B.C. LUMBER WORKER rt Wurts Whitney, quoted pr Adventures”, published ‘ion of the New York Uni- meise, clear, and intelligent n to equip the individual ‘ively and richly in the 0 the demands of con- r is also called upon to living progressively well » without painful retro- ractical contribution to get matter embraces the much basic information ‘ure. Its essential char- m of certain habits and ment of right emotion- mmediate and ultimate give the student in an m the essentials of what ence of life if he had the ls of what the race has uledge and techniques.” msation Board > retary D, Commissioner ssioner _He Forgot Stiffer penalties for violations of the Workmen’s Compensation Board Accident Prevention Regu- lations was advocated in the rider of a Coroner’s jury, at the In- quest into the death of a logger, Killed recently in a yarding op- eration. In_the evidence submitted at the Inquest by witnesses to the tragedy, it was disclosed that the deceased was not wearing his hard hat while engaged at his job of choking for a cat. This is a direct violation of the WCB Accident Prevention Regu- lation No. 100 which states, “Safety-hats shall be worn by workmen in all occupations in|’ which there is a recognized haz- ard from falling objects.” The accident occurred in a stand of timber over run with snags and saplings. A log being | pulled in by the cat struck an 8 inch thick snag, 20 feet long, which broke off near the ground, hitting the deceased who was about ten feet away, on the head, killing him instantly. could have survived the blow | wearing a hard hat. The Rule And Died a WCB AWARDS PROVE 20% GAIN Figures released by the Workmen’s Compensation |rate of 69.30. Board show an improvement of 20% in the prevention of | winner of Group D last year. accidents in 1953 as compared to 1952 in wood products| industries whose experience The safety record of industrial operations is measured] Lee & Genberg Logging Com- in the form of “frequency rate’. This is defined as the pany Limited with a frequency number of compensable accidents per million man-hours worked. Among winners in the saw- | mill division only one employee | in 65 suffered a compensable injury while the average for all reported sawmills was one injury for each ten men. ‘Among logging operations award winners only one man out of 19 was injured but in all logging operations the ratio | was one man out of four. Competition in all divisions | is very Keen, and this has been | a major factor in the overall | improvement. These awards are made annually in the Log- | ging, Sawmill, Veneer, Sash | and Door and Pulp Industries | and are listed below, together | with notes of second place op- | erations where results were close. LOGGING: Group A Multiple Operations — Mac- Millan & Bloedel Limited (East- ern District), with a frequency rate of 51.19. This company also won the 1951 and 1952 awards. The Western District of the is reported to the Board. same company provided hot com- | petition with a frequency of | 54.27, | Group B | Over 700,000 man-hours—B.C. | Forest Products Limited. Cow- | ichan Division (Caycuse and Nitinat Camps), with a fre-| quency rate of 25.67. This Divi- | sion isea fourth-year winner. Group C | 300,000 to 700,000 man-hours | MacMillan & Bloedel (Alberni) Limited, Sproat Lake Division, with a frequency rate of 23.68, Group D 100,001 to 300,000 man-hours— Tahsis Company Limited, Zebal- los Division, with a frequency rate of 19.65. This excellent record is closely followed by Kennedy Lake Logging Company Limited, who achieved a fre- quency rate of 24.69. Group E 70,001 to 100,000 man-hours— George McInnes Limited, Cran- brook, B.C., with a frequency This firm was Group F 30,001 to 70,000 man-hours — ate of zero. This’ firm worked 40,449 man-hours without a com- pensable accident. Another pre- vious winner, W. D. Moore Log- ging Company Limited, was sec- ond with a frequency of 16.90. Group G Under 30,000 man-hours — F. & R. Logging Company Limited, Phillips Arm, B.C., with a fr quency rate of zero. This firm worked 23,841 man-hours with- out a compensable accident . 1953 and worked a total of 45,- 264 man-hours in 1952 and 1953 without a compensable accident. The closest competition in this group was provided by Northern Timber Company, Homfray Channel. SAWMILLING: Group A Multiple Sawmill and Shingle Operations — Canadian Forest Products Limited with a fre- quency rate of 7.82. MacMillan & Bloedel (Alberni) Limited, Western District, provided keen competition with an 11.87 fre- quency. id Group B Over 700,000 man-hours—Can- adian Forest Products Limited (Eburne Sawmill Division), Van- couver, with a frequency rate of 8.83. B.C. Forest Products Lim- ited, Victoria, B.C., followed less than one point behind with 9.39 frequency. : Group C i 800,001 to 700,000 man-hours Canadian Forest Products Limited, Huntting-Merritt Shin- gle Division, Vancouver, B.C., with a frequency rate of 4.48. Hillcrest Lumber Company Ltd., Mesachie Lake, B.C., with a fre- quency rate of 4.49, lost a tie by eight one thousandths of a point. Group D 100,001 to 300,000 man-hours — Northern Timber Company Limited, Fanny Bay, B.C., with a frequency rate of zero. This firm worked 120,085 man-hours without a compensable accident. Second was Eureka Sawmills, Nanaimo, with a frequency rate of 5.30. Group E Paul Moseson Lumber Limited of Field, B.C., with a frequency rate of 27.28. A close second was Collins-Macken Mills Ltd., Chilliwack, B.C., with a fre- quency rate of 28.24. Group F 30,001 to 70,000 man-hours — McKay & Flanagan Bros. Lum- ber Mill Ltd., New Westminster, B.C., with a frequency rate of zero. This firm worked 69,472 man-hours without 2 compens- able accident. Group G Under 30,000 man-hours Punjab Lumber Company Ltd., Kamloops, B.C. with a fre-- quency rate of zero. This firm worked 28,373 man-hours with- out a compensable accident. Second was Summit Lake Saw- mills, Prince George, with no accidents and 27,311 man-hours. VENEER PLANTS: The winner in this group of operations is MacMillan & Bloe- del Limited (Alberni Plywood Division), Port Alberni, with a frequency rate of 12.11. ‘The veneer operation of Fraser Mills Sash, Door and Shingle.Company. Limited, with a frequency of 13.22, was a close second. Special mention is made of Northwest Bay Division of MacMillan & Bloedel Limited. This logging operation has had what is believed to be a unique five-year frequency rec- ord of 48.08. The extent of this accomplishment may be more readily gauged by stat- ing that in five years the operations had only one hun- dred and six compensable in- juries while the average rate for logging as a whole would have produced two hundred and ninety compensable in- juries. In the period well over two million man-hours were worked. ee eee Prospective father-in-law: “You're sure you can support a family?” Suitor: “Well, no sir. I was just planning to support your daughter—the rest of you will have to shift for yourselves.” * me Guide: “This castle has stood for 600 years. Not a stone has been touched, nothing altered, nothing replaced.” 70,000 to 100,000 man-hours— Visitor: “Um! They must ‘ the same landlord as we okce