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1-397 Inspects Pacilic Veneer

On the evening of September 13, the Local Safety Council of 40 men receiv welcom rom Mr, Norman Springate, sistant superintendent of Pacific Veneer plywood and hard-board plant of Canadian Forest Pro- ducts. We were escorted through the various departments by the IWA Safety Committee men in the plant, who were quick to take note of any. suggested improve- ments to their safety endeavors.

In this operation the accident frequency rate is exceptionally low, but nevertheless, we were pleased to note that the up-to- date first aid room was stocked well above “minimum require- ments”. The First Aid attendant remarked with pride that a doc- tor would find sufficient of every- thing necessary for any emerg- ency.

This is a comparatively new plant built with sincere consid- eration for the safety and wel- fare of all employees.

Canadian White Pine

On September 27th, in the eve- ning, we ventured into Local 1- / 217 ‘territory by visiting Cana- dian White Pine sawmill. In spite of the heavy. rain, we were able to make a fine inspection and re- ceived a cordial welcome. » The employees then had a record there of 148 days without a compensable accident and are proud of it.

We were very favorably im- pressed with the numerous signs reminding the people of the proper and safe way of doing their tasks. There is no doubt that these signs are a constant reminder to think and act safely.

We were very happy to have the wives of many of our safety men along” on this inspection which proves that our safety pro- gram is becoming more interest- ing.

Leo Stadnyk, Local Safety Director, 1-357.

Don’t Monkey With Powder

Handle ‘boxes of explosives firmly and place carefully in magazines.

Wooden wedges and mallets —never steel chisels and ham- mers—should be used to take lids off of boxes.

Never store blasting caps in same magazine with other ex- plosives.

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Take needed amounts of ex- plosives to job site in canvas bag—not in original box which may be dropped.

‘Always keep magazines well locked.

Check All Equipment

It is not enough to buy any type of safety equipment with- out first checking to find if it is capable of doing the job.

‘A block piler in a shingle mill suffered two broken toes when a block-he was piling slipped from | his hands on to his foot. The} workman was wearing safety shoes purchased at a large de- partment store. Although these shoes were advertised as safety

and the price paid for them as high or higher than that ked by safety supply houses id reputable shoe manufactur- crs in the city, they were made without steel toe caps. When the block fell on the workman's foot the composition toe cap was bro- ken, We believe this accident would have been prevented had | the workman been wearing a recognized safety shoe with the hardened steel toe cap. Unless a toe cap will stand up under at least a medium blow, it can give the workman a false feeling of security which may, as in the case, lead to injury.

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930 Men Work 100 Safe Days

Employees of the Canadian White Pine Division, H. R. | MacMillan Export Co. Ltd., received congratulations this | 6. week from the company upon completion of 100 days free | of accidents. Credit for this outstanding performance in al

es : Safety ELECTED SAFETY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, Canadian White Pine Division, H. R. MacMillan

Export Co. Ltd. who, with their fellow-employees and management, recently celebrated the 100th accident-free day in a 950-man sawmill. (From left) Tom Smith, Bob Confrey, Bob Staff, John Mis-

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Committee, following each ac- cident to determine the causes and steps fecessary for elimi- nation of any hazard.

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950-man mill was shared by management, supervisors, |

safety committee members, safety captains, and all em- |“

ployees, it was stated by President B. M. Hoffmeister.

Monthly introductory meet- ings for new employees at which they are made familiar with the objectives of the

An appraisal of the results achieved by the mill’s safety pro- gram revealed that in eight years the accident frequency rate had been reduced from 83.52 to 11.68. 2. The average established to date for 1951 is well below the general average in the sawmill section of the lumber industry.

In an attractive brochure is-| 3. sued to all employees to matk the 100th accident-free day, the re- mérkable achievements of vari- | 4: ous departments in the mill are | 5, depicted.

The filers won top honors with 1209 accident-free days, The ma- chinists and shop crew set the next best record with 703 days without accidents. Departments which reached 500 safe days suc- cessfully were, Grade and Tally Dept., B2 Planer Crew, Al Saw- mill crew, C2 Sawmill crew, “A” Shipping ‘crew. |

Teamwork

Success of the program is at- tributed by safety captains and management to teamwork. Im-

pressed by the results of team- |

work, the H..R. MacMillan Ex- port Co. Ltd. appointed a Safety Supervisor in 1946. His duties were to advise plant safety su- | pervisors and co-ordinate safety programs throughout the Harmac organization. At the same time the CWP Safety Committee was strengthened by increasing its number from three to twelve, and expanding its activities. Safety Captains were appointed in each department of the mill. ©

The Program

Main features of the Safety Program then instituted were: 1. Regular film programs illus- |

. Visits

. Job analysis, by which each job was broken down into steps to eliminate any need-

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trating safe working proce: | 8, Regular inspection tour of the |Z plant y the safety commit- | % tee members and management |S=

dures, | by interested ‘safety men to other operations to | study aceident prevention methods.

Job safety training for super- visors and employees.

First Aid Classes.

to report on safety progress.

light expressed by employees and management with regard to the success of the safety program is tempered by the resolution that a still higher degree of profi- ciency must be obtained by ad- herence to the code of coopera- tion.

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