In the Safety Research and Training Dept.
some of it's activities are promoted in the
Safety Van--a tractor/trailer unit that is
sent all over the province. For example,
some 30,000 workers in B.C. have been reach-
ed by this travelling classroom on how to
avoid back injuries during the past few years
The First Aid Superintendent is also located
there, and he is responsible for the qualifi-
cations of some 5,000 attendents in B.C,

Other organizations are also supported
by WCB and recently the BC Safety Council
loaned the tractor/trailer unit for their
heavy equipment drivers course etc. All 3
departments provide various experts to help
on advisory committees as well.

A joint labour/management committee
comprising of representatives from Forestry,
Teamsters Council, Cominco, and the B.C.
Dept. of Labour spent two years revising the
WCB Accident Prevention Regulations Handbook
which included two weeks of public hearings.
This was released effective May 1, 1972.

Another function of WCB is their Bravery
Awards Committee, a cooperative labour/
management commi

20 YEAR SAFETY AWARD “WINNERS - Oskar
Daum, Rupert McKenzie, George Hanley.

When hearing of an
act of bravery, the situation is investigated
and the committee considers the report under
the various aspects which may result in
awarding one of four different bravery awards

- Gold medallion with a cheque for $2,000

- Silver '' $1,500 cheque

- Bronze " » 9750 cheque, or the

- Plain Citation, $500 cheque.
Mt. Carpenter referred to an incident 2-3
years ago in Salmo, B.C. where 12 men were
involved in saving a man from an ore chute,

and the mine captain received the first gold
medallion ever presented,

The Information Services and Safety Educa-
tion Department is responsible for both TV
and Radio messages, and distributed over 3/4
of million pieces of literature every year.
Mr. Phil Barter, Asst. Director, accompanied
Mr. Carpenter to Cassiar bringing with him a
film called the "Breadwinners", an interna-
tionally acclaimed film winnina ton honours
at the National Industrial Film Festival
held in Chicago. It took top award out of
150 other entries from 15 different countri-
es.

Mr. Carpenter continued that part of his
job requires him to read all reports on fatal
industrial accidents. He has concluded that
there are 7 deadly safety sins--all sins of
omission -

1. lack of training 2. planning

3. attention 4, supervision

5. thought 6. responsibility
7 design

He went on to emphasize the importance of
communication between labour and management
and illustrated how opinions can vary between
workers and foremen when they were asked to

list their priorities for safety prevention.

Another reference made, concerned a firm
that reduced it's accident frequency rate
by 48% in a 2 year periods This reduction
being attributed to ''a concentrated effort
on the part of ALL WORKERS..''.

In 1969 Cassiar recorded 21 accidents per
million man*hours worked, and this figure
was reduced to 6.5 in 1972 indicatina the
cooperation and interest of all employees
a Spe OFS ton

15 YEAR SAFETY AWARD WINNERS ~ Adrtan
VanHeel and Frank Kltment