B.C. LUMBER WORKER

June 19, 1952

COPPER CANYON CHAMPS

COPPER CANYON SAFETY COMMITTEE members: Front row—Ben Jacobson, Herman Anderson,
Ripley, MacMillan & Bloedel Limited’s Safety Supervisor Don MacBean, Camp P.
Coates, Chemainus Division Manager Harold Dagg. Back rov—Johnny Jack, Jim Markle,
Bill Tymchuck, Joe Carmichael, Alex McAuley, Bill Shillito, Jim Allen.

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Camp Foreman Ed McLean, Ed
ersonnel Supervisor Dave Mclvor, Superintendent Tom

Gordon Beck, Joe Barlas, Floyd Stockford,

BEST LOGGING RECORD

The best safety record ever established by any logging

operation in British Columbia

for total man hours worked

consecutively without a compensable accident is that of
MacMillan & Bloedel Limited’s Copper Canyon logging
operation, a unit of the Company’s Chemainus Division.

This 250-man railroad logging
show went 98 calendar days and
piled up 144,441 man hours to
establish the all-time record. The
record was made between Feb-
ruary 13 and May 20, 1952. Mr.
Harold Dagg, manager of Che-
mainus Division, congratulated
the loggers on behalf of the Com-
pany.

Members of the camp’s Safety
Committee are: W. Shillito, A. J.
McAuley, F. Stockford, A. Car-

michael, J. Barlas, -A. Jacobson,
E. McLean, G. Beek, J. Jack, J.
Markle, E. Ripley, W. Tymehuck,
A. D. Melvor, J. Allen, T. A.
Coates (Superintendent) and
Manager H, D. Dagg.
Honors Won

According to recently published
Workmen’s Compensation Board
figures, MacMillan & Bloedel Ltd.
captured the W.C.B. award with

a frequency rate of 67.65 for
Group “A” logging operations for
1951, compared with the industry
average of 129.

In Group “C” the Company's
Northwest Bay Division won the
W.C.B. award for the third con-
secutive year, this time with a
frequency rate of 49.33, as
against the industry average of

Group “D” was taken by the

with a frequency rate of 49.13,
compared with the industry's av-
erage of 129.

Five Out of Eighteen

Company’s Shawnigan Division |

Among British Columbia pulp

manufacturers the Alberni plant
of MacMillan & Bloedel walked
away with the W.C.B. award by
having established a frequency
rate of 7.85 for 1951, as against
the industry’s ayerage of 15.40.

Within the plywood industry
the Company’s Vancouver Ply-
wod Division—a frequent winner
of safety a won a prize
by ending. 1951 with a frequency
rate of 21.15. The industry's av-
erage for 1951 was 40.50.

In all, MacMillan & Bloedel
operations captured five of the 18
awards presented by the Work-
men’s Compensation Board for
the best safety records establish-
eq during 1951.

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OCCUPATION: RIGGING SLINGER ©

AGE: 37

EXPERIENCE: 12 YEARS
DATE: NOVEMBER 8, 1951.

The Rigging Slinger was waiting for the rigging to return after

the first turn on a new road,

He signaled for the rigging to stop and as it did so the main line

whipped sideways flinging out the

choker hooks in his direction.

One hook hit the rigging slinger and caused injuries that were

fatal.

The cause of the rigging whipping is not known,

FELLOW doesn’t need to

feel like he’s getting the
third degree if he has been the
victim of an accident and the
foreman or safety supervisor
questions him about it.

Some injured persons do seem

Don’t Clam Up!

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to resent’ being questioned about
the accident. They seem to think
they’re being put on the spot and
accused of guilt. Some clam up or
dodge around the questions or
snarl back.

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Workmen's Comp

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