shudder at the thought or mention of cancer, tuberculosis, -heart disease, or polio just can’t get concerned about accidents. And some of these people act as if safe prac- tices just don’t matter. But— Accidents take a greater toll of people’s working years than does any disease! This fact, proved by an American Medical Association study, should be driven into the consciousness of everyone. It is true that a greater num- ber of deaths are caused by heart disease, cancer, and cerebral hem- orrhage, but these diseases strike mainly people who are well along in years and past their working prime. Accidents to persons up to 65 years of age are the greatest des- troyers of working years. Don’t underrate accidents nor overrate your luck!! . From a child's composition: "Sal- mon go up the river to spoon.” STARK DRAMA IN SAFETY STATISTICS Safety men use certain figures to measure the results of their safety programs. They use such expressions as days lost, time charges, severity, frequency, ete. Some such standards or figures are necessary, but they seem so cold blooded. An. outsider might believe that safety men put these figures down as cold-blooded measuring sticks, but. we know many, many men in the field and they ‘are all very, very warm blooded. : For example, when a safety man enters 3,000 days as a time charge for the loss of a hand in his record, he can see that fel- low employee going through life with only one hand—the baseball he’ll never be able to play again, the shoelaces he won't be able to tie, the shirt buttons that will baffle him, the limited jobs that he will have available, He may visualize this fellow’s early experiences with an artifi- cial hand or a claw. Ten, twenty, or thirty years from now that safety man will be going through old records for statistics of some kind, and every time he sees that entry, -he will again visualize the handicap of a man without a hand. No, the figures used by safety men aren’t cold-blooded. They are hot. |. TURN BEING YARDED, HANGS UP ON, SNAG~ 300! FROM SPAR TREE. ‘2L.DONKEYMAN TRIES TO PULL TURN LOOSE, BUT SPIDER ON BUTT RicaING aivEs War, ‘3 DECEASED STANDING On coLp DECK WAITING FOR TURN TO COME IN, STRUCK IN SMALLOF BACK WHEN MAINLINE WHIPS BACK. Dead... Occupation: Chaser Age: 46 Experience: 15 years on this job Date: October 17, 1950 The chaser was standing on the top of the cold deck pile waiting for a log to come in. The log was 300 feet out when it became hung up ‘on a snag. The spider on the spreader bar on the butt rigging gave way and the main line whipped striking the chaser in the small of the back, He died about fifteen hours later of a broken back and internal injuries. G 1 vo.6as swovet, owina stone SCAT, MOVED UP ON ROAD CUT 108. @swover srorreo ar rAce oF cut, PITIAN SETS DOGS wacn stor SHOVEL FROM TRAVEL WHILE WORKING Orivman Moves oack 10 sarEry EME Sc. 0% RIGHT! Take care of your eyes and they'll take care of you. Eye care on the job is only part of the story. Bye care ail the time means a visit to an eye doctor as soon as: Your eyes often smart or get inflamed. You tire quickly, or have head- aches you can’t account for. You can’t find phone numbers as easily as you used to. You start pushing your 40th birthday. GOOD GLASSES MEAN GOOD LOOKING! * xk AT WORK _ AT HOME WHEN YOU WALK WHEN YOU DRIVE KEEP THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT AND YOU ALIVE x * BESIDE STonE BoAT & orsRatoR STARTS TO SWING BOOM AROUND @swoveL stains 70 nous Back PITMAN RUNS AcRoSS BETWEEN. SHOVEL £ sTonzBoar, TRIPS OVER TOW LINE AT "x", © rirman crusueo serween —-— SHOVEL © STONEBOAT 4 @ shover rusues stonesoar BACK AgouT 12) TH IT. 4s WEDGED AGAINST ROCK Dead... Experience: 39 Years as Logger, 10 Days at Pitman Occupation: Pitman (Shovel Swamper) Age: 67. Date: October 18, 1950. A one-yard gasoline power shovel with stoneboat carrying fuel and accessories in tow was engaged in road building, It was making a six-foot rock and dirt cut. The road surface was soft and in spots and the grade was 18 percent. ‘The operator had moved the shovel up to the face of the cut and the bow was facing the rear. The operator told the pitman to lock the dog which had to be in position to lock the travel and Benes the boom to be swung to face the front of the digging position. 5 The pitman came from back of the shoyel and stood safe position beside the stoneboat. The operator omen na swing the boom and the shovel started to roll back on its tracks. ‘The pitman ran across between the shovel and the stoneboat and tripped on the tow line. He was crushed between the shovel undercarriage’and the stoneboat and killed instantly. The shovel pushed the stonekoar Kut: it wedged against a rock and stopped © ™P0Ut 12 feet: until