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SAFETY WEE

Safety

K, May 10-14, was given a boost at t
IWA District, Safety Director; Arthur Franc’
IWA District President; George Norris, A
Association; James Roughton, Manager A

, Chief Inspector, Workmen’s Compensation Board; Joe Morris,
tant Safety Director, British Columbia Lumber Manufacturers
‘ident Prevention Divi
Flag is kept flying at participating mills and camps

STOP TH

Circular saw accidents continue to rank high as one}
of the main causes of accidents in the mills despite the |
many guards safety engineers have invented to protect |
the operators. The following article deals with the more
common hazards associated with machine saws and the

E MACHINE!

safest way to eliminate them

Graphically illustrated in Fi-)
gure 1 (by means of a posed |
photograph) is one of the still
too-common causes of our more
serious types of injuries. Years
ago some men learned—through
the bitter experience of the loss|

Fig. 1 — Unsafe.

of fingers, hands, arms and in
some cases of lives—that splint-
ers, sawdust or litter of any sort
could not be safely removed from
cutting, edges or other critical
points of any running machine
with their hands.

Speed Machines

This hazard is not confined to
planer operations. Similar ex-
amples are to be found in the
operation of trimsaws of all kinds
including table saws, shingle ma-

vers, plywood

while operating the saws.

patchers, ete.
have been injured when
plinter they were attempting
move from a running ma-

’ Fig. 2 — Safe.

chine has suddenly been carried |

through. Present day high speed
machines are much faster than
human reflexes, and invariably
pull it faster than we can let go.

Whenetes stock (broken or
not), splinters, sawdust, ete. is
jammed in a machine ‘there is
only one m

|ly removed by “backing off” or

Atkinson,

he meeting

ight) John T.

sion, B.C. Loggers’ Association.
long as no compensable accident occurs.

STOP THE MACHINE. This| shown in Figure 2) and should

must include making sure all| be conveniently provided for the
moving parts are stopped: just | operator. .

cutting off the power is not en-| tenouine th ‘
ough, When the: machine has|_Jenoxing these accepted safe

methods has produced injury re-
"| Ports reaching this office as re-
F : cently as February, 1954, record-
by the use of a suitakle stick or|j)0 a ‘i Bile:
bar, without the risk of an ace!-|@& amputations. Must each ma-
i E 1 alin eeacbine tne sclera | chine operator experience person-
sant of the operaver's hand, on| 2l,injury before accepting other's
part of tile) operates | misfortunes as sufficient proof of
worse, ¥ jthe hazard? When they are con-
Critical Points | vinced, injuries from this cause
When loose material lies near | Will disappear from accident re-

cutting edges or critical operat- |r files.
ing points, a suitable stick or} Reprinted from British Colum-
brush may be safely used (as! bia Lumberman.

stopped, the material ean be safe-

“yiTTIng THE BOTTLE

1 PRODUCE MORE THAN A HEROACHE!
oy)

OT70O KWOWGETTER ...

There is an old saying,
candle than to damn the d

nificant application to the &,

movement.

There is darkness in thy
the truth that circumstar ,,
anyone an accident victim. },

on accident causes and m|
disinterest and selfishne:

Legislative action can \

circumstances that permit i

come only when all individils
the common cause.

Light your candles of
consideration so that the
vide brilliance for the safe

life for you and your broti

Workmen's Co

ADAM BELL, @
F. P. ARCHIB, i
CHRIS. W. by

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