; that “It is better to light a arkness.” That could have sig- ures of the struggling safety ee e attitude that fails to accept 4 os Ce’ and co-incidence can make Phere is lack of enlightenment “ans of prevention. Ignorance, dark shadows of human ‘tinual toil of injured and killed despair and unhappiness. ie aipested only to control the 1e@zdents to occur, Management that are favorable to safety. a prevention effort will ‘uals contribute continuously to * ¥ co-operation and fraternal bined glow of efforts will pro- ‘ty'movement that will brighten eis 4 0 e mpensation Boar chetmon LD, Sceretary IZZARD, Commissioner | Cunmissioner B.C. LUMBER WORKER Representatives of labor, the Workmen’s Compensa- tion Board, and the lumber and logging industries, met April 5th to discuss plans for Forest Industries Safety Present at the meeting which was held at the Workmen’s Com- Fourth Campaign pensation Board, were: Joe Mor-| This will be the fourth such ris, IWA District president; John | safety campaign since Safety T. Atkinson, District safety dir-| Week was inaugurated in 1951 ector; Arthur Francis, chief in- by the British Columbia Lumber spector, Workmen's Compensation | Manufacturers Association in Board; George Norris, assistant | conjunction with the Workmen’s safety director, British Columbia | Compensation Board and the Lumber Manufacturers Assoc’ LW. of A. I This year, as in 1953, the B.C. anufacturers Association | Loggers Association, the Plywood of B.C. and the Corfsolidated Red | Manufacturers Association Cedar Shingle Association); and| B.C., and the Consolidated Red James Roughton, manager, Acci-| Cedar Shingle Association will dent Prevention Division, B.C.) join their efforts in combating Loggers Association. | industrial accidents. This means --- MAY 10 Week to be held this year from May 10th to May 14th. of| that in the Coastal area of B: tish Columbia some 20,000 mill and plant workers, together with | 12,000 loggers, will be striving to | cut the accident rate to the bone. | Pulp and Paper | Also participating in Safety | Week this year will be the pulp and paper industry of British Columbia, comprising nine com- panies with 13 operating mills. | Thus all segments of the forest) industries will be joining forces | to put the safety idea across to| its workers. | | Safety Week is designed to| highlight the continuing safety | | programmes in the member mills, | | plants and logging camps of the| four associations, and to drive| horre the lessons learned during | the year. 80% Reduction Last year the campaign was an outstanding success. In the 90 | mills and plants participating in the programme, only three com- pensable accidents occurred dur- ing Safety Week. This represent- ed a reduction of 80% from the average weekly rate during the preceding year. The effect of Safety Week in the logging camps’of B.C. Log- gers Association member com- panies was equally significant. During the week, the number of compensable accidents was re- duced to 18, a decrease of 66% from the weekly average of the previous 12 months. EXECUTIVE SAFETY COMMITTEE of Local 1- meeting in the lunchroom of the Fraser Mills Co. Ltd. minster, March 11th, before being conducted by the P| Committee on a tour of i f the C vs Safety GENERAL SAFETY DISCUSSION y these members! of Local 1-357, s and Fraser Mills Plant Safety Committee, following is held over coffee and PROVING YOU USE CH ‘| [ME WAY YOUVE CEEN TRUCHT. || spection of the Fraser Mills Co. || two yeu "|| the large amount of construction IWA., Safety Committee, | Tour Fi Executive Safety Council Mem- bers of Local 1-357, IWA., with their wives made a tour of in- | Ltd., New Westminster, March | \ 41th, under the guidance of the! | Plant Safety Committee. Meeting in the company lunchroom at 7:30 p.m,, the v jors after introductions were} jmade, were formed into groups | | of twelve with a member of the | | Plant Safety Committee in| charge of each group. | The visitors were then shown’ jover every phase of the mills} | operation. Marked improvements | in safety were noticed by the| members: since their last visit | s ago, Also noticed | being undertaken the Com- pany. by Following the tour the visito: and Committee Members retired | | to the. lunchroom to discuss over | coffee and do-nuts the evenings | (Tee Froor., WE MEANS AST LOGGING ACCIDENTS YARDING & LOADING nds Safer Plant undertaking. The general feeling expressed by the visitors was praise for the fine work done by the Plant Safety Committee and Management of the Fraser Mills in making the Plant a safer place | to work. (ae Sue KEEP See IT CLEAN/ “Does your husband always live up to his promise of his courtship days?” “Always. In those days he said he wasn’t good enough for me, and he’s been proving it ever since.”