February 5, 1953 -B.C. LUMBER WORKER — ese Causes TAL 1952: DEAD 71 INJURED 5168 TOTAL 1952: DEAD 14 INJURED 4046 SIGWS. OF LIFE WOO00S— LIFE SAVING URGED Recommendation that the Workmen’s Compensation Board enforce regulations gov- erning the use of life-saving equipment for the use of boats and log floats, was brought in by a Coroner’s Jury at the in- quest into the accidental death of T. C. Landers, who drowned while attempting to save the camp tender during a storm. Evidence at the inquest, at- tended by President J. Epp, and Vice-President G. McEntee, Lo- cal 1-363, IWA, was to the effect that during stormy weather on January 10th, the camp tender broke loose from the logging float at the MacKay Logging Co., Deep Bay. to save the boat by swimming after it but was soon in difficulty owing to the roughness of the water. The camp cook, E. Home- stead, woke the crew and swam out to Landers with a 30 ft. rope but was forced back before reach- ing him. When finally rescued, the crew applied artificial respiration to the victim with no success. A bruise noticed on the right temple received while in the water was believed to be partly responsible for his death. < Landers, apparently, attempted LUCE An injured workman might say: “I am Lucky to be alive” or “I was unlucky and got hurt.”. Luck — what is it? The dictionary defines it.as an event — good or ill — that affects a man’s interests, and which is deemed to be casual. It is something that brings without intention and without foresight, results which are not dependent on skill and effort. An analysis of a large number of accidents would indicate that the element of luck is not really a factor, for the sequence of events usually follows rigid lines of cause and effect, rather than a haphazard pattern of chance and coincidence. . The driver of a car passing another vehicle on a blind curve, the mechanic adjusting machinery in motion, the chokerman standing in front of a turn of logs, is each making a risky speculation that fortune will spare him from results that appear deliberately intended. The word “providence” means prudent precaution in preparing for future use or action. Too many per- sons. exhibit a blind faith that natural laws can be ignored and that a benevolent divinity will protect and guard them from the normal results of presumptu- ous and unthinking behaviour. By all means take advantage of favourable circum- stances that chance provides, but show wisdom by not creating conditions that will permit misfortune to burden you with injury and adversity. Workmen's Compensation Board ADAM BELL, Chairman F. P. ARCHIBALD, Secretary CHRIS W. PRITCHARD, Commissioner E. V. ABLETT, Commissioner EVERY HOUR . Four people will die in traffic accidents. About 150 will be injured. Two workers will be killed on the job. More than 200 will be injured. Four workers will be killed off the job. About 300 will be injured. Three people will die of home accidents. Almost 500 will be injured. Two will die in public non- traffic mishaps. More than 200 will be injured. One or two children under 15 will be killed. Hundreds will be injured. Forward, Material ‘THE official record of accidents and their causes in 1952 as compared to those of 1951, displayed on these pages, leaves no room for doubt about the importance of continuing safety education. Every effort has been made through the medium of these pages to present safety topics in the most interesting fashion possible, in order that IWA mem- bers may be reminded of the Union’s responsibility to assist in the promotion of safety. These pages should portray the practical experi- ence of IVA members working for safety on the job, and the results which they have achieved. Example is more important than precept. The appeal further is here made for full coopera- tion in furnishing material of interest to our readers. Pictures telling a safety lesson are always prized and used. z If you don’t know the safe way to do a job, stop and find out. An unsafe man is like an unsafe machine. Both must be made safe. 42! BALSAM TREE 2! — Going To BE BUCKED © eats, Dead... OCCUPATION: Bucker AGE: 50 © EXPERIENCE: 22 YEARS DATE: OCTOBER 30, 1952. The fallers were bucking a windfall at A. They thought that the log might slide so they told the bucker at B to get in the clear. The bucker went to C. When the log at A was bucked, it swung pivoting around the 5-foot fir tree. The log slid, glanced off a 3-foot balsam tree, then off a balsam stump, then along a windfall (D). The sliding log hit and shattered the cedar windfall. The bucker was standing on the other end of it and was fatally injured by a flying chunk. WEGLECTING SAFETY 18 THE CAUSE OF LOVER BOY BEING WRAPPED WW GAUZE.