21, 1951

B.C. LUMBER WORKER

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Johnson, rigger; S. Ruy:
an, head boomman; H.
» faller; S. Gray, hook and rit

dH. F. MacDonald, timekeeper.

achievement.

the Meritorious Safety Performance
cht) of the Workmen’s Compensation

members of his crew on an excel-
mp at the top of the list for logging

a truck operation, and last year
Was 56, and the severity rate 3.05.
; Work under

ommittee, which received honorable | While refusing to wo

eker, mill
‘immerman,

ent of the Powell River Co. (right) con-

Future”

By BILL GRAY

Canadian accident costs in
1950 totalled $66,014,035 it was
reported in the Vancouyer Sun,
April 23. This computation was
based on the reports of the-
Workmen's _ Compensation
Boards in all provinces, indicat-
ing benefits paid for the con-
sequences of accidents.

This staggering sum was levied
on the public as a whole, either
directly or indirectly. If we mul-
tiply this sum by four, which is
the acknowledged full cost of
accidents, we find that the cost
of industrial accidents for the
year was actually $264,056,140.

Further comparison shows that
B.C. was third with $14,813,184.
Ontario was $6 million’ higher,
and Quebec, $2 million. B.C. had
the second’ greatest number of
fatalities with a total of 205.

This

rrific cost is, of course,
a matter for grave concern to all
of us as Canadians, and points
to our task in the woodworking
industry. The need of education
and enforcement in accident pre-
vention becomes more apparent
every day. Only when t
unions take a vigorous and active
part in accident prevention will
we get the protection that is
needed.

In view of the results of the
Belsheim trial ith become
necessary for the workers in the
lumber industry to refuse to
unsafe conditions.
k if eondi-
tions are not safe, it is also our
duty to cooperate with the em-
ployers in accident prevention.

If every TWA member quits
gambling with his life against a
possible ae and observes

the basie prince
then we can prev
row and suffering and reduce our
position in the Canadian accident
column from rd to 8th or 9th.

Pull off the road to change a
flat and save your life—there’s
no spare for that.

Preventing accidents is like
keeping air in the tires of your
cur.

It may not be the most important
thing you can d you
a lot better ride
your life.

Misuse or improper care of
nd tools is the cause of 10 to
15 percent of all industrials acci-

dents.

You are not a failure until
start blaming somebody: els

Keep away from the would-be
surgeon, See the Doc. without

DON'T BE A KILLER—OBEY
SAFETY RULES

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1Crew “Quit Gambling)
With Your:

| gram for the y

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SDONCRANULITIONS

ucts Ltd., rec

tion for employee co-operation.

CAYCUSE AND NITINAT LOGGING CAMPS, B.C. Forest
ve WCB Meritorious Safety Performance Awards.
Here Mr. H. E. Hobson, Superintendent, Cowichan Logging Division,
after presentation, turns the certificate over to Cecil Black, Local
1-80, IWA, member of the Safety Committee, expressing apprecia-

Grrcuse Errcovees

ISSO Serv ws

rESCAN DO IT ACKIN BY ALL WORKING TOCETHER

Prod-

Workmen’s Compe
ance Award, 1950,

w
succes

e evenings.

oceasion by Chief Safety In-
spector Arthur Francis, on be-
half of the Workmen’s Compen-
sation Board. Mr. Francis
congratulated the crews on a
grand job, and for the interest
and effort that had been placed
behind the safety program. He
stated that the Board was ex.
ceedingly proud of the progr
made in the reduction of the log-
accident rate in the

ging te in |
Cowichan area. In his pinion,
the example set would most ‘cer-

ging operations.

In accepting the award, Mr.
Harry E, Hobson, Superintendent
of the Cowichan Logging Divi-
sion, stated that he was proud to
do so on behalf of B.C. Forest
Products Ltd. He thanked: the
crew
the Safety Committee, and the
IWA, for the hard work and con-
scientious interest they had put
into the accident prevention pro-

Caycuse IWA

The award for Caycuse Camp
was received from the Superin-
tendent by Cecil Black, Chairman
of the Safetv Committee, and
member of Local 1-80 IWA
Executive. He affirmed that the
Union would continue energetic
support to make the record of the
camp the best in the province.

