B.C. LUMBER WORKER

SELESS

lore than a year ago, Ian
jon, a young faller at North-
Bay, decided to do some-
about his kit. He took two
eco tins which just fit into
lunch kit nicely. Then into
e tins he neatly arranged his
gst aid material in such a. man-
x that euch item was easy to
uke out. The tin lids were
ed on, and the contents
d on the containers,

is has proven to be the an-
to keeping faller’s first aid
ts dry and in good shape.

Sy OLE

urged upon the Government

Labor Minister Cates express-
ed interest in the proposal, and
stated that he was prepared to
meet with representatives of the
IWA to discuss such d step.

Opposition Leader Winch cited
the Belsheim case as indicating
"| the necessity for statutory pro-
vision to protect men against
dismissal for refusal to work
under unsafe conditions.

He reviewed the evidence of
the trial to show that negligence
on the part of management had
also been a contributing cause
of the fatal accident. Quite often
men are placed in the predica-
ment of -either working with
risks, or risking the displeasure
of a supervisory official if at-
tempting to follow the accident
prevention regulations.

Tragic Toll

The Legislature was presented
with the tragic story of lives lost
and bodies mutilated in B.C.
woods and mills. For 1950, time-
loss accidents had totalled 10,131,
of which 70 were fatal. Sixty of
these accidents had occurred in
logging operations, he pointed
out, as an imperative reason for
more aggressive accident preven-
tion work.

“ A high percentage of the men
killed in logging operations were
below 20 years of age, indicating
that inexperienced men had not
been trained to cope with the
hazards of their occupation.

It was stressed that the re-
ports and diagrams prepared on
the spot following all fatal acci-
dents had revealed that the great
majority of accidents were due
to causes which could be elimi-
nated.

He praised the safety educa-
tional work conducted by the
Union, and the exhaustive byief
on the subject presented to Chief
Justice Sloan, commissioner to
enquire into the administration
of the Workmen’s Compensation
Act.

Support Co-operation

The Government should note,
he urged, that the IWA and
many of the operators had agreed
to co-operate in effective safety
measures, and this co-operation
should be whole-heartedly sup-
ported in official circles.

Training in job safety is an
essential requirement in the lum-
ber industry, the speaker con-
tended. This should be the
responsibility of the employers.
In some operations it had been
demonstrated that by training
and effective labor-management
co-operation the accident rate
had been slashed by as much as
G0 percent.

More Inspectors

To aid this program, it was
pointed out, the safety inspec-
tion staff ‘of the Workmen’s
Compensation Board should be
strengthened. The safety inspec-

&EEP YOUR MMO ON YOUR TOE...

IN LEGISLATURE

SAFETY program of the IWA was praised in the B.C.
Legislature, when Opposition Leader Harold Winch

posal for establishment of a representative advisory coun-
cil for the industry, which would more effectively
co-ordinate all accident prevention work.

IWA PROGRAM PRAISE

acceptance of the IWA pro-

tors were to be commended for
their work, but 19 men could
not be expected to cover all in-
dustry in B.C. and devote suffi-
cient time to aiding safety
committees to maintain interest
in prevention.

The emphasis should be placed
on prevention, rather than as-
sessment of blame after the
fatulities had occurred.

The Government should inves-
tigate the advisability of requir-
ing certificates on the part of
those with supervisory responsi-
bility, to show proficiency in
accident prevention work.

HEY! KEEP
IT CLEANS

“Where does God

Teacher:
live?”
Small Boy: “In our bathroom.”
Teacher: “Why do you think
that?”
Small Boy: “Each morning dad
goes to that door and yells, ‘God!
Are you still in there!’”

aes
He—Now here’s a good place
to stop.

She—You mean,
place to start!

it’s a good

A lady had just purchased a
postage stamp at a substation.

“Must I stick it on myself?”
she asked.

“Positively not, madam,” re-
plied the postal clerk, “it will ac-
complish more if you stick it on
the envelope.”

ees

“Why do you call your wife
little woman'?” asked the inqui-
sitive stranger.
The husband explained, “She’s
little woman, mostly tiger.”
ss

The big horse looked at the
little horse and said: “I don’t re-
member your mane but your
pace is familiar.”

ene

As long as a woman can look
ten years younger than her
daughter she is perfectly satis-
fied. «

zoe o®

A small boy asked his father

if he had any work he could do
around the piace to replenish his
finances. The father assured him
that he could think of nothing.
“Then”, said the small boy, “how
about putting me on relief”,

ae eat

THE FLOOR. BS
WE MEA

Worst Drag...

