Russel
Wins
Trophy

New Westminster lumber
carrier driver Bill Russel, well
known IWA member, of Cana-
dian Western Lumber Co., suc-
cessfully piloted his carrier
through 7 gruelling tests of
driving skill to win the B.C.
championship trophy at the
B.C. Lumber Manufacturers’
carrier roadeo, September 25.
The event was held at Seaforth
Armories, Vancouver.

Placing second in a field of 22 The basic objective of\a
| entries from sawmills throughout Ses c
| Vancouver Island and Lower within each and every in
| Mainland was Fred Hurrer of A }
Alberta Lumber Co, Ltd. Third for the things that are done
| man in the contest, which is de- al
| signed to encourage, safer driv- ens: j
[ine of lumber carriers in the mill F f oi
| yards, was Lawrence Huesser, ty efforts are :
| BiG, Raresteevodteta tide aan ety tt
| mond Division. The contest was placed only on the passing d
| the second to be held by the ‘ re oi |
Safety Department of the Lum- ing the condition of equipm
| Ber Manufacturers’ Association 1
and is unique in North America,
Drivers vadement Regardless of the degra
| _ Tests such as picking up a 40- effort expended by a safety;
Be ds eee | foot timber, carrying it 200 feet is bath fooliah and Fanta (ol
CHAMPION DRIVERS who demonstrated their skill in the carrier drivers’ competitions held by the | 274 Placing it with one end ex: 1s both: too aoa |
C y rrie i ly on a marked line, tested the A
Safety Department of the B.C. Lumber Manufacturers’ Association, September 25, in the Seaforth | judgment of the drivers who, anyone unless there is wh}

Armouries. Left to right: Lawrence Huesser (3rd prize winner), Bill Russel (1st prize winner), [through previous elimination

Fred Hurrer (2nd prize winner).

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bouts, represented the top talent from the mass of workers. }

| of member mills of the associa-

| tion. Only one entry was allowed Ignorance, indifference:
from each mill, however large.

| An exception to this was Alas- deterrants to the success o}
ka Pine Co. who were allowed to S " any
| send the defending champion of important ally is man’s i ©
|last year, Bill Jordan, plus one have ina decent aman

other,

_ Safety aspect: of the competi- praise or the blame that en.
tion is emphasized by penalties

for failing to give proper signals,

| sounding horn or unloading when The successful safety
others are standing within a cer- (|

| tain radius of the vehicle. and develops that coat

Clearance Tests sb «hs

| Consensus of opinion among sponsibility within the

| drivers showed that clearance dividualaiwithtthenesnis

| tests were considered the tough- z

est. One test involves diminishing co-operative battle against
clearance along a lane of mark- : ‘

‘ers, the last pair being only one encountered in their emplo}

| and a half inches wider than the e
c .

| Another was guiding the five-
| foot-wide vehicle with the blind
| side wheels between two rows of
| baseballs one and one-half inches
| wider than the tire.

| According to Scotty Allison,
|B.C.L.M.A, Safety Director, the
| standard of driving was consider-
| ably higher than last year and a
| much keener spirit of competi-

Workmen's ( i

of the Canadian Puget Sound Lumber and Timber Company Ltd., are close to achieving ‘their 200th | Committee, and Manager of the

accident-free day which they hope to celebrate with a party.

1-118 Safety Men
Urge Conference

Opinion was expressed by, side of the picture, Safety Direc-
Safety Officials of Local 1-118,| tor Ainsley noted, was the win-
IWA, Victoria, at their Local| ning of the WCB Safety Award
Safety Council Meeting, August) by the B.C. Forest Products
4, that the overall safety program | sawmill.
of the Union might benefit if/ The Plant Safety Committees
more District Safety Council in their report to the meeting,
meetings were held. | listed a number of unsafe habits

T. Ainsley, Chairman of the that were being practiced by the
meeting and Local Safety Direc-| crews. These habits have since
for, gave a brief summary of ac-| been corrected. Also reported
tivities around the Local to the| Were a number of accidents, some

members. He reported that the| f Serious nature, on the night

B.C. Forest Products Ltd., largest | Shift. Steps were taken to elimi-
operation in the Local, had insti- | Rate unsafe habits here also.
tuted a very effective safety pro-| A suggestion was made by
eran | Ainsley that a greater effort
. : \should be made by the Safety
There were two logging camp Council officers to visit the indi-
fatalities. One at Elders and the| vidual plants within the Local
other at C.P.S. On the brighter | Union. u

| tion was evident. ADAM BELL, Chi
| Cash Awards F. P. ARCHIB,
Awards, which in addition to
| she trophy consisted of $26, $16, CHRIS. W. PRIT}
- aes x and $10 for first, second and third E. V. ABLETT,
RTT TRE a —— — place, were made by D. G. Alli-| |
SAFETY-MINDED LOGGERS, grouped around their bulletin board at the Jordan River operation | son, Chairman of the Safety | \

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