WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER Eades’ Convention View Challenged By Wood Statement attributed to Chair- These tribunals are independent | _ man 2 fag Eades Q.C. of the | tribunals and deal with questions |. _ Work men’s Compensation | of fact in compensation cases, Board in his address to the re- | claims Mr. Wood. A decision of | cent IWA Regional convention | these tribunals is binding on the} has been challenged by John | department concerned and on the |°~ Wood, Administrative Assistant | appellant, subject to a further ap- to the Leader of the Opposition. | peal to a Commissioner. This Mr. Eades was reported to have | Commissioner must be a barrister said that in the United Kingdom, | © advocate of not less than ten appeals to the courts from com- years’ standing, and is also ap-|. pensation board decisions had | Pointed by the Lord Chancellor. been swept away because litiga- Appeals Heard tion destroyed the value of the} He may call for two other : scheme. Commissioners, if it appears that Tig He contended that appeals :o the appeal involves 2 poestoy the courts on questions of fact of law of special difficulty.” He would make it impossible for | 2" also call in ee eo Workmen's Compensation to be ieee en aera apeoncus effective as social insurance. of fact of special difficulty. i ; The appellants are entitled to Tribunals Established be legally represented before In a statement to the press,| these tribunals if they so desire. Mr. Wood points out that al-| It should be noted that they are though appeals to the courts] in addition to the medical appeal ceased in 1946 in the U.K. a sub-] tribunals, which are also in oper- stitute system was provided. Pro-| ation under the British Industrial vision was made for local tribun-| Injuries Act. als consisting of three members; Mr. Wood insists that British one representing the employers,}| workman do have a right of an one representing the employees,|appeal to an independent body and a chairman, a lawyer, named | against the decisions of the British by the Lord Chancellor. Compensation Board. Satety Briets Does your TV have its knobs? If your -TV loses its tuning knobs be sure to replace them, because the exposed metal spikes can give you a shock. That’s the warning of Robert Cornell, president of the Certified Electronic Technicians Association, He points out that metal parts of your TV chassis may carry dangerous voltages and advises against letting children touch a set with a defective knob. You can easily replace a knob, he says, by getting one from your TV technician, pulling off the damaged one and sticking on the new. Like father, like son Take pills when children are not watching, lest they imitate you and poison themselves urges Dr. Alfred Koumans of Norwalk, Conn. His recent study revealed that seven out of every ten children who took a poisonous dose of medicine did so after ob- serving adults take pills. Dr. Koumans also warns parents to lock bottles of pills in cabinets instead of just putting them out of children’s reach. Children, eager to imitate elders, will climb to astounding heights to obtain medicine, he reports. On September 23rd, John Brokop was presented with his Turtle Club hard hat, membership certificate lapel button and pocket card. John’s hat saved him from serious injury or possibly death when, on May 31st at Camp No. 23 he was limbing a tree, and a dry snag about 35 feet long fell and hit him on the eee and sicelder: It did not hurt his head but split the brim of his hard hat and gave him a sore shoulder for a few days. On presenting the award, Mr. A. Provencher, Woodland Manager, said “Occurrences such as this prove the value of hard hats and make it seem very strange that we have so much trouble getting people to wear head, foot and eye protection.’ Group, left to right: J. Brokop, A. Provencher, K. Williams, L. Stafford, H. Wright. IWA Regional Safety Di- rector, John T. Atkinson has been appointed for the third consecutive year, to participate in the Labour Session on Safety presided over by Lloyd Utter, Director of Industrial Health & Safety Division of the UAW, during the 48th National Safe- ty Congress and Exposition, in Chicago, October 17-21. her toe against the metal cabinet of an operating television set. A Florida do-it-yourselfer was fatally shocked when the electric drill he was using developed a short circuit. None of these victims was a- ware of the danger. Death slipped up with tragic swiftness, leaving relatives and friends stunned. How can you prevent a similar accident from striking your family? One precaution you can take is to ground your electrical equip- ment. This is done by providing equipment with a third “safety” wire which will divert a maverick current— should one develop— harmlessly into the ground. The reason for grounding is this: An electric current has a natural compulsion to flow to the ground. In doing so, electricity may pass through your body, provided you are in contact with a defective electrical apparatus and standing on a non insulating surface such as earth, cement, metal, or touching a water pipe or other ground material which will provide a path for electricity. ’ To illustrate: Mrs. A., an Illi- nois housewife, uses an_ electric coffee maker which has a small : piece of plastic broken from the end of the plug on the power cord. ; That defect, like others such as a ‘ frayed cord, can cattse a severe shock. As long as Mrs. A. hand- les the coffee maker and keeps the | - rest of her body from contacting et ae toe we BRITISH COLUMBIA we could be a difterent story it] | WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION BOARD she contacts the sink, stove or was electrocuted while using a|water faucet while touching the vacuum cleaner to remove debris | defective part. An electrical cir- from the family swimming pool.} cuit would be formed and would |