MEMBERS OF THE JOINT Week Campaign which op. Clarke, Workmen’s Compensation Board; Roughton, B.C. Loggers’ Associatios Federal Labour-Management Coopera row, sitting, left to right: Miss Jacqueline Veevers, Workmen's C ion Boord; F. Ri iski ee Mtaee Meericrion USHMETEMKinenIWAL Ck omsttion Board: F.. Robert Whickin, B.C. LUMBER WORKER FOREST PAODUCTS SAFETY COMMITTEE plan their strategy for the Safety ens May 4, and runs for one week. Group are: Back row, left to right: J. Murray George Norris, B.C. Lumber Manufacturers’ Association; Jim R. J. Doug Watts, Workmen's Compensation Board; Reg Jackson, ion Service; C. R. Farnsworth, Workmen's Compensation Boord. Front This clever and extremely prac- tical method of fire escape, which re- HOME “FIREMAN’S’”’ ESCAPE provides safety for the children in reaching the pole from the window. sembles a fireman's pole, was de- signed and constructed by George Jerome, an employee of the United Illuminating Co. As the photo shows, it is a vertical pole installed about two feet from the house and extends up to the sec- ond floor windows. The platform George (sliding down pole) and Jerry can escape in 15 seconds. : 4 Mr. Jerome’s sons in practice drills have proved their pro at using the pole. It takes only 1! seconds for them to reach the ground after being given an alarm. Mr. Jerome also installed an alarm system in his home so that if a fire should break out in his cellar, a warning is given throughout the house. Photo and story, United Illuminating Co. Ba UTWIT SUMMER HAZARDS Show fun-loving outdoorites in your community how to handle those summer menaces—water, boats, fishing, even barbecues. The March wind may blow, but it’s not too early to The days are getting longer, and soon neighborhoods will echo all day with the sound begin planning for summer. of children at play. Dad will be busy in the yard and Mom will be on “vacation” from her community activities. The Whole family will be looking forward eagerly to summer’s fun weekend outings, vacation trips, a jaunt to the beach, Picnics, enjoying the new boat. Summertime, too, is a time for safety. What can a local home safety conimittee do to insure that families enjoy a summer free from accidents? Home Safety This section is addressed to local home safety committees, health departments, service organ- fvations and industrial and com- mereial establishments with com- tunity interests and off-the-job safety programs. Planning for community safety im recreation or sports covers a "Variety of topics: swimming, boat- ‘ing, water sports (skin-diving, skiing), fishing, playgrounds and (also unsupervised areas), |s summer-day camping, d pools, picnics, barbecues. list is almost endless. How To Plan IF YOU HAVE WATER— en in all probability you have ‘safety problems. How many YOU HAVE unprotected ravines, gravel pits, factories or mines— : hay seein ie’. n. How many is, frac- ri strains can be traced | IF YOU HAVE parks and playgrounds, supervised or un- supervised —then you may have safety problems. Ist Step © Step 1. Find out your com- 's score. Accidents in public s account for, on a national average, about 18% of the total reported, Among the 56 cities reporting annually to NSC, home deaths took 45% of the total, pub- lic accidents took 21%, Thus, these two categories, home and public, accounted for 2 out of every 3 accidental deaths in these cities. Appoint a small committee to contact the coroner's office, the istics division of health, police, fire and parks departments. Quick- ly scan newspaper files for the Jast year for reported accidents. Contact medical societies and hos- pitals for possible case histories, Information is the surest wea- pon to combat skepticism just as enthusiasm and sincerity can combat apathy, 2nd Step @ Step 2. Get together. Talk things over, Find out what various groups are doing or could dor’ Among the resources available in most communities are: Official agencies--Police, Fire, Parks and Playgrounds, Schools. Volunteer agencies—Red Cross, “Y's”, PAT’s, women’s clubs, ser- vice clubs, scouts and other youth groups, boating or yacht clubs, swimming and beach clubs, rod and clubs, Chamber of Commerce. Professional associations—medi- cal, nursing, health. 3rd Step © Step 3. From among the specific topics treated, select one or two, at most three, that your survey of resources ‘tells you can be effec- tively done. Caution: do not try to cover all the programs suggested. It is better to do one or two projects well than to scatter your commit- tee’s efforts over a broad range of projects. 5 Stop your machine - before it stops you There has been good reason for the recent emphasis on lock- ing or tagging out of machinery; and also on regulations requir- ing that machines be stopped— not merely shut off, but com- pletely STOPPED — before adjustments, repairs or clearing of same are carried out. For one thing, since mi October in the Coast sawmill, shingle and plywood plants, there have been four cases of major amputation some directly from working on moving machinery. Injury Reports Now we have additional con- firmation of the hazard, in con- solidated injury reports of the BCLMA, CRCSA and PMABC. These reveal that in 1958, one out of every 20 compensable injuries resulted from a worker getting “caught in”; one in every 24 of these compensable cases was an amputation. Those are odds that a real poker player wouldn’t buck. Gin- rummy addicts would swear off the gam if the odds against “knocking” were higher than one in five or six. Faced squarely, the y facts mean just. this to workers: 26 times out of the 3,707 ri which actual backfired a man lost a finger, hand, arm, foot or leg. And 26 times, of the 622 Ited in time lost ss was part of the body as well as working time, part of wages, pain and incon- venience, WCB Regulations Workmen’s Compensation Board regulations 133 and 134 leave no room for doubt; machinery being cleared, adjusted or repaired must be completely stopped. The same is true under certain hazardous conditions of oiling. The regulations have been vio- lated — people have been hurt as a direct result. Two recent cases may have had serious effects on the futures of young part-time workers, who were financing higher educations by weekend jobs. Police Action This is a matter for personal responsibility. No amount of “police action” can do the good which can be accomplished by every manager, supervisor and workman with the courage to ask himself this question: “WHAT AM I DOING TO PREVENT THIS IN MY JOB?” Reprinted from British Columbia Lumberman. E \ Loggers death brings coroner's jury rebuke The recent death of a Nan- aimo logger in a Toba Inlet logging accident brought a rebuke from a coroner’s jury enquiring into the accident. The victim, 28-year-old Robert Robertson, died from injuries received when he was crushed under a 16-ton truck being used to pull out a huge cedar stump. Returning a verdict of acci- dental death, the jury added the recommendation that “no truck should be moved with- out a signal being given,” A coroner’s jury found that a 24-year-old Lumby logger died instantly when a tree he was falling struck his head. David Hornell was struck while logging in the vicinity of Aberdeen Lake. The jury returned a verdict of acci- dental death. KETTLE VALLEY LUMBER COMPANY mill crew ot Princeton, Lumberman Trophy awarded to the crew having the best all-around sefety record for the year in the Interior Lumber Manufacturers’ Association member-company. They also were awarded the ILMA Award of Merit, which they received at the Association's 18th Annual Convention, March 12, in Penticton. As of March 16, the crew had completed 1199 consecutive eccident-free do B.C., winners of the Western Logger & 7 or 119,313 man hours.