6 B.C. LUMBER WORKER

INTERIOR SAFETY PROGRAM
GAINS WARM APPROVAL

: Recent safety tour of the pada tifa Kootenays by Share Skills ee ingenuity bec ‘ =
IWA District Safety Director, John T. inson, in com-| Workers are ur to share | *#fety programs; “they are
pany with Interior Regional Director, Clayton Walls, and | their skills and pel ci with pee rer Teta fe, any-
President Art Damstrom of Local 1-405, IWA, has given | others to create safe operations. | ‘yr Magnus ens Wore
the safety program there fresh impetus, as may be seen|The safety programs cost. no| j.iginal designers of the safety
from the following report of their visit, reprinted: from | money, but they reap large divi- ‘progtaide tindex Way Sxiftliet OMAN
The Nelson News. dends, the director declared. for the past aie eanGeRnT Wie

“There is just no point in tak- The Interior is far behind the | ployee of 18 years standing with
ing up collections for widows or coast, but it has started on its| B.C. Forest Products at Youbou,
spending sympathy on a dead way to catching up, Mr. Atkinson | he is on leave of absence to direct
man when a little prevention and paid Fie 2oceeent that others

the province-wide safety develop-

co-operative effort can avoid both
the death and the widowhood.

This is a view being expressed
by IWA safety director John T.
Atkinson to workers in the Koo-
tenay logging and sawmill indus-
try to emphasize the need for
safety programs.

Telling Argument

And it’s proving a telling argu-
ment. The response of both man-
agement and workers in all Koo-
tenay operations so far visited
has been “remarkably good.”
Safety Committees and programs
have been set up to start this
section of the Interior industry
on the way to matching the safe-
ty record of the Coast.

Safety programs in coast op-
erations, joint effort of union,
management and Workmen’s
Compensation Board, have re-
duced the accident rate 50 percent
in the mills and 38 percent in the
woods, Those figures can be
translated into lives and limbs
saved and family tragedies
averted.

Interior Deaths

The need for the Interior pro-
gram is illustrated by accident
statistics. Last year there were
25 fatalities throughout the B.C.
industry; 17 occurred East of the
Cascade Mountains. The same
ratio applied to compensable ac-
cidents.

Men on the job, Mr. Atkinson
maintains, when encouraged by
management can do more to
create a safe operation and re-
duce the losses of accidents than
all the periodic inspections it is
possible to devise. For one thing
the workers have more know-
ledge of their particular plant,

JOHN T. ATKINSON

machinery and hazards than an
inspector could acquire.

At the coast, no man goes to
work without safety shoes and
a hard hat. So much has the
hard hat become the badge of the
skilled, sensible worker that on
one occasion a logger, unable to
be fitted by a real hat, manu-
factured a cardboard hat so that
his fellows would not point to
him as an irresponsible worker.

Lectures by Mr, Atkinson cover
what accident prevention means
to the working man, management
responsibility, union obligation,
Workmen’s Compensation Board
procedure, and specific injuries.

Horseplay Problem

The problems of horseplay
among workers (last year seven
men died because of others’ fool-
ishness) safety committee func-
tions, and use of safety equipment
are all covered.

weuld be real examples of work- | nent.”

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EYE PROTECTION

Take every precaution to protect
your eyes.

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@ Wear correct goggles for every job
where there may be danger of impact,
flying objects, harmful dust and gases,
strong chemicals, or harmful light rays.

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Wash chemicals from the eyes with large
quantities of clean running water, wink-
ing the eyes repeatedly. Then get a
doctor immediately.

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If dust or small particles get in your
eyes, do not rub them. Get prompt first
aid.

Allow only a doctor or qualified nurse
to remove anything from your eyes.

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Base your policy on posi
thinking or hopeful optimis,

ardous points or dangéroy
orderly premises. Provid
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reasons as well as the clo
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Give Your Dimes!

“OPEN YOUR HEARTS—DON’T BREAK THEIRS

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is the theme of the 1955 Shower of Dimes, a Province-wide
| appeal in aid of the Queen Alexander Solarium for Crip-
pled Children, located at Cobble Hill, Vancouver Island.

The Queen Alexander Solarium
is British Columbia’s only con-
valesment hospital for crippled
children and its continued suecess
is largely dependent on your gen-
erosity.

Donating to the Shower now
provides a happy place for these
children to regain their strength,

recapture their health and de-
velop a bright, new outlook on
life and the future,

Your donations which are de-
ductible for income tax purposes,
should be addressed to: “Shower |
of Dimes”, Box 177, Victoria; |
B.C. |

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CHRIS, W, PRI
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COMFUCIUS
MISSED —

Dead eee

OCCUPATION: Second Loader
EXPERIENCE: About 1 Year
AGE: 20 Years.
The head loader signalled the truck to back up so that the
trailer could be lifted off. The area behind the truck was clear.
The head loader turned away to get a drink of water. The second
loader was seen under the wheels of the truck.
He had been in the clear when the truck started to move.
Death was instantaneous,