Accident Preven’ ion Branch
who cover ate industrial
@ WCB Regulations on accident

pd “siege operations in B.C. an
| to operations where ere

yh th Prorast industry by the Board
{ eke ‘one Inspectors, fourteen

{ ate
‘lu ling inquests inquiring
ret 190 ich anion were attended

t

ual purpose of assisting wana ae
ine any action that could
lents.

to enter eoal talks rats indivi-

i Mem! of the
of plant crews, Gadus
itherings.

, Background of 40 years of industrial
utilities, railways and coal mines,
positions include Notional Sofety

the ate the WCB inspec-

spector, Not a very wise thing to
6% here is a $500 fine f

striking an inspector.

In this ee instance, ane

Ors in the Lumber Industry

accident heommas rate in the

forest products has

been cut in half. In cooperation
ith ur and Fup aaa

safety directors, th

spectors have help
13

ae

have proved that worke:
paying more attention to safety _
than they ever did before.

pector madi
Ssctan Li aS was = working in
dan way. After th
nas Se stant to the Serene
the risk he was taking the work-
man peeled off. The eaUSSier, and
the hard-to-convince wo:
acted the best of friends
inspec! sing hat he had con-
vert fa other workman into the
safety esveneit

Target For Criticism

One large Vancouver daily
newspaper conpiented preety:
“In their unenviable position ie;
t ii lal

ae
Brot

of safety none can Rensilenge|¢
the sincerity an esepmin ation of
their efforts to b accidents.

In the past ten years the

H. “HARRY” McLEAN
has longest service on WGB inspec-
tion sta! att, Before joi the Acci-
dent Prevention Dept. in 1 36, h

Prin
Isction oF jp
| the Coast its operation:

JOHN R. WHITELAW
elprrebted eet
wary 1 rmerly Safety In

lorthern Caribou and

eace aie areas of the Province.

GEORGE A. HOLLOWAY

island which he now covers.

bree |

T. “BUCK” DAVIS
as WCB Ins;

years’ service

S. E. WILLIAMS

and Grand Forks

cola Valley
tricts.

12% years as inspec!

tor with th
WCB. Wide experience i i

m
operations in the Seat Valley
and Lillooet area,

i

D. R. BEATON

has 16 years of Jnspection om
ence saat the B.
Cala

wens, |
ection s hi aes j
pet epee Valley and Winder- . |
i |

|

WCB SAFETY INSPECTOR Doug ee is shown Here testing life jackets
He menue fvallties, Since rece rece the use of life

u ning went into effect
this year seven workmen are known to have co saved by their life
jacket:

OCCUPATION: Labor foreman:
AGE: 64 years, s
EXPERIENCE: 30 years.
e Labor Foreman of a pipeline construction crew had
Baer a Tractor Operator to move his boom equipped raachine
highway.

Since the tra only a few
tes, and di ental the fact that a time of fea was twilight, and
that. the speed limit on fis setreteh of highway was 50 m.p.h,—
no caution signs, slow-dow: igns, flares, or flagmen were posted
at the pepproacties, to the bridge re.

r, driven at approximately 45 m.p.h., struck the tractor,
ci ear “om, and hit the foreman ie to one side, killing him
instantly.

WHEN YOU ARE WORKING ON OR ADJACENT TO as
TRAVELLED ROAD—“EVEN FOR A FEW MINUTE

—USE FLAGMEN TO CONTROL TRAFFIC.