The larger, more mature WCB had to find a new way of reaching and
influencing industry; there was simply no time for Board members
to visit all the leaders of industry. The answer — have safety
inspectors be the Board's representatives, taking the message that
"safety is good business" to the work sites of B.C.
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Accident investigations
and inspections are read from the left-hand scale, number
of inspectors from the right.
Not included are inspectors operating under other Acts who make
reports to the WCB. In 1942 the number of inspectors directly
administered by the WCB was: Boiler Act - 7, Electrical
Act - 4; co-operating with the WCB, Factories Act
- 2, Railways Act - 3, Mines Act - count not available.
These are preferred
rates. A consistent failure to follow safety and first aid regulations
could result in firms having to pay a higher assessment rate.
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