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N these pages the B.C.
which it has always adher|:
unless the same urgency aris\
We reproduce photograph#
of two fatalities. We do so
operations in which the fatalij
breach of a convention hithe
dents of this type have occur:
hope that the shocking detail
unforgettable’ warning that ¢
around the corner for the uni

In the illustration to the
remains..of a tractor operato}
drawn between the track and
linders.

The victim was working
tractor equipped with a winch§
the same machine for 24% ¥
adequate, and he was not rus
hand. {

He had choked a turn, ay
winch to.hook onto the chokeq
in gear, the motor running, ang

While standing on the tra
to release the winch brake,
Inadvertently, he may have
very close together, and engag)
the-tractor into action. It is al}
and held, so that as the tract: 0"
forced under the steel mountif

It is understood that this {j
to move the hydraulic cylinde}

Operators are constantly ¥
down a tractor to put it out of

hooking tongs to the show
tighten the tong line.
He then stepped into his ¢
After the operator had move
out of the shovel to check th
noticed ‘the second loader lying
He was working in stormy
the ground conditions were v
that he stooped behind the s|
Familiarity with a machin|
Too many workers start cuttiyl
machine increases, and scorn
time-consuming and “sissy”.

It is folly to regard the’saff