Nitinat IWA

Herb Stevens, IWA Executive
member at Camp Nitinat received
the award on behalf of the crew,
and said that there was no doubt
in his mind that, today accident
prevention received top priority
with both management and the
Union. He recalled previous
years when this was not so, but
felt that dack of interest in
safety was now a thing of the

past.
First Aid Prizes

First aid prizes were presented
on both occasions to wives and
children of company employees
who had successfully completed
first aid courses. Cash prizes
awarded by the company in
uecordance with the policy which
incorporates first aid training as
an integral part of the safety
program, Every encouragement
is offered by the company to em-
ployees to take the training pro-
vided at company expense.
Representing the company on
both occasions were Mr. T. E.
Burgess, Assistant General Man-
ager, and Mrs. Burgess, Mr. T.
R. Fraser, General Logging
Superintendent, Mr. A. M. Righ-
mond, Executive Assistant to Mr.
Munro, Mr. J. L. Crickmay, Chief
Logging Engineer, and Mrs.
Crickmay, Mr. Archie MacKen-
zie, Mechanical Superintendent,
Mr. J. E. Beed, Personnel Man-
ager, and Mrs. Beed, Mr.-R. E.
Evans, Safety Supervisor, and

Presentation was made on each | ~

tainly be followed in other log-|

Island Loggers Mark
Award With Parties

Caycuse and Nitinat Camps, Cowichan Logging Division,
B.C. Forest Products Ltd., were presented recently with the
ation Board Meritorious Safety Perform-

ing recorded the lowest accident rates in
logging camps of similar size in British Columbia.
s celebrated by a banquet and dance in each camp, on

This record

Angel rushing out to St! Peter.
“Quick, go down to earth and
bring ‘back a psychiatrist | for
God.”

“A psychiatrist, what is the
trouble?” asked St. Peter.

“Oh, he thinks he is Mac-
Arthur,” replied the angel.
se 8

It happened in the perfume de-
partment of a large store. A
young lady with a baby in her
arms stepped up to the counter
and carefully surveyed the dis-
play which included “My Sin”,
“Eestasy”, “Irresistible” and
“Surrender”.

Quietly she asked the salesgirl,
“Would you care to have a testi-
monial?”

* ye *

Conversation between two co-
eds: “Certainly was a cute fellow
you were with. Where’d he hail
from?”. “A 1951 convertible.”

ee
* “For the last time,” a husband
shouted toward the bedroom, “are
you ready to go?”

“For heaven sakes, be quiet,”
retorted his wife. “I’ve been tell-
ing you for the last hour that I'll
be ready in a minute.”

| 296 ‘SAFE’ WORK DAYS
ACHIEVED AT BCFP

Spectacular safety achieve-

| ment of the employees in the

Vancouver Division, B.C.
Forest Products Ltd., is an un-
broken accident-free period
dating back to October 2, 1950,
and totalling 256 safe working
days on June 15th, 1951.

In addition to the per
campaign waged to maintain
vigilance in avoiding accident
hazards, management and em-
ployees have promoted a number
of interesting stunts to highlight
the objectives of ‘their deter-
mined effort.

Children of employees have

istent

in. both camps, especially | been interested in an essay con-

test on the subject “Why I Want
My Daddy to Work Safely” for
which prizes will be awarded.
“Caustic Comment”
Two IWA carrier dtivers in the
plant, Henry Rimek and Wally

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Occupation:

A hemlock withea heavy lean
on the setting line. When the tree
to get into the clear.

‘The head faller ran to
reached it, turned to see w

limb six feet long and 24%” in diam

Mrs. Evans.

Lr ae Me Oy ete ene epee aa Ee een

The blow was fa:

upper forehead. His hat was found close

| Thompson have undertaken as
their special mission the presen-
| tation of cartoons and quips on
the blackboard near the plant
| entrance.” In addition, they spur
the safety effort with caustic
comment on safety behavior in
| the plant at the time clock.

Safety Captains

At the start of the campaign,
captains were chosen at random
and designated’ with special but-
tons. These captains have now
been required by their +. ‘low
workers to actually uri rtake
the duties of captains for their
five-man teams. y

A SAFE MAN IS A SANE MAN
BE A WISE PLANNER
NOT A SAD “DIDN’T
THINKER”

35

Over six Years
Head Faller
March 5, 1951

was felled into standing timbe:
started to fall the two fallacaiean

get behind a tree 13 feet away and as he
hat was happening and was struck by a
He had been hit on the

by his head. —

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