8 B.C. LUMBER WORKER

ANN

UAL DISTRICT SAFETY CONFERENCE ~

Pa

Safety Conditions Result From
Union’s Prevention Program

Substantial ‘progress in’ all phases of the functions
delegated to the IWA Safety Department was shown in
the report submitted to the Annual District Convention
by the District Safety Director, John T. Atkinson.

In a review of the Union’s| Director reported in part:
safety activities under the head- “As your District Safety Direc-
ings indicated by the duties as-| tor, I beg to submit this report in
signed to that department, the|such form as to convey to the

SUCKER WORKING
86" FROM STUMP

OF SNAG. STRUCK

BY 7" SECTION.

Dead...

OCCUPATION: Bucker
EXPERIENCE: 2 Years
AGE: 27.
The faller intended to fall ‘a snag. He showed it to the bucker
who was one hundred feet away and in the clear.
The bucker said that he would stay where he was.
‘The faller had been working only about two minutes on the
undercut when the snag started to fall.
‘As the faller did not hear the bucker he walked down the snag
and found the bucker dead.

Union an over-all view of the
manner in which the District
Safety Department has func-
tioned in the past year to accom-
plish membership aims in respect
of accident prevention throughout
the lumber industry.

Responsibilities

The responsibilities which have

|| been placed upon the Safety De-

partment under instructions of

the Union are mainly:

1. The co-ordination and pro-
motion, on a District basis, of
safety programme activities
undertaken by the Local Unions.

2. The promotion, in co-oper-
ation with the Local Unions, of
the organization of job safety
committees in every operation
wherever feasible.

3. The compilation and ex-
change of information regard-

ing safe working procedures to
and from the job safety com-
mittees of the Local Unions.

4, Active participation by the
Safety Director in the promo-
tion of the safety programme
in areas, where such work may
be deemed necessary by the
Local Unions and the District
Officers.

5. The programming of the
safety activities of the Union
in relations with employer and
government agencies, also en-
gaged in accident prevention.

6. Scrutiny of the provisions
of the Workmen’s Compensa-
tion Act, and the accident pre-
yention regulations, as well as
their enforcement, with the
advocacy of individual claims,
and the preparation of material
for use by the Union in repre-

See Next Page

the opportunity of lea
from accidents while
enough to use the prinej
phies of safety during
of each day?

Off-the-job acciden
as permanently disabli
Board records show t
in a thousand carries a}
might provide some
lost earnings.

i the injured man j
such as the M.S.A., he
medical costs, but su
against the injured man
even the hospital costs
injuries are shared by.
general public.

An automobile accid@t
paid in part by an insu:
is borne by the policy hid

Off-the-job accident
others, but the personal
are the burden of the

Your family looks
leadership. Take safety(o
an intimate part of fa
difference can be a griejju
burden.

CHRIS. W. PRI
EY. ABLETT, §

940i) LOS. CE ANOTHER.

FOR “OTTO, OUR