The following table provides a summary of lectures delivered by head office 

 and field staff during the fiscal year. A summary of lecture tours carried out by 

 the Ontario Forestry Association during the same period is included in the 

 Department's figures: 



School Meetings Public Meetings Total 



Region District No. Attend. No. Attend. No. Attend. 



Western Fort Frances 9 580 



Kenora 56 4725 



Sioux Lookout ... 25 3134 



Geraldton 31 2980 



Mid- Port Arthur 10 531 



Western Cochrane 65 20120 



Northern Kapuskasing 36 3398 



Swastika 5 379 



Chapleau 47 3842 



Central Gogama 7 378 



North Bay 13 1822 



S.S. Marie 2 205 



Sudbury 80 11637 



White River 18 1500 



Parry Sound 82 6916 



South- Pembroke 9 391 



Central Kemptville 116 5840 



South- Lindsay 97 4087 



Eastern Tweed 154 8719 



South- Lake Erie 86 5114 



Western Lake Huron 23 2795 



Lake Simcoe 120 11462 



Ontario Forestry Association ... 



TOTALS 1091 100555 1991 140213 3082 240768 



ACCIDENT CONTROL SECTION 



The responsibility of the Accident Control Section, under the Operations 

 Branch, and the policy for administration reads as follows: "that the Section shall 

 be known as the Accident Control Section" and will be responsible for the 

 administration of the Logger's Safety Act, 1962/63, and the regulations made 

 thereunder, and through the media of educational and training programmes secure 

 the cooperation of the operators in adhering to the Act and its regulations. 



It is also responsible for the Hunter Safety Training Programme including 

 the development of the Hunter Safety Training Instructor's Manual, Safety in 

 Provincial Parks, the Safety Training Programme within the Department including 

 First Aid Training and Workmen's Compensation as its affects the employees of 

 this Department. 



THE LOGGER'S SAFETY ACT 



The Logger's Safety Act came under the administration of the Department 

 of Lands and Forests, Operations Branch, Accident Control Section on November 

 29, 1964. 



Inspection of logging operations and investigation of accidents are carried 

 out by the Department's eight Accident Control Officers. 



During 1965, approximately 700 inspections of logging operations were 

 made and it was found necessary to apply three stop work orders and many 

 warnings for infringements of the said Act. Accident Control officers in the field 

 attended approximately 70 meetings having regard to the application and 

 enforcement of the Act. 



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