B.C. LUMBER WORKER

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SAFETY OFFICIALS of the B.

tional Safety Council, dui eS ne Aaa trip to British Columbia.
Cc.

Safely Director of the

urer of the IWA; and Tee

C. Lumber

r Manufacturers’ Association;

Level Contact

Industry interviewed Ned Dearborn, President of tl

Ww. M.

Left: “Scotty”: ies
George Mitchell,

Secretary-| iene

Poison
Hazards
Stated

OTTAWA (
care in the han

poisoni

CE Greater
ling of drugs
8

study on deaths from feecitental
‘ing in Canada.
Ove ‘one-quarter of deaths
1952

ye.

substances
emicals and all medic.

NATIONAL COUNCIL HEAD
LAUDS JOINT PROGRAM

Assurance that the accident previ vention program pro-

America

in the B. C. lum
ite of similar programs in the
as given by Mr. Dear-

born, Bessident of the ‘Nationa Safety Council, at a recent
nf n Van

press con: cree

fficials of the B. fe aber Tee

enusas turers “hstocistion at act-| can atention to the Baile ane

which culminated Mr, Dearborn’s | hrewnie Bas biash Co:

participation in the production of a

a safety film for the x in-| Huge Problem Remains

dustry. The film, when released,| Our guest was as emphatic as
one might expect, wa regard i

will be a joint production of the
BCLMA and the WCB.

Mr.
comed to Vancouver by Distri
surer AGsorR Mit-
e IWA. The

Dea: ane was also wel-
t

observed in tea ee to wood-
working oper:

B. a ane
Safety achievements in Brit

t and indirect

is 6 serious accident in

one a ef every five aon

each year, and day an
960

are killed
id 26, aaa are ae injured.

ese, he stat tg) beeause of the
gigantic
which ha

e
him. He laughingly remarked,
ye had he seen so

ety
Mr. sau, ara emphasized
that it was quite as important to
co.

much lumbe ail cn mall nsion Wi job. He
he! visitor. xeferre as interested in traffie an
forthcoming, Congress held home safety as in industrial
the National Safety Council in| S@fety. In this respect he ap-
hicago, and gave praise to the | P¥oved of the policy sought by | “
work in the Woods Products See-| tHe TWA and other agencies ii
tion of the Congress of men from B.C. of relating industrial safety
the lumber industry in British |W0rk more closely to h id
Columbia. “Scotty” Allison of the | traffic safety.
BCLMA is Chairman of the Sec-| ‘The National Safety Council
tion this year, and IWA Safety |@ach month rales faa acci-
Director John T. Atkinson is a| dent ; Beromeley to
ember of the discussion panel. peat referred. Da ane
Commenting on his interview ae “resul ting from traffic
GEneMa carbon: the aa Bin ae were over 16,000, inate
fuet Seuretary said: trial accidental deaths were ap-
“Some points made by Mr. | P¥eximately 7000, and home acci-
Dearborn are worth’ reporting. | dental deaths were over 14,000.
He said that our work on acci-| This is a typical month, and |
dent prevention in the um- ugh it reflects a reduction
ber indus try was impressive be-|f accidental deaths over the
Cs the remarkable way in| PYevious year in each case, it
vate | also illustrates the ratio between
had Thsee reduced. He did not | accidents on the job and off the
hesitate to state uit in British | Job. ces
Columbia, we have forged ahead Policy Vindicated
of the as immediately to eh e Recent ii EERE ee also
South of the international bo eg that a very high percent-
dary, ge of accidents occur before
e in commendation of a ‘sons reach the age of 25. Ac-
the excellent cooperation which | cidents reack their peak in the
exists between labor, manage- mer the e lo’ jonth
ment, an thes peices ia iy in the year is February,
pensation Board in the fi In everythi ae that Mr, Dear-

safety, It may fe maine fet ee

born

ent of safety on thi

we’ found pain for

porey pursued by the IWA She
1948. We were rene fiat

our work is in conformity v
sae nce
fe e

the best and

IWA DISTRICT SAFETY DI-
, John T. Gems mee
d fro:

tive toddlers eal
oe k them with fatal Salta ie

who may

Launches

=

pedi

LON DON (CPA)—More than

$340, 000, ovo, a eyea

s far greater than $840 malin

4
Sean Safety Couneil, in och niteied
trolling worl

ing conditions.

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Logging

Last year’s X-ray survey of \

residents of up-Coast towns,
and I d out!
by the B.

Tt doesn't take a minute to find
from ee coe Seal Sale bet
Peceraber by the tuberculosis

eir X-ray and other TB control prita

!

OTTO KWOWCLETIER 2.

said, as the leading expon-

segs ares