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 4 common language it: getting out on the job, andg experience, stamina, and ky dition that might cause property. gave you. { . ABLETT,. A MEAW 7 SHOUT Lip ies OW CENU JOE 1 OG DERE THAT (7S A 53 fe BLAME VA "ME;