B.C. LUMBER WORKER

87 KILLED IN 1953

Accident record in the B.C. lumber industry was re-
leased by the Workmen’s Compensation Board on the eve
of the [WA Annual Safety Conference, and revealed only
a slight reduction in the total number of those killed and
injured.

Breakdown of the statistics, however, by IWA safety
men indicated that the frequency rate had been lowered
in all operations giving attention to organized accident

Mill accidents in 1953 categorized by cause:

Falls and Slips ... 834
Strains and Over-Exertion 761
Foreign Bodies in Eyes .. 62
Struck by Miscellaneous 1128
Caught in Machinery . 190
Caught Between Objects 322
Axe and Saw Cuts .... 183
Knife and Cutter Cuts 34
Slivers and Jaggers... 125
Striking Against Miscellaneous Objects 310
Burns and Electricity 62
Industrial Diseases . 4
‘Transportation 23
Failure of Equipment . 8
Other Types ... 82

Total

prevention.

The total number of fatalities for the whole was 87. In the
preceding year this figure stood at 85.

The total number of time-loss accidents for 1953 was 9090.
During 1952 this figure reached the total of 9214.

Logging fatalities in 1953 were 62, and in the lumber milling
25.

Further details categorizing accidents by causes appear below.

Logging accidents in 1953 categorized by causes:
Slipping and Falling .

Failure of Rigging 6
Limbs or Chunks 287
Snags and Saplings 219
Falling trees . 38
Moving or Rolling Logs 547
Chokers Tongs and Other Gear 558
Miscellaneous Objects ... 325
Axe and Saw Cuts not caused by slipping 430
Hand Tools 7
Slivers and Jagg: 156
Striking Against Miscellaneous Objects 397
Transportation. ..... 51

Strains and Over-Exertion
Other Types. oss

Total ..

“Runaway”

Safety Director, B.C.

Every once in a while we hear of a case where a truck
carrying a load of logs down a steep grade, particularly on
curves, gets out of control. With 40 tons of logs behind

a .

CONSTRUCTED NEAR THE BOTTOM of a steep curve at Camp A, Franklin River, on their
China Creek operation, the above “runaway road” has saved at least six trucks from smashups and

the drivers from possible injury or death.

As G

Road Gets Okay

By JAMES ROUGHTON

Loggers’ Association

the driver, he has to make a quick decision on whether, at
the risk of his life, to ride it out and try to bring the
truck to a stop or to jump and jettison the truck and load.

The usual causes for runaways
lic in starting the truck from the
landing without first building up
enough air, or starting down a
steep hill too fast and using the
air faster than it can be built up.
Oceasionally a leaky airline may
cause'a runaway.

There is probably nothing new
in the idea, but a “runaway road”
is a great help on steep hills,
particularly where there is a
sharp curve to negotiate. At
Camp A, Franklin River, on their
China Creek operation, a run-
away road has been built near
the bottom of a steep hill at a
sharp curve.

If the driver finds he is going
too fast to negotiate the curve
safely, he steers his trick into
the runaway road, which is about
200 feet long and built on an
average grade. This allows him
to bring his truck to a safe stop.
He has then simply to find the
cause of the runaway, correct it,
back up onto the main road and
go on his way.

“Everybody okay?” the motor-

trucks split the switch and derailed.

could be stopped.

so, fell to the roadbed.

CAR SPLITS SWITCH

Dead...

OCCUPATION—Head Brakeman
EXPERIENCE—30 years
AGE—35 }
DATE—May 28, 1953.

The engine was pushing 19 skeleton cars into a spur track.
The head brakeman was riding the head car when the front

The brakeman signalled for an emergency stop and, as he did

He was struck and killed by the rear of the car before the train

7 - man on a crowded street car
Time saved by a risky| called out.
short-cut is no bargain. “Hold it,” came a sweet young

Fae) Ae voice, “Wait till I get my clothes
on.

are the sure product of a

A short circuit spells trouble.
Could it be that fixing prices and
wages is a short circuit on sup-
ply and demand?

And as all the men eraned their
necks toward the door, they saw
a girl get on the car with a
bundle of laundry.

WOSPITAL

Worry

Worry is not only o
both physical and ment
portant factor in accider
streets, and in the hom
of serious accidents reve
blems that apparently
of the victim and preve
tention to what he is ¢
would appear to be reck
the effect of preoccupatii

Worry prevents the
organs. It induces weariff
is filled with speculatio:
can be threatened by a

The worrier blunders;
usual dexterity is repla
certainty and bewildern
ordination.

Trouble is a normal }
has some portion of mis
problems, family difficull
of selfish people or the t
fare of others.

Worry, on the other }j
fear of things which mi
and uneasiness concernin
only realistic element ofy

harmful effect that resu! tt

For his own safety
should put his worries a
goes on the job. If adve:
get, it would be better t
solving any unhappy plig’
existence, appraise its fi F
then take action against j or
carry the burden with yaiin
pose you to further unh:

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