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Terrace Bay News, 16 Feb 1950, p. 4

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page 4 (continued from page 2) Sereens A lot of flat things with slots (holes) in the bottom where the pulp falls through after it is mixed with water and so the dirt stays on top. The Thickeners are big rolls that take some of the above water out of the pulp and the pulp goes over their tops, The Bleuchery is a marvellous pluce consisting of towers, tanks, pipes, pumps motors, mixers, valves, washers, chlorine ges and various stuff's that bleach the pulp. The pulp goes in brown colour and after a while comes out without the brown colour 2nd has a whiter than "Ivory Snow" look, The Kamyr Dryers are big, long, livid machines that take the pulp, make a sheet out of it, dry it by taking it back and forth, then cut it up into sheets about so big, wrap it, weigh it, and send it all down to the man who puts it into box cars, Now that we've got the pulp into the box cars we'll terminate this week's portion of this article. Be sure to get your next week's copy of The News where we'll feature Some of the manpower on the job. 0-0-0 LONGLAC SAFETY RECORD (as of Wednesday February 15, 1950) Safe days since last disabling lost-time accident 55 (Record 130 days) Man-hours since last disabling lost-time accident 192,500 (Record 470,000 man hours) Frequency Rate for 1948 22,36 Frequency Rate for 1949 13.76 Frequency Rate since Aug 13/49 Lees Frequency Rate, 1950 to date 0,0 (Frequency Rate is the number of on-duty disabling) (lost-time accidents per million man hours worked) HERE ARE SOME INTERESTING FACTS AS everyone knows, last year was our first calendar year of mill operation and from a safety standpoint, the first TS months of the year did not stuck up so well, as we hed run up a total of 17 disabling accidents during that period. Our frequency rate at that time was hovering around the 20 mark and while thut was decidedly low when compered with the 50 to 75 rate set by other mills during their first year of operation it was far higher than we felt it should have been, In mid-August things settled down, and only one "lost-time" occurred during the balance of the year, As everyone will remember, we set a reoord of 130 consecutive safe days and came within 30,000 man hours of reaching a "HALF-MILLION MAN HOUR OBJECTIVE" which would have put us on the National Safety Council Honour Roll in "National Safety News," : Last "onday (February 13th) we chalked up another safety achievement worthy 'of mention, We completed 6 continuous months of operation involving 650,000 man hours with just 1 on duty lost-time accident for a Frequency Rate of 1.53, For a new mill with just 15 months experience that's not bad, and everyone is to be congratulated for their efforts, Making records in this manner is good business for everyone because it means fewer injuries less suffering, less lost-time and better morale. No one enjoys working where follow workers are continually suffering accidents, And because each one of us benefits, or suffers, depending on our experience, in reality, SAFETY IS EVERt BODY'S BUSINESS, (continued on Page 5)

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