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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

1952 AWARDS
ANNOUNCED

The Workmen’s

the lumbering industry for the

follows:
Logging

GROUP A (Multiple Opera-
tions) — MacMillan & Bloedel
Ltd., with a frequency rate of
36.99." This company also won
the 1951 award,

GROUP B (Over 700,000 man-
hours) — B.C. Forest Products
Ltd., Cowichan Division (Caycuse
& Nitinat Camps) with a fre-
quency rate of 46.28. This Divi-
sion is a 8rd year winner.

GROUP C (300,000 to 700,000
man-hours) — MacMillan & Bloe-
del Ltd., Chemainus Division
(Copper Canyon Camp) with a
frequency rate of 29.17.

GROUP D (100,000 to 300,000
man-hours — George McInnes

~ Ltd., Cranbrook, B. C., with a fre-
quency rate of 31.15.

GROUP. E (70,000 to 100,000
man-hours) — Coast Logging Co.
Ltd., Rosedale, B.C., with a fre-
quency rate of 21.51.

GROUP F (30,000 to 70,000
man-hours)—Coombs Timber Co.
Ltd., Coombs, V.I., B.C. with a
frequency rate of zero. This firm
worked 31,555 man-hours without
a compensable - accident. They
also won an award in 1949.

GROUP G (Under 30,000 man-
hours) — E. R. & J. H. Glover,
Union Bay, V.I., B. C., with a fre-
quency rate of zero. This firm
worked 38,123 man-hours in 1951
and 1952 without a compensable
accident and “won a_ previous
award in 1949.

Sawmilling
GROUP A (Multiple Opera-
tions) — B.C. Forest Products

Ltd,, with a frequency rate of
12.27.

GROUP B (Over 700,000 man-
hours)—Universal Lumber & Box
Co. Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., with a
frenquency rate of 5.59.

GROUP C (300,000 to 700,000
man-hours) — B.C. Forest Pro-
ducts Ltd., Vancouver Division,
Vancouver, B.C., with a fre-
quency rate of zero. This firm
worked 425,404 man-hours with-
out a compensable accident and
is a second-year winner.

GROUP D (100,000 to 300,000
man-hours) — Royal City Saw-
mills Ltd, New Westminster,
with a frequency rate of 11.05.

GROUP E (70,000 to 100,000
man-hours) — Gelgar Develop-
ment Co. Ltd. (Big Bend Lumber
Division), Nakusp, B.C., with a
frequency rate of 31.19.

GROUP F (30,000 to 70,000
man-hours)—F, R. Rotter Lum-
ber Co., Salmo, B.C., with a fre-
quency rate of zero. This com-
pany worked 50,536 man-hours
without a compensable accident.

GROUP G (Under 30,000 man-
hours) — Fraser Box Co. Ltd.,
Vancouver, B.C. with a fre-
quency rate of zero. This firm
has worked 100,757 man-hours (a
period of over four years) with-
out a compensable accident. This
is the third award for this firm.

Pulp Mill Operations
The winner in this group is the
Alaska Pine & Cellulose Ltd.,
Port Alice, B.C., with a frequency
rate of 9.45. This firm won
awards in the years 1949 and
1950.

Veneer Plants
The winner in this‘ group of

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c Compensation Board has announced
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Safety Awards for the best aci

irms winning the Annual
cident frequency rates in
year 1952. They are as

operations is the Fraser Milis
Sash, Door and Shingle Co, Ltd.
(Veneer Division), with a fre-
quency rate of zero, This firm
worked 604,842 man-hours with-
out a compensable accident. This

company is a third-year winner,

in its veneer operations.

Converting Plants
The winner in this class is the
St. Regis Paper Co. (Canada)
Ltd.,-Vancouver, with a fre-
quency rate of zero. This firm
worked 195,685 man-hours in

1952 without a compensable ac-
cident.

Sash & Door Plants

GROUP D (100,000 to 300,000
man-hours) — Fraser Mills Sash,
Door and Shingle Co. Ltd. (Sash
& Door Operation), with a fre-
quency rate of zero. This plant
worked 110,705 man-hours with-
out a compensable accident. This
plant is a second-year winner.

GROUP E (70,000 to 100,
man-hours)— Brooks Woodwork-
ing Co. Ltd., New Westminster,
B.C.; with a frequency rate of
12.29. This firm also won an
award in 1950,

GROUP F (30,000 to 70,000
map-hours) — Kelowna Sawmills
Co. Ltd., Kelowna, B.C., with a
frequency rate of zero. This firm
worked 42,756 man-hours without
a compensable accident.

GROUP G (Under 30,000 man-
hours) — Whitely Sash & Door
Co, Ltd., Vancouver, B.C., with
a frequency rate of zero. This
firm worked a period of two years
(48,167 man-hours) with only one
compensable accident.

The average accident frequency
rate in the logging industry was
116.51. The award winners in the
logging industry worked 3,125,-
744 man-hours and had 114 acci-
dents, which gives a frequency
rate for the group of 36.47. If
the entire industry had operated
as safely as the winners there
would have been only 1,115 acci-
dents as compared to 3,566 which
actually happened. In other
words, 2,451 workmen would not
haye been injured. As the aver-
age time lost per accident is 53
days the difference: in produc-
tivity is of considerable import-
ance.

The award winners in the saw-
mill industry worked 5,474,867
man-hours and sustained 58 acci-
dents, giving an accident fre-
quency rate of 9.68 as compared
to the average for the industry
of 58.59. If all sawmills had op-
erated with a performance equal
to the winners there would have
been 1,986 less accidents in the
industry.

Small Operations Unsafe

The influence of size of opera-
tion on accident performance is
revealed in the following table.
The overall frequency rate for all
branches of the lumbering indus-
try was 76.28. The following
rates are for groups in a descend-
ing order of size.

GROUP B—Average
Frequency Rate ..
GROUP. C—Average
Frequency Rate ..
GROUP D—Average
Frequency Rate ..
GROUP E—Average
Frequency Rate .
GROUP F—Average
. Frequency Rate ..
GROUP G—Average
Frequency Rate . es
This clearly indicates the need
for the small operator to place
greater emphasis on safe work-

ing conditions.

An instance of a safety idea,
developed by an employee, and
given application is found in
the accompanying illustrations
of the bifurcated butt-saw
guard, installed in Mohawk
Lumber Co.

It is reported that the device
has proven effective in pre-
venting accidents when this
type of saw is used for trim-
ming small bundled stock such
as lath, shingle bands, broom
handles, ete.

The accompanying illustrations
indicate how the device operates.
Illustration No. 1 shows the com-
plete installation.

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In Illustration No. 2, the sup-
plementary guards have been re-
moved to:show the attachment of
these two pieces of %4”x3” to
the rocker shaft of the cradle,
and also how they are placed to
straddle the saw when the cradle
is moved to its forward position
while trimming a bundle.

Illustration No. 3, shows the
cradle in its normal position, a
bundle of sticks which has just
been trimmed, and the guards

protecting the saw to prevent an
accident.

Credit for the idea goes to a
former employee, Jack Parker, of

Vancouver.

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Our justification for intruding ini
cerned by publishing the following
hope that other workmen may b
vigilance in the woods. We feel
forgive our trespassing for he i:
snag that fell while he was fallin
after he had written this letter.

“My darling:
Things took a turn for
Saturday my wages are —
and on Saturday $28.60 whi
£85 for the week and % of |
your papers. That’s your mo.
a penny of it.
My partners think I’m
that.”
I wrote a 5 page letter to.
send it, I spent 3 hours writ
things better for you, darling,
just received your letter f
embarrassing things were get
I want you to understai
and I don’t want to start wor
my job. I do understand, da:
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my life and your it. You k
believing for three more wee|
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now, talk about it after worl
almost, darling.
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of fallers and logs.
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Tuesday 22
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so hard we had trouble gettij
Will try to get my mid,
“out going” mail is ackward
night. |
Don’t give me up kitten,
since Lake Logging or Pat
I love you darling and w:

P.S, Darling I should have w
from going “‘flat out.”

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CHRIS W. PI
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