April 17, 1952 @:=. C. LUMBER WORKER®@ MILL H AZARDS Struck by objects 1,311 Slips & Falls 984 Strains ARE GREATEST An analysis of Time Loss Accidents in Lumber and Pulp Mills, Sash, Door and Veneer Plants for the year ending 1951 show 16 Fatals and 4,846 Time Loss acci- dents as compared with 10 Fatals and 4,613 Time Loss accidents in 1950, A break-down of these fi- ures show that the greatest g foe were in the mill op- erations of the five sections _ with 1,877° accidents. Yard operations were next with | | { 1 | | i i i | 1,106 acefdents, Machine op- erators third with 891 aeci- len The leading cause of acci- dents was by being struck by objects which accounted for 1,311 injuries last year. Falls and Slips were responsible for 984 injuries, and Strains, 813. Sawmills and Shinglemills had the largest number of casualties with 4,194 out of the total of 4,613. Day” Says accident w! Workmen’s Compensation Board. Transeript of the proceedings secured by the IWA reports the Coroner as stating: “Gentlemen, this is such. a simple thing that it is hardly worthwhile holding an inquest. “An experienced man falling a tree, the tree was rotting, it is a snag, and it fell the wrong Tt happens every day, un- fortunately, but in t tance it was unfortunate that it fell to the extent of Mr. Chambers. “Now, what you are con- cerned about here is how, when, where, and by what means he has come to his HARRISON LOGGER’S INQUEST ee “It Happens Every Coroner Coroner’s address tO the jury in thé inquest following the ich caused the death of Merle F. Chambers in a log- sing operation near Harrison Mills has excited comment among IWA safety men, and will be brought to the attention of the ee within one block of the Vancou- ver Hospital to which he was be- ing moved for specialist. treat- ment, DON’T TOUCH If you were ‘not authorized to operate machinery or handle equipment used in atomic indus- try plants, you’d probably be a bit leery of doing so. That's be- cause you've been dramatically made aware of the hazards con- nected with that new occupation. death, and that is all.” The verdict of the jury was “death as a result of re leg injuries caused by a heavy tree” with no blame attached fo any- one. . No first aid was available for But you can get injured as quickly or killed as dead in plain old-fashioned ways: by operation the injured man, who was trans-| of machinery or handling equip- ported to Mission Hospital while | ment when not authorized in your fully conscious. Death oceurred | own plant. FALLER, BULLBUCKER FACE WCB CHARGES Prosecution for breaches of the accident prevention regu- lations was launched in the Ladysmith Police Court, April 10, by the Workmen's Compensation Board against R. Pelto, head faller, and M. Laverod, bullbucker. Circumstances cited were those which caused the death of scaler James Madden. Trial was adjourned until Apri! 22, Attending the prececdings on behalf of the IWA was Dis- trict Safety Director, John .T. Atkinson. OTTO RWOWBETITER 22 BAD HABIT COSTS HAND A workman had been repeated- ly instructed by his supervisor to stop his machine before greasing it. But these instructions had been as repeatedly disregarded. At the time of the accident the workman, as usual, was greasing his tumbler sandblasting machine while it was in motion. This time his right*hand becama caught be- tween the tumbler and support rolls at the front of the machine. The roll nip points were well guarded when the machine oper- ated properly. What happened and why? The motor on the machine had been repaired on the previous day, and ‘reinstalled. The work- man was unaware of any change, but .in reinstallation, the direc- tion of drive had been inadvert- ently altered. The tumbler there- fore operated in reverse. Natur- ally, the well guarded nip points were not guarded at all as the )machine turned backward. So a workman was’ injured for, a bad habit because he indulged that habit without any attention to other circumstances which MIGHT have changed. A power station engineer reached inside an air compressor cylinder through the inlet valve opening to check for a leak back through the discharge valve at the head end. Apparently pres- sure had built up between: the piston and the crank end head, causing the piston to move in the opposite direction. The engineer's hand was ‘crushed between the piston and the air cylinder*head, and he suffered a permanent dis- ability. The engineer apparently placed his hand inside the cylinder with- out taking precautions to prevent pressure from building up-in the opposite end of the cylinder. It is necessary to bleed.air from the compressor to assure that both ends of the cylinder ‘are free from pressure. * Before a man works inside air compressor cylinders, one inlet valve at each end of each cylin- der should be removed so that air pressure cannot build up in the cylinder and cause the machine to rotate or the piston to move. WS SAFE 0 GET-Thls aPén Foot | BROKE A COMPAMY SAFETY RUE/, (URE CAWRIISE EL / STS. OFTEN BEEN SAID-WOW WE REPEAT: WEAR SAFETY WOES TO SAVE YOUR FEET"