B.C. LUMBER WORKER

TWO WINS CELEBRATED

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AWARDS PRESENTED fo B.C. Forest Products Ltd., Vancouver Division are here displayed by proud recipients. (L. to R.) D. A. Saunders; A:
Bell; Workmen’s Compensation Board Chairman, H. G. Munro; President of the B.C. Forest Products Ltd., V. Scaife; Educational Director of
B.C.F.P. Safety Committee, John Zeiler; Chairman of the Safety Committee, E. V. Ablett; Workmen’s Compensation Board Commissioner, W.
(Scotty) Allison, B.C. Lumber Manufacturers Ass‘n Safety Director.

TOP AWARDS

WON BY B.C.F.P.

Presentation of two highly-coveted Safety Awards was
made to the employees of the Vancouver Division of the
B.C. Forest Products Co. Ltd., for the second consecutive
year, by the Workmen’s Compensation Board and the
British Columbia Lumber Manufacturers’ Association, in
a short ceremony held September 21st, in‘the Company’s

lunchroom.

The Awards were made to the
Vancouver Division employees for
their splendid achievement in
working two full years without a
compensable accident.

Adam Bell, Chairman of the
Workmen’s Compensation Board,
in presenting the Award of the
WCB to Mr. H. G. Munro, Vice-
president and Managing Director
of British Columbia Forest Pro-
ducts Ltd., paid high tribute to
the employees for the fine ex-

lumber industry.

The second Award was made
by W. M. “Scotty” Allison, Safety
Director of the British Columbia
Lumber Manufacturers’ Associa-
tion, to Mr. D, A. Saunders of
the Vancouver Division. This
Award was the Forest Products
Safety Conference Award given
to mills belonging to the organiz-
ation and who work between
250,000 and 750,000 man-hours a

Safety Week
Lowered Toll

Although marred by a few tragedies, Safety Week,
1953, throughout the Coast sawmill and: logging branches
of the B. C. lumber industry provided a spectacular demon-
stration of the value of co-ordinated effort to eliminate

accident hazards.

An over-all view of the entire
project now reveals that the ay-
erage number of compensable
accidents was reduced to the low-
est point in the history of the
lumber industry. te

Preparations Counted

Not only during Safety Week
were these results noted, but a
marked decline occurred during
the two weeks of preparations,
and has since continued. The
moral drawn by safety men is
that attention to safety con-
siderations on the part of the
whole working force always op-
erates to banish a large percent-
age of accidents.

Many operations are still
proudly flying the Green Cross
Flag of Safety, “and are deter-
mined to maintain an unblem-
ished record for record-breaking
periods.

Safety men, whether repre-
senting labor or management,
declare that the experience has

already paid worthwhile divi-
dends.

The actual record of Safety
Week, as reported by the partici-
pating Associations, is as follows:
COMPENSABLE ACCIDENTS
IN B.C. LUMBER MANUFAC-

TURERS’ ASS’N. PLANTS

1953 Weekly Average.

Safety Week Average.

COMPENSABLE ACCIDENTS
IN VENEER SECTION

COMPENSABLE ACCIDENTS
IN B.C, LOGGERS ASS’N.
OPERATIONS
1963 Weekly Average.
Safety Week Averagé

Landlady: That boarder cer-
tainly had a nerve! Told me he
was a Bachelor of Arts from
Queens and I found out he had a
wife and three kids in Toronto.

IUOGG:

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YARDING & LOADING

cHoKERMAN|//
CRUSHED. NAY

OCCUPATION: CHOKERMAN
EXPERIENCE: TWO YEARS
AGE: 18
DATE: MAY 1, 1953.
The chokerman unhooked the choker from log “A” and

walking clear on log “C” when log “A”. rolled, crushing his
against log “B”.

He was killed.

The following views of
from the book “Safety for G
by the Center for Safety Ed
versity, are presented for thei
views of a need of today. *

“Tt is the function of educt
with the ability to live ¢
present as he adapts hing
temporary society. Edu
prepare this same person f
in the new world of tom
gression or readaptation,

Safety education makes

© these goals for its body of:
culture of today and cont
of a relatively permanent
acter prescribes the acquii
skills and depends on the ch
alized attitudes both fo
protection.

The task of education ig
abbreviated and condensed
he might have got from ea
time for it and also the ess
developed in the way ofl

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Workmen's Com

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F. P. ARCHIBALR
CHRIS, W. PRITC
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