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 [= O 2 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 B 8 ery ea ss g 25 Fe 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 = 2 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