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he scene of a fatal accident which caused the death
etail of the same fatal accident. “A” marks the loca-
> direction marked by the arrow. The bucker was
ught he had time to finish a cut at “B”. The tree
crished by a chunk from the broken top “D”.

Charges laid against Head
Faller A, Telosky by the Work-
men’s Compensation Board for
violation of Section 837 of the
logging accident prevention
regulations were dismissed in
the Courtenay Police Court,
November 21,

The trial excited considerable
public interest, especially in log-
ging circles. ‘Interests of the
IWA in court were represented
by Financial Secretary Jacob
Holst, Local 1-363, IWA.

It was charged by the prosecu-
tion that the head faller in this
instance had not given sufficient
warning as required under Sec-
tion 837, and that Bucker N. Bla-
secki was therefore exposed to
the accident which caused his
death at Wolfe Lake, September

6.

Warning Given
The evidence given by the sec-
ond faller was to the effect that

ample warning had been given,
and that the bucker had acknowl-

Magistrate Clears Faller

edged the warning, but failed to
mové out of the danger zone be-
fore the tree was about to be
dropped. — ‘

The fallers had completed their
cut on a hemlock, which was lean-
ing back into the woods, and had
shut off their power saws wait-
ing for the bucker to get in the
clear. Meanwhile the tree started
to go, and although the fallers
again shouted their warning, they
could not make themselves heard
above the noise of the bucker’s
power saw.

P.V. Gets
Shoe Plan

-Employees of Pacific Veneer
Co. Ltd, New Westminster,
will be assisted by the company
in the purchase of safety shoes
under a plan agreed upon at a
recent meeting of the plant
safety committee, attended by
District Safety Director, John
T. Atkinson.

The way was paved for the
introduction of the plan by the
committee’s decision to make the
necessary investigation to deter-
mine the categories required to!
wear safety shoes within the
terms of the WCB regulations.

The Company will, upon estab-
lishment of the necessary ar-
rangements, provide a wide va-
riety of comfortable safety shoes,
from which the workers may se-
lect the first pair at a cost of
$5.00. The Company’s contribu-
tion to the plan will be the dif-
ference between $5.00 and the
full cost for the first purchase.

The Committee expressed the
confident hope that the plan will
result in a more general observ-
ance of the rule requiring safety
shoes where the worker is expos-
ed to falling objects or injuries
likely to cause injury to the feet.

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ALASKA PINE, officials and IWA safety men gather to celebrate award
rious Certificate. (Left) R. C. Fulton, Supt. Totem Shingle;
Louis Cottini, Totem Safety Committee; E. Rolston, Manager, Universal
Box; A. Larkin, Union Safety Director, Alaska Pine, New Westminster;
F. C. Reif, Manager, Alaska Pine, N.W.; John T. Atkinson, IWA District
Safety Director; Wm. Croy, Safety Committee, Universal Box, and Leo
Stadnyk, Safety Director, 1-357 IWA.

Delegates from the IWA Dis-
trict Safety Council attending

the Governor’s. Safety Confer-
ence, Olympia, November’ 17-
18, Safety Director John T.
Atkinson, and J. Milmore, Lo-

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OWEETTER ..-

C. Plan Adopted

cal 1-80, IWA, related on re-
turn that a determined effort
will be made to secure the es-
tablishment of joint safety
committees in all operations
employing 10 or more, through-
out the State of Washington.

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