18, 1952 B.C. LUMBER WORKER welfare of your lishment of this an unusual display ing effort, and unsel- cept a burden that offers You may feel you lack job. Do not be too ap- vestigation of a serious 1, There will be many in- sctiveness of preventative nthusiasm. will develop. You will ass j ent and express piniormg” You will develop ill enable you to ignore any d management in the com- ention. ide you with an eloquence ce and overcome prejudice. man of ideas. eon the work you do. You to do. You will regret the ented. You will experience . frustration, incentive and for you are a worthy mem- dustry making a valuable of the worker. You are a ee member. ansation Board an ecretary RD, Commissioner rissioner ACTIVIZE JOB COMMITTEES | __ Vital role of the job safety committees in the efforts of the B. C. lumber industry to prevent needless accidents was stressed this week in a general appeal to all those con- cerned with supervision or execution of working proced- ures. The effective agency for the necessary cooperation is found in these committees, it was generally agreed. Any laxity with regard to the regulations in this respect is to be deplored, stated all safety men. These regulations provide that in every operation employ- ing more than 20 workmen, an accident committee shall be formed of not more than 12 mem- bers and not less than four mem- bers. Members of the Committee are designated in equal numbers by the workmen and the em- ployer. “Safety committees form an invaluable part of the safety program in our Association mills,” declared Mr. W. M. “Scotty” Allison, when inter- viewed by the B.C. Lumber Worker. 3 Mr. Allison, who devotes a great part of his time to the instruction of safety committee members and employees, add- ed: “The provision made in the regulations of the Workmen’s Compensation Board for the establishment of joint safety committees provides an unex- celled opportunity for labor- management cooperation in the elimination of accident hazards. These committees have it in their power to develop an atti- tude toward safety problems that encourages every em- “ployee to participate in a co- operative effort with enthu- _ siasm, “When responsibility for the endeavor to make sawmills - safe places in which to work, is shared as it can be shared through a joint safety commit- tee, the results pay Yich divi- dends to all concerned.” When queried regarding the importance of joint safety com- mittees in logging operations, of- ficials of the B.C. Loggers’ As- sociation recalled the days when the Association pioneered. in the field of safety education, to cope with the higher accident rate of 20 years ago. “That safety education can be enormously stimulated through the joint safety com- mittees, now required by. the regulations of the Workmen’s Compensation Board, is beyond question,” they declared. “If a well-organized joint safety committee, including representatives of both labor and management, can arouse a sense of responsibility in every employee with regard to his share in a sound safety pro- gram, the accident rate inevit- ably declines,” said the Asso- ciation’s safety experts. “Experience has taught us that when the men who know an operation confer with good will and agree to uphold a safe- ty program adapted to the na- BY EVERYONE .. ture of their work they achieve miracles.” “No one profits more as a re- sult of such accomplishment than the employees,” they ad- vised. J. S. Alsbury District President J. S. Alsbury of the IWA, in forthright lan- guage, declared that the achieve- ment of safe working conditions in the lumber industry was one of the prime objectives of the Union. “The basis of any safety pro- gram, such as that in which the IWA participates, is found in the activities of the joint safety com- mittees,” he declared. “When this is neglected by the workers, or its objectives treat- ed with indifference, grave results in terms of human misery are visited upon the workers them- selves through their own actions. We have only ourselves to blame for a serious accident rate, un- less we take full advantage of the possibilities of these joint safety committees,” he asserted. “Both labor and management have everything to gain by the promotion of safety in the indus- try. The opportunity for effective cooperation is provided in the joint safety committees, required in every operation, These com- mittees are the clearing houses for safety ideas, and for the joint plans leading to safe procedures. “Tf all-the workers in any op- eration take an_intere the functions of the joint safety com- mittees and lend them the neces- sary support, the results usually | exceed all expectations. “I uree all IWA members to make the greatest possible effort to promote greater safety through their own job commit- tees,” he appealed. J.T, Atkinson IWA_ District Safety Director, John T. Atkinson, gave support to the admonitions of District President. He affirmed that as a result of his experience, the foundation of the IWA safety program rested on the work of the job safety committees. “These committees must accept the responsibility of promoting enthusiasm among the employees for a ‘joint effort which will bring them safe working condi- tions. Apart from engineering and supervision factors which are un- der the control of management, the working force of an operation must ‘cultivate the correct atti- tude toward safety. 41! FIR TONGED AT OME EXDONLY, BEING LOADED SLIDES INTO 2 Togs ALREADY OW AR. wo tocs AGE: 18% OCCUPATION DATE: | beside the car. log beside the track which also instantly. 1952 COAST LOGGING ACCIDENTS YARDING & LOADING ‘CAR, ROLL OVER DICEASED. Dead eee * 7 3 DECEASED FALLS ‘OFF LOAD WHEN A toot ae