B.C. LUMBER WORKER

hat I may tread safely into the

arktiess and put your hand into

od.
ju better than light
nown way

—Quoted by His Majesty the Inte King
George VI in an Empire broadcast.

te

t th high rate as now

eli g the light of knowledge; by

with the fear of a dark, un-
tainty that the coming year
gedy for many workers and

ot Necessary

ear take heed of this bright
"Providence guide you along

of ekperience, and by a belief that
4 <1 £ f, 1,

‘ompensation Board
1 Columbia

le : pe dot
(5) . . « Local level where meetings are held, First Aid taught

seh material Ssrributess at the District level where

(7) . . . Forest Products Safety

Week and at the .

ind
the Union...

ty manual under the sponsorship
of the AFL-CIO in order to
aed the safety procedures

al
ntatives
of the

en
The reasons that the IWA
gram found favour, ge, explain
ed to HT is x ained
y the Dat trict Safet;
e claims ae moa ate
the prograi
n

statistics Ptcarding accident fre-
quency rat

cers
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tiona ble Progre
peeernoens ee
the safety am in the B.C,
lumber retry as substantially
lowered the accident frequency

iy
It i

m He Gientol

follow th
It i

panic Feseon lees ees in Bu
give Saneacte support ior the
progra their own work envir-
anaeiay
Wherever the accident program
has been Sreaned Aiea igilantly
adhered to, the accident rate has
been slashed by more than 60 per
cent.
Workers in the B.C. lumber in-
re familiar with the:
snes oe pet always aware
‘atistics are most im-
ake sections where
has as yet been

labour, a
Over large areas, safety has

ment,

a
erations where gen-
uine te Have been te Olas zi

been regarded by mana;
by the work
is ae main purpose of the pro-

s been possible to demon-

Columbia
other plans.

is superior to

ram
‘ation as practised in Brit-
all | w

these Sige both

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ery
ea
ss
g
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with fae recognition ot the fact
that safety

Ng
fewer homes were being weed
by the grim tra, sees we wey,
low in the wake of accid

: is a
fewer and |gr

a
nat
the promotion of ee ae
attention th:
1a sa icy in individual 4 fiducial

(8) . . . International level, wher

reputation in the field of accident prevention and at the

e the Union has earned an.

able
rome. time

job.
Mana; ely found that the im-
ed moral

enforcement of the

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and vigilance a job
safety conaaitteee
I

. The IWA insists that such com- |
mittees should be fo: ace an
kept active in all operations. |

unity Code

the ecules one cident pre-

vention regulat

of safety are
italy flocused and applied, a
individual

ecause
work and liv

ner way

AFL-CIO Secretary

Speaks For

Labour

mely large stake in

we have an extre:

pees pag We pee that accidents are no nesreee tee
know

of Persons. But we also

on thane whore dependent fr We hvlhood on mage od