B.C. LUMBER WORKER FOREST PRODUCTS SAFETY COMMITTEE GOV.-LABOUR-MAN. JOINT Sponsored by “We urge everyone in the Centennial Year Safety Week JOINT FOREST PROD ANTHONY Chairman One out of every five B.C. workmen was hurt in 1957 Last year one out of every five workmen in B.C. sub- mitted a work injury report to the Workmen’s Compensa- tion Board. Total number of work injuries reported was 88,189 as compared with 95,562 in 1956 representing a 1.7% decrease. About 440,000 B.C. workmen are covered under the Act, Fatalities decreased 267%—240 as compared with 324 in 1956. There were 26872 accidents where the workman involved had to lay off more than three days. The decline in industrial accid- ents reflects the slowdown in work activity in the Province and perhaps a greater safety aware- Construction industry and allied trade: Forest Products Trade and Service Industries. General Manufacturing . ness on the part of employers and workmen. Work Injuries Work injuries resulted in 1,186,117 days lost from work during 1957. The 88,189 work injuries reported in 1957 were, by percentage, in the following industries: On the financial side, compen- sation awards amounted to $20,977,682, broken down as fol- lows: $7,811,001 for time loss, $6,734,685 for permanent dis- ability pension awards, $2,096,265 for pensions to widows and de- pendents of workmen killed on- the-job, und $4,335,682 for medi- cal aid. The number of widows and dependents in receipt of pen- sions as of December 31, 1957 was 3,798. Workmen receiving permanent partial disability and total per- manent disability pensions num- bered 10,311. The pension reserve fund necessary to guarantee fu- ture payment of these pensions was $79,759,366, including the Operations of the Federal and Provini Metal Mining and Smelting and Clay Mining... Operations of Municipal Governments. Navigation and Wharf Operationa... Light, Power and Communications. Railroad Groups ....... i Fishing and Fish Packing I Coal Mining ecco industry... oat - 10.7% ilicosisapcnai Governments” G34, | silicosis pension fund. 5.8% Silicosis Pensions Doubled sere Last year, 38 silicosis pensions Zag, | Were granted. All of these work- “3% | men were employed in the mines 2.5% | prior to 1940. $521,271 was set 13% | yside to pay. these pensions as 0.7% compared to $247,163 set aside in pean oa | IWA SAFETY COMMITTEE at the Western Plywoods (Alberta) Limited, whose keen interest in safety helped reduce the accident frequency rate in the plant. Others in group include from right to left, WCB Inspector Walker; Bill Gray, Financial Secretary of Local 1-207, IWA; Company Safety Director, Jack Ostergard, who was also instrumental in reducing the plant’s frequency rate. bad Award pins by Alberta crew Presentation of Safety Award Pins for working one year accident-free, was made ern Plywood (Alberta) Limited, by the Company, at a safety meeting February 21st, attended by Bill Gray, Financial Secretary of Local 1-207, IWA. Actual presentation of the Pins ‘was made by Bill Gray and In- spector Walker of the Alberta Workmen’s Compensation Board. They also addressed the meeting and congratulated the crew on their fine safety preformance, The Plant Manager, Mr. Frank Hahn in his address, reported that the accident frequency rate won to 59 employees of the West- in the Plant had heen reduced from a high of 144.5, in 1956 to @ low of 43.8, in 1957. Credit for this tremendous re- duction is given to the IWA Safety Committee in the Plint. and to the Company Safety Dir- ector, Jack Ostergard, who is a former plant Chairman and IWA member of Local 1-424. \S Ri S )) gs GS “| tion in noisy industries. OL 1956 to pay the 18 silicosis pen- sions awarded in that year. The total silicosis pension fund now stunds at $4,668,545. There were 28,471 employers registered with the Board at the end of the year. This was up slightly over 1956. Accident Prevention The 25 WCB safety inspectors carried out 8,696 inspections of industrial operations under the Act. Greater emphasis was placed on the educational uspects of safety. The inspectors gave us- sistance to the industrial accident prevention activities of councils, organizations and other official, semi-official and volunteer hodies. Requests for inspectors to deliver addresses, lead discus- sions, chair mectings and give technical . leadership increased. 12,957 orders were issued to cor- rect unsafe conditions in indus- trial operations. Over 350,000 pieces of safety literature were distributed. 111,- 390 persons viewed safety films from the WCB Jibrary. 134 ventilation and dust con- trol surveys were made by the WCB silicosis inspectors in mines, rock tunnels, quarrying, and smelting operations. 6,379 chest x-rays and medical exam- inations were carried out on workmen, 118 of these men did not qualify for work certificates, First Aid 9 orders were issued to in- dustrial establishments instruct- ing them to bring their first aid facilities up to the standard re- quired by the Board. Oxygen therapy training instituted in 1954 was carried on throughout the entire year in all parts of the Province. To date a total of 3,262 first uid attendants have been trained by the WCB first aid in- structors in oxygen therapy. Industrial Hygiene An extensive survey was made of industrial radiography instal- lations using x-ray machi radioactive materials. Sound level surveys were made in many operations to determine the needs for hearing conserva- Rehabilitation The second year of occupation in the new Rehabiliation Centre resulted in better treatment for injured workmen because of the available space and facilities. WOWBETTER Fi EASTER EGG (HEADS)! pos DOUGLAS, The week commencing Safety Week throughout the This decision was reached by Committee upon which all or, have representation. Asin f its cooperation. 7 It is proposed, that on th Cross flag of safety will be r ticipating in the industry’s be kept aloft to indicate that experienced up to that point chance a compensable accid lowered. If possible, try to that follow. i The observance of Safet; resulted in the lowering of thé the week. Of still greater im year a safe week. In those operations, wh accident prevention, Safety emphasis upon the nature a vigilance required to rid the It helps to enlist the active § stresses the necessity of full management for the commo; In operations where saf an industry-wide program stration of the possibilite organized effort. In many ways, and thrd| each organization, assistancey one’s interest in the week’s job safety committees shou cooperation required. 1 In the selection of any) getting projects suggested fo vey ( important that nothing shouli| undue competition. Safety on the operation’s program naturedly and in a relaxed w Job safety committees sh active and willing support of ee Sell the program, rather tha Experience has shown th Safety Week brings good res the succeeding weeks safer. That is what Safety We TS £66 1S fool N THES OWE FIGURES HE'S T00 KAD BOKED 10 GET MURT! (THE PORY Goat BE 0 int)