B.C. LUMBER WORKER Safety Commitiee Takes a Bow Safety Committee, Canadian Western Lumber Company’s Fraser Mills, winners of the Workmen’s Compensation Board’s Meritorious Safety Performance Award: (Left back) H. Switzer, Chairman of Sub-Local IWA, Leo Stadnyk, H. Phillips, R. Granger, L. Bouthot, T. Godfrey; (Middle row) C. Spooner and F. Boileau; (Front row) A. Braconnier; B. Mapson; J. Carroll; R. Davis, Chairman of the mill’s safety committee; M. Ryan, managing director, Canadian Western Lumber Co.; E. V. Ab- lett, Commissioner, Workmen’s Compensation Board. re bien bee “ww OK Te eu ‘WCB Award Goes To Fraser ’ Mills For Second Year Employees of the largest sawmill in the British Common- wealth—Fraser Mills, Canadian Western Lumber Co. Ltd., New Westminster—were awarded top honors in the B.C. “big mill” class, when on August 22, formal presentation was made of the Meritorius Safety Performance certificate on behalf of the Work- men’s Compensation Board. Presentation of the pennant for win- ning the award in two consecutive years was additional cause for congratulations. The award covers all mills working over one: million man- ‘hours annually, and the 1950 award is the second consecutive award the Canadian Western 1950, made up of five operations, was 29.33, and for the whole | Coast industry, 65.67. | Canadian Western Lumber Co. | sioner, made the presentations on behalf of the Board at Fraser Mills. Maurice Ryan, Managing Director of the Company, accept- ed for the Canadian Western Lumber Co., and immediately turned the ‘awards over to the plant Safety Committee, who he said was really responsible for winning them. Henry Switzer, Chairman of Local 1-357 IWA Sub-Local, rep- Lumber Company has won in this | Ltd. also won the presentation | resented the Union on the ‘oces- group. 1,800 men are employed at the | Sion, Group C, made up of plants | mill, and the mill’s frequency rate for 1950 was 17.74 time-loss acci- dents per million man-hours worked. In 1949, Canadian West- ern’s rate was 26.62-which won them the award, The frequency rate for the whole of Group A in for Sash, Door and Veneer Divi-4 having an annual exposure of | 300,000 to 700,000 man-hours, | Their accident frequency rate in| this group was 13.51, as against $2.47 for the whole group. Mr. E. V. Ablett, Workmen’s Compensation Board Commis- 1950 Const Log Dead... Age: 20, Bee Occupation; Power Saw Filer. Experience: Few Months. Date: April 26, 1951. A power saw falling team were falling a fir 30” in diameter. A dry cedar snag 8” in diameter was with it. The fallers cut through both trees which fell.at about the pang time. The 2nd faller did not attempt to escape away from the tree: but stood still, then attempted to duck under the butt of the cedar stumps. He was struck in the lower part of the back and died of injuries. I> 30° FIR AND 8° CEDAR SHAG. STANDING ABOUT 8” APART. 2+ FALLERS CUT BOTH AT ONCE, AND GOTH FALL TOGETHER 3- DECEASED STANDS BENIND FALLING TREES FOR SOME TIME, TREN TRIES TO DUCK UNDER BUTT OF CEDAR WHICH KICKS BACK OFF STUMPS 8” from the fir but not entangled pass behind both stumps and to snag which kicked back off the sion. ig? tl MEW WEEP & = CLEAN One teen-ager to another: “I don’t see how you can call it true love if your family approves of him.” ‘ * * Shoe salesman, who has drag- ged out half his ‘stock to woman customer: “Mind if I rest a few minutes, Lady? Your feet are killing me.” Small boy to father: “I wish you'd let Mom drive. It’s more exciting.” Woman to credit manager: “I imagine the reason he hasn't kept up the payments is that he doesn’t know I bought it yet.” * ihe “Who said you could kiss me?” she said indignantly. . Saleswoman at perfume coun- ter: “This one has proved quite effective. It has a chloroform base.” * When you feel dog-tired at night, it may be because you growled all day. ae oe A western sheriff confiscated a group of slot machines on the basis of a law banning the use of steel traps for catching dumb animals. THE FLOOR 5 WE MEAN. | | qualified to pass on their know- | beéause someone had unsafe work SIX KILLED IN JULY Six more fatalities were reported for the month of July in the B.C. Lumber in- dustry, according to the Board. Time-loss, accidents statement released by the Workmen’s Compensation for the same month were 955. ‘The total numer of fatali- ties for 1951 is now 43 and time-loss accidents for. the same period 6,567. Bosses Need Training, 'Too By Michael A. Skunzanski IWA District Safety Director Who should be trained first? Why not start with top manage- ment? Management must be trained in the principles of the safety program if management is going to give it more than lip service. Management must be trained in the part they must play. They must believe in it. Can they do this if they are not trained? Can they participate at joint safety meetings? Top supervision needs a similar type of training. They do not ap- pear on casualty lists as often as employees do, but they must learn to recognize hazards that will injure employees on the job. They must be trained to make sure that the. “on-the-job” super- visors are trained to their job correctly, and to see that all the men on’ the job are properly trained and disciplined to do.their work safely. They must be trained to accept the responsibility of seeing that the on-the-job supervisors are how of the work to, the employees on the job, to the best of their ability. Suppose it costs $100 to train a man. Would you, Mr. Top- Management, consider it a good investment? Would that not be good odds against the cost of accidents in time-loss compensa- tion; medical cost; lost produc- tion; spoiled material; damaged equipment; cost of instructing a replacement to finish the job; time lost by those assisting the injured man; time lost by sight- seers; time involved in accident investigation; time lost through emotional upset of other employ- ees; and many other items? All habits. All because someone was not properly trained. Compare your frequency Sever- ity for the past ten years, then honestly ask yourself “Can I af- ford to spend $100 to train my employees?” , To summarize, training in- cludes Education, Discipline, Di- rection and Drill. Everyone from Top’ Management down, needs From “Work Accidents 1910 by the Russell Sage F “... Put a boy to work in first he is afraid but temperament, help him, acquires recklessness, * If a hundred times a risks, it is not in take an unnecessary among men in dan, soldier . . .” ‘The reckless worker th per has been selected § an occupation invo From “The Moral Challgage A. McGhee, Dean of B University, published in the: . . There still remains sm grown-ups today, and sons and daughters, dare, to live, at least a . Contempt for safety of our history and our Our hearts have not be grown up. Insofar told us that safety is a tisk and danger. . BEFORE WE CAN Gl OF SAFETY .. . WE A DYNAMIC, PO ASPIRATIONS OF . WE ARE COMMI THE INDIVIDUAL If . THE PROCESS OF FAITH AND BELIE CREATIVE AND PROCESS, WHICH O MAKE POSSIBLE, LIE BETTERMENT, ALL O WORLD...” WORKMEN’S COMP ADAM BELL, Chairman F. P. ARCHIBALD, Secretary training. OTTO KWOWEETTER