B.C. LUMBER WORKER

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COWICHAN MEN GET
FIRST-AID AWARDS

Twenty-three employees of
Division, were the recipients of
recently tendered them, and at
formance was disclosed.

The Shawnigan logging opera-
tions -of the firm were said to
have worked 197 consecutive days
without a compensable accident.

Ken Marshall, logging superin-
tendent in charge of the crew of
10 men, was highly compliment-
ed.

Charles Thompson, Chemainus
veteran of 40 years experience in
St. John and St, Andrew’s First
Aid, was among speakers, who
included management and’ IWA
safety and business officials.

Successful candidates wer

J. Buckner, I. Dobbin, I. Miller,
R. Peterson, H. Steffanson, C.
Thompson, L, Tucker, B. Wallace,
A. Brown, R, A. Arneil, E. Mi-
chas, H.’ Wilson, all of Che-
mainus; K. Marshall, M. Pickard,
P. Philips, J. Vaux, J. Stevens,
J. Evans, C. Lester, R. Heyd,
W. Hodding, P. Paradis and G.

MacMillan & Bloedel, ‘Cowichan
first-aid certificates at a banquet
which an outstanding safety per

E. Wellburn, all of Shawnigan.
|Three Class “A” students were
. included.

SPIKE Tor FUES
ACK, STRIKES
DECEASED on

Dead Pree

AGE: 23
OCCUPATION:
EXPERIENCE:

2nd FALLER
NOT KNOWN

DATE: OCTOBER 2, 1951.
A power saw was used to fall a tree. The Head Faller and Second

Faller took cover. In falling, the
and spike top.

tree hit a leaner having a bunion

The spike top broke off the leaner and was thrown back.
It hit the second faller who was behind a 20’ snag.
‘The injured man died 11 hours later.

LOGGING
LEADS IN
FATALITIES

Twelve fatalities and 1352
injuries for the B.C, Lum-
ber Industry in the first two
months of this year were
reported recently by the
Workmen’s Compensation
Board,

Logging was responsible
for 9 of the deaths and 329
of the injuries, while the
mills accounted for 3 deaths
and 328 injuries. Slipping
and falling lead as the main
causes of accidents in both
branches of the industry,
with axe and saw cuts com-
ing a close second.

Comparative figures for
the same period in 1951
shows a slight improvement
in the over-all picture this
year.

NEW DEPT.
KEPT BUSY

Activities of the newly-orga-
nized full-time Safety Depart-
ment of the IWA District
Council range over the whole
field of accident prevention in
the lumber industry, it was re-
vealed in the quarterly report
of District Safety Director
John T. Atkinson.

Foremost attention was given
to the necessary co-ordination of
safety activities in the Local
Unions with the formation and
activization of safety committees
in a maximum number of opera-
tions. To this end numerous con-
ferences were held with Local
Union safety men and safety per-
sonnel of the co-operating com-
panies.

Frequent inspections of camps
and mills have been conducted to
drive home necessary safety les-
sons and prove the value of no-
table examples of success in
safety work.

Fatal accidents have required
considerable attention as Local
Unions have called for the assist-
ance of the Safety Director in
the presentation of evidence at
inquests, and the necessary ac-
tion to prevent recurrence of
typical fatalities.

Publicity focussed on the cir-
cumstances surrounding fatal ac-
cidents have proved of value in
directing attention to the fact
that many such accidents are
preventable by faithful observ-
ance of the accident prevention
regulations, the Director claims.

DEADLY
AVERAGE

The average woodworker
who works 45 years at his job
may expect to be injured seri-
ously three times during his
life, the research department
of the IWA-CIO announced in
the International Woodworker
last week.

There is a man killed more
often than once a week in West-
ern Jogging, IWA Research Di-
rector Virgil Burtz said, accord-
ing to the accident rate figures.

There are some 1180 accidents
a month in Oregon logging and
some 14,000 men have a time-loss
accident during a year, or about
half of those at work at any one
time in the state, he said.

The IWA is seeking rest per-
iods, travel-time for loggers and
power saw use restrictions from
Northwest employers on grounds
this might help cut-down the
enormous accident toll. The log-
ging industry is as dangerous as
the mining industry, Burtz said,
but not as noticeably so because
men are killed individually and
frequently rather than in large
groups.

A recent University of Chicago
study of 1160 firms showed $2
percent reporting a reduction in
accidents as a result of 15-minute
refreshment periods, he said.

About the time a man stops
feeling his oats he starts feeling
his corn.

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