sArery NOTES

be you renenber what was wetited 1a
jast issue of the Asbestos Sheet on —
cidents??? You must use strategy in
ceident Prevention and elimination
‘gontact. How let us take a good look at
som of the most common contacts which »
have associated themselves with your
work here at Cassiar.

In 1965. there were 152 pn a |
reported of all types of which 110 area
inte three main contacts as follows: ©

Struck by = 48
Struck against. © 3h
Caught vatwean = 28
TOTEL 110 or a

almost 3/4 of the total
are fSnuged ly these three accidant types.

F tet ron
rersentase of Pe,

_Trink «i tkesant to what that means.

i? «w* gould prevent only these three
tasic typss of accidents: everyone would
he be ttor eff here at Cassiare

There act oF course, other types
uitentea. There are two which should
nidonen use they are fairly
“snd here at Caselar they somprise
of sup 3648 accident total. They
THi;B OF tee tym~eea and they sauaed a
at LE anfurios,

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VARS

Many accidente age falla from a
iavei to a lower level. Falle from

& pistform, a catwalk are "falls

SO are Gases

wager
n intder, @
tar helo tyne accidents,
oY falling inte
and ao forth,

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oi, LBVELs
Many accidents Involve a fall to
foot level, Ueually this ies the case _
Le <non a nan slips or trips eo as to fall to-
“tne SLoor,. Poor housekeeping is. a. common
cause of such accidents.

The: foreroing: should point. out to.
ak “you “the major accident types: for Cansiar,
a : They total 128 out of. ‘152 accidents for:

13955. on- approximately. beta _The. types

‘for ee takes two to have an argument. ©:

: i ee: of his work plus his

exeavations, flosr openings,

; i, of other onataete sianaistae! the =
total come urider such headings as Burns, .
Radiation: and ° eee. tet to:name a: >.
fewe :

. There are ‘two sides to every 9
 sceident x The } Man Side and the Job Side
just as there are two sides te a coin

“On ‘the Mah Side ie the surroundings

-knowledse, skill and character and how he
uses them, to name a few,

fn the Job Side which would take
fin his work or job area are such itens
. as unguarded equipment, warning devices,
illum: -tien and atmosphere to name a
few.

“os Key to Preventing Accidents: |
iv co Look at Both. Sides.

‘To ‘prevent injuries we must, then,
Look at both sides of the accident. coin,
The answers are not found to an accident
problez by looking at only one side of

the coin. To do proper Accident
Prevention we must investigate for hazards.

che key point is that accidents
are best prevented if we consider both
sidee-

The MAN Side and the JOR Side,

A. Flannagan

Ansistant Safety

A traffic expert said recently that if.

all the care in the nation were placed

end to end, some toad. would > pat out and.
eh to pass ‘ems

yet Be eae ig he oe ae