October 18, 1951

B.C. LUMBER WORKER

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to hang up a still better record.

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HEY! KEEP
IT CLEANS

A draftee claimed exemption
on the grounds of poor eyesight
—and brought his wife along to
prove it.

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bookworm,
“Oh, no, sir,” she replied. “Just
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am endeavor could be more worthy
otf accidents and human suffering.
re to commend all members of the

‘on their magnificent achievement

record for accident prevention in

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to sell shoes
in cardboard boxes. Under
Franco they need the cardboard
to make shoes.

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All Set At BCFP For Even Be

hs WELL-EARNED CONGRATULATIONS have been extended- by the lumber industry to the crew of the Vancouver Division, B.C.
Forest Products Ltd. for the achievement of 365 accident-free days. Here, with beaming smiles, they declare that they are prepared

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Second prosecution launched by the Workmen’s Com-

pensation Board under the amended penalty clause of the
Accident Prevention Regulations resulted in the conviction
(a Logging Superintendent Thomas Bonar of the Gordon
| River logging operation of the Western Forest Industries
Ltd. in the Duncan Police Court, October 4. The accused
pleaded guilty, and was fined $50 and costs.

The charge was laid following |
an accident causing the death of | e
Gee Bo Yen on July 20. At the A d
| coroner’s inquest Business Agent | CcCcil ent
| Ernest Boulet and Safety Direc-
tor John T. Atkinson were suc-
cessful in showing that breaches
of the accident prevention regu- |
lations were contributing factors |
toward the fatality. |

It was shown that the crew |
under the direction of the Super-

e team effort from the most recently
lager of the Company, and reflecis
he safety committee, safety captains
» will to do”, as expressed by the
the IWA, and one has the answer
im that really works,
effort than working carelessly.
Ips a sense of awareness and alert-
ippreciation of everything that is
Key to greater security at home

men in charge of our govern-|intendent was engaged in the}

iter Records

Gordon River Supt. Fined $50 For

The sweet young thing entered _
the office of fashionable dog ken-°

nel and tripped up to the hand-
some young man at the desk.
“I want a pet,” she coved.

“Td love to,” he answered
sadly, “but the boss is awfully
strict.”

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ment—they’re running it like no-
body’s business.
wade with

When a Hollywood film fac-
tory announced it would con-
struct a bomb shelter on the lot,
a commentator wondered why,
since “this studio hasn’t had a

hit in years!”
Be ae

transport of steel rails. Thirty |
|rails, with a total weight esti- |
| mated as 16,800 Ibs., were loaded |
Jon a push car, with the ends
|resting on the rear deck of a
| speeder. There was no reach or
|coupling between the two ve-
| hicles. The rails held the two ve-
hicles together with rigidity, |
which was ‘accentuated by the

“view safely consciousness is com- :
i “Was the train crowded when

you came home?” “No, I had a
trap all to myself.”

it has also set a fine example
as well us to the entire indus-
it occur in the forest products
accept and have proven most

the case. It is hoped that the
will thus be stimulated for the

tinue 10 lead the field in this
human relations.

M. HOFFMEISTER,
. CAUSED

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ACCIDENTS ARE

fact that a push car has only a
one-way suspension.

The load was pulled at first,
| but because some loaded logging
| cars were on a branch of the Y,
| the Superintendent, who was op- |
| erating the speeder, attempted to
push the load along an adverse
|grade, at a speed of approxi-
|mately 15 miles an hour. The
|push car was derailed, with the
jresult that the rails were pushed
| through the cab. of the speeder,
pinring the victim.

“It Was the Custom”
| I his defence, the Superin-
| tendent claimed that he was fol-
lowing the common custom of the
| woods. The Local Union officials
| claimed that this made the case
| of importance as steps should be
|taken to prevent any such dan-
| gerous custom. |

Under the accident prevention |
regulations, it was pointed out,
the Superintendent is responsible
for the activities under his con-
trol that they are carried out
without undue risk to any person. |

In this instance, the evidence |
disclosed, too great a load was|
being transported at too high a
speed.

A reach or coupling
used. The lack of flexibility in the |
movement betwi the two ve-|
hicles had a bearing on the
dent, as it would tend to di
the loaded push

A push car, unlike aw regular)
flat car, is designed to be pro-|
pelled by manual effort, and was |
not suitable for making up a!
train nor for carrying the load
placed on it in this instance.

not |

1 |

exposed the men in the speeder
cab to danger from movement of
the rails from any cause.

, hy the Minister of Railway:
Pushing the load up a grade! S

Transportation of the crew in|
the cab of the speeder was dan-
gerous and other means of tran:
portation might have been a
ranged. The Superintendent was
not a certified operator of a
speeder, but is permitted to act
in that capacity. As he is not a
regular operator dt is assumed
that he was not as competent as
a qualified operator.
As the distance travelled w:
aproximately eight miles, it w:
a haul that demanded better
planning and equipment.

Rule 54, of the regulations un-
der the Railway Act, states,
. .- No person shall be employed

|as operator, and no person shall

act as operator on any power-car
used for conveying passengers,
workmen, or for hauling other
cars unless he is the holder of a
ing permit in that behalf

ion (g), Rule 23, state
- , every ‘freight-trailer shill
be equipped. with a hand-brake.
and avtomatie air-brake.”

CAUSE -
AND
CURE

Employee slipped on grease

trailer. He struck his head on
the concrete floor and fractured
his skull.

CURE: Keep all grease and

‘other material that may cause
falls off the floors.

Stress good
housekeeping throughout the en-
tire working area.

Man to luscious blonde on
street corner: “Pardon me, miss
I'm a stranger in town, I wond
if you would alter my status

while straightening blocks under -