WONDER drug is a welcome
watchword these days.
What a blessing to mankind are
the miracle medicines, easing
pain, restoring health, helping
to lessen the great ravages of
disease.
And what an ironic fact it is
that accident goes on bringing
death, pain and anguish,
Unfortunately no wonder drug
can replace parts of the body lost
to accident. No wonder drug
can cure people of carelessness
—each person is his own doctor.

... Call Be

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By BILL CROY,

‘Safety Director, Local
1-217, IWA

You Can Refuse Work
If Conditions Unsafe

» At the present moment there
is a good deal of emphasis on the
fact, that to break compensation
rules means you are liable to a
fine.

Are we for it, or agin’ it?

Is it a good move in the safety
direction? This rule is a double-
barrelled affair that takes in
both sides, the employer, and em-
ployee.

Going back a few short years,
we can remember when being
killed or crippled was considered
a necessary risk—a part of the
job, as it were. If a worker was
injured, it- was just one of those
things. Then, through education
and statisties, we began to’
realize that accidents can be
avoided, or cut to a minimum.

IWA in Lead

Due to the fact that the lum-
bering industry is considered to
be one of the most hazardous
occupations, the IWA was one of
the first to see the light.

They set out to launch a safety
campaign in B.C. with the Com-
pensation Board that has had far
reaching beneficial effects in its
short time in operation.

Many rules laid down in the
Compensation Act were put there
with the help of the IWA.

Let’s put it this way, our lives
are governed by rules or law,
that is as it should be, but-what
purpose would any law or rule
serve if there were no penalties
attached when these rules are
broken?

If common sense and modera-
tion is used in the application of
the act, it will have a beneficial
effect on the safety effort.

Study Rules

The worker and the employer
must be made safety-conscious,
and knowing that there is a
penalty attached for non-com-
pliance, they will make it their
business to study these rules,

iy,

|. SEAWoRTHY 32°GILLNETTER, 3 MEN ABOARD, 5:
FROM Nome OIL WHARF, ALERT BAY, WITH LOA
2. WEAVY SOUTILEAST GALE BLOWING, & BoA

ORDER TO BEAR UP TO CAMP AT MOUTH OF
3. WITNESS REPORTS SEEING BOAT EITHER

CAPSIZE AT POINT NEAR GREEN ISLAND.
4. SUNKEN BOAT RECOVERED,

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VANcouyeER 1S

Aprrox Seale of Mites

way and equipped with a dinghy,
phone.

mile trip to the camp at 8:30 a.m.
gale. At about 8:45 the boat was

course to reach the camp.

Carelessness

1950 tenet Logging Aecidenite

QUARTERED INTO WAVES, THEN CHANGED COURSE IN

‘Three Dead...

point where the boat—after quartering

and think twice before ignoring
them.

The worker will not be able to
say he was afraid to take the
time, or use the proper precaution
in safety.

Refuse to Work

He can refuse to work under
unsafe conditions, and has a big:
union, besides the law, to back
him up.

Human failure, ‘or element, be-
ing the largest factor in this
game of life or death, each one
of us must be susceptible to
safety education, an open, alert
mind, at all times.

And brothers—let us not look
like an accident going some place
to happen.

Leave that tie home, that ring
—those loose-fitting or ragged
clotties:

Wear safety equipment, hard
hat, goggles, ete., not just while
the boss is watching out for your
own protection.

And horse-play — there is a

fine for it, boys! Remember,
accidents don’t happen, they are
caused,

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POF 35 BOOM CHAINS.
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RIVER.
SWAMP OR

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~ DIRECTION
OF STORM.

LAND

Age: | 37, 30, 26

Experience: Several years in each case
Occupation: Various logging operations
Date: December 5, 1950

The company boats not being available, a chartered boat was in
use. It was a gillnetter, 32 feet long, 7’1

0” beam, sound in every

Mae West life jacket and radio

The men set out with a load of 35 boom chains for the three-

There was a heavy southeast
seen to swamp or capsize at a
into the gale—would change

t Rescue craft located the boat sunken in
shallow water with the dinghy still tied to the mast.
Sign of the occupants despite intensive search.
boat had been swamped by heavy seas in changing course and the
eccupants had no opportunity to call for help.

There was no
It is thought the