ist Issue, September

B.C. LUMBER WORKER

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fend on planned effort and

f minimum risk.,

ides and actions are vari-
not subject to external

in an environment of
ons.

or imprudent behaviour
‘oundings dangerous.

mostly on the mature of
actions. You alone have
olling these elements so
ti>wn keeping. Don’t fail

HAZARD of high, heavy lift over obstacle was removed, for a capi-
tal cost of some lengths of bar, small electric motor, reducer gear,
cable hoist and short length of cable. Device was developed after
sawfiler suffered hernia while using old-fashioned hand method to
lift bandsaw. Different width saws are handled by adjusting lifting-
bar from the centre.

E J ie eo i eS

IN ACTION, lifting-bar is hooked over edge of saw as shown, Re-
mote control pushbutton box is used to operate !4-h.p. electric motor
“on overhead cable hoist, which is equipped with reduction gear. As

runs along two heavy, 12-foot door rails fastened to roof trusses.
Two men normally move saws, but device makes operation safe for
one man. Height of lift was reduced by lowering grinder adjusting
wheel. Saws are held: firm and under constant. control, preventing
risk of damage to teeth or to men handling them.

Council Sets

[Year's Target

Accidental falls—surpassed only by motor vehicle acci-
dents as a killer—is the target of a nationwide campaign
to be launched on Sept. 1 by the National Safety Council:

Last year 19,800 persons in the }——H—
United States were killed by falls| tions alone, more than 450,000
—a rate of 55 fatalities per day.| workers are temporarily or per-
In the nation’s industrial opera-|manently disabled annually by

HEAVY LIFT HAZARD

one “side” of saw is raised, men merely guide it to or from proper |
| | position on grinder rack. Hoist is mounted on 10-foot carriage which

SAWFILERS’ SUGGESTION started head millwright Helge Holm-
berg of B.C. Manufacturing Co. Ltd., New Westminster, on this de-
vice for lifting 425-pound band headsaws to grinding machine.

falls.

“Our goal in this campaign—
and I know it is an ambitious
one—is a 50 percent reduction in
injuries and deaths due to falls,”
said Ned H. Dearborn, president
of the Council. “We feel that by
focusing special effort on this
single accident target, we will be
able to arouse management and
worker to drastically cut those
unsafe attitudes and conditions
that lead to falls.”

Beginning Sept. 1, and continu-
ing to Aug. 31, 1957, the cam-
paign will be an across-the-board
operation, hitting at accidental
falls wherever they mayoccur in
industry, in the home, in public
places—wherever there are peo-

ple.

Falls were singled out for spe-
cial emphasis not only because of
their numerical importance, but
because they can be prevented by
voluntary individual behavior
more effectively than other acci-
dents. A little extra caution and
knowledge on the part of each
person can do much toward the
reduction of falls.

If you’ve been using make-
shift safeguards, you'll be
smart to make a shift right
now to the proper safe-
guards prescribed in your
plant.

SO YoU LIKE MY TIE? YOU SHOULDA SEEN
(T BEFORE IT GOT CAUGHT IN THE DRILL PRESS!