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MacMillan Plywoods Win Avands

PRESENTATION OF AWARD for Meritorious Safety Performance brings congratulations to em-
ployes of the Vancouver Plywoods Division, H. R. MacMillian Export Co. Ltd. from company and
Union officials. Attending ceremony were (left), H. A. Lester, Personnel Manager; J. Bertenshaw,
Safety Committee Member, A. McAloney, Plant Manager; M. Dickson, Plant Superintendent; S. M.
Hodgson, Lloyd Whalen, Local 1-217, IWA; District President J. S. Alsbury,, B. M. Hoffmeister,
President, H. R, MacMillan Export Co.; J. C. Ramsay, General Manager, Plywood and CWP Di:
sions; A. Francis, Chief Safety Inspector, WCB; E. V. Ablett, Commissioner WCB.

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LABOR MANAGEMENT TEAM WORK
WINS WCB SAFETY AWARD

Reward for a consicentious |
and co-operative effort to re-
duce the 1950 accident rate in|
the Vancouver Plywood Divi- |
sion of H. R. MacMillan Export
Ltd. was the recent presenta-
tion of the Workmen's Com-
pensation Board Award for
Meritorious Safety Perform- |
ance at a meeting of all plant ||”
employees, f
Mr. B. M. Hoffmeister, pres
| dent, H. R. MacMillan Co. Ltd.,
‘| welcomed the guests on behalf of ~~
)| the company, and expressed his |
|| gratification at the excellent
1| record established for the yea
~\'| Co-operation of all the employees

{had won.for the plant the best |
safety record in its classification,
‘| and would, in his opinion, bring
*/ still more important results in
the future.

| _ Presentation of the Award
| Certificate -was made by Com-
| missioner E. V. Ablett; Work-|
| men’s Compensation Board, who |
|| complimented both management |
| and the employees on an out- || il
(|| standing achievement.  Superin-

tendent Mike Dickson accepted |
the award on behalf of the em-|
ployees, sharing this honor with
| Safety Committee Member J.,
| Bertenshaw. |

| Guests on the occasion were |——

‘| also IWA District President J.
| Stewart Alsbury, President Lloyd |
| Whalen and Financial Secretary i
S. M. Hodgson, Local 1-217, IWA. | ~
E, VY. ABLETT, Commissioner, The meeting was addressed :
Workmen's Compensation Board, | briefly by District President Als-| B. M. HOFFMEISTER, Presi-
presents Meritorious Safety Per- bury, who tendered his congratu- | dent, H. R. MacMillan Export Co.
formance Award to Vancouver lations and pledged the support |Ltd., congratulates. employees,
Plywoods Division, H. R. Mae- of the IWA in the plant safety | Vancouver Plywoods Division, on
Millan Export Co. Ltd. program. capture of WCB Safety Award,

DISTRICT EXECUTIVE BOARD

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CAUSE
AND
CURE

Cement plant employee had
been working on -interior of air
separator and was about to leave
when someone started machinery.
He suffered fatal injuries.
| CURE: Greater emphasis on
importance of locking out motor
switches when working on mach-
ines was made in training. Fore-
men were ordered to check be-
fore motors were started.

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Lineman stopped to shorten his
safety belt when 13 feet up a
pole. He lost his balance and
fell, fracturing a vertebrae in
his back.

CURE: The lineman should
surveyed the pole for size and
then made the necessary adjust-
ments in his safety strap before
attempting to ascend the pole.

“SECOND AWARD
TO N-W BAY

Northwest Bay Logging
Division, H. R. MacMillan Ex-
port Co. Ltd, was recently
presented with the 1950 Meri-
torious Safety Performance
Award by Chief Safety Inspec-
tor Arthur Francis, of the
WCB.

- The accident frequency rate
of 47.15 was reported to be 65
percent below the average for
all operations west of the Cas-

| cades. The rate is the lowest

yet established for logging
operations in the province.
This is the second year in
succession that the award has
been won by the Northwest
Bay Division.

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The weaker sex is the stronger
| sex because of the weakness of
| the stronger sex for the weaker

Sex.

The hospital put ‘the beautiful
blonde in a room by herself. She
was too cute for wards,

a lift driver, Me-

Snead—
A cowboy unequalled for speed.
| With less than finesse
He sure made a mess

|
| There wa
|

The hotel clerk said, “We're
short of help, and if you want a |
| room, you'll haye to make your
own bed.”

“That's okay,” agreed the
traveller, desperate for a room.

“Here’s a hammer and saw,” |
j said the clerk, “You'll find lum- ]
ber in the room.”

Anyone who passes the buck |
today ought to feel like 30 cents.

Of the truck and the plant.and |
McSnead. i

Enforce Piling Regulations!

IWA Dis.

lution of th
triet Executive Bo: June 29,
yquested the District Safety

carried to such a height us to make | height. Any load which is less than |
them insecure and liable to topple|a full or complete loud, regardless |

over.

neil to take all necessary
steps to secure enforcement of
the accident prevention regula-
tions regarding the “stripping”
of lumber p Information
as received to the effect that
“the enforcement of the regula-
tion is in the majority of
lumber and that a num-
ber of near-fatalities have re-
sulted.

Regulations which apply are
as fallows:

744. Lumber-piles shall be well
made und stripped piles shall not be

745. To make loads safe for piling
und handling, units or loads of lum.
ber built up for transportation by
cranes, derricks, lift-trucks, or simi-
lar equipment shall be provided with
sets of stickers, us follows: With
lumber six inches (6 inches) or less
in width, there shall be one set of
sticks 10 euch foot of height and
there shall be not more than six (6
inches) of board or small-dimension
Iumber on the top of upper row of
| piling-strips. Lumber wider than
six inches (binches) shall be strip-

‘of lumber-width, shall conform to |
these rules and, in addition, care |
shall be taken not to have more than |
six inches (6 inches) of lumber on |
top of upper row of piling-strips.

tickers shall not protrude beyond |
the sides of the load and shall be

uniformly spaced in loads that ure to

be stacked.

746. Units shall not be stacked |
more than three (3) high, siless |
two (2) or more piles are tied to-
gether with substantial cross-ties.
When so cross-tied at each successive |
loud, the height of lumber-stacks ;

ped cach eighteen (18 inches) in

shall be limited to seven (7) units. *

8 DIE, 1061.

Eight more fatalities
reported for ‘the
May in the B. €. lumi
dustry, in the statement
leased by the Worl
Compensation Board,

turbance of operating condi

Some employees, too,
work safely. They feel the
it is up to the other fellow.

left alone so they can get

and easily as possible.

Whether you like it or
problem that is’ an inherent
accepted—and it must be d
it is foolish. Meeting the pr

serves time, effort and emoti

ADAM BELL, Chairman
F. P. ARCHIBALD, Secretary