6 B.C. LUMBER WORKER

Englewood Safety Conference finch

Northern Island Cooperation
Inspires Enthusiastic Spirit

y SAFETY REPORTER
Safety men in ts North American lumber achieiy; are
quite prepared to concede that the raqratayiatd Safety Council
as now constitited aad Opera n ey unique in, its youn
tion, and out: ez Ss of accomplishment. As
success is now Phen ng si stl ae ely with the purpose
of forming similar councils ae here in the logging es
of the lu mber industry.

mobilization of the industry’s avi-
ation resources for the occasion.
M fe Be

by boat Bey
the conference
feted “tall partisation te all

HI Hi resen-

gle full Council when assem- =
bled inclu he all safety commuted mendous impact on accident pre-

oa

tation from safety committees.-

The fist sinclie all logging
he area of the fol-

picnibeie in all logging operations | vention plans in the area.
in the Northern etion of Van-| When
with proraicd

lowing: Canadian Forest
Lt 'd., Engl

b
Cove eo by crummy he tee
e wa

ithe companies in the with | w

Products i

must be
of one, where saf anization | against a ibeckerourd of extra:
has collapsed. ordinary difficulties.

Those who attend the ann One such han is that log-
sessions of the C il are mainly | ging in this area is conducted
the rank and fil fety committee | perhaps the most rugged terrain
members together with all super-| found of tinent. othe:
visory official: ho are expected | Serious inconvenience exists in the

participate in the safety pro-|many methods of transportation
ram. red to travel te and from

Probably the two most impor-| operations which ordinary

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tant festa’ of the Council are| standards are mee as _virtu-
i the ally inaccessible.

safety commit- 150 Members Attend

the “Council

tee member, and (2) that all the At the meeting of
companies - concerned co-operate Seal earlier this year, the 150
ully to make the work of the in attendance required a

Council a success. Rertatio n by bo ai P
Starting with a very small be-|and- crummy. Ten planes were
ginning, it is now having a tre-|moored at the float, indicating a

a man died...

RoE TON: Assistant Superintendent.

AGE: 55 yea)
EXPERIENCE: coe
ke dri ras ba a Euclid into position to be |
by a a ate The enatman oe ate the Euclid did not see we
Assistant aupen ndent who was walking in the direction in which
the truck was backing.

As the truck heeked alongside, uke Assistant ee

Ser whe orkme
ard, the Prov: agen sip
iat, Hospital and medical ser-
vic e district. Department
a See airlines serving the

orthern a ig operation; and
the lo ae

93 ha cident Rate

auncy rate is that ee reper
the Coun: trophy,

n Pulpwo: a “Ltd, had
a frequency rate of 7.93. It is
reported that the frequency rate
for the ono fe area is compar-
able with that oui by the
successful safety tea

Another fac revealing the na-

e
22 miles of ie ‘ing railroad has
been constructed FPC over
fusrecibly rugged country without
a. sin, Reet rf ist an:

the cae excerpts are taken
from the record of the proces
ings:
Ps soperacon A Mudie
air introduc:
Be: “Peck tes See “al
Pine). Mr.

responsible for more accidents
than those encountered on the
job.

Wherever there are people
there is a need for Safely, and
there is safety for all if people

wish to work at it and

rules,
ample, Asanice asa ‘ate ‘bis and
spell

SEE aes me

Millions of workers
grate is scconng ‘mar
re fortunate

heel
Shas deh

rate has been cut in
Whenever a plant or camp hap «
Wy cos

almos! a hard driving 50 fc
ing home to thi on ca tha
br mething that has to be

towsrer, ne beet {
nsibility for vee ocala
‘ote this international crusade

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Workmen's

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slipped heath the rear wheels and was killed instan
MOBILE FEAR EQUIPMENT IS DANGE! ROUS—
KEEP CLEAR AT ALL TIMES.

75 CAW HAPPEN