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B.C. LUMBER WORKER

PROMPT FIRST AID is administered by Mrs. Pearl Ceasar, R.
finger of Charles Carroll of the Finish UDeparanent! in Fe

mot Fir He
ae Ballding at the Vancouver Plywood Division of MacMillan & ‘Bloedel

EDITORIAL

ACTION NOW

that there have been thirty-five logging
ras, sdung the first five months of this year, as

com:

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nee in the forest Indastey Be aa Columbia.

ident eevee Director
oat article on

does not have som
ditions of equipment, pag peal habits or known
safe operation precedur

is the case, and certainly no one shoul id ki
ne

ae {o}
field, then it behooves the safety group ps at all levels to
take pa stock of tate safety effor

Traffic suggestions
to keep you alive

Keep alert for alain signs on|drive more hours than in your
highways. When driving at highjnormal work day, Stop and rest
speed, decisions must be made|when you've had enough, Enjoy
well in advance. If you miss a| your alsin — don’t’ make a
turn, don’t stop, or even slow ay of i

down suddenly. If possible, pull Grgins ston Caen aTeRS
ail the road to decide your next ae rivers KNOW HOW to drive in

Ane 3 You car needs to

force may push your car off the|on the open road and DRIVE IT
road, ep up the batt

to pep up th ry, free sticky
It’ varail Falcen when driving valves, and blow it the carbon.
HOLaeinic trae arely avaiaiaveine |Atvour car is 1 ormally used only

followed too closely “ heavy | £ ig chon tome. -to-sto s, give

truck, In an emergency, a large, |i th i

fully loaded truck may not I

le ; ie “Dae

able to stop as quickly as your | you're

eS wear something white so th
ivers

0
When you plan a trip i drivers can see you, Or, consider

n you
car, keep th hese things i at sind ip some of the new reflective mat-
ficucalan sisanpeioreratating|¢ erials that can be made into cloth-
a long drive. csc aeving when |!" — for safety’s sake.
you're emotionally upset. Never ee

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adlight.

Dead - - =

Occupation — ute Fighter.

Age — 15% y

Experience —

In the course of forest fire fighting the workman was posted at

edge of a fire guard, to act as a ee Hehier arty minutes
€ guar

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icks an le of He dead.

ee pcicates that the fire watcher was tired and had seated
pie of slash and stumps. He is presumed to have

him:
fallen asleep, and been trapped in the debris pushed by the'dozer.

DRAPES, RUGS, CURTAINS AND OTHER FABRICS
MAY BE MAD: N

WEEK EXPER’

traffic but fail to PRACTISE
traffic laws, certain when they know. Th Ree in
your driving — be

Sham: ato) cul (hom, Gite te aa

s oe gerous. Ti
allie ena date street,

ita no way implies that the werk of the safety
is been s slipsna od or in vain, o:

ich eo ited wo! nuinstcipentelld in reducing

the industry’s tees, ae See rate to at pe a figure

so ey that it was undreamed of ten yea

son
fi ailed: to peal pulsed oe the Bue ve neh ee “this

3 y
m the men being

is borne o1 ae f the
instances the fatal injuries resulted fro
in a p nduly and unnecésSarily exposed

osition which wu
danger.

iously 5 hing or someone was at fault. If it

be ncouraged to take 2 ‘scond look’ at unusual

get assist
or advice. They should be trained to never ‘bull’ things

a situation. Supervisors and workmen alike must be
guardians of the wetare os the whole crew and should
always HSE that a’ in the clear.”

jon’t take unnecessary ch ences bee be adopted
as a policy and a standing order ii operation, ang
supervisors should demonstrate that the words me
the:

si

Se suggestions are heeded by ev eryone, and

is given of each indivual operation by
safet mittees, then ak s the present causes

of “fatalities will be eliminated.

oat fires dangerous
of gasoline yap-| are now 800,000 small pete

orizing in the bilge of a boat can| ing the waters of the

explode and blow it sky hi igh. So} ox, easing at the rate A 50,000

yearly. You don’t easily get a
ee chance to live in a boat

safe’ 18 eee Tearned i the
eal boating a
mare’ carne Beas There

Ever stop

the things °
if you lost y:

Wear eye p
where thgre
hood of fore

entering you

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WORKMEN'S COMPE

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