iid Ist Issue, March B.C. LUMBER WORKER 7 F | The $25 million dollars assessed upon industry each «| year is mecessary to compensate injured werkers, but \such expenditure does not build industry. ‘| t They know, as we know, that if there were no acci- ' , ‘dents, and therefore no occasion for Compensation, the _ industry would be better off by $25 million dollars. + We ask the following questions in the interests of honest fact-finding, that whatever safety program may ’ $e finally promoted should bring happier expectations of life to the average worker. * Is top management placing sufficient emphasis on , the execution of a sound safety program by the staff i). members? - \ Is top-management taking proper precautions to make certain that for the supervision of the safety ; tprogram they engage the services of men who are |. thoroughly conversant with problems of safety engi- neering, and who can win the confidence of the 4 jemployees as they “‘sell’’ safety to them? | | Are the employing corporations overlooking the ’ thehaviour of some of their safety officials who are inclined to place more emphasis on impressive records than on actual accident prevention? > 4 Isitnottrue that most of the trouble originates with { junior officials who believe they.can ingratiate them- selves with their superiors by concealing the true facts \and creating the false impression of ‘‘saving money for | he company.”’ - s y | | One price the Union must pay for participation in a program of co-operation is the utmost effort to fulfill } | fits own agreed-upon responsibilities. | The Union is not responsible for the administration + \ fof the safety program, but it is responsible for its atti- tude toward safety, and the manner in which it conducts | ‘trade union education on safety habits. Here again there must be some honest fact-finding Mon the part of the Union. +/+ Are there any job committees that are disposed to confuse the work of a job safety committee with that of ‘a grievance committee? >| Are there any job safety committee members who are prone to preach safety while doing nothing about »| ‘safety in and around their°own job? ‘ Sate there Union members who excuse their indiffer- ence to safety by placing the blame for everything that happens, whatever the. cause, on the employer? Are there Union officials who prefer to abuse the » employer about accidents in the operation rather than do some honest thinking about the-causes,-and activize * themselves to correct the situation by eradicating the actualcauses? © Argument on such a question is always futile. In an argument, each opponent tends to defend the position originally taken without regard to logic. A searching | discussion, based on some honest fact-finding, might try to make safety a reality, without worrying too much 4bout who should get either credit or blame. the level a lead to a genuine pooling of the best ideas in the indus- A SMART LOGGER ALWAYS SLUTS AWAY EPROM MSEL E/ hout safety His death could have been prevented From Page 6 right. Log upended and_ struck him. 19. Skidder Skidding logs downhill. Log rolled down the hill, hitting a stump, and upset the crawler . | tractor, 20. Bullhooker Hook came out of the end ‘of the log, and the log fell on the work- man. 21. Signalman Struck by a log which was being yarded in, 22. Faller Falling dry cedar which lodged in upper limbs of a fir nearby. Man gave stump small final cut to re- lease same. Top of snag broke off; remainder of snag fell; butt end jumped into the air and struck the workman. 23. Faller Man was bucking a tree when another tree moved and hit him. 24, Faller Tried to knock down hangup in tree, and a sucker snapped off at the stump and fell on the man. 25. Second Loader & Chaser Man was going to get. choker from far side of log truck, He ran under load behind trailer and on emerging on opposite side, one end of a log being loaded fell off the bunk and struck him. 26. Truck Driver Pole fell ‘off truck in the yard, striking man on the head. 27. Pole contractor Going for supplies for the catnp. Team ran away, throwing the man }out and breaking his neck. 28. Rigging Slinger While picking next turn of logs, a rock rolled down the hill and struck the man on the head. 29. Loader While loading a truck, the bull hook broke away from the butt end of the log, striking the man on the. chest. 30. Hooker & Rigger Crew was moving cold deck machine. Stump pulled out, Sub- sequent snap broke the mainline and the machine slid down the hill. 31. Salvage Hooker During operations to remove hang up. log dislodged. Choker slid off and log slid down the slope, carrying the man 58’. 32. Bucker Falling tree brushed snag, Snag came backwards, hitting the man on the head. 33. Chaser Boomstick coming in on turn slipped through choker and struck a sapling. The sapling pivoted and struck the workman, 34. Shovel Operator Walking on a log and crossing a creck, Slipped off the log, fell into the creek and drowned. 35. Chaser Struck on the head by a flying chunk. 36. Head Loader Man at rear of truck slipped and fell. Truck, when backing up to load, ran over him. ” 37. Faller Rock rolled downhill and struck log on which man was standing. He fell, and the rock fell back on him. 38. Bulldozer Operator Logs on cold deck pile collapsed and logs rolled over tractor and workman. 39. Hooker Hooking tongs for skidding. Falling tree nearby hit him. 40. Tractor Operator Tractor tipped over, pinning man against a tree. 41. Faller & Bucker While falling a tree, a leaner came down and struck the man: 42. Foreman Link broke on stake cable, and man was buried. under a load of logs. 43. Manager Went to sleep in his car en route to see Forestry Department and was found asphyxiated. 44, Boomman Delivering fuel oil and was drowned, : Total number of time-loss injuries in the lumber milling industry amounted to 3,517. In logging this figure was 3,693 for a grand total of 7,210. : another man died... OCCUPATION: Mill Hand AGE: 33 EXPERIENCE: One Month death. January 2, 1958—The workman was attempting to replace the chain on the sprocket of a slow moving-wood conveyor. The sprocket was turning at approximately 32 revolutions per minute, It is assumed that his clothing became caught on the sprocket and he was wrapped around the shaft several times, causing instant DON’T GAMBLE YOUR LIFE WITH SLOW MOVING MACHINERY .