8

B.C. LUMBER WORKER

ist Issue, March

SURGICAL TECHNIQUES non
Whee HEART DEFECTS

oa
Hav
an aoineatareS of
attack”? Do you fe

ted from Weyer hag nets Mseee ae)
Fei or heard pe

patients live long and useful
lives. Under rea ae man-
Ze 30

yours — who a suftered a aes
el a vague sort of panic at such times?

seem to ae about our hearts is futur ire looks ae
a result ig the ight

facts. ‘Our life expectancy has jee: to. cobrect defeats ne Bie

increased more than 17 Hee pai been yet in re-

years since the days of the Roar- | ¢ . For those who have

Inge Twenties. We are now their

le to diagnose disturbances a way of Thing peea td of a heart

behind your own ribs. You are not alone if you do. But you

ee heart and circulatory system
so that many illnesses which re-

co. fie much i:
don: The Araerteee Heart Ass

Ebon t!
ally busy littl
mee in-your Pend which pete
more on a Valentine ecard than
does in the omens omy, is a
wonderful and amazing appara-
us. .You would be ‘nprsed at
how styong it reall;
A ge Lifet

It works 24 hours a day, 365

sates os as ee e

gal-

of miles of blood vessels, Befor
itsiwork is done in ancaverage
lifetime, it power n 75

that you should pabendah

sprinter. And just as it ean grow
stron, qinaae exercise, it pa
veaken and grow soft from lac

of it

m’t Abuse It

n you take care of your
heart? Don't abuse it! If
spend your day at a
your heart is not erated to

yndere oes to result from heart
ailm

provides
fale Homeewivel who art
patients simplify thei ee at
mu:

sito pes ipnillya cat nmeniaee by
“heart attack” ies given the
or tion. When a

pancelemeneenon erent ae

nities,
this

n-
sidered disabled a “risk” are
busy at work like the sake i us.

So remember, a diag is of

lsat worl

hav. eak” heart.

would ‘eran be out @ ‘he cath
hur

good for your heart. So don’t try
te ike an athlete unless you

m the street, the event becomes
whe adline.
uch more often, however, a
heat attack is eometne from
which the patie vs. An
overwhelming Taio soribease

the cons: ea en it deserves.

excess. weight is to be
avoided in the interest of ‘2 sound
h ad 0:

no
at

e
n on Mine ie art. wy you are

portant organ. Quite the con-
trary.

le,

tioned to withstand

Semangs) just he the bi
the

box muscles of a

ing too much. The heart's work
is peace) as jtiestion, so
the r more your

ly eners! rules.
. But only
n tell you what is
‘or ne

Life expectancy. jie
The fear puhicht

Hand Injuries Cause ee

Handling materia!

Hees) lately?

als was one ot the
industrial i ae in 1956. That
ar handling Baio is

guilty of any of the:

leading gases e
comes as no sur 2

right up n oa

cnet ee idee Toll

in traffic deaths
for the higher all. a aen deat
total for 1056,

Tome accidents claimed the
ra laveesupumbetaone ye
a Ithough the 1956 total dropped
by 5

The estinicbealeconemianaee
$10,800,000, 00 trom accidents in
956 covers both fatal and non-
fatal accidents and includes

ese unsafe p:

@ Placing tna an that fingers may be pinched.

Poor hold 0 or

Biraiinse (a

other

es

shoe
@ Lifting naithou bending leneas? and lifting with

a jerking motion.

© Insufficient help and failure to use mechanical

eaten when needed.

Dead ecase

SECURE ATION: Boomman.
AGE: 3:

EXPERIENCE: 4 Yea

mn was woridug alone on the boom. popareatly

mma)
te aieenied an ree a Hes Be
pull the log

“stabbing” his pike pole into it,

balance and ‘an into the water.

, causing him to over-

He surfaced and grasped the log he had been standing o1

lost dhetd, and disappe:
to

eared before a fellow workman could baie

_ Brience waien at the inquiry showed that the deceased

wai immer and in

in good he: me

Bear oo the accident.

Seton, aarieiner was not bei

losses, medica zi enema Sa over-
head cos i 1 an
accidents, pro a Paice
to aianied inonsaes

cidents and property auc?
from traffie accidents and

‘The nation’s 1956 motor Tne
death toll was ¢ nae by the

ancl ‘at 40,000—up 4 Peveent

om the total of 38/126 tn 1955
a lige denn ienezenantTe

the all-time ih of 39,969 estab-
lished in 1941
The coune Goalie inst
the 40,000 estimate
called a new record. Late ae res |

si
Sa fe
of 93,443 in 1955

on delayed deaths will revise

stimate, and the total may ae
ere siontel or less than the estimate
of 40,000.

Work Accidents

Deaths from work accidents in
1956 totaled 14,300—an inerease
of 100 from 1955. Total all-: ae
fay. employment was about
cent more than in 1955, while
Bente ae Grint alone
wey a iare

Dining suas from work
numbered a

ae 0,000 in 1

om work
$3, 600, co
aoe

Total time “es in 1056— direct
and ii t

million workers for an

year,

entire

Here is the complete accident story*for 1956 in terms of

deaths:

ALL ACCIDENTS
Melee Vehicle

Table (no!

le). 16,51
(Motor rvahiel@ aan inclu 3 some See

ror, sand home de: eathes All figu
t

1955 Change
94,443 2%
38,426 +4%
28,000 2%
14,200 41%
tha +3
wn as
are Na tional ‘Safety Council

motor vehicle totals,

Siler are from ie National Office of Vital Statistics.)

| Don yEnTion

District Safety Director Joh
Report on Safety to a hee
which he stated th: oa
e for encouragem:

‘orkmen’s Compensation 2
praise the efforts of the Union
m, when he addressed their /Y@

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