B.C. LUMBER WORKER t the following acts, com- hits, are responsible for the b closely. e wrong lane. } je influence of alcohol. | ii ing on the right-of-way. inf ut of traffic. ive signals. 4) dim lights. ig traffic signs and signals. 1 fo) | Jo nt risk déath so flagrantly. | 3 of attaining death, not so fety rules, or by indiffer- ithe human imperfections of tions, by being trapped by le being clouded by the de- f ideits in the lumbering industry death by simple means under ly ih azardous. a well guarded log chipper. hrows a discarded railroad tie off a ov{r by a protruding spike. mill is entangled in the tail pulley fe ink chain conveyor. Il on a chokerman, fia moving truck swings out and fting log as he finishes the cut. ver on himself. hed by the carriage when the lly moved. sideration always. ‘ hall the job all of the time. jetary | Commissioner mMustloner security or by being made - | William Ehrstein, B.C. Forest Products, Youbou; W.-M. “Scotty” | turers’ Association Safety Director. ! WISE OWL CLUB PRESENTATION TO WISE OWL CLUB MEMBERS, left to right, Adam Bell, Chairman of the Workmen’s Comepnsation Board; Hector A. Proteau, Western Forest Industries, Honeymoon Bay; Allison, B.C. Lumber Manufac- M. “MIKE” WORONIUK ee pe nn Z PLANING MILL sawfiler Ed Stanick, employee of the Universal Box Co. Ltd., Vancouver, and M. “Mike” Woroniuk, employed at the Alaska Pine Co. Ltd., New Westminster, are two more B.C. men recently awarded the Wise Owl certificates and gold emblems. “IT TAKES. ONE SECOND” It takes one minute to write a safety rule. | ‘It takes one hour to hold a safety meeting. It takes one week to plan a safety program. it in operation. It takes one year to win a safety award. It takes one lifetime to make a safe worker. It takes one second to des- It takes one month to put troy it all with an accident. SWS MM U/ FIRED PROTECT YOUR FLANT-PROTECT HOUR JOB GUARD AGAINST FIRE/ FoR RSE FIVE DIE Five more fatal accidents in the month of April have been reported by the Work- men’s Compensation Board for the B.C. lumber indus- try, three occurring in Mareh ||| and two in April. | Time-loss accidents re- ported for the same period were 757. Total fatalities for 1953 are 18, with 2,008 injuries. WISE OWLS HERE First Wise Owl Club certifi- cates awarded in British Co- lumbia were presented by WCB Chairman, Adam Bell, at a Safety Meeting in Duncan, to two Vancouver Island men, whose eyesight had been par- tially or entirely saved through wearing protective glasses or shields. The two qualifying for mem- bership into this unique club were Hector A. Proteau, a saw fitter and filer, at Western Forest In- dustries, Honeymoon Bay opera- tion of Alaska Pine, and William Ehrstein, Maintenance Engineer, B.C. Forest Products, Youbou. The club owes its origin to a man- named Joe Faulks, who, while employed by the American . Car and Foundry Co., in St. Louis, in 1947, escaped serious eye injury through Wearing safety glasses. This near acci- dent gave him the idea of start- ing an organization in which onl» people having such escapes coulu gain entrance. : His plan became so popular that today 339 plants throughout Canada and the United States subscribe to it, There are nearly two thousand workers who have received the little gold owl em- blem which is their badge of membership. The time to be careful is now. Find the safe way; then stick to it. | APRIL OEAD § INJURED 757 953 IDENT LL =— 1963 TOTAL DEAD 8 INJURED 2008 952 COAST LOGGING ACCIDENTS BT EXPERIENC AGE: 52 BUCKER : NOT KNOWN zt DATE: SEPTEMBER 16, 1952, A falling team (A) saw that the bucker was working at (B) in the line of fall of a tree, They warned him that the tree would come in his direction. They completed the undercut and the back cut and waited for the bucker to gather his tools and get in the clear before they wedged. In the interval a light gust of wind caught the tree and toppled it on the bucker. .¥