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PAGE 16 TERRACE BAY NEWS JULY :5,.. 1973 Holy Angels Happenings - continued ........ The topic is one which is part of our family life program at the grade level. Mrs. Georgette Cebrario gave the grade seven's an interesting class on the different aspects of mental retardation. - help in learning to understand and accept our fellow man as a person with unicue qualities. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION - CHAIN SAWS Improper use of equipment with which a work er is not entirely familiar, or use of equip- ment in a manner which ignores potential haz- ards, is a frequent source of injury to Ontar- io workmen. The injured worker is of course fully covered by the province's Workmen's Com- pensation system, which is designed to provide for all work accidents. Here again, the Ontario Workmen's Compensa- tion Board sees its responsibility extending beyond after-the-event protection. Never con- tent with merely closing the door on an empty barn, the Board makes a concerted effort to avoid such injury-producing accidents by en- deavouring to ensure that all workers are in- It was a great structed, and frequently reminded, of the im- portance of adopting the proper safe, hazard- eliminating methods of using the tools of their trade. . Helping workers avoid accidents involving the equipment they use is a major concern of the nine safety associations financed by the Board. There have been developed over the years, under sponsorship of the safety assoc- iations, a full series of courses in which workers receive on-the-job and classroom in- struction in the correct, safe use of equip- ment. In addition, both the Board and the safety associations have produced a wide range of booklets and pamphlets outling the basics in avoiding accidents when handling various wide- ly used items of equipment. Ideally in the form of pocket-size booklets, these publica- tions provide what amounts to a basic refresh- er course on the equipment concerned, with em- phasis on operating characteristics which ex- perience has shown to be a prime source of po- tential hazard if the tool is not correctly used. Among current examples if the Board's Safe- ty Education Department's Chain Saws booklet, scheduled for issue within the next few weeks. The product of extensive research with manufac -turers and experienced users of the equipment the well-illustrated booklet is a step-by-step primer on safe, hazard-free use of an item of equipment which was once the almost exclusive tool of the forest industry but is now finding wide application in other work situations, as well as among general around the house hand- men and cottage owners. Chain Saws, as the booklet stresses, are hazardous if improperly used by someone not familiar with how they work. Among items emphasized in the booklet is the Chain Saws tendency to kickback, a charac- teristic which can be a source of serious in- jury but which need never occur if the equip- ment is properly used. The booklet explains, with close-up illustrations, precisely what causes kickback and how it can be avoided in any use of the equipment. Information on proper maintenance of Chain Saws, and a detailed, step-by-step primer on how to use the equipment in a work situation round out the presentation. Now in the final stages of production, the Board's Chain Saws booklet is expected to be ready for distribution within the next month. Copies may be obtained by contacting: Depart- ment of Safety Education, Workmen's Compen- sation Board, Ontario, 74 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario.