THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

hour and community leaders
on hand August 1, for
official opening of the
Workmen’s Compensation
gard’s new office in Nan-

WCB Chairman Cyril White
and WCB Sea
Hector Wright an :
Carpenter greeted the guests
“at the opening of the new of-
fice located at 321 Wallace
“| ‘Tm announcing the opening
the new office Mr. White
id that it was necessary to
ovide increased services to
: kmen and employees in
_ the Nanaimo area because of
e: accelerated industrial
owth on the island.

The office will be staffed by
two accident prevention in-
spectors, one vocational reha-
bilitation consultan t, one
assessment officer and one
stenographer-receptionist.

The Accident Prevention
Inspector’s function is to in-
spect work sites to ensure that

WCB accident prevention reg-

ulations and first aid service
requirements are met and
maintained, consult with in-
dustry to assist in developing
injury control programs, dis-
tribute safety and other liter-
ature and conduct examina-
tions for Blasters Proficiency
Certificates.

The Vocational Rehabilita-

tion Consultant provides a

Editor’s Note: Local 1-85
Financial Secretary Maurice
Corbeil attended the opening
_ of the new WCB branch office
_ int Nanaimo and had the op-
_ porunity to discuss with Mr.
_ Cyril White, WCB chairman,
|> bis views on the branch office.

The following letter contains
bis opinions.

The Editor:

The new office in Nanaimo
- will provide only office space
_ for safety inspectors and re-
habilitation. I pointed out to
Mr. White that this was long
over-due; under the old sys-
_ tem of operating the W.C.B.
where everything had to be
one in Vancouver was a dis-
advantage to any injured
_ workmen living outside of
; Vancouver. |
rc I also pointed out to him
_ that in appeal cases, injured
) workmen living outside of
| greater Vancouver are also at
_,  adisadvantage because at the

CORBEIL REQUESTS
TRAVELLING REVIEW BOARD

present time, the three-mem-
ber Board of Review who deal
with appeal of claims, sit only
in Vancouver and I suggested
to Mr. White that there should
be a travelling Board of Re-
view so that claimants could
be interviewed directly by the
Board, rather than the present
system of field representatives
taking down information to be
given to the Board of Review
in type.

Mr. White told me that he
would consider the setting up
of a travelling board of ap-
peal. With all due respect to
the field representatives it is
my opinion that the three
members of the Board who
make the final decision on the
claim, should all be present
when the claimant is being in-
terviewed. Therefore, I hope
that Mr. White will see fit to

set up a travelling Board in -

the near future.
M. J. CORBEIL,
Financial Secretary

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CB OPENS NANAIMO OFFICE
IMPROVE SERVICE TO WORKERS

counselling service for work-
men disabled on the job who
may not be able to return to
their former employment, and
works with other groups such
as employers, unions, an
Canada Manpower to assist
the workman to return to
gainful employment.

The addition of an Assess-
ment Officer to the area will
provide an improved service
to employers regarding WCB
registration and assessment
procedures.

Communication between the
WCB Nanaimo and Vancou-
ver offices has been greatly
improved by the installation of

‘a Telex network.

The WCB has also opened a

~ new office in Prince Rupert

to give better service to work-
men and employers in the
area.

MAURICE CORBEIL, Financial Secretary of Local 1-85
IWA, Port Alberni, is shown with Workmen’s Compensa-
tion Board Chairman Cyril White at the opening of the
WCB’s new Nanaimo office, August 1.

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