; Ord Issue, May B.C. LUMBER WORKER a, the safety committees, 4 phyers’ representatives 3 | xcellent safety record ujustry during Safety i | / a ooe ‘Wy nace every week in the safe as safety week. 2 proven by you that it Your Efforts! Safety week success FOREST PRODUCTS SAFETY WEEK no-accident flag raising ceremony conducted on the grounds of the Workmen’s Compensation Board's Rehabilitation Centre, May 12th, in Vancouver. 1-71 wins A Centennial Safety Award Certificate will be presented to Local 1-71, IWA, for the safety performance of Union members employed at the Port Hardy Division of the Alice Lake Log- ging Company Limited. The following is an excerpt of the letter written by the Hon. Lyle Wicks, Minister of Labour, congratulating the Local Union. Iam happy to inform you that the members of your Union who are employed at the Port Hardy Division of the Alice Lake Log- ging Company Limited have earned the Centennial Safety Award Certificate. The fine record of 12,563 man- days free from accident which award your members have achieved is more than 2,500 man-days in ex- cess of the target set by the Cen- tennial Safety Award Committee and is a tribute to the conscien- tious diligence with which they have performed their duties. 1 sincerely trust that this fine record will act as a stimulant to other workmen to make British Colum- bia a safer and happier place in which to work. I would be pleased to have an official presentation made of this Certificate. Please convey my personal con- gratulations to your members who were responsible for an out- standing contribution to British Columbia's safety. Island men take honors British Columbia Forest Products marked the winning of 17 safety awards at a special ceremony today at the com- pany’s sawmill at Youbou, Vancouver Island Among the awards presented were the Anita and George Reith trophy for the top safety record Le ACCENT TEMES OP —OW THE during 1957 of logging and. mill operations on Cowichan Lake, and two Centennial awards. 706, T00/ Three Divi Colonel J, H. Boyd, magistrate at Lake Cowichan, who put up the Reith trophy for competition four years ago to promote safety, presented the award to B.C.F.P.’s president Charles D. Dickey, Jr. for the company’s Cowichan log- ging, sawmill and veneer divisions, which won the award for the second straight year. The trophy is named in honour of Col. Boyd's daughter and son-in-law. Hon. Lyle Wicks, Minister of Labour, presented the two Cen- tennial awards won by Cowichan sawmill and Cowichan logging di- visions. ions Dual Awards The Centennial awards, initiated this year by the Provincial Labour Department, recognize for the first time the combined efforts of man- agement and employees in a safety programme. Dual awards are presented to the company and its workers who have passed the re- quired number of accident-free man ‘days established for that specific industry. B.C. Forest Products also won six top Workmen's Compensation Board awards for 1957. It had the best safety record of any multiple- unit company in both the logging and sawmill industries in B.C. Its Victoria plywood plant and Cow- ichan sawmill had the best records in their categories, and Victoria plywood plant won special W.C.B. recognition for its record of 1,000,- 000 man-hours without a compens- ible accid Vancouver Bay ivision won a_ special . award for completing a year without a compensible acci- dent. Special Awards Special awards were also made by the Plywood Manufacturers’ Association of B.C. to Victoria plywood division, and the B.C. Safety Council to Vancouver Bay logging division. Victoria plywood plant and Cowichan sawmill received Na- tional Safety Council awards for top performance in their N.S.C. classifications. | cnn SAFEST WORKER in British Columbia, Giacamo Clozza, @ union member employed at Ocean Falls, raises the no-cccident flag on the flag pole of the WCB’s Rehabilitation Centre, in Vancouver, to kick off the Safety Week campaign. — a ¢ eto...