B.C. LUMBER WORKER a ee 2nd Issue, Mi FOREST PRODUCTS SAFETY COMMITTEE officials consult wit! John T. Atkinson, WA, and Robert Currie. enior Engineer Robert Curric, Industrial Department, Chicago, on plans for Safety Week in British Columbia. (From left) Reg. E. Jacks Department of Labour; Doug. Watts, Workmen's Compensation Board; J. Federal Roughton, B.C. Loggers’ Association; “BACK THE ATTACK" Safety Week for 1957 will be observed for the week commencing May 6, it was announced this week in a proc- lamation issued by Premier W. A. C. Bennett, urging la- bor and management to “Back the Attack” on needless accidents. Promotion of features designed |———____—_——— to arouse industry-wide interest | be directed mainly to publicizing in the effort to set a new low in accidents for the week and the ensuing year are in the hands of a top-level Forest Products Safety Committee. Representative Committee The committee, with Mr. An- thony F. Douglas of the B.C. Loggers Association, as chair- man, is representative of all management and labor segments of the province’s lumber indus- try. Vice-chairman is the IWA District Safety Director, John T. Atkinson. The activities of the Forest “Products Safety Committee will suitably the purposes of Safety Week. It will also furnish the job safety committees throughout the industry with suggestions re- garding a fully co-ordinated ef- fort to lower the accident fre- quency rate, with popular inter- est-provoking features. Hoist Flag As-in former years, safety committees will hoist the green flag of safety on the morning of May 6, and thereupon strive to maintain an accident-free period, symbolized by the continued dis- play of the flag. i. Opening Ceremony Commencement of an industry- wide attack on accidents will be signalled from an opening cere-| mony to be held on the grounds of the Rehabilitation Centre of the Workmen’s Compensation Board. At this ceremony, the Provincial Minister of Labour, assisted by representatives of government, management, and labor will launch the campaign. Job safety committees are be- ing also adyised to hold early meetings, and make suitable plans for their own operations.| ) This year, all committees will have an abundance of material from which to draw valuable sug- gestions for their own features. A warning has been issued against unwise competitions, likely to cause tension, always dangerous under modern produc- tion methods. Interesting contests will be an- nounced shortly, it is expected, through which recognition will be given to those operations tackl- ing the project with the most ef- fective methods. , MOVING LOGS — Total Dead — 19h) IWA DISTRICT SAFETY DIRECTOR John T, Atkinson (right), and Charles Weatherill, examine burns to the life jacket Weatherill was wearing when he was thrown from boom boat pictured here, following an explosion caused by his striking a match near the ac- cumulated gas in the bilge. ‘ REACHING IWT0 MOVING MACHINERY 1S ANOTHER 6000 WAY T0 LOSE A HAND! SLIPPING, FALLING — CHOKERS, TONGS, etc. STRAINS — STRIKING AGAINST OBJECTS — AXE, SAW CUTS — LIMBS, CHUNKS — MISCELLANEOUS — Total Dead — 72): Injured — 4,969), LUMBER MiILL| STRUCK BY OBJECTS — 1,132)) FALLS, SLIPS — 867 STRAINS — 781 CAUGHT BETWEEN OBJECTS — STRIKING AGAINST OBJECTS — AXE, SAW CUTS — CAUGHT IN MACHINERY — MISCELLANEOUS — 329) 267) 1142|