oc acl t 7s a pele Re Se eae pa tas ‘ B.C. LUM BER WORKER New automatic controls New Controls End Hazards now being introduced into coast sawmills are successfully eliminating hazards form- erly regarded as inevitable, and at the same time suggest x beginnings of automation in the lumber industry. Observers predict that, while the devices described here are controlled manually, the nature of these automatic features indi- cate that automation may arrive in sawmills sooner than has been expected. Automatic Head-Rig Recent installation of a modern head-rig in Fraser Mills is fully automatic, the first to be installed in Canada with a 40-ft. carriage. All the hazards to which the car- riage crew were formerly ex- posed have been eliminated. The head sawyer controls the entire operation from a panel, from which he can load the log, dog it, and set it, mechanicaly. This one-man operation of a head-rig has been seen in small short-log mills, but, for the first time, is now introduced into the mill cutting the larger cants. Automatic Edgers The automatic control of edg- ers, now installed in Eburne and Fraser Mills, spells the end of hazards that have plagued saw- mills from the earliest days. These mark an improvement on the various devices invented from time to time to protect edgermen against the kick-backs which .|have caused many deaths, In the latest model, the edger- man is seated at a hydraulic con- trol panel above and to one side of the edger. He is furnished with levers and foot ‘controls which take care of almost every known emergency likely to develop on the machine. Mechanical contrivances enable him to move saws, operate jump- skids, kickers, and transfer chains. From his seat at the panel he can view the lumber moving toward the machine. in a mirror, which also gives him rear vision sweep of the entire floor. It is ‘claimed that all hazards known in the operation of edgers have in this type of machine been completely removed. NEW HYDRAULIC CONTROL PANEL for edgers installed at the Fraser Mills is the best safety | of 18, no less than 300 are. killed device invented for safeguarding edgermen operating the machines. The operator now sits above | in accidents at work before and to one side of the edger, well clear of any kick-backs, From there he commands a clear view not | reaching the age of 65, while 188 only of the lumber entering the edger, but from a mirror suspended above his head he can watch it | will reach that age after having leave after it has been cut. ERN AUTOMATIC CARI op of the Canadian Western Lumber Gempenys. is able to load the tl fog, dog it, and set it out to the various sizes through panel controls operated by the sawyer who is stationed well out of harm’s way. Chances? GENEVA (CPA)—There is a 3 percent chance that you will be killed before you are 65 ina work site accident if you enter the construction industry in |( \ Europe at the age of 18, ac- |)§ F cording to a recent Interna- tional Labor Organization re- DON'T DIE | port. Your chances of losing a limb M SAF i The seriousness of safety prob- lems facing the construction in- or an eye are almost 2 percent. \ dustry even in advanced countries | ¢ f 0 Safety Problems } is underlined in a report on the|(@ subject which was discussed by | Jy delegates from 20 countries at the |( fifth session of the ILO Building, | J Civil Engineering and Public |( Works Committee here. The report shows that, on an average, more than two workers B ° Nic Q Ul were killed and 870 injured each day in construction site accidents in one European country. 300 Die Out of every 10,000 workers entering the industry at the age Workmen's 6 lost a limb or an eye. 3 GE aLéRT AkowMp Lumber rites!