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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

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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.

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Guide: “This castle has stood
for 600 years. Not a stone has
been touched, nothing altered,
nothing replaced.”

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