B.C. LUMBER WORKER ng his teeth B mining Q him ting rubbers SM ping S: with windows fresh fruits cB his tonsils removed. and hunting RY but rede He was smoking ng, Dever got cross xX , ise eveyy day. He t hours per night.> fect condition. body, the spec- ; PBmvasiumsrs? and THIS MAN? Is &% RELY DEVOTED ANDTO YOUR sv Bur.supPpose / YOU ARE care- V RTHERE ARENO Y “CARELESSNESS, V7 RK, ON THE y S ALWAYS THE ‘TING HURT- AREFUL AND CT YOURSELF, AND YOUR N \ \ \ Y, \ \ IMMIGRANT LOGGERS FACE RISKS AT WORK Language Barrier Accident Hazard Recent arrivals in Canada securing employment in the log- ging industry, without knowledge of the English language and B.C. logging methods incur great hazards, it is reported by Local 1-71 IWA to the Workmen’s Compensation Board. Instruction in job methods by interpreters is urged as a necessary safeguard to the immigrants themselves and their fellow-workmen. Communication addressed to the Chief Safety Inspector by Financial Secretary Fred Feiber, Local 1-71 IWA follows: It has been brought to my at- tention that Logging Operators are hiring immigrants to work as chokermen in Coast camps. As logging is extremely hazardous and these immigrants, in most in- stances, cannot read or speak Eng- lish, it creates a serious problem in regards to Safety for these workers, People coming into a strange country, who cannot speak Eng- lish, normally have many prob- lems, such as adjusting themselves fo a new environment and making good in their new undertakings. Where they work in a hazard- ous industry there would naturally be a tendency to disregard Safety and place more emphasis on mak- ing a success of their new venture. The Camp Committee at Jus- hatla, Queen Charlotte Islands, mentioned that in their camp, a considerable number of immi- grants were working as Choker- men and in their opinion efforts should be made by this company to teach these men Safety and also acquaint these men with the Safety. Regulations. Reports are that one of these workers was injured re- cently in this camp. Long range plans for a solution, while they may be the proper pro- cedure, would not be the imme- diate answer, as these men can easily be injured before such a plan would become effective. The immediate solution would be for these companies to be obliged to pul someone’ working with them that can speak their language to insruct them in the hazard of the industry. 1 am appealing to the Board to consider immediately passing a regulation forcing these com- panies to provide this measure of Safety for these new loggers. Teacher, commenting on little boy's poem: “Since your poem is about flowers, Russell, I think the word ‘smell’ would be more appropriate. You can still have it rhyme by substituting. ‘blue- bell' for ‘mountain pink!” GY” GENERAL Occupation: Experience: Date: Jackhammer Operator. 2 Years. May 2, 1951 The jackhammer operator was kneeling disconnecting a length of hose. His partner, twenty feet away, heard a shout and turned to see the operator rolling and falling backwards down the quarry face. "The quarry face was a series of slopes and slight edges, and 80 feet high. The man was unconscious and had a two-inch cut in the back of his head when picked up. He died the next day of shock and severe bruising of the lungs. How To Blaze The Safety Trail Safety was just a word on our plant: until we started a safety campaign to acquaint our em- ployees with its importance. They say that the proof of the pudding is in the eating and at the present time members of the British Columbia Manufacturing Co. Ltd. safety committee and the union’s safety captains are enjoying the proof that the in- gredients that they have put into the safety effort are paying off. Painful Ignorance Many accidents in our industry have been caused by ignorance of the workman’s knowledge of his machine; and also by those machines being improperly guarded. This condition has been overcome to a great extent by explaining the machine and its dangers to the employee, and then by equipping each machine with a proper guard. This gives the workman a much more con- tented feeling at his job because he hasn’t any accident fears troubling him during working hours. This naturally allows him | to work more steadily and there- fore a greater output for the plant itself. To realize just how this fine achievement they are enjoying, became a reality, we must go back to the early Spring of 1951. During the course of one of the monthly safety committee meet- ings, a report of all accidents in the plant for the year 1950 was read. This report was broken down under several headings such as Falls and Slips, Strains and Sprains, Struck and Struck By, Caught in and Caught between, ete. It was noticed that the greater number of accidents came under Struck and Struck by, Strains and Sprains, Falls and Slips and Caught between. Education Basic Realizing that an all-out drive to educate the employees in safe practices was a dire necessity if we were to reduce the number of accidents in these categories, a group of union safety enthusiasts and supervisors pledged them- selves to give all their time and WOW LUCK YOU SOLELY DEPEND, YOURE ASCING | energy to cut down the frequency rate in the operation. Bob Brace, a co-member intro- duced a plant patrol, to try and prevent any horseplay or fooling around which were the cause of some of the accidents. Safety captains were appointed, each to look after a group of men work- ing in his locale. Any unsafe acts were checked on the spot and the guilty offender was shown the safe way. Company Cooperated Along with the union effort went the company. No expense was spared to guard all hazards in the plant. They encouraged the safety poster slogans and safety suggestions which came from the men on the job and transferred into cartoon, form on posters by the talented brush of Dennis Albert. As an added incentive the com- pany donates cash prizes to each department for every accident- free month. This educational drive not only is educating the men in safe By IWA Publicity Committee B.C. Manufacturing Co. Ltd. practices on the job but also in- stills in the men the fact that they are on the job every day and also taking home a full pay check every two weeks instead of 663%, and also helps to keep conditions at home on a more even keel. Results Gratifying To say that the results are gratifying is putting it mildly. They are inspirational. Up to the time of writing this plant has had 105 accident-free days, and if honest conscientious work means anything we hope to pile on a lot more days yet. Co-operation, education and a determined safety committee have proved that safety can be- come more than just a word throughout the whole industry. THINK SAFE... ACT SAFE... BE SAFE CAUSE ‘AND - CURE “Workman states that he was working in the machine shop lifting a pulley on a motor shaft. pain in his back.” These strains are not only dis- abling at the time of injury, but they often lead into ex- tended lay-offs with sometimes permanent disability. CURE: Very often these accidents could have been prevented if mechanical aids were used. Also proper methods of lifting would eliminate a large per- centage of the back strains and hernias reported. Workmen should not only practice the correct method of lifting but should also instruct and help others working around them. : He received a sharp Paul Bunyan Is Safe Safety will be kept promi- nently in the foreground by Local 1-85 IWA during the Paul Bunyan Days loggers’ contests at Port Alberni, Sep- tember 1-2-3, Rules governing the various contests make provision for the observance of safety regula- tions dnd adequate inspection of equipment used. First aid attendants from the St. John Ambulance Associa- tion will be on hand to care for the victims of any mishaps. Experts of the Royal Life Saving Society will give dem- onstrations of the latest meth- ods of artificial respiration. “Do you eat to live or do you live to eat?” You could ask the same question about safety. Do you act safely in order to live, or do you exist just to do things safely?