July 16, 1953 B.C. LUMBER WORKER Z if TRAIL GANG ACCIDENTS Gj UCKING i ER wore tanon EXPERIENCE: 12 YEARS DATE: MARCH 3, 1953. in}depression surrounded by felled R \tall. Wye intended direction and hit the he timp. OICING ACCIDENTS. BAIG & LOADING © RM| EXPERIENCE: 3 YEARS || DATE: MARCH 4, 1953. ‘ostyery deep ravine. ‘ : dkrman got uphill behind ‘a rock I i¢ Bhung up on a standing tree and faldthe chokerman against a tree. i ee A TEAM-WORK GAD TO ACCWENTS/ | Spotted By [TWA Cameras LOCAL 1-85 rub-trees. VIOLATION of the WCB Logging Regulation No. 800 — Tre: snags, and saplings within reach of landings, spar-trees, or machines shall be removed before operations begin. Trees and snags within reach of guy-lines shall also be felled. This rule does not apply to LOCAL 1-363 By “SCOTTY” ALLISON Eye Protection In many mills the use of eye protection by edgermen is an established practice. Not only do face shields or goggles pre- vent injury to the eyes when y knots but what is als + prevents partitles from entering sand setting up infec- Even if these small particles do not cause serious damage at the time, the irritation may result in considerable pain and discom- fort. In some plants, of course, the position of the edgerman in we; x of such equipment un- necessary, however, from reports received it would appear there are still men edgers who would benefit by its use, One follow: “While feeding lumber to edger, man was struck by a flying knot off the lumber.” The resulting injury was des- cribed as being “laceration of upper eyelid”. Whether there is any permanent injury to the eye itself is not stated. However, the workman has lost almost three weeks’ work to date and is still aw: accident report reads as ( With this accident in mind, we would suggest that a survey be made of your plant to ascertain all jobs where eye protection relation to his work makes the | working around | USTCH “amelé OW CHANCE — | should be worn. Loose Step A recent accident occurred to a workman who stepped off the greenchain onto a loose block. Although this block was being used as a step, it had not been fastened and when it turned, the workman suffered a sprain- ed ankle. This ii | quires constant attention. Work- men very often place blocks near | greenchains or conveyors to form | steps without securely fastening | them. If left this way, sooner or late | they may contribute to an |dent. Permanent steps, cr walks and. ladders, where pos- sible, add greatly to the general | condition of the plant and should | be installed. Very often when a machine | is accidently started while re- | pairs are being made, serious injuries result. | Fortunately in one accident re- |port received the injuries were so slight that the workman was able to continue work. However, the opportunity for a disabling injury in accidents of this type cannot be overlooked and should warrant special attention. The accident report reads as follows: “Workman was taking belt off pulley on planer to change pulley and someone started the machine.” 6y OILE M SAFETY, CACK y} a condition which re- | “WATCH THESE HAZARDS!” | It would appear from this re- port that the machine had not been properly tagged out before | change-over was made. Also. | that the person starting the ma- hine had not taken any. precau- | tions to see that everyone was in | the clear first. Safety tags prop- | erly applied and obeyed are very | necessary if we are to remove the | hazard of working around moving | machiner OXYGEN - THERAPY TAUGHT Oxygen therapy wil be intro- duced as an integral part of Industrial First Aid within the next few weeks, it was an- nounced by the Workmen's Compensation Board. Toward this end a school of training in oxygen therapy for Industrial First Aid attendants started last month. The first class consisted of volunteers from various repre- sentative logging camps which employ approximately 3000 men. | Following the necessary train- ing, the required equipment will be installed in these camps, and for a period of time a careful record of experience will be kept to determine the results and effi- cielcy of oxygen therapy. Warning to pitmen and swampers engaged in roadmak- ing was sounded by the coro- ner’s jury which investigated the circumstances leading . to the death of Robert G. Brown, Cumberland, B.C. who was injured while in the employ of MacMillan & Bloedel, Camp 5. A boulder displaced by a bull dozer on road construction rolled and fractured the ankle of the deceased. He was removed to the General Hospital, Vancouver, and died after an operation perform- ed to re-set the fractured ankle. Evidence, which was carefully screened by John T. Atkinson, and Harry Bardsley, IWA jury- men, brought out the fact, that the pulmonary embolism, final cause of death was due to the injury sustained during the regu- lar course of his employment. Rider to the verdict of acci- dental death, without blame at- tached to anyone, was to the ef- fect that -pitmen and swampers should not work on the low side of the grade under circuiastances’ such as were described to the jury. W.C.B. SAFETY AWARD (Group D) was presented to the Royal City Sawmills during the Company’s first annual Picnic at Cultus Lake, June 20th. The Company, employ- ing over 100 men, is accident-free this year to date with a frequency rate of 11.03. Group in picture are (left to right) Rae Eddie, W. M. “Scotty” Allison, Art Francis, Paul Parkin, J. Croy, W. Robinson.