1WA MEMBER NOBORU “NOBBY” HASHIMOTO and his wife Sally at the safety presentation in Penticton held by the Interior Lumber Manufacturers’ Association to honour Nobby as the Safety Man Of The Year. Boundary Sawmill Tallyman Wins "Safety Man Of The Year’ Award Noboru “Nobby” Hashimoto, [WA member employed as a tally- man by Boundary Sawmills Limited, Midway, was the winner of the Interior Lumber Manufacturers Association’s “California or bust”, “Safety The AWARD was sponsored by the Association to “honour and recognize the importance of the safe worker in the forest products in- dustry”. California Trip The prize is a two-week all-ex- pense-paid trip to California for two. This includes lost time wages and spending money. Nobby, who is 36 years old lives Man Of The Year” AWARD. in Greenwood and has worked for the Boundary Sawmills for 13 years without an accident. He is married and has three children. Banquet Guests He and his wife Sally were the guests of the Association at a ban- quet in Penticton, where a presenta- tion was made to him by the Hon. H. J. Flemming, Federal Minister of Forestry. IWA MEMBER OF LOCAL 1-363, IWA., Courtenay, Don Sprout became the latest member of the world famous Turtle Club at a presentation held at the MacMillan Bloedel G Powell River Company’s Kelsey Bay Division Safety Meeting April 11. A Turtle Club certificate and hard hat bearing the Turtle Crest were presented to Sprout by Frank Ryan, personnel officer of the Company. Don Sprout, a Head Loader at the Operation gained the award by having his life saved by his hard hat. A few weeks earlier, while at his job, he had jumped off a truck while the chaser was unhooking a turn of logs. After the turn was unhooked and the rigging again on its wey back to the woods, Sprout ran out in the landing and tonged his next log for loading. He then ran to the truck, The lever man lifted the log up with the heel boom and as it began to lift off the ground a slab broke off and flew in the direction of Sprout. It struck him on the head and knocked his head against the hood of the truck. The blows were so severe that they knocked him unconscious and badly dented his hard hat. The Safety Committee reported after their investi- gation of the accident that Sprout would have been killed if he had not been wear- ing his herd hat. The Interior Lumber Manufac- turers’ Association, comprising 123 member sawmilling and logging operations in an area from the Rocky Mountains in the east to the Cascade Range in the west and from the American border in the south to Clearwater in the north, sponsored the award. Contest Rules Basis of Participation: The con- test started June Ist, 1961 and ran until January 31st, 1962, and to be eligible each association member em- ployee must have worked the entire period without a lost time compen- sible accident, with a minimum of 120 days worked during this period. All personnel of member opera- tions were eligible for the award with the exception of superinten- dents and those persons above that level of management, including office staff. Trip Resume Trip Resume: Award winner will fly from Vancouver to San Fran- cisco where sightseeing trips are arranged for that area then fly to Los Angeles for visits to Disney- land, Knotts Berry Farm, Marine Land of the Pacific and other points of interest. Night club tours of well- known entertainment spots have been arranged for in both cities and the award winner will have the choice of visiting the World’s Fair at Seatle should he so desire. Statistics: At the close of the con- test period, 351 employees had “busted out” of the award through having compensible lost-time acci- dents, leaving an entry of 3,265 em- ployees eligible for the award. Award Drawing: Was made by Miss Eleanor Persson, Penticton Peach Queen, who drew the ticket of the lucky winner at the Associa- tion offices at Penticton, B.C. on March 19 at 2:30 p.m. Safety Act Lacks Teeth The Conservative-dominated On- tario Legislature overrode New Democratic Party objections to adopt a new Construction Safety Act minus some of the key provisions recommended by a Royal Com- mission on Industrial Safety. Kenneth Bryden, New Democrat MPP for Toronto-Woodbine, moved that the bill be sent back for re- vision, but the Tories crushed the attempt, 46-19, The Liberals voted with the New Democrats, Bryden emphasized that the bill failed to provide for Labour De- partment supervision to back up municipal inspection. Nor did it pro- vide any outline of safety standards although one was readily available in the code developed by the National Safety Council. Stiffer Penalties The new act does provide stiffer penalties for violations by employ- ers and workers than previous legis- WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER 5 Safety Briefs SCHOOL BUS WATCH DOGS The Tennessee Highway Patrol places troopers, armed with two-way radios, in school buses. When a car passes the bus while it is halted, the trooper on the bus radios to another trooper, following at a good distance, to make the arrest. PLUG FOR SEAT BELTS A campaign to persuade motorists to obtain safety belts and to wear them every time they drive has been launched in Australia. It is being conducted by the Life Offices Association, which is composed of the major life assur- ance societies operating in Australia and New Zealand. The association re- cently decided to equip all office-owned vehicles with belts and fo encour- age their staffs to install belts in their own cars. About 4 million seat belts were distributed or produced in 1961. That’s enough to equip an additional 2 million cars with two belts each (the norm so far). Car company safety experts report that the rate of seat belt installations has been running at 20 times that of a year ago. INNOVATIONS BY JUDGE ¥ Judge R. H. Marriott of Fauquier (Va.) County Court gives, in addition to fines, revocations and jail sentences, 2 handsome ball point pen to every traffic defendant convicted in his court. On each pen is printed, “Courtesy is Contagious. Fauquier County Court, Warrenton, Virginia.” The judge pays for these from his own pocket. Judge Marriott also operates a semr exclusive “400 Club.” To join, one must be convicted of operating as fast as 100 m.p.h. Members receive a $100 fine, 100 days in jail and a 100-day license suspension. PROTECTION FOR FARM WORKERS A new law in North Carolina requires the department of motor vehicles to make and enforce regulations applicable to motor carriers transporting five or more farm workers to or from their jobs. The law provides for the establishment of standards covering construction and equipment of vehicles; operation of the vehicles, including driver standards; seating exits, rest and meal stops. Other states which regulate the transportation of farm workers are: California, Colorado, Connecticut, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. POWER OF COMPENSATION In a recent London study, 149 bus drivers with color defective vision were found to have slightly fewer accidents than a control group with normal vision. There was no significant difference between the records of drivers with severely defective color vision and those with less severe color vision defects. The visually handicapped drivers in this study had been hired before pre-employment color vision tests were in use. NEW JERSEY WARM-UP The New Jersey State Highway Department is conducting an official study of the feasibility of electrically heating highway pavements. Test site is an 840-foot section of the Passaic River Bridge and its west approaches which is completely exposed to severe weather conditions. It has been the scene of many weather-induced traffic tie-ups. PROTECT YOURSELF British Columbia WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION BOARD