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A national conference on safety and occupational health will be
held in the Banff School of Fine

Arts under the auspices of the

ie} Canadian Labour Congress, October 22-26, it is announced by Joe

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ational Health.
_ The plans for the conference pro-
vide for a maximum attendance of
fifty, with five representatives from
each union participating.

Subjects on the agenda as now
outlined provide for consideration
of the following topics;

Committee on Safety and Occu-

placed before the gathering. Instead
of a formal evening programme,
films will be exhibited, although any
necessary carry-over of discussions
will be arranged.

An effort is being made to secure
the following speakers on the sub-

e (1) An accident prevention pro-
/ gramme for trade unions. jects indicated;
: (2) Industrial diseases. An Accident Prevention Pro-
~ (3) Safety legislation. gramme, J. Whitehouse (IBEW).
(4) Government inspection and Industrial Diseases, Dr. Abrams
ure control services. (Chemical Workers, Chicago).
(5) A. safety educational pro- Inspection Control, Arthur Fran-

gramme.
Program Planned
The final session of the confer-
ence will provide for group partici-
pation in an evaluation of proposals

cis (Chief Inspector WCB, B.C.).
Safety Committees and Bargain-
ing Aspects, J. T. Atkinson (IWA),
R. J. Lamoureaux (USAY.
Interim Social Assistance to

LC To Hold Safety Conference
At Banff School Of Fine Arts

claimants, H. Weisbach (OFL), J.
Major (QFL).

The National Standing Committee
CLC agreed that Canadian Labour
Congress Institutes should hence-
forth include discussions on prob-

lems of safety and occupational
health.

Steps have been taken to add to
the personnel of the national com-
mittee through representation from
a larger number of affiliates. The
approaching convention of the Can-
adian Labour Congress will hear
proposals for increased support of
the national safety programme. A
meeting of the Committee will be
held during the convention period.

An investigation is in progress
with regard to the importation of
machinery from the United States,
which lack necessary guards or
other devices to protect the opera-
tors.

Worker Injured

On Job

Denied Compensation

When is an industrial accident not
an accident? According to a recent
Workmen’s Compensation Act rul-
ing, some accidents can happen on
the job and still not qualify a man
for benefits.

This came to light when Fred Les-
perance, a Ford of Canada employee
in Windsor, and a member of Local
200 United Auto Workers union,
sustained an accident in the first aid
room at the plant where he was re-
ceiving treatment for an existing leg
injury.

Made Leg Worse

Instead of the treatment making
the leg better it made it worse.

The accidental nature of the in-
cident Jay in the fact that incorrect
treatment was administered.

When application was made for
benefit under the Workmen’s Com-

pensation Act, it was ruled that Mr.
Lesperance was not entitled to it.

Reasons Outlined

Charles McDonald, financial sec-
retary of Local 200, received a letter
from John Cauley, vice-chairman of
the compensation board, in which
the reasons for denying benefit were
outlined. These were that it had been
ruled by the civil courts that where
a man was injured while being
treated for an injury on the job he
was entitled to jnstitute legal action
in the civil court for compensation
and therefore was not eligible for
compensation under the Workmen’s
Compensation Act.

Mr. McDonald said the Local does
not intend to accept the ruling with-
out question and cfforts are being
made not only to challenge it, but
to have it changed.

Cornell Laboratory Designs

Off-The-Job
Safety Gets

Study

Increased interest in off-the-job
traffic safety programs for employ-
ees is being expressed by companies
in New York State, according to the
Citizens Council for Traffic Safety.

Clifton W. Phalen, chairman of
the council, said that thirty-nine con-
cerns, including some of the largest
in the state, were conducting. pro-
grams to improve after-hours safety

records.
The Motives
The motives of the participating

companies are both humanitarian
and economic, the council said.
Some executives feel that it is in-
consistent to engage in extensive
plant safety programs while ignoring

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what happens outside company prop-

erty.
NSC Figures
National Safety Council statistics
show that for the last five years
more days have been lost because of
off-the-job injuries than because of
work-connected accidents.
Mr. Phalen noted, however, that
some executives were reluctant to
engage in what they call “interfer-

ence” with the private activities of
employees. Others, he said, contend
that they are not yet satisfied with
in-plant safety programs and prefer
to concentrate on them for the
present.
Fine Results

However, among the companies
that have started off-the-job pro-
grams, a number have reported en-
couraging results.

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, signed a “rubber” automobile. the car’s center of gravity, tire pres-
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dream, It’s an experimental skidless The lab’s aim is to compile data
z vehicle. The car actually is not to help engineers design a safer,
made of rubber. The term “rubber” more manoeuverable car.
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al from the car's elastic performance opens up for tomorrow’s back seat
characteristics. driver. Can’t you hear him direct-
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A real champ
fy Henry W. Harris, 76, of Brigham City, Utah, who has driven trucks and
f automobiles more than half a million miles since buying his first Model T
a fin 1916, has never had an accident or collected a dime of insurance. In all

bw these years he has paid a total of $4 in traffic fines. His driving includes
} much big city driving, and he has taken his family on several trips around
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Standard-Triumph, British manufacturer of sports cars, is making safety
belts available on all models through its dealers. The belts are the diagonal
variety, first used in Sweden and now used also in England,

Setting a good example

Sixty-five new autemobiles recently purchased by Montgomery County,
‘Md., are equipped with safety and anti-fume devices, including seat belts,

padded dashboards, padded sun visors and a “blow-by” device. All future
of automobiles will include this equipment. The 65 cars

26 full-sized police cars, seven full-sized sedans for public works

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A Trumps or chumps?

‘Drivers who don't seem to find traffic a sufficient challenge are now play-
This can be played if there are three passengers to
When the car comes to a stop—for a traffic light or
driver bids. Then the dummy plays the driver’s

traffic jam, the driver gets a chance to play

a Six for seat belts
‘Traflic Safety News” reports that a vacationing Virginia
his life and the lives of his wife and

“Gloves for Madam? Fourteen ounces, or
sixteen ounces?’’

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