OCTOBER, 1972

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SAFETY CONFERENCE DELEGATES

TOUR M-B’s VANCOUVER PLYWOOD.

Safety Council officers’
recommendation that the
next Safety Conference be
held in Cranbrook May 11-
12, was unanimously ap-

proved at the Regional Con-
vention.

Three other recommen-

dations also met with ap-
proval and were:

* That officers of the
Safety Council meet with
the Regional Safety Direc-
tor and Local Union Safety
Directors at least two mon-
ths prior to the next Confer-
ence.

* When the services of
the Regional Safety Direc-
tor are not available, that
the services of the Regional

Safety Council officers be
utilized.

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“%* Request the Regional
Executive Board to draw up
and submit a resolution to
the W.C.B. on overhead
cranes and craneways that
yearly inspections be car-
ried out by competent
structural engineers and
the results of these inspec-
tions be made available to
the Local Union involved
and be entered in a log book
in cab of crane available to
the operator.

Sixty-one delegates at-
tended the two-day Safety
Conference September 29-
30, at Woodworkers’ House
in Vancouver, Five local
unions failed to have any
representatives at this
highly important meet.

The Conference dele-
gates, after listening to key-

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SAFETY CONFERENCE DELEGATES spent an afternoon touring MacMillan Bloedel’s

note speaker Regional 1st
Vice-President Wyman Tri-
neer, got quickly down to
business. The first couple of
hours were given over to
Local Union safety reports
followed by a wide open dis-
cussion on how to cope with
ue safety problems on the
job.

In the afternoon, the dele-
gates were given a conduct-
ed tour of MacMillan Bloe-
del’s Vancouver Plywood
Division. The following day
the Conference discussed

and approved a number of
resolutions and _ recom-
mendations and elected
new Council officers.

The delegates also heard
a highly informative ad-
dress by Dr. Beckett on the
drug problem in industry.

Vancouver Plywood operation. For many it was their first visit to a plywood plant and they
showed keen interest in how plywood panels are manufactured.

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REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT Wyman Trineer ad-
dressing the Regional Safety Conference September 29.
The two-day meet dealt with the various safety reports of the
Local Unions, seventeen resolutions, three executive recom-
mendations and heard from guest speaker Dr. Beckett on the
drug problem in industry. Group left, Andy Smith, Regional
Safety Director; Erich Ewert, Council Chairman; Trineer;

Bill Benson, President of Local 1-324; Mitch Bouman, Council
Secretary.

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