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DELEGATES ATTENDING the Third Annual Workmen's
Redetatiog of Labour, are shown here the first morning aa ts; te ay choir y
and labour officials who took the

1959 Fatals
A review of the 1959 fatal ac-

Compen:

Logging fatalities
reviewed by board

nsation Seminar June 5-6, held under the joint auspices of the WCB and the B.C.
Mr. J. E, Eades, Seated behind him on the platform

In 16 instances the deceased
were struc! yy ‘trees, saplings,
nags, and rolling log: in-

stances they were ctaarei by e
ment or lines. 6 ee were

sonal habits or known unsafe
operation procedures.

ape List
that He Feet?
ist of nar-

“s look” at un-
usual Eicuncaies problems
and if necess: et assistance or
advice. they should Ls fee to

BY OR FRANCIS accident aa a to fs sinking o!
WCB Accident Prevention Director a boat.

The alarming high ache of fatal occurrences in the} Ont: case involved faulty
logging industry this year caused us to review both the | equipment. 3 were the result of
details of the fal accident and the history of logging | faulty practises or methods an
fatalities in the 10y in 11 cases it could not be deter.

In th es 4 nee ac-| ciden to date discloses some] mined ne vailable data the
cident frequency rate was 83. It iatereaa facts. Of the 35 cases | basic caus the accidents.
decreased to .63 in 1950, rose to| considered, 29 were in coastal 20% ieiaere the fatal injuries Te-

in 1954, dropped to .67 in| operations, and 6 in the interior.

1955, rose to 83 in 1956 and was | Yarding seecunted tee 12, falling | which unduly and eirescly
down to .46 in 1958. The average |and bucking for eight, loading | exposed them to injury,
frequency for this period was ol (We nd log hauling z
68. nis fatal accident frequency Be There were four fatal ac- ident C:
rate ased on the number of ents to Seiuaeiccs and 7 to| So-called “accidents” are un-
fatalities per million man hours ane occupations. xpected, unplanned or uncon-
worked. trolled circumstances which have

jormal Deviation been developed or have been per-

D iz the past decade there mitted to exist.
were a number of years where the As long as hazardous conditions
eae pot pute in hae i is n=

azai
ses are permitted or co

only logical to ex
hgh voswings in the incidenc of
serious accidents. There is
operation anywhere which
have

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out nea
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hazard in-
‘ved or for “aking time to look
over a situ
ees and workmen alike
must be guardians of the welfare
ie whole crew and should
always insist that all are “in the

take unnecessary a
sadeplé es as

every oper:

ation, Be supervisors

eondtionies equipment, bad per-|mean what they say.

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ARTHUR FRANCIS
CB Accident Prevention Director

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