B.C. LUMBER WORKER

ACCIDENT CLAIMS COSTLY
FOR PUBLIC DURING 1956

rkmen’s Compensation Board’s annual report

207,594.

any one eas sin

The Wo:
for 1956 shove ‘wee the WCB paid out or set ends $21,-
.00

n awards lasi
out by ihe: Board in
e sates Bena in 1917

disabled workmen were

$4,161,178 was paid out ee te
Board for the medical care
i aaa

1
permanent

tal aa of
disabititg ae amounted to
$6,546,335, and $2,278,117 was
awarded to widows and depend-

ents of workmen killed on the
fab:
m Fund
The Buautls pension fund i
the ja amounted to $16,375,

Tit tn Gays AG BSE GE Pension
sand daring the past yea
his y has

The Board’s 22 Safe! ety es
tors’ med 10,053 i
thro

i
15,283 orders were pate to
ou conto ruled unsafe
for worker:

Fit ‘Ald Inspectors

in ree pa of 9,8 scien ts re.|__ WCB First Aid Inspectors
| ovted “tik “ss and. increase of anes aN ee wae Naat
tie Coeur tgue: Previous year. Of | aid facilities up to the eau

otal

dent ue an increase of 40%.

mber of employers reg-

itera ath the Board at the end
956

standards. 1,467 men and women

of ae eee Peete oe B Chairman, a ades,

ey a . enting on i aS-

New Centre ed number of industrial accidents

The Board's 2 new rehabilitation |in B.C. industry, said e-

centre in Vancouver, considered | ment and labor leaders 0
finest of its kind in ing in their po i

one of the fi
North America, is goi

the Bi ale to

0: antee payment
of monthly ee sions

to widows,

ration int
“This centrelotrers complete fa-

vel
ing into its

erted ef-

mi
dependents, and permanently dis,
bl

ed workmen, hast, yeas, 8,761

forts in the field of accident preé-

abled workmen.
dependents and ‘3077 permanent |

Py
tredbmente ee the centre.

will the accident rate be.
further reduced.

WRITTEN

—but we

n it is winked at,

and sportsmanship.
And ae when it
enough to be p! ted
enfor

afety
member, in all p:
blood. In

St

Jesson oe experien

SAFETY RULES WERE

N BLOOD

This it. (i

Wh ven is a safety rule NOT a safety rule? You say
beg to differ.

ed.
sneered at, and finally ig-

When it is not mp in a spirit of cooperation

been found impor rtant
a the rule book it is not
uld do

ced ty those who shoi
rules may be pee in

black ‘but just iS

‘ic experi-

al e has made it easy for us to learn,
witha ae minutes’ effort, the lesson which he paid for
so deal

eepeiante itself cannot be fransmtted: Only the
ce can be passed o1
's learn these lessons well.

dea
mist working in the

nosis says, “Liver damage mod-
erate and probably temporary”.
Time weeks,

punchi
and re

a

e wounds are peaimfell

coe ee or bend nails
ap lu

pile mber

in a safe slack

tish Columbi
WORKMEN'S * COMPENSATION BOARD

tuck COMEDIC ae se Pe
river. Plow down sacs it’s icy, i
ves and ?

in in a countr: ry gar-

x
fun

Faterinitentiy Hos feifielln d
an indefinite tim

use We know the ate beastie Pd 's
1 :

“50% REDL
eile of the Joint Forest Products

6-11, as reported by the Workmen's

dicate that it was a resounding

dent rate of more than sbi Eaoel

FLAG RAISING CEREMONY announcing the beginning of
Week saw the Hon. Lyle Wicks, Miinster of Labour, officiate, ne

LABOUR REPRESENTATIVE at the safety ceremony, IWA Dist

G770O KWOWGETTER ...

1 THAT WEEDS.
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