: ee 6 Safe practises for chokermen In an effort to reduce the high 4, Ask questions when you are accident rate in the logging section not sure of the job being done | of the forest industry, S. ms being used. Williams, Safety Inspector of the| 5, Make sure the choker is placed ‘orkmen’s Compensation Boar in proper position on the log. submitted for publication in the 6, Always keep your footwear in last issue of the Lumber ie eae Worker, a list of ste bractises fon mee BROCE CONCH RS fallers. In this issue we are ive extra care work publishing a new list varenared by receive eae rain, . snow Ee less on safe practises for| oF freezing weather men’ which ahould be eare=| 8 Stay back and far to the side ity au by all those engaged in] of all turns, giving special t_ occupation. consideration to ieee sidehillsy and canyon areas. . Never turn your back on the turn while it is in motion or when it is about to move. ). Size up the escape path to be used in the case of an emer- gency. = Reve participate in horseplay. ‘oin ONE STEP TO DIE... OCCUPATION - Winderman's Helper AGE = 2 years EXPERIENCE = = B months ewindar on a paper machine hada break in the paper when the atte wound, and bout twenty inches odicaees Hees sled ou the machina was oad slowly to tighten up. For seme unknown son, Jerman's helper jumped up on the table and stepped over a four= foen ec igh c ie pecans and he was ep rie ego Ht i ne more conditions, e.g. logs on balance — limbs, sola vos bluffs, up-rooted s 15. Learn ne 7 FR eh SE ie WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION BOARD oF aritish covumaia when walking in the bush. . Lift your legs, not ae back. 17. Brace your f f arqund the house,” Messatn nae Accident Preven pulling line, motor danas fire, eben Fangler FSpIEE “the man n dogs Hen Inspector, Workmen's Compen- 1a eNere step over lines, if you Gtsaony railroads, posion gas: Besides, men’s jobs involve sation Board of B.C. must cross them, go under. poisons. more hazardous tools. 19. Never presume that lines ai oe a recent ye Fansler “And men so often are show- it Wage proper equipment giving} not going to be moved, this} pointed out, ae use killed | offs.” ial consideration to} includes after the slack-off He times more often in motor] Solution to the problem? ‘The meatier’ conditions signal has been blown. vele. accidenta thane womential Isa vOnae 2. Learn all pha‘ es of the job. | 20, Watch your fellow worker, 3. Carry out instructions of the safe! your responsib: reentters aa Rigging Slinger. too Male showoffs accident prone Men are showoffs. support of opiniol And besides, most guys are Faralen vier oe ‘the home a would-be supermen. vision the National arte These observations come, Cone cites such tae as thes strangely encuety, from a mem- . Seven of 10 persons at) ber of sues eeatte ee die in ponents are males. — Thom 2: Males are killed more often oe irty years ago, the average] “Women,” said Fansler, “can pute female lived about three|do a lot to keep their men alive. rs ie longer fh ian the average} They can encourage them to play 1 nale. To he can expect} it saf de odd jobs to outlive her man by more than | around the ho house. “They can persuade hubby he nae ie reason for this, according| isn’t expendable, that he doesn't to Fansler: Women are more| hi keep proving himselt careful working “andtoaVingntems No woman to be a men. i would-he even ae aid, widow — “Tf there's a hazardous job to Sieecaa "he s: Country car deaths higher than city’s OCCUPATION ~ Faller , who was working alene, did not eppear for ‘Axtearch was storted ond the tere ip ad on i oe MAGE Gal ste ioeoke tae, By ses in he snow It is concluded that the faller hed dropped a tree which hangup In the och of bli then felled encther tree acress the hang-up, but thls hung up es well Beant ogee ih ti coe bekgn cha, no ba res ll Ise mater of a Sele oly Ing bth bom: cord thatthe EXPERIENCE = weeks He had then spre Ie his power pie Raine COLUMBIA ) Accident mortality is lower for the residents of large cities (250,000 or more) than for the Population of the United States as a whole, according to the Metre trop Life Insurance Com. pany, In 1955. 56 the see ces 49.2 per 100,000 the a dies under average. The death had the lowest , 44.2 000 lation. Curiously, the group of citie: t in size 000 to 999,000) recorded the highest accident death rate, 55: 3 per, 100,000, The more favorabl accide: ience for the ae arg cities than for the country as a whol for ir lower motor vehicle accident mo! LOOK AFTER THEY WORK FOR YOU BRITISH COLUMBIA WORKMEN'S C |O7TO KWOWGBETTER .o.. bE Wht Ul MERE SOL Ss PU ¥0 >) WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION BOARD PREVENT Fikes!