B.C.

LUMBER WORKER

(UD FIR, 29° 9TT, WITM NAVY. LEAN INTO STANDING TIMBTR TOWARDS DEAD SNAG.

(QD UNDERCUT PUT IM ONLY 7°01

MEAD FALLER INTENDED TO PULL TREE TO LEFT,

CHMIABIALLIK no.bIne 3" on GACKCUT, SconD FALLEN (oN STRINGEOARD)
Rotpine s¢ or wood wath Tare STARTID To CRACK

14) SECOND FALLER JUMPS FOR COVER. NEAD FALLER STAYS.

¢ (5) FELLED TREE BARBER-CHAIRED- KICKS DACK TWENTY-FIVE FT.

(HEAD FALLER PINNED UNDER FELLED TREF ONLY FOUR OR FIVE
Dead...
Occupation: Head Faller
Age: 62
Experience: Many years
Date: October 17, 1950

The-head faller and second faller were falling a fir 29 inches

Jean uphill.

the butt. The ground was sloping and the tree had a heavy

The second faller was on a springboard because of a pothole
on the low side of the tree.

It was intended

to pull the tree over to the left to avoid

standing timber and a standing snag.
‘The undercut was put in 7 inches and the back cut started

60 KULED, 7974 INMMRED

IN WOODS “4 MILLS
OF BC. DURING 1980

(950 Const Logging hecedeniy-

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Two members of the Painters’
Union were killed: recently when
the rope on a swinging scaffold
broke and the men dropped to the
pavement.

The investigation which fol-
lowed these deaths showed that
in spite of Workmen’s Compen-
sation Board regulations, peri-
odie inspections, and the known
fact that the rope was not fixed
according to regulations, the
rope which broke was being
used.

One would expect that a big
firm doing so much of this class
of work would give careful atten-
tion to the ropes and scaffolding
when lives and limbs of workers
are ever in danger, but it seems
that worker and employer become
careless and derelict in giving
thorough consideration to safety
| measures,

The attachments to the rope
which would have provided a cer-
tain amount of safety had worn
out and an adjustment had been
|made to the rope, which appar-
ently satisfied the employer and
the men in his employ.

not an adjustment which

ave been approved by the
Compensation Board,
rently the inspectors did
ch up with that rope. But
the workmen operated on that
rope and the employer allowed
the rope to be used.

The men were supposed to use
safety belts which are attached
e line. These were not be-
sed. These men became care-
employer did not insist
men using the belts and
the inspection department of the
Compensation Board

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upon the men or the firm

Carelessness and Indifference
Killed These Two Painters

the head faller holding 3 inches of wood to his side and the sec-

ond faller 5 inches.

log.

The tree cracked and the second faller took cover under a |

WISE ADVICE

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SAFETY If
NOT SISSY

Who killed those men?

Mr.
Careless and Mr. Indifference.

And Mr. Careless and Mr.
Indifference are still at large.
Workers still insist on taking
chances and throwing aside
safety measures, and devices.
Workers infer that the man
who attempts to use these
safety measures is a sissy, has
no guts, and should not be
working at the trade if he will
not take chances. Some em-
ployers are always ready to
take advantage of this situation
if it saves time and money.
Life is cheap, there is always
another man ready to fill the
job of the dead or crippled
man. If the employee gets
careless it is encouragement to
some employers.

—Labor Statesman.

Hangover—Something to occupy a
head that wasn't used the night be-
fore.

‘0 me Christmas is a happy and wo
and gift-giving, but because of the
which express the spirit of Christmas.

Closely akin to the spirit of Christmas
is not the safety programmes, organizati
the hearts of men. The spirit of safety
feeling to lessen the distress and suffer
personal ambitions. It overcomes ignor:

The most important factor in the &
British Columbia is the number of work

To the members and supporters of the S
most humble and hearty thanks and hes
tribution of service for the betterment of

Your spirit of safety has made it p
Christmas. Your efforts have given more
Year with hope and courage,

You will not get thanks from th
not even aware that they might ha
anyone's gratitude. The spirit of satety
and satisfaction than can be expressed by

With my personal commendation for your
to express a sincere wish that you will all

<p ote THING NO CHRISTMAS
PALE This YEAR. T DONT WANT TO,
Sce vou come Home tonbens

The tree barber chaired and kicked back 25 feet on the uphill

side of the stump.

The head faller was pinned under the felled tree 4 feet from
the stump and fatally injured.

“Start where you are with
what you have. Make something
of it. Never be satisfied.”

George Washington Carver.

MINER’S FUND

Washington (LPA)—A revised
program of disability and main-
tenance help for miners and their
families has been announced by
the United Mine Workers Wel-
fare Fund. A permanently dis-
abled miner will get $30 a month,
plus $10 for his wife and each
dependent child.

Maintenance funds will go to
widows over 50 and deceased
miners’ dependent children. The
old plan, based on royalties paid
by operators, ran dry a year ago
and was suspended. Disability
payments took more than half
the total.

FIREWORKS ARE SAFE ENOUGH
KNOW HOW To KANOLE tg}

Dangerous
Minority

A small minority of people
have the large majority of per-
sonal injuries and automotive ac-
cidents, It is people like these
who will do their jobs safely if
someone guides them and thinks
for them all the time. It is when
they are being guided that they
eat their spinach, so to speak,
and don’t like it.

Nothing contributes more to
better working conditions than
for each employee to assume
some of the responsibility in re-
porting unsafe conditions and
suggesting more efficient and
safer methods of doing the job.
A company that has this kind of
employee support always has the
most work when work is needed
most.

As we see it, the products or
services of any industry are only
as good as its employees are

The IWA District Safety Coui
wishes for a Happy and a Safe Chri

Christmas is a time of gaiety for
of family ties, and of high idealism,

We should all be on our guard
against the usual toll of Christmas

Too often the Christmas
could be avoided if we all practiced

We can make Christmas hay

Our planned program in the I nl
brought creditable results. We sho

observance of Christmas in our 0

careful and efficient.

The Ante-Room to Hell

About the Summer heat all may bleat

And complain bow they burn;

But little thought they give to those who live
On fires that make the mill to turn.

To feed the fuel it takes a fool,

And feed the boilers water too;

On hot bricks he must dance and scorch his pants
To see the steam comes through.

For Steam she King that makes her sing,

The foundation of the mill

And all may frown when the steam goes down,
‘And blame it on the grill,

For some must roast is no idle boast—
‘A sacrifice since the world began,

A fiendish thing no doubt, but without
There'd be no superior man,

How strange it is, that some will live
And must always have a brink;
Great care they'll take a chain to make
And neglect the strongest link.

Now since they have had their way,

Against such neglect a spite,

And to ways theyll turn, that make men burn,
And claim it is their right,

For men love power at every hour,

The power they understand;

But the power they need is a different creed
And must be carefully planned.

So those who bleat about the Summer heat
And wish they were down a well;
How cool they'd be, if they should see
The ante-room to Hell.
Bane McBain,