‘ 1 ‘ B.C. LUMBER WORKER jg manner a good many aly gained some false im- of the safety movement, em and its speci- idual. 7 that safety is an over | ‘ss who feel that the pro- ld rob people of their joy mine the courage to chal- assumption ‘that ac pensation Board 5, Chairman >, Sei SHARD, Commissioner ommissione: oof Safety Board Names Winning Firms Reports of accident frequency i in wood products Hah tries just released by the Workmen’s Compensation Boa: of British Columbia show a continued reduction of acci- the Board. 1068 ACC/DENT i MARCH same Soman, established a record. Comox Logging & Railway Co. has earn- 4 eons mills and converting pl figure compares favorably with rate of 60.73 for the year 1953. Annual Award nnual Award of a woscnets of Merit was commenced by the Compensation Board reductions in rate reports re DEAD INJURED 8 1955 DEAD 12 896|INJORED 2390 in accidents over the past si ears. GROUP C—100,001 to 300,000 Pius Bane arte Lumber x & Timber Co. Ltd. and Eight more fatal accidents in the month of March haye been reported by the Workmen ‘s Compen sation Board for the B.C. Lumber Industry. Time-loss accidents for the same period were 896. Total fatalities for 1955.are 12, with 2390 injuries. with a frequency rate 100,001 to 300,000 of zero. firm worked 73,111 man- rn Sov them Pulpwood Ltd. mpetition for second place. save the event, ae a narrow 'S!win over Nor’ Pulpwood Ltd, Bella Gacle Tena, oat Olympic Forest Products, Quali- cum Beach operation. UP F—30,001 to 70,000 man-hoors—I, & W. Logging Co. fre becca 31,220 man-! hours with- out a compensable accident. aillal Gaon ais) Banal at (RR GROUP: G—Under 30,000 man RCpee hie) ie) indicative: of pe SROUR GE under $0000 nan. what it is possible 0 > accomplish Beas anions Be, Sie pts ain G a ae cy Yi 01 This 5% Reduction firm worked 28,995 man-hours patel ee without a compensable accident eeagee al and won by an extremely proaching an irreducible mini- |" 2004 and won by an extromey mum.a spokesman for the Board |Tean Tambes Co, Ltd. whe hove Be epee a Teanenn of = eerned a special award. vi even this goal is at iatiesibie to attai etaeen of the injury ate is dlose a reflection of m: ff ey 0! Managements and the Board in sec prevention plays a large par Legein ing G P A—Multiple Opera- hte MacMillan & Bloedel Ltd. », wi (astern District), with a fre- quency rate of This com- pany is a fourth year winner in ge vs UP se Over 700,000 man- howe Britich Columbia Forest Products Ltd., Cowichan Division (Caycuse and Nitinat Camps), with a frequency mate of 44,99. ision of the Sawmilling PCEOUEIA Multiple Opera- acMillan & Bloedel Ltd., ‘requency Tate of 12.75. 0 UP B—Over 700,000 man- _ Macwiliag, & Bloedel (bee Ltd., Somass anes 7.23. oe Maple Ridge Lumber Co. Ltd. is not al ee 001 to 100,000 man*hours — Collins- Macken Lumber Co., Chilliwack, Zoe) Sots ite ee Aaattt Sta This Gai oclose a without a compensable ac URS F— - 30,001 to 70,000 | ¥ B.C. with a frequency rate of zero. This firm wo: 981 an-hours withou' pen: able accident. Veneer Plants a : ash & Doo: beans BE& C—Over 300,001 man-hou Forest Plywood Ode Products ritish Columbia Ltd., Victoria Division, Victoria, B.C., y 3 D—100,001 to 300,000 hse man-! One Products Co. utd. h zero. man-hours vwithout a compens- 954. able a in GRO