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Secretary, Joint Committee, Forest Products Safety Week

Since the Forest eee eae Safety Week cee
eee has been written of the values that have accrued.

Even with the qtainesuen that there are som Shs time
Goiente's till to be reported, there is no doubt that the
redi

luction of accidents has been most satisfact tory

fs Jor Effort

. FOREST INDUSTRI:

This is a positive gain which

operative effort, and unified at-
tack val mo a elas fe he
ffects wer

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gle weel

fety Week was a success,

said that he felt that it was im-
probable that the high level of
safety activity coul main-

cn it con eslousicss at and
oul mal” Jevel of accident
rateaenes!

Present Peak

All of us recognize that this
tis seen been the nals
ath o: cere Safety Weeks
all of a st face the and
squarely. Wi Mat can we to
maintain our present peak of|
accident ae vention success in-

definitely

The quick reply to this has
been “make every week a Safety
Week”. This

inspection, corrective action, and
publicity pe are elements of
Saf i

rive” at
too frequent intervals results in
diminishing returns.

Lessons Learned

th en
time injuries for a period of
one week. The agieeE was
competitive only in the

that all of us

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and accept Bune advice, in-
ly

and without r: wea No one will
eve! actly how Cc!
of the success of Safety Week
de res on this 0; mi
exchange of help.

bj lective must

3. Methor ay Baenesle of
see eck to is workmen

merive wvhich, kept reminding

Proven Methods

With this poe we went
on to do the

practical solution to the problem
can be found in the less spectac-
lar featuies of Safely Week

rogram and hi are some
Hens of ito the isso we learn-
ed can be applie

1. Orgeniaty ‘ion —
of th = Forest

to plan the broad program, to
designate tasks, and to decide
participation in an atmosphere
of complete co-operation.

This ees could be
senlinnedate, plan, co-ordinate
on

sy re he individu Lae
Ben

2. Objective—The immediate

prevent accidents. We built
our alertness to hazards in our
methods of work and i ip.

"patane aaa os ae ned and we
applied what we lea:

erhaps the biggest lesson of
Sai ae Week is that a little effort
a lot of people can produce

i sul ct

is no hardship because, for
the most part, it is pent: Daas

as hee ne Saeko in best be done
eme) (0 do ra in the
ast aay "thes reson like the
rest, can so that
we do wi ta er aoe a "that next
year we not have to reorgan-
ie our * hnkng 23 in fact, th: if
a Safety Week started tomor-

ae we would have no serene

objective of Safety Week was

ig
tion to make because, for eu
Safety Week would be any wi

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