ber 4, 1952 pain, or his life may of the lack of simple 3 a member of your fellow workman. Ne treatment of an i, minimizes shock, re- jury, promotes early “aggravation or com- he luss of some bodily end upon a knowledge pplying remedial mea- terials for treatments. First Aid training y supplies are at the d in the ear. It is such your own welfare and men. f ation Board mmissioner ner 9 PRODUCE ACCIOENTES 4 °° °' “ARE SOME SURELIKE WIS I HAD AN ACCIDENT By DOROTHY MARSTON Yes, I had an accident — I, | who have been connected for | many years with an organiza- | tion dealing exclusively with | accidents and eleven of those years spent in Accident-Pre- vention work: Wouldn't you expect me to know better—with all the ex- perience I have had in associat- ing with accidents shouldn't I have been immune to such a horrible and frightening ex- perience? 1 Wouldn't you say that all the | training I have had, all the con- tacts I have had with safety experts, all the words I have heard spoken and all the ar- | ticles I have read on the sub- | ject, would have made it so | that an accident couldn't pos- | sibly happen to me? | | Well, that accident happened. It only took one unguarded sec- | ond, but I am not fooling when I | say that it was horrible and | frightening and while it was not | i that I mean no one | was physically injured—the mem- | ory of the nightmare will live | forever with me. | Mental Bruises | There may have been no physi- cal injury other than a cut mouth | and a few bruises, but what about | the mental aspect? Take it from | me—that’s bad. | | I have tortured myself with | questions — futile questions in| many instances, but for the rest | of my life I will wonder what I} should have done to prevent the aecident—why did I do what I did—was it because weather con- | ditions were not good or was it! because my mind was not ONE HUNDRED PERCENT on what I was doing? Whisk Miss Aileen Ray, Mrs. Mary Step! Donahue. e | WINNING NITINAT FIRST-AID TEAMS, whose members captured the Bill Whiles Trophy in the | First Aid Competition, Cowichan Division, B.C. Forest Products Ltd., with their trophies won in | numerous contests. Back row, left, Al Solotki, Jack Applegarth, Ron Watson, Ken Kerpan, Lloyd , Harold Paine (Instructor). Winners of the Women’s Rolling Pin Trophy, front row, left, hens, Mrs. Francis Tate, Mrs. Bess Mayerty, and Mrs. Florence Rules and regulations may tell | us to put a guard on a piece of | machinery, they may tell us to} make a clear, distinct signal, when we are going to make a left | or right hand turn on the road, | they may tell us that the chil-| dren’s toys should not be left” where someone can fall or trip! over them—but rules and regula- tions cannot govern our minds, | our hearts or our spirits. | First Things First | Undoubtedly, we must follow | the rules and regulations but we must, first of -all and most em- phatically, discipline our minds and control the impulses of our hearts and spirits or no rules and regulations are ever going to prevent us from having accidents and perhaps a serious injury to ourselves or to someone else. I am sincerely hoping that I have learned from my experi- ence. May you be spared from | having to learn from such an Will I ever know the answer? It is not likely. Perhaps I should | not ask myself these questions but just offer up a prayer grateful and everlasting thanks for the fact that no one was in-| jured — no one was killed —and | that no mother or father, hus- | band or wife, sister, brother or, sweetheart has to grieve because | of my one moment of | lessness or neglect. | “You, Too” \ Mine was a traffic accident. | YOU, too, can have an accident— | perhaps in traffic, perhaps in in- | dustry or perhaps right in your own home. YOU, too, probably know all the rules and regulations | just as well as I do but that does | not save you or me from an ac- | cident. | experience. | REMEMBER — an accident | can happen to anyone. Don’t let it happen to YOU. | ENGLEWOOD HOLDS MEET | | Increasing interest in safety | measures has resulted in ar- rangements for a joint meeting | of all Safety Committees in the | Englewood Camps to be held,at | lthe Beach ‘Camp, December 7. | i Financial Secretary Fred Fie- | ber, Local 1-71, and District | Safety Director John T. Atkinson will attend. i EXPERT THERAPY eh. DICK DUNCAN, Head First Aid Attendant at Chemainus Mill, MacMillan & Bloedel Ltd., here applies relief for-injured-workman. First aid room in this mill is reputed to be one of the best equipped in B.C. industry. CANS re xX ‘y Blocx “Sa Dead... OCCUPATION: SIGNALMAN EXPERIENCE: SEVERAL YEARS AGE: 61 DATE: MAY 26, 1952. The haulback broke in block No. 1. The frayed end fouled in block No. 2. : The strap of No. 2 slipped off the stump and the block whipped through the air. ‘The block freed itself and the line struck the signalman as he sat with his back to a stump about 50 feet from block No. 2. He was killed.