B.C. LUMBER WORKER

March 5, 1953 :

CHRIS PRITCHARD

COMMISSIONER CHRIS PRITCHARD, Workmen’s Compensation
Board, praised the efforts of the IWA in the promotion of ea t
prevention, when he addressed the B.C. District Conventio

Friday, February 13, in the | Delegates to the IWA
Alberni Pacific Division, Mac- |Safety Conference from Lo:
Millan & Bloedel Ltd., debunk- | 1-85, IWA, spoke in praise ot the
ed om superstitions, for | work of the ae eas
on that day the ety jthe mill, per mica
committee announced the com- | which has acne ere la-
ag of 142 accident-free Ragen and eae and among

the mplo;

iP idip ct of these safe days |
fell in 1952, and thereby lowered |

Six Hs the ate departments
established a 100% accident-free
d during 1952,

the year 15, stan- A
ty ini. oe pethe he Pe , Members of the committee who

52 Loss In Wages
Over $10 Million

Praise for the manner in which the IWA has partici-
ited in the mecident prevention program for = ine

spoke before the di
tote CONTIN, February

Fee

le Unioi

gress in Safety

a i
m’s Safety Di-|_ 25,

13.—It shall not be competent
for a workman to agree with his
employer to waive or to forego
1y of the efits to which be
or his dependents are or may be
titled under this Part, and
every agreement to that

If any man has an aecident, he
ts va

IS A NATH

/
f
Half a century ago the i S

jure
urden of antecine and dis,
the Hatinnibamiays }

While
there are. inerease ed peconOrng
1 accident:

feisteteein aecident |
At aoe Reeent time, there are
Piiemployerd ander the a
and approximate!

men, he stated.
pieiyie rearonsible for 207, of
me Ba pastel poients. ee

23%

tence
struction. three pens
of ney. are together ie
ible for 71% of the
ontrast “he
Referring to the tendency in
the daily press to stress the time
lost in strikes the Commissioner
reminded his audience that the
number of man 8

was
387. This, he said, was equiva-

kceeied Abgharoe eanEizn against Bean were
s Albert Johnson (Chair-

man), R. Landry, Bean Dame,

Doug, Stevens, and

ee sccidont a rate
that year Pelco
Plywood plants of the company. | Johnny Clar!

it to the loss of a oa year’s
mredetion capacity 3,176
workm«

BUCKER CRUSHED

unate circum-

The ort would start back to wo:
apie ehh capa ne gee
of

a bvidently, he decided to bue
jock on which the fir
Ge fonmeiiiic! tia cut, the
helo dropped, causing the fir

nae ae cole only
lly vere after the io
crushed to death while ache ‘2 ack was turned toward
bucking two | the and it rolled on him,
crn him fatally,

Seer called, and re-

tion regarding the loss of
production to indus| fo esti-
mate could be gine upon th

that al Reuss cor ule no

long:
dispute: dent fe evention

Pe
ceiv an no answer,
ra pacarered Ene tra; agedy. It
bec: th

a
he was getting ane and a order to free the body.

agement working together could
do something about, if they so
desired.

Rights Protected
(The Boars official representa-

eS’ RETURNED

convention of Section 13 of the
‘Workmen’s Compensation Act.

po}
_recommendation of the

the oe re
.| pensation Board, mei 23,

tor, Pa saecictare ‘yy petted ae V6 cee Allison,
Leo Stadi haa B.C. Li Manufac-
fares fascial as Chair-

eceed a late Hon.
an i
resentative attend-

tor Joh

was agreed wy

IW. re]
ing was District peatehy Direc-

First a ‘Tete program

falistvaly eked COnmatasionet gave
the chief causes of accidents as
follows:

Percent
Struck by objects and

materials os

Fitts sd slips on the
re level .. e
pee tion
Falls from one level to
another
Striking against or
st pees on an orleet

als .

Cate cad CBRE
temperature
and harmful iste 3

Ex; ane

3rd Vice-Director _

national wale and securit

A constantly ae
dependent on in

n.
operate our industries at ma
modern way of life;
r homes manual

mechanical devices. These vu

an be aj

of a national threat as.

The cost of industrial ac
half a billion dollars a year.
sting th of

who by wilful disregt
fae the welfare of any,

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Workmen's Cou

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ADAM BELL, Chali
F. P, ARCHIBALD,
CHRIS W. PRITGH
E. V. ABLETT, Co

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