. Canadian forest industries January-June 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. V; 42; CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER March lui: yank a practical business pm- position as well as a humanitarian one. "Me should impress upon his management, superintendents and foremen the practicability of such and his sincere intentions to carry out the wt)rk, thus making it a part of their duties. "He should adopt some feasible plan which would provide for practical mechanical safeguarding; co-operation and education of em- ployes and
. Canadian forest industries January-June 1919. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. V; 42; CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER March lui: yank a practical business pm- position as well as a humanitarian one. "Me should impress upon his management, superintendents and foremen the practicability of such and his sincere intentions to carry out the wt)rk, thus making it a part of their duties. "He should adopt some feasible plan which would provide for practical mechanical safeguarding; co-operation and education of em- ployes and should also formulate an organization to carrv out such a ; While sawmill men have not gone into the matter of organizing their employes for safety as enthusiastically as some other industries have done, there is little doubt that this will prove to be one of the best investments of effort that a lumber manufacturer can make. The men will appreciate it because it will demonstrate the interest the employer has in their safety, and it will react favorably in every possible way. But, as indicated above, the lumberman himself must i)e "sold" on the idea or safety committees before he starts anything along this line. One oi the big divisit)ns of the work o{ the National Safety Coun- cil is the Health Service Section. It has realized that there is a close relation between the health of the workman and his liability to acci- dents, and likewise that 'sanitary conditions in and around the plant affect the chances for health on his part. Industrial physicians and siu-geons, who are em])loyed by large corporations to care for cases of sickness and accident, compose the membership of the Health Ser- vice Section, which is issuing a series of bulletins directed to the workers and advising them as to sim])le rules of hygiene by means t)i which to direct their daily lives. All of these things are of the utmost value in improving the general character of the worker
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