“Second Issue, October B.C. LUMBER WORKER 7

‘liar Reche Quota BLAST SCENE

a Sent To
Chicago

Uncreased reverent ston of

Executive Board sel rata the Dis-
trict ees eee John T.
Atkinson, e delegate from

ait fe _
sions promoted by the woods pro-| scENE OF BLASTING ACCIDENT, which took the life of John Moran at
ducts sections of the National Nera Bay Comp, when he stepped ae Hh ie cal an on a sack

Sapling Spears Logger

The accident occurred ai
A chokerman, 34 years of age, Herbert S. Wei:
pustendly killed in an cauneal epeident which Nectar at tac down iy Trout the “he
g er Se Bay Logging Division of Tahsis Co. Ltd., mF AU ELSO con nae te aoe
eptember y aoe
The circumstances as report a pronounced him

to Local 1-88, TWA, indicate: tt the ground. dead on arrival:
the coldeck machine was yar The sapling flew through tl elimiialauerivedanyyee
in the last turn of floes ior the ae and hit ee Bele kee Ses ee
The last two logs in er was instantly killed, an

aoe over @ bank, eis a the rigging slinger, Frank Good- | His father, Mr. Charles Wejmer,
cedar sapling that was lying on! ine, was injured. sides in Vancouver.

leil M =
D \ A INI AAI € 4. Encourage
Pt. McNeil Mee ent Sh at a

i} ee 5. Have the management act
, . , As more prom may on raarelye
Peps Up Program a aes
i shot
Safety Conference jinique in the records of the Coa: °
logging elastry? was held at Port McNeill in conneetion

re
and capable of teaching

with Safety Week, when the Pioneer Timber Co. acted.as} - them sates workinen etn
host to Aatety men from adjacent camps, arid Tea fro.
the Safety Dureerors of the Alaska Pine & Cellulose Co.|,. 7. Better education and en-
Ltd. and Canadian Forest Products Ltd. couragement of men to co-
A total of iy pesetentl CS | Mercere eT aE iT ST operate vith their fellow
attended the dinner banquet and} with the inspector from! the Nemes) au with manage-
bsequent meetin Workmen’s Compe: eis me)
i ims gathering Boa: mn our way over, we 8. There “ua more rigi
Mr. Russell Mills, Chairman,| were discussing i ia first. inspe than now exists.
8 Englewood Safety Council, Mr. R.| logging fatality with which he 9. Instruction for new wor!
a Rustymeyer, and Mr. rth,| was connected over 25 years ers petoreng going to camp
in their capacities as Safety Di- 2E0, occurred in the same man- ind further instruction
rectors of i ie main com- see ey t
anies repres “ 2
l Bere raat iesctibed evo fatali-| ono Perens eae |eao! livaneets possibility of
@ (] ties which had occurred in the} that too was over 25 years ago, teaching English language
[) 44 Englewood Division, and stressed was surrounded in very much to foreign newcomers by
the desire of management to dis-| the same circumstances. placi hem with men
cover the causes in order to plan “Tt is sometimes) discourag- | 41 capable of such teaching.
action for prevention. ing to ainietkay with eo ‘| . That the employer hold
. Beal ple regular safety and job in-
During his address he said: gular safety and jol
erie in the industry who-have seen str tion periods for all
za I_personally went ings; know how a have

We
=| a we y mploy.

en ver 25 years The eeu ues tion: “What
be OL, later, we are still having fatal | one thing do you feel that ‘the
. S (4 certeis occurring in exactly | Union i

the same way.” safety record of your camp?”,
nee of the conference, un-| brought out the following sug-
c ger a genders ship of apm Be my eestonsy which were discussed:
) . forth, took part in a “ is-| “1. Instruct the emplo:
"10nd THER ST BECAUSE : cussion”. ‘They were divided into carry oul Naatate ie
ene Uaecaless Ib. groups of six, each with a chair- tions ca couperate with
Panne ios THA Sele Ws AUTUMN = man and secretary. The various managemenh
| MD Me 2 hp-eess Od EEK. Ae ups were then giv que 2. More top instruction of
Ale Ss tion, and asked te diss and union members by Union.
o repare their proposal . Union members should re-
The first question: “What 0 Port unsafe ‘conditions as
thing do you feel that your ane soon as possibl
4, The Union should arrange
your safety record?” . to have safety regulations
The recettiou Tich resulted printed in all languages.
Were as 5. The Union safety ines
1, Teach ers to apply should haye more authori
ny ee when at than in the past.
6. Be sure that the best pos-
2, The Pal holiday season sible men are nominated to
should be a complete shut- safety committees.
down rather than to work 7. The Union appoint a safety
‘on skeleton crews during man on the job as inspec-
jutdowns. tor in each camp.
3. a ately regulation viola- 8. The Union should assist
ach group should have employees on safe working

aula to fire after methods,