fees. «BG. LUMBER WORKER

Four Fatalitie
Industry

Shock
Edger Was
@~»e Mankiller

It required the death of EG eee Ronald Williams,

A

after careful investigation.

Too Few Men.
e On Rigging

’s jury investigating the circumstances si

A coroner
nounaIng the death of a logger killed at Squamish, B.C.,
i inion: “We are of

rather than setting chokers that “this accident possibly
ight have been avoided.”

The operation of the edger,

Furino “mountain type, was is | Finally the seriously injured
faulty and so dangerous that the) man was transported down the
tim had announced to his fel | hill in a half-ton truck, and later
Goma Gp Heeb MESENy
too late for medical aid to save
his lif

ird Accident

ine wi
edger, standi Previously, flying
oe protection from a post. |
as struck on the shoulder, eae
enh back on his
The accident happen
am. d de:
m.

et erred fat 6:00
same

IWA Rot aiielen

ke
8) had bee!

were taken to
ther

remedy the defect, Other work-
eal 1-417, that no one i mill
ae ee eco, not only at understood pune should be done

the neglect which set the stage
for de:

‘ictim lay in the position| The ma: aie nate “fingers”
to aes he had been hurled by | or guards as have been installed
the flying cant ‘nutes | on such machines at many points
REEEME Ere week ade |onsthe Gaaste Such mataloeions
ayailable. The camp has been now being made under the
without a first aid man for some| direction of a WCB inspector, and
time, although warned to provide| the machine has been shut down

one by the Workmen’s Compen-
sation Board.

wal ichasyicests protect the
orkers have been approved.

Crummy Left

The victim, Sianley Joseph Ha-
chey, employed as a i tender | they left it, he decided to put a
by the ing Co., | choker

Squamish, Was acidentall killed, To re! Me choker from his
August 20, by a rollin; posi

nly eye-witness to Pi
was the rigging creaea at
chief witness at the inquest, who
a the following testimon

. siwash in the rigging and when
iting ontet elastin witha Hachey was almost under, the
4504 “abn, line dropped, missing him but

he and the Glaeausetl
were taking tui ok . ‘The =
al broke from the impact
a man who down hill towards
fant esta in eaetins Hachey.
job earlier in the day. Aware of the
Loose Log ioe
Hachey, taking his turn with
a ehoken) ie a loose cedar! fore He could
log lying o of a fir log near
the rieeine? eet that a wee
roll down to the road ne: ten:

danger, Hache:

Mere

nsive tens injuries.

He Looked

Safety Comittee, which Hnvesiga ted the death of
Karl R. Brlckson

only a few Aa

anco
had edie ongee in a safe position,
ne he atl have been

‘“ he circumstances oad ——_—
@ R d: D d Heltmtoreuteaniostaunis ce | warned. his helper to stand with
oda: ive sdorera (beenurel tharractense ie back against the rock fac
known to them as a very| Minimize the danger.
Two loggers, John Naylor and John James, employed ful an ped Out Too Soon
in the fiearenitn division of Crown Zellerbach eel met | der-man. she after the bla
death by drowning, when the crummy in which were| The deceased had prepared a Erickson ‘stepped forward from
returning from woe in the afternoon, plunged Sow a charge in a hole drilled into
60-foot embankment in Nanaimo 2nd Lake, August 26. au rocks awit an estimated ey ant pear Bee 100k
eae ree weight of 400 lbs. He used
casts ‘aged ai eyearh at ee ences cireumstances; Local | charge of thre sticks, 40% blast Be et pote cacingiie ht
other occupant, Norman Slessor, 1-80, 1WA eis Jee placed on| ing pete der: and a safety fuse jes
were rescued by prompt action | record a wa SEpr eclation os BYE his skull and emptying it of its
on the part of Roy pepe R Was un-| When he lit the fuse, he and contents.
ald Delcourt, and Gray | dertaken despite grave Personal | his helper took refuge with their| He would have been poulssik
who cre 4 ‘the a ‘following risk, backs, against a rock face about | safe, had ue Salts nly a
the dea ial ‘Grabbed Wheel” 216 feet away from the blast, He | seconds lon *|
The story pees t the inquest, which was at- |
ported by Financ aay Ed tended by officers of Local 1-80, <
Linder recites the follo ee ‘A, the driver of the ill-fated AITO }
escul rummy stated that he had RWOWEETTE¢C
rummy oe followed instructed fa erui ness
the one which took the fatal| UP ueune mieniasiere Wo
ie oy ee [ine andipiet toot. He we Sainte 7
wick, Ronald Delcourt, Louis | that he had een Proceeding to-
Gray and J. Gustison. As soon | Ward a speed of approxi-
as they noticed the crummy in patly 28 mile, hen one of the
front swing off the road, and| Victims grabbed the wheel, and
plung toward the lake,| the next he kne z 7
they ‘stopped their vehicle, Roy | Sling i water.
Bewick was driving, and Ronald| The P and occupants of
Delcourt was sitting beside him. | th in}

following
long down| that the first crummy had tra-

barely swim, ‘and Bewiek, rushed)

to bring Slessor ashore. De baa

was unable to red onto eed ized driver: lowed to oper-
who sank and ae ned, Gustisoi aie such vehicles. is under-
gpa on for

‘ood that the Coroner made a

rt, B

oe and Grey are aaa by

ithe coroner’s jury for their
mpt and courageous action|

ers of crummies be required to
held the fhe. oo Sa oe as
us di

The word “campaign’| |
plied in that particular opd

are exercised and issues a
marshaling of all the pows
tively manoeuvred and dite
are favourable and advanta:

Accidents will never be)
ards of varying degrees a
be a strong hum
dangerous consequences off

seems to

Campaigning for safet
‘vigourous employment of :
that will encourage the supp
of prudent attitudes. |

Tt means the constant 9
cernment and skill by words

It means waging an offes

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common language it:
getting out on the job, andg
experience, stamina, and ky

dition that might cause
property.

gave you. {

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