B.C. LUMBER WORKER 4 ’ | L Y i erent risk associated with every ‘in which a man has to deal with hether or not he should assume’ stop the job. es into a landing, the chaser must ation to see whether the logs are © safely unhook the chokers. The {2 lay of the logs and the bother ly the engineer might entice the ng a chance with existing con- icise good judgment. But judg- assess facts and forsee conse- yn knowledge, experience and Iwards and many workers are not e incapable of analyzing situa- f accidents occur and men get ractical solution to the problem, Sion, increased interest in pre- bceptance of the principle of co- op keener awareness of danger- ability in dealing with hazards. tied in the safest manner possible. h take unnecessary risk and he pencrance, to be exposed to the eahways be the first consideration. | lumbia jensation Board North Extends Effort Plans for improving the Safety Program of the North- ern Interior operations having 20 or less employees were dis- ‘cussed at a Joint Safety Meet- ing, July 4, attended by repre- sentatives of the IWA, Work- men’s Compensation Board and the Northern Interior Lumber- men’s Association, in Prince George. é The main purpose of the meet- ing which was called by Jacob Holst, Safety Director of Local 1-424, IWA, was to find the rea- sons for the lack of safety in the Asociation’s smaller operations. Holst cited one member of the N.LL.A. as an example who over a two-year period had appointed several safety committees which failed to function and no action was taken by management. Union’s View A statement outlining the Union’s view toward solving the problem was distributed by Holst at the meeting and it was gener- ally agreed that action should be taken. N.LL.A. would hold a Safety Committee meeting at an early date at which time a policy would It was finally decided that the | EXCELLENT RESULTS of the intensive drive put on by labor management and government during the recent forest industries Safety Week, are shown to Sol Spivak, manager of the Toronto Joint kinson, John T. Atkinson. ; Board of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, by District Safety Chairman John T. At- roup are from left: George Droneck, Business Agent of Local 178, ACWA; Sol Spivak, and be adopted to rectify the situa- | tion and the results would be cir- cularized to members and the WA. JACOB Safety Director of Local 1-424, [WA ACCIDENT FACTS Workers employed by member companies of the National Safety Council had fewer accidents in 1955, but the ones they had were more serious. Industrial injury rates for last year, released by the Council in advance of the 1956 edition of its annual statistical yearbook, “Accident Facts”,.show a reduc- tion in frequency and an increase in severity of 1955 accidents compared with 1954. * a Twenty-five of the 40 basic industry classifications reduced their frequency rates. Although more than half reduced their severity, this reduction did not make up for the increases of others. * * * The average accident frequency raté for employees in all industries submitting company reports to the Council, based on the number of disabling injuries per 1,000,000 man-hours, was 6.96 in 1955—a reduction of 4% from the year before. This is the first time that the all-industry rate has been held to less than 7. The communication industry again led all others by turning in the lowest employee frequency rate of -86. This was a 34% improvement from the 1954 rate, which was also the lowest for all industries. Electrical equipment held second place with a rate of 2.13—a 15% reduction. Aircraft manufacturing and cement made 21% improvements to drop automobile. from third to fifth place. General OCCUPATION: Shovel Operator. EXPERIENCE: 15 years. Age: 47. As a truck was backing in to load, a portion of the pit hang - collapsed and a large stump crushed in the cab and pinned the driver.