B.C. LUMBER WORKER 1 t industry reveals a startling num- wed as "carelessness." A more would be “inattention.” This f by habit and without. the sary to meet the unusual factors 9 occur. lack of proper rest, poor health, domestic troubles, or keen interest ssible for the mind to hold only one of any kind immediately expose nces. ctively, keep your mind on the job. ° Check your worries when you fe your recreational planning until you af™pear to undermine your self ¥y good eating and sleeping habits. IS W. PRITCHARD, Commissioner Y. ABLETY, Commissioner Flagrant Violations In Interior Mills ~W.C.B. Warns Employers After 1.W.A. Complains . Flagrant disregard of safety measures in the Interior lumber operations is so serious that drastic steps on the part of the IWA will be necessary, it was reported by District Secretary-Treasurer George Mitchell at} the recent meeting of the IWA District Ex- ecutive Board. Evidence of a serious nature had been submitted by him to the Workmen’s Compensation Board resulting in a warning to a number of employers, he said. It is a precept of safety not to adjust moying machinery when the adjustment can be made while the machine is shut down. Observance of this com- monsense practice has saved many liyes. Ignorant neglect of it has caused many deaths. There is an extension of the rule that deserves close attention, too. It is this, don’t adjust or repair electrical equipment until it is disconnected., lectricity is a giant force; it gives no warn- ing but takes advantage of any opportunity to maim and kill. Do not think that the ordi- nary house lighting circuit is SHUT OFF CURRENT B.C. workman died doing the simple job of changing a light bulb. The socket was defective and the 10 volts grounded through his body. It could have happened to your wife, to your child, or to you. Remember this the next time you plug an extension, change a light bulb, or monkey with a de- fective switch. You may feel a tingle in your fingers but you may die-suddenly. Shutoff the current, disconnect the circuit, play it safe every time, all the time. Death lurks in every electrical outlet, don’t give it a chance to ‘| which was about two-thirds up. ‘invented by Chas. Churchill, d by the Workmen’s Compen- employed by Columbia Trailers ops the stakes on the opposite District Convention were ween representatives of the Workmen’s Compensation 8s which would ensure glasses in the industr; of industrial deafness as sed. The Chairman of the that all matters would On the occasion of his visit to the Interior Pole Co., Lumby, he had urged the employer to supply safety hats, as obviously the men were exposed to special hazards. His proposal was treated as be- ing ridiculous by the employer. Within a few weeks, the load- ing boom broke, when swinging two 40-foot poles on to the load, | One of the men was struck on the back of the head by one of the poles and pinned against the load. As a result of this near- fatality, the man suffered serious head injuries, and the paralysis | of one arm, which might have been minimized, had he been wearing a safety hat. “Are You Dead?” No competent first aid was im- mediately available. The foreman, who is expected to double as first aid attendant, ran up to the pros- trate victim, and shaking him, said, “Are you dead? Speak to me.” An IWA first aid man had to be rushed from an adjacent operation. Equally’ serious violations of the accident prevention’ regula- tions were exposed at other In- terior operations and brought to the attention of the Board’s Safety Inspectors. At .one plant the employees were discovered to be virtually covered with sores due to expos- ure to chemicals used in treating poles. Intervention by IWA offi- cials secured immediate medical treatment for them at the hands of the Board’s physicians. Disregard for the employees’ safety throughout these opera- tions was characteristic of the attitude taken by Interior em-| ployers, stated Mitchell, and re-| quired the development of a| more militant organization. | ber industry. yan exception. Last month a | strike. Metal Saw Bottles Will Avoid Cuts Fallers and buckers are using a new saw oil bottle in the Pacific Northwest woods—a bottle which makes nasty cuts and painful burns a thing of the past. Formerly, saw oil bottles, which are filled with diesel oil and used to keep saws free of pitch and prevent them from binding, were made of glass — usually old whiskey or beer bottles. But oil-burmns or cut fingers from such bottles made them a definite hazard. (951 Const logging YARDING & LOADING 1L06‘A’ STARTS To ROLL H DECEASED JUMPS FOR SHELTER 1 DEPRESSION BETWEEN SAPLINGS LoG'A’ NITS LOG ‘BY. BOTH LoGs PIN DECEASED OVER SAPLING Moreover, broken pieces of glass left lying in the woods have been known to start fires by con- centrating heat rays from re- fracted sunlight. Aluminium Bottles Recognizing the hazards of these glass bottles, Claude Ken- off, bullbucker on the Weyer- haeuser Timber Company’s Vail- McDonald tree farm, suggested that they be made of some other substance, and after some experi- upon. So now the bottles are made of aluminum and painted a bright yellow, making them easy to spot in the ‘woods—and the possibility of getting cut or burned is out. This incident shows how a little thought and a little action have eliminated one more hazard which have added to the high number of accidents in the lum- SALT SUBSTITUTE FOR PLASMA IN EMERGENCY Salt, taken by mouth, in a vast majority of cases is as effective as blood plasma in an emergency only. The knowl- edge can be of great benefit to First Aid men in isolated logging camps where badly in- jured men can not receive hos- pitalization immediately. Shock, doctors know, is the hardest thing to deal ‘with in badly injured people. Any dras- tic injury produces shock that can be more serious than the injury itself. In shock, the capillaries, smallest of the blood vessels go flabby, permitting blood fluids to leak into tissues. The reaction following leaves pools of stag- nant blood fluid at different parts of the body, mainly around the injured area. This causes blood pressure to drop, the heart speeds up, trying to pump more blood. Vital body functions cease, temperature falls, lips turn blue, the body clammy. The brain soon starves of blood and the victim loses consciousness, Finally life itself ceases as the heart hasn’t sufficient blood to keep pumping. The Dose In general terms, the treat- ment calls for approximately one level teaspoonful of salt | and one-half teaspoonful of baking soda for each quart of water. A number of quarts are required each day. The only limitation on the amount is the ability of the patient to con- sume the saline solution. Since great thirst accompanies serious burn injary, it has been found that patients will volun- tarily swallow a sufficient amount of the solution, which is quite | palatable. No other drinking fluid is permitted in the first few days following injury. The recommendation of the Surgery Survey Section, while of enormous benefit in event of large scale disaster, must not be con- strued as lessening in any way importance of blood bank pro- grams. Whole blood and plasma are still essential, SPSL DOO III ISIS ISI III ATTEND YOUR UNION j menting, ‘aluminum was agreed | | Dead eee Age: 18 Occupation: Chokerman Experience: 2 Years Date: January 31, 1951 “The crew was yarding out of a cold deck situated on level ground. Four logs had been dislodged by the previous turn and were lying alongside the pile. One of these logs was suspended about 18” off the ground by two saplings which took the form of skids with a | slight depression of ground between them. . On the return of the rigging the chokerman climbed 8’ up the side of the pile to the back choker and waited for slack. A log at the top of the pile started to roll. The hook tender shouted a warning. Two chokermen ran to safety but the man on the pile jumped down the pile to shelter in the depression between the saplings. ‘The rolling log struck the log on the skids and both logs overtook the chokerman before he could reach a place of safety. He was jammed between a skid and a log and killed instantly. The pile had been inspected and appeared to be solid. GY" YARDING 2 LOADING @ ain pore MAIN LINE © DécEASED aives siGHats HERE BEFORE ACCIDENT © 1oapine oonkey © EncineeR cots to BROW LOG, SEES DECEASED BELOW IN PUMP Age: 53 Experience: Several Years Occupation: Truck Driver Date: February 27, 1951 Truck loads of logs were being unloaded by use of a donkey, gin pole and crutch line or dump strap. The crutch line broke. The next truck arriving was in a hurry. The crutch line was not re- paired, instead a choker was rigged to the main line shackle. The cheese blocks were tripped and unloading commenced, one log at a time. The truck driver stood at the rear of the truck giving signals to the engineer. ‘The first log was safely unloaded and a start made on the second. He signalled to “Hold Everything” and the signal was carried out. ‘The truck driver, went down the dump and a few seconds later the lines on the donkey went tight. The engineer jumped off the donkey and went onto the brow log. He saw the truck driver lying under some logs with his head crushed between two of them. Assist- ance was called and the man was released. He was dead.