ist Issue, July B.C. LUMBER WORKER CORD OF FATAL ENTS IN 1955 $3. CHASER—The workman was standing by an “A” frame and was struck by a chunk and knocked into the water and drowned. i CHOKERMAN—Haulback stump pulled and sapling in ee of the line came down and hit the man on the ead. SECOND LOADER — Heeled log caught in the cold deck pile and flipped a log onto the man’s head. SECOND LOADER—The action of lifting the tongs caused a log to whip against’ another log crushing the man’s head. RIG-UP CREW—Guy line broke and a wire hit him on the head. . P.S. FALLER—Crushed against a stump by a sliding windfall. CHOKERMAN—After choking a log gave the signal to go ahead on the turn and a log upended and struck the man. . TRUCK DRIVER—The truck he was driving hit a bank ~ and rolled over and crushed the man. RIGGER—Struck by a sapling which was thrown by the haulback line. . P.S. BUCKER—Struck by a sapling. SUPERINTENDENT—Hit by a falling tree. . FALLER—Struck by a snag. E . CAT SKINNER—Struck on the head by a falling tree. SKIDDER—Haulback cable caught a dry snag, which fell on the man. SECOND LOADER—Caught between the back of the Trak loader and a log. FALLER—Hit on the head by a limb of a tree. . CHASER—Unhooking chokers and a log slid down the hill and sent a chunk flying and the chunk hit the man. P.S. FALLER—While bucking a log another short dropped on him. . FALLER—Hit by a falling tree. POWDERMAN—While preparing to blast, workman slid down with rock and was buried. . P.S. FALLER—Struck on the head by a sapling. . P.S. FALLER—The tree fell and hit a dry snag which in turn hit the workman. CHOKERMAN—Trying to get the boat off a rock and fell overboard and was drowned. . CAT OPERATOR—Burning slash on the road and a a sapling fell and struck the workman. TRUCK DRIVER—Struck by a log which rolled off the load. TRUCK DRIVER—The truck left the road and ran into the river. . HEAD LOADER—Standing on a log unhooking a strap the log rolled and the man fell and the log fell on top of him. . CHOKERMAN—Setting chokers in cold deck pile when a log rolled and struck him. . CHOKERMAN—As above. . LOADER—Struck by a log which fell off the truck. FALLER—Hit by a small tree knocked down by a tree he had fallen: ‘ ; : . BUCKER—Struck by a log which was dislodged while under-bucking another log. 5. SKIDDER—Hit by a falling tree. : SKIDDER—Skidding a log with the cat anda log hit thi ¥ PS. BUCKER — Bucking on a steep sidehill, a tree rolled from above and struck the man. — TRUCK DRIVER—Unloading logs at skidway and was by logs. 9, Pe ALLER Top of snag fell and came backwards and struck the workman on the head. 2 Never Neglect Foreign Matter In Your Eyes! | The man’ with the neglected foreign body in his eye gives a rather constant and typical story. A day or two ago one of his eyes seemed irritated but at the time he paid it little attention. That night his wife or brother-in- “probably just a cold in it.” As the irritation and redness increase, a few drops of a patent eye remedy are put in or perhaps it is washed out with boric acid. Still no relief. A day or two later FIG.1° our eye sufferer reports to the dispensary nurse. The eye isn’t any better; in fact, it’s a little worse for wear. : Figure 1 shows the particle [|| on the corneal surface. It has || been there for only a few min- EEE 2 ey 2 EYE BALL 3 ) EB. \ oe” law looked at it and say they can see nothing in the eye— utes and can be literally “knocked off with a stick” like a golf ball off its tee. Figure 2 shows the same particle an hour or two later. "There's More Than Meets The Naked Eye" FB. After much rubbing and hope- ful expectancy it has obtained a firmer hold onto the cornea. It can probably still be skill- fully extricated by the nurse. Figure 3 represents the “next day” variety. Most of its jagged barbs have taken a good hold. It is now a stubborn char- acter and refuses to be budged without the coaxing of a knife or magnet. It has already caus- ed one sleepless night. Figure 4 shows the worst state of affairs. The foreign body is breaking up, perhaps rusting, and causing more mis- chief. Particles of rust-stain tattoo the cornea. This is the one that so often causes a pain- ful, lost-time eye injury — all because of neglect. The particle is now deeply en- trenched in the delicate corneal tissue exactly like a sliver of steel or splinter in the palm of the hand. The entire eye may be inflamed and bright light causes more pain and tears. Eye Doctor Finally the doctor sees the eye. After a few drops of anaesthetic solution, the offending particle is dug out of its “nest” by a small special eye knife. This isn’t too difficult, but if the object is metallic, some rust- ing has started. These tiny rust particles must be scraped out, too, since they behave like many small foreign bodies. Ulcer Formation Some of these neglected for- eign object cases become compli- cated with ulcer formation and penetrating rust particles too deep to be removed by anyone but an eye surgeon. Survey Proves Values OSLO (CPA) — A nation- wide safety campaign launched in Norway 11 months ago is beginning to pay dividends in a sharp reduction of accidents among workers. A survey of iron and metal working plants since the cam- paign was started indicates that accidents have been reduced by as much as 50% while the poor- est improvements made showed a drop of 27% in accidents. Intensive Course Part of the plan for safety during working hours consists of an intensive course for industrial safety officers organized by the Norwegian Industrial Safety Council under the sponsorship of the European Productivity Agency. Industrial accidents have been costing Norway an average of more than $70,000,000 a year in the past. Every year there are 20,000 accidents involving a loss of 12,000 working days. This loss represents $15,000,000 in wages and about $30,000,000 each in production and ruined materials. Report every Accident / } ye. nt A FEW PROVEN METHODS FOR (NUITING AN ACCIDENT— AGE: 28, one side, because of poor footing. \\Falling NESS yi Dead... OCCUPATION: Power Saw Faller. EXPERIENCE: 4 years. Falling a snag, the faller put in an undercut at 45 degrees, from When he started the back cut, the snag slid off and fell back over the stump. The snag struck and killed the faller.