Series consists of mine accident and dangerous occurrence files from the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Petroleum Resources. The Mining Regulation Act (R.S.B.C., 1979, c. 265) and Coal Mine Regulation Act (R.S.B.C. 1979, c. 52), and the Mines Act (S.B.C. 1980, c. 28) required mine owners to report serious accidents or dangerous occurrences to the ministry. These acts also gave the Inspector of Mines responsibility to investigate mines on a regular basis.

The series is arranged into four subseries: accident files, injury statistics and reports, dangerous occurrence notifications, and reports of dangerous occurrences.

The accident files (file code 20010-02), submitted to the ministry from the mine owners, are arranged by the name of the mine. The files consist primarily of one page accident forms, which list the employee and a description of the accident. Some files also contain copies of Workers Compensation forms, report forms created by the Inspector of Mines, as well as correspondence, reports, photographs and architectural plans.

The injury statistics and reports (file code 20010-05) consist of three files arranged by the name of the mine. Files consist of monthly accident reports providing statistical figures about the number and type of accidents. Some of these files also include correspondence and copies of accident forms.

The dangerous occurrence notifications (file code 20040-02) consist of investigation reports of the Inspector of Mines. Some of the files also contain correspondence between the ministry and mine owners. These files are arranged chronologically.

The reports of dangerous occurrences (file code 20040-03) contain report forms, correspondence and investigative reports. Some reports also include photographs, sketches and architectural plans.

The series consists of records relating to investigating and reporting on accidents involving boilers and related machines and equipment. While most incidents involved industrial or commercial operations, a small number involved domestic accidents such as explosions of home water heaters. A case file was created for each incident. Records were created and maintained by the office which, over time under different names, carried on the same continuing function of investigating and reporting on incidents involving the malfunction of boilers and related equipment.

The records consist primarily of reports made by government inspectors and addressed to the chief inspector in charge of boilers and machinery inspection in the province. Each “Report of Investigation” follows a standard format which includes: the date and place of the accident/incident; the name and address of the owners of the property involved; the persons killed or injured if any; a description of the type and dimensions of the boiler/vessel; particulars and dates of prior repairs; reports on the last inspection; the nature and cause of the accident, with background and description; general remarks and observations; and recommendations.

The case files also consist of correspondence, including some regarding incidents and accidents written by engineers of the companies that had the accident. In some cases the files include sworn testimony from parties involved in the incidents. Also included in some cases are transcriptions of questioning in committee investigative meetings held in the Chief Inspector's office in Vancouver. The records include a significant number of photographs of the sites involved, and resulting damages. Accidents and incidents that had an impact on the public tended to receive news coverage, and many newspaper clippings are included in the files. Technical and engineering drawings of equipment are also included in the files.

The series also includes one bound volume, possibly the first accident report created by the Vancouver office of the Boiler Inspection, titled "Reports No. 1: Explosion from Boiler No. 1075B" from 1909-1913. The volume includes photographs and copies of reports, blueprints, test results and diagrams.

The records were covered under the Safety Engineering Services ORCS secondary 30040-20.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-06-06 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. No. 1 shaft; Brannan Lake; five parcels of land; explosion; origins; punching machine; Dunsmuirs; dance halls; death; funerals, Oscar; walk along the tracks; hitching racks; accident victims.;

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-05-25 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Trip out; into mines; contract work; the old country; quit the mine; hunt; strike of 1948; the Depression; organising; union agreement; miners' picnics; risks; welfare; the Chinese; the Women's Auxiliary; rates; WeeToo; No. 10 explosion; mules; closing No. 1; May Day; accidents; differential.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Wages; union; No. 1; accidents.;

RECORDED: South Wellington (B.C.), 1979-02-25 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Accidents and funerals; Southfield cave-in; the Starks murder; pay; beer; upper classes; other races; Sam Guthrie; world has changed; gardens and food; buses; scabs; cave-in into older mine; women working; casualties; courting; water; winter.

RECORDED: [location unknown], [early 1979] SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Origins; No. 1 cage; protection cage; No. 8 cage, Cumberland; Northfield cage; No. 8 Cumberland; school; running winch; Granby; drilling; blowouts; Longwall; shovels; stall work; WWII; fire boss ticket; shooting; explosions; deaths; Draeger; strikes; housing; hotels; the Chinese; recreation.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-01-30 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Union pension; George Edwards; boarding houses; 1877 strike; education; Extension explosion; blow-out at Granby; Brechin mine; temperature in mine; lamps; gas; ventilation; check numbers; hard work; 1912 strike; powder works explosion; miners' ticket; