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- HOW IT HAPPENED --- IN PICTURES --- ON PAGE EIGHT

1-85 Driver Plunges To Death In Skid From Unsafe Ramp

Tragic fatal accident on the Port Alberni waterfront RE a FREQUENCY RATES OF FIRMS WITH A SAFETY PROGRAM. AND which carried Bro. T. A. Sherrett, Local 1-85, IWA, FIRMS WITHOUT ASAFETY PROGRAM IN CLASS. 1/2 drowning, when pinned under an overturned lumber ca: rier at the harbor bottom, caused es coroner’s jury t FREQUENCY. 1947 1948 1949 1950 2 retommend that oo oa ernment ramp leading to the e A the distress one feels assembly wharf sed until cafes comply with apnen he is injured. the accident ee regulation: ‘ A Gireumstances of the accident way for a family to learn as ‘disclosed by photographs rails were laid along the fe: an accident. produced on these pages, and the aa aon of ihe ae Do uble f Account of an eye-witness were | decking was earr @ por | f h mt “Gonngiueicil a Gna Weiese 1m (Som Ge ane way, ‘with the ‘result s of comfort that really attendance ‘were IWA District | that on ice jon approaching ie A ‘ti afety Ditector John ‘T. Atkin-| the wharf, t ge rails protrude n of accident victims. = i Local Safety Director ae the d 3 as reputed| < rasion of the remorse as- sed was employed by | t oe a Vareful “dnver, had been | i the Tatisis Mi il, and just prior to Bueeomeal Ga GRRE Gh ies TEE ge that the accident his death was engaged in driving | side of the we eee to take r a lumber carrier to and from the | advantage of a bevelled rise. at : assembly wharf on a govern- | the juncture of the ramp with the 5 ment-owned trestled ramp. the world will not turn ime and give a second : o i , g Fatal Hole In Decking | Fi Investigation by [WA members | turned loaded carrier. A mobile ught and ordinary com- revealed that a hole in the dou-| crane was required to peleace the ble-decked section of the ramp |body. Death was due to suffoca- | every minute of every had evidently caused the driver ie by drowning. egns to escape accidents o swing to the right. Later as) py. attention of the coroner's he drove unto the single-decked E S : jury was the WCB] |_| jorrow. portion ‘of the ramp, he attempt-| >... lation vs . read (3 ed to swing back over the rails | *°S"* | 90 | in order to make the better ap-| “All wharves, Proroit tol the what j.and all Mare redcgenicclawtie? ‘ | rotghfares shall be equipped sical ae point the eae s| BathGta substantial guard-rail ‘0 swerve shan re left, Coal ail.”

antes through ane hight ‘rile |

° ‘he ramp on which the acci-

msation Board: euupnte, thsi water b [dent occurred” was protested on These Graphs coo At occurred was. prote

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‘ompt rescue pe was orga-| one side with a light railing, and a nized by the foreman, who dove |on the other by a 4”x4” timber, down to the submerged carrier, | whereas the usual practice is to CHRIS W. PRITCHARD, Commissioner Eee in vain, as the deve was | provide a ae Si timber along E. V. ABLETT, Commissioner med: firmly below the over-! the outer ed ESTIMATED INDUSTRIAL INJURY FREQUENCY RATES FOR THE INDUSTRIES INTHE 1 LOGGING AND LUMBER GROUP, YEARS 1941-1950. Ramp Closed --- Too Late! FREQUENCY When questioned, the WCB lus sibility of the Federal Govern-| IME = ent in the matter. hi Gout adie The Tahsis Mill evidently had| 20 oz = permission eoiisel tueeramaton e Been... ment property. Later, he agreed | Fre Conveyance of lumber to the tes a had been | 28sembly wharf, but felt under aM TURGRertun ie nove ieee y {no obligation to kee ie ramp AU 7 x i pam i oper state of repair, Tt Tata =Easr the death of Bro. Armour : d, ho oer that the bro- OF CASCADE 2 a fatal blasting accident in (Opinion (held hy TWA safety Iker railing was quickly repaired] gp Sound) wan| that had he men is that the fatal Becident | after the accident.

could not have occurred ae his life would in all prob- followin ae ee Tone haa sea This croatia is the second fa-

nity. A. etares and his pas- o Provision of a nanan sengeis Ne ne ir hve in almost

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st LocéMe -WEST Sul abs sequent investigation = bull rail on both outer | the ithi event orcmscans. the fragment of rock edges. Sear fice fa Black of adequat 140 ish ne Rha tatall aes ae (b) Double decking ana guards on the edge of the adj He ‘mall, and ie Bs a ce oe ad in out the length of r: wharf. Action taken to re- rd hat (c) Maintenance of aR ‘= ae mages for the depend. ibyiate holesi|lents failed|as it was found byt the 120 such as the one the actin cee ae the driver tried to avoid. In the latest ee anes ‘ ~~ ‘even have dented his safety | It'is anticipated that steps will the “question of trespassing can- io | be raised.

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TE: THE FREQUENCY RATE IS THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS As IN MORE THAN THREE DAYS TIMELOSS PER MILLION MAN-HOURS OF WORK.

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Commissioner, is recorded ate the graph re aaa i the sum- mary of evidence no doubt was left but that safety programs have invariably paid off.