6 B.C. LUMBER WORKER SAFETY WEEK REPRESENTATIVES of the various organizations sponsoring Safety Week, are seen here examining some of the tools and safety devices which play a maj role in making the campaign a success. From left; Arthur Francis, Chief Inspector, W.C.B.; Joe Morris, IWA District President; Scotty Allison, Safety Director, B.C.L.M.A.; Jim Roughton, Manager, Accident. Prevention Division of the B.C. Loggers Association. SPONSORS PLAN RECORD SUCCESS Forest Industries Safety Week in British Columbia * will be held this year from May 2-6, and will be the fifth of these intensive accident prevention campaigns since they were first inaugurated in 1951. « Testifying to the effectiveness of this weapon in the fight against industrial accidents, the number of participating organi- zations has grown steadily since the first week was launched by the British Columbia Lumber Manufacturers .Association, in conjunction with the IWA and the Workmen’s Compensation Board. In addition to the three origi- na! sponsors, the following in- dustry associations are now pool- ing their efforts in the intensive week long campaign: The Ply- wood Manufacturers Association of B.C.; the Consolidated Red Cedar Shingle Association; the Western Division of the Pulp and Paper Association; the B.C. Log- gers Association; and both Nor- thern and Southern Interior Lumber Manufacturers Associa- tions. Careful Planning Objective of Safety Week is to maintain an accident-free yvecord during the five working days from Monday, May 2, to Friday, May 6. Careful plan- ning in the mills and camps of the sponsoring associations en- sures that no effort is spared to , make safety in working habits the predominant thought of the week. Each year more ingenuity is shewn by the mill and camp safety committees which are the tusk forces in this unending war on industrial injury. Now a well known- emblem in the safety conscious ‘sawmills and logging camps of British Columbia, the Accident Free Flag is always raised to signal the start of the Week. Every effort from top management down is made to keep it flying, for under the rules of Safety Week it must be low- ered when a compensable acci- dent occurs. Some operations are still flying the flags which they hoisted to start last year’s Week. ; Home Safety Safety goes into the homes, too. Accident prevention experts have long realized that the cor- rect: alert attitude which keeps industrial mishaps at bay is no part-time affair, to be shrugged otf when the worker comes off shift. Recognition for his wife’s part in seeing he goes to work properly dressed safetywise, and in the right frame of mind, takes the form of prizes and personal reminders to the ladies from management before and duting Safety Week. The success of Safety Week, and of any accident prevention program, rests on the individual worker, for it is he who makes or mars the record. To drive the point home, many mills and camps use such methods as ap- pointing their workers as hon- orary safety directors for the | day, holding safety contests, and giving out handy reminders like pencils and pads. Accident Score Co-ordination of the entire safety campaign is handled by the safety departments of the industry associations. The daily accident score phoned into the association offices during safety week from the operations taking part, will be compiled to see how Safety Week of 1955 compares with those of previous years. On the strength of the past four Safety Week results, acci- dent officers of B.C.’s forest in- dustries are convinced they have a unique and effective spearhead for their year-round safety pro- grams. Last year’s campaign cut the average weekly accident rate by 70% in the BCLMA miljs, 88% in the camps of the B.C. Loggers’ Association. Pulp and paper mills worked a full week without accidents, Frequency Rate More important is the effect of Safety Weck on the long-term accident frequency rate. Sharp drops in the latter in the year following each intensive five-day campaign have resulted in an overall reduction of 45% in saw- mills, plywood plants and shingle mills since the first one was in- augurated. The logging camps 4 have cut their frequency per mil- Kon board feet logged by 21%. OTTO KWOWEETIER ... pressions of the p its importance to fic application to the There is the c rated crusade by a who like to interfere and order their condy by narrow minded, p Then there are oth, ponents of safety wou of adventure, and und lenge danger. Also fallacious is cidents are almost e¢1 called dangerous bas men face the rugged, tic and dangerous eq But the most fals dangerous concept of i happen to the other fe} result of stupidity and, The real purpose the prevention of injy guish, and economic simple mischance oc ards of life. Any pe! he alone can protect EDWIN J. EAl F. P, ARCHIB, CHRIS, W. PRITG/ E. V. ABLETT,