ing hazardous conditions.

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work stoppages.

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relations

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sin @ common interest.

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ing better job methods
housekeeping.

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stability, maturity and
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same in warm weather.

He stated recently:

During the summer months,
workmen’ in Association Mills
have an unusually large number
of eye accidents. This was men-
tioned in our last monthly News
Letter when we discussed the use
of goggles or face shields by
Edgermen.

Again this month, due to the
increase in injuries to workers’
eyes, we would like to stress the
importance of eye protection
whenever necessary. An acci-
dent report form recently receiv-
ed stated in part:

“While chiselling out broken
stud bolt, a flying fragment
pierced eye ball.”

Doing this work without ade-
quate eye protection is, of course,
contrary to W.C.B. regulation
No. 94. “Properly fitted goggles,
face shields or other suitable pro-
tection shall be worn wherever

Allison to broadcast a warning regarding the wearing of
adequate eye protection when tempted to dispense with

tions in which there is a recog-
nized eye hazard from flying
objects.”

Wear Eye Protection

As the upsurge of eye acci-
dents occur during the warm
weather, wwe must assume that
workers who normally wear
goggles when doing certain jobs,
find them hot and uncomfortable
during this season and because
the protection is not used, acci-
dents result.

With this in mind, we believe
the Safety Committee can do
much to aid in the reduction of
this type of accident. First by
ALWAYS wearing whatever eye
protection is necessary and sec-
ondly by pointing out that al-
though goggles and similar
equipment may be uncomfortable

workmen are engaged in occupa-

during the hot weather, the
danger of eye injuries is not
lessened.

. REGULATION
‘or seating workmen when they are bein;
transported by motor-trucks or cars, and workmen shall not sit o
the floor of vehicle with their legs hanging over the sides. Seat
| shall be securely fastened to the vehicle floor or side-walls, and the| sch as to conform to the

outer ends of longitudinal seats shall be constructed in such a| Woy
manner that the workmen cannot slide or be jolted off the seats.| po2 >,

sion shall be made

What would it be like to be
blind?

People blessed with good
eyesight tend to take this gift
for granted. As part of a pro-
gram to demonstrate how
precious good vision really is,
Westinghouse Electric Cor-
poration employees recently
kept a date with blindness, of
their own volition—just to find
qut. Similar demonstrations
have been put on by other com-
panies, but not on the same
scale.

In all the company’s plants
from coast to coast, groups of
men, and women voluntarily
donned blindfolds and tried to
carry on their regular ‘work and
activities.

Were Helpless

Without exception, they found
they couldn’t do their jobs, were
practically helpless in such fa-
miliar matters as eating, lighting
a-cigarette, or even getting a
drink of water.

For safety reasons, all demon-
strations were conducted under
close personal supervision. Those
which involved machinery or
equipment were performed with
all power shut off and gears dis-
engaged.

“New Awareness

For those employees who
watched, as well as those who
participated, ‘the demonstrations

BLIND DATE KEPT

brought a new awareness of the
importance of their eyesight.

It was all part of B-D Day,
turned out to be literally Blind-
Date Day—a date with voluntary
blindness for those who gave up
their eyesight temporarily to
dramatize the need for constant
eye protection. B-D Day was ob-
served simultaneously in all
plants. ;

Someone Blind

H. B. Duffus, staff manager,
safety and plant security, pointed
out that unless you're personally
acquainted with someone who is
blind, or partially blind, it’s hard
to imagine ‘the difficulties that
accompany loss of vision.

“We're all inclined to take our
eyesight for granted,” he said,
“and we too often take the atti-
tude that accidents are something
that happen to everyone else—
never to us. _

Skip Safety

‘So sometime we may skip our
usual safety precautions. Per-
haps we don’t wear the proper
eye protection; that’s the time we
find out that accidents can hap-
pen to us, too.”

By far the. greatest cause’ of
these mishaps was metal chips
from machine -tool operations.
Next in line came chemicals,
liquids, or gas, followed by dusts,
particles, and flash burns.

Coroner’s jury which
heard the circumstances
leading to the accidental)

No. 112—“Suitable provi.

DIRECTOR
TOURS 1-80

District Safety Director, John
T, Atkinson, on July 31st com-
pleted a tour of operations in the
jurisdiction. of Local 1-80, IWA,
in company with President Tony
Poje. Steps were taken to com-
plete job safety organization at
all points.

On August 8rd the District
official proceeded to operations in
Local 1-85, IWA, to .assist in
plans, for an extension of the
Local Union’s safety program.

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YOUR BREAD Ad BUTTER!”

PREVENT FOREST FIRES,

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ARE YOU?

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The responsibility for accident
prevention must be shared five
ways: 1—Work safely. 2—Watch
safety for others. 3—Use influ-
ence for safety. 4—Report un-
safe conditions. 5—Contribute
suggestions for safety. Are you
doing just that?
ear

In today’s world, peace is only
for the strong.

Today Is The Day to Prevent
Accidents—Not Tomorrow.

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death of Charles Joseph, 24, |
jat Giroday’s Logging Co.,
| Redonda Island, July 27th,
ecommended that straps
ised on anchor blocks be

kmen’s Compensation
‘d regulations.

In attendance at the inquest
|vepresenting the IWA were Fi-
nancial Secretary, J. Holst, and
President, J. Epp, Local 1-363,
who questioned the witnesses.

Manufacturers’ Association.
full cooperation with the IWA.

a full accident-free week, and
prevention.

R. Whiteside.

|a hang-up.

As in the past, special flags, posters and letters will he
distributed through the safety committees, in order to promote

Jury Finds
Straps Weak

The facts of the tragedy as
disclosed in the evidence revealed
that a turn of logs was being
tight-lined to lift them clear. of
The strap holding
the haulback block broke, causing
the line to whip.

The victim was struck in the
back and thrown 80 feet. He died
almost instantly from multiple
fractures of the spine, ribs, pune-
tured lungs, torn liver and in-
ternal bleeding.

The evidence brought out the
fact that the -haulback line. was
the same size as the strap being
usbd on the. block.

SAFETY WEEK SEPT. 28th

Safety Week for 1953 has been set for September 28 to
October 2, inclusive, in the sawmills within the B.C. Lumber
The plans for the week include

stimulate interest in accident

CAMP SAFETY BULLETIN BOARD. at Justkatla Camp, outside
First Aid Room, being scanned by Roy Nimmo, Archie Lloyd and