;

Issue
1959

B

.Cc. LUMBER WORK

ER

Plans “KO” on

“Lets Fight Accidents”
successful Sai Baty Seminar

d November 1, spon
Sa

is the theme the hi

The minar, the aa

type sae in British Cotumbis Shelley Sawmills Ltd.
ay aon TWA.

it To

ew here

oil industry of
ohn, cities Employees

o torre, H
Commission ant te ees
industry.

KY
=

ere also two Pan
“Res

el Dis-

fety Men
Two Be Pe a safety men in
B.C. headed the list nok

John T. Atkinsoi
Regional Safety Deen John
a

Meets ai the Seminar. “They |-

BIW AU Regional Safety Direc- See in his address
tJ Atkinson and) 3 braised the Prince George Joint
Clarke, Supervisor of Programmes |; 0's, PTO Safety Council

and Bo aining for the Workmen’s

for their sos pact, interests.
“An: ny
Compensation Board.

pro cata umme
ffort he

ponsibili are
arigealerincuectatunilerstobai ly
eee The teamwork
of an enlightened La
nd the usiasm and

oe

‘All iS indicated,’ * he said,
“by the cess of the safety pro-
gramme saute camps and mills of
Prince George. The decrease in
the accident record and the bet!
and safer working Penance is
an Coa of what can be done.”

Seminar Beare a
Eeeceu! ae importance of t
work, organization and cdeatins

Ei jars Purpo:
An ailing of ie Secniers Hard Hat Presentation
purposes was then made i During the two-day safety meet,

who ieee

th s
the Prince George ae pares ‘kmen’s Com-
Products Safety Committee to skatchewan,
tend safety into all pucustiies, the 3.C. studying procedures
Community, highways, and homes her matters
of the Hla George area. dent. pre-
Subj proved at the Seminar

included “Whe ere pee Stand?” low' ing the

Se Cla ke, | conch n of the Seminar, an
Wen Ree. ‘Hilton, Mee ofjanalysis was made by Murray

. e Joint
oe conte and attended re over

and John

Civic Employees; and Reg

Renee of
Do

Prince George Seminar

Accidents 2

nar, October 31 and November 1
Sai

Riceid len ty if fety Director; Reg Hilton, Shelly
oa Mt) feft, Earl Brochu, representing the
a the} Holst, Seminar Chairman.

SAFETY SPEAKERS who eddreseed

the Prince George Joint Forest Products sofety Committee’s Safety Sem

in Prince George, are left, front row, John T. Atkinson, WA Rectenal
Sawmills Ltd.; Murray Clarke, Workmen's Compensation Boord. Back row,
Prince George & District Labour Council; R. Wallace, W.C.B.; Jacob

Clarke, Bob Wallace. and John T.
aS in co- speraton: with the
Forest

Fishermen’ s Worm Gimmick

Management a See
at! ith

recive

Safety
of Sie eel 1 ac- W. ¢ il
The genase wa that Dangerous arms Counc
the Safety vas one of ur worms njoy the fish you might t catch,”
the =m ce: ite Id in| says a cae from ‘hell Giestee Sa aint saat Safety Council. They
British alesis condemn the gimmick of using electricity to chase fishworms
and report that a 14-year old bi as electrocuted
adio ed fe MG uch activity, This supposedly “new” way to get worms
eon toocthe the wolves placing two s| ike electrodes a tain distance apart and
connecting wires to the s| then to ys us ‘ing. And
Seminar, a half ho time] 4p come the harassed wort tie has been recommended for best
was given over ae publ eine the sults to use the oerice af rain or else His thoroughly water
a [.V.| the lawn with a tanding with wet f wet ground will
n. A radio ec Pat your feet in sae with tne low of Abe surrent The pul
same subject was held by jould be warned of these dangers says the coun
station C.K.P.G. Appearing on
both programmes were John T
sot ‘iia Clarke, Reg
Hilton and Jacob Holst.
In his own summation of the
Sem Chairman Jacob Holst
al piatedy “In my eeeiow one point
as that abour,
all

Light to
Save
Lives

Pedestrians and other drivers

can’t always be sure if a straddle
carrier is ae ee rin
reverse; it is also sometimes

are being applied

DEA

Occupation: Truck Driver.
Age: 60.
Beslan Over 1
e camp was on a “shift, About 4:00 am. the workman drove

ence between
ere and collision,

8
&
&

o

Phe eat Commitee of the
ae arpole 2, ae elie &
Cellulos ss thor was
airteat enough ne een sig-
nals, At their request, vehicle
aan George ies ‘od,
Mair and Ose: bert

Marw
M we
ee snip a ie ‘nd pe up

with two han

ie ieppected

Sees tS ee conyers
168 lives. Regt dutta
safety awaren

—Ray Allen photo! side of

I ae eee brilliant brake-
operated de eee pa ag
pay No

is eee a Seas n eae
it ma tell aie the brakes are
applied.

2. They also installed small red

hi all ht, to
the log dump. H. t 4:26 am., under a log that had
fallen from the side Nee aa a eee the dump.

sete is evident that the workman had brought the ua Acne. lines

n. the unloading lines,
and in doing so disturbed the ise eae tal Bed killed him,
BRITISH COL’
WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION BOARD
D_ Q 1s Workmen's Compensation leisla-
* tion the same in every Province in
Canada?

uestion and

A Ne. rie the Acts are
similar but differ as to benefits.
nswer corner B_ OD Ave mor in British Columbia -
"covered "Workmen's Compen-
he |, © Where was the fist Workmen's Com- sation Ac
pensation Jegislation enacted? A Yes. Of the maximum working force

A The first Workmen's Compensation in a of 574,000, approximately

enacted in Germany by Chancellor by the Act, virtually all workmen w!
Bismarck in 1894. The idea was slow do manual labour. er the ae
to spread, however, and only reached labour workers ‘company are

marker Bante at ats the rear, near each
the

in
England in 1897 and North America covered, tesa also covered
in 1909. the same