THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

IWA

CAMP TOURS SHOW

SAFE

MORE INDIVIDUAL ACTION NEEDED
TO IMPROVE JOB SAFETY RECORD

By ANDY SMITH
Regional Safety Director
During a tour of logging
camps in the northern area of

The recommendation of the
investigation to guard against
future accidents of this nature
was to provide a positive lock-

Vancouyer Island, I had the» out system for the control

opportunity of attending an
investigation of an accident
that caused serious injury to
a workman. The circum-
stances were as follows:

A tank track spar was
being moved by an opera-
tor and a chaser who was
riding on the side of the spar
when, for some reason which
was not successfully deter-
mined, the main drum activat-
ed and skinned the butt-rig-
ging up the spar, striking the

chaser on the head knocking

him to the roadway. The
workman sustained severe
head injuries and injuries to
his arm, shoulder and back.

“valves in the operator’s cab
by drilling holes and inserting
pins behind the toggles. The
pins to be attached to the dash
by chains and a notice on the
dash that before moving these
pins must be inserted. Some
of the newer machines are
coming out with this type of
safety attachment but I sus-
pect that there are many spars
operating that do not have
positive lock-outs for the con-
trols while they are being
moved. A check of all equip-
ment by safety personnel

- would be in order to guard
against a recurrence of this
type of accident. ;

Safety Seminars

I attended a number of
safety seminars being held in
Local Unions and operations.
In my opinion, seminars are
a worthwhile exercise and I
sincerely hope will serve the
purpose of improving the safe-
ty records which so far this
year, leave much to be de-
sired.

As one reads the reports of
Safety Committee meetings it
is obvious that they are sin-
cerely attempting to find an-
swers to the many problems
that confront them. One ines-
capable fact becomes appar-
ent. Safety is an individual
thing. If each employee would
practice safety while perform-
ing his job, promoting a safe-
ty program would be duck
soup.

INSTRUCTORS at the Joint Safety Seminar sponsored by
Local 1-367 IWA, the Workmen’s Compensation Board and
the Council of Forest Industries, March 14, in the Local's
new building at Haney. Group left, IWA Regional Safety
Director Andy Smith, Local 1-367 President Morris Nord-
blad, Council of Forest Industries Assistant Manager of
Accident Control George Norris, and Workmen’s Compen-
sation Board Claims Advisor Len McLennan. Bottom
picture shows delegates questioning Norris and Smith on
safety points. :

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HIS PLANT HAS WoRRED-
635 DAYS With

LOST TINE INJURY BEST
REVIOUS RECORD 241

OUR ACCIDENT FREQUENCY: RATE 0
INDUSTRY ACCIDENT FREQUENCY RATE 29

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LIGHTER SIDE

The two Coast loggers, who

hadn’t seen each other in™

years, met on the street. “Who
are you working for now,”
asked the first logger. “Same
people,” said Logger No. 2,
“the wife and five kids!”

Chokerman Charlie, recov-
ering from a bad bout with
*flu, told us that his neck’s as
stiff as a pipe, his head’s like
a lump of lead and his nose is
all stopped up. Figures he
doesn’t need a doctor — he
needs a plumber!

: “Then just
keep quiet — and eat your
vegetables!”

Kamloops Katie says that
the trouble with being a wom-
an these days is that you have
to look like a girl, dress like
a boy, think like a man, and
work like a dog.

Sam the machinery sales- _

man says that marriage is like
a railroad sign. You see a
lovely girl and stop. Then you
look. But after you’re mar-
ried — you listen. :

JOINT UNION-MANAGEMENT Safety Conference held
by Local 1-71 and the Rayonier Company at Port McNeill
March 8. Employees of the logging operations of Port
McNeill, Mahatta River and Holberg attended the safety
session. Photo shows delegates meeting in discussion
groups.

ASSISTING at the Conference were Local 1-71 Second
Vice-President Walter Kozij, Rayonier Assistant Logging
Manager lan Patterson, Northern Division Logging Man-
ager Keith Beise, and Local 1-71 3rd Vice-President Bob
Pickering.

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