| EXPERIENCE: 12 YEARS
DATE: FEBRUARY 3, 1953.

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EXPERIENCE: 7 YEARS
| DATE: FEBRUARY 6, 1953.
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UNIVERSAL WINS TOP AWARD

_ Hon. Chief Justice Sloan, acting for His Honor, the
Lieutenant-Governor, absent at the Coronation, presented
three hard-earned awards for 1952 to management and
crew of the Universal Lumber and Box Co. Ltd., at a cere-
mony held at the plant on June 5. IWA member Bill Croy,
Chairman of the Safety Committée, and crane-operator,
was delegated to receive the awards on behalf of the crew.

The Safety Captains, members
of the Safety Council, represen-
tatives from each department,
foremen of the plant and several
invited guests attended the pre-
sentation, Special guests in-
cluded:

Acting Mayor R. K. Gervin;
Chairman of the Workmen’s
Compensation Board, Mr. Adam
Bell; Executive Vice-president of
the British Columbia Manufac-
turers’ Assn., Mr. L. R. Andrews;
Commissioner of the Workmen’s
Compensation Board, Mr. E. V.
Ablett; Chief Safety Inspector of
the Workmen’s Compensation
Board, Mr. Arthur Francis; As-
sistant Safety Director of the
British Columbia Lumber Manu-
facturers’ Assn., Mr. George Nor-
ris; District Sec.-Treasurer of the
International Woodworkers of
America, Mr, George Mitchell.

Sloan Praises Crew

In presenting these awards, the
Chief Justice remarked, “I am
very proud to be here today to
pay tribute to Mr. Croy and the
men and women who, through
their active and intelligent co-
operation, have made these
awards possible.

Management and employees
alike are fortunate in having in
Mr. Rolston a plant manager who
is so determined that safety con-
sciousness be built into and be-
come an integral part of the very
fabric of the Company opera-
tions.

“It is a truism that accidents
do not just happen. Somewhere
along the line there is a cause.
He is a wise and prudent man
who so governs his actions that
he does not become the architect
of his own misfortune.

A man’s first duty then is to
take care of himself by, among
other things, the due observance
of those excellent and practical
safety rules and regulations of
the Workmen’s Compensation
Board. In this regard, eternal
vigilance pays a high dividend.
The old Golden Rule: ‘Do unto
others as you would have them
do unto you’ is, in my view, one
of the foundation stones of an
efficient safety program.

The awards, which it is my
proud privilege to present to you
today, are the visible symbols of
your accomplishments.

Outstanding Record
The Award of Honor is from
the National Safety Council of
the United States. The average
frequency of sawmills report-

CHIEF JUSTICE SLOAN, Acting Lieutenant-Governor, here presents three top awards to manage-
ment and crew of Universal Box and Lumber Co. Ltd. (Left to right) General Mgr. P. E. Roberts;
LW.A. Safety Chairman, William Croy; Chief Justice Sloan; and Managing Director, W. C. Koerner.

ing to the Safety Council was
34.9, as against your 5.59.
This award is the highest honor
which can be made to a saw-
mill of this type and size oper-
ating on this continent.

The second award from the
National Safety Council was
for placing second in a photo-
finish for a straight comparison
of frequencies.

The third outstanding award
was for the winning of the
Workmen’s Compensation
Board Meritorious Service to
Safety Award (Group B, Saw-
mill Division).”

“The job must be dorie collec-
tively; we were all sold on
| safety,” Mr. Croy said when ac-
| cepting the awards.

| “Through our efforts, all of us,
we have won the highest award
| on the continent,” said president
W. C. Koerner.

Ned D. Dearborn, of the Na-
tional Safety Council, sent his
| congratulations: “Heartiest and
very special congratulations of
the directors and staff of the
National Safety Council on your
fine performance. Truly a job
well done!”

LOCAL 1-363
MAKES TOUR

The Local Union Safety
Council composed of F. Storr,
G. McEntee, J. Holst, J. Epp,
J. Dillen, M. Holt, and V. Hal-
verson have designated two
members to make a Safety In-
spection of all operations with-
in the jurisdiction of Local 1-
363, IWA.

Reports furnished Local 1-80
IWA by Chairman A. L. Smith
of the Harris Creek Camp
Safety Committee reveal re-
markable progress in the re-
duction of the former accident
frequency. rate in the camp.

In the first four months of

To April 30, 1951 .
To April 30, 1952 .
To April 30, 1953

Harris Creek Men
Set New Record

ing months this year the rate
was 28.

IWA members of the Safety
Committee are: J. Mumm, A.
Brisco, A. Brines, A. Williams,
N. Peate, and J. Phelps.

The improved situation is dem-

1951, the accident frequency rate | onstrated by the following sta-
stood at 167. In the correspond- | tistics:

Frequency Rates

Yearly Frequencies at Harris Creek
(With number of accident totals)

Accidents Frequency
Rate
18 167
6 710
2 28
Accidents Frequency
Rate
38 128.11
18 83.10
2 28

To date: April 30, 1953)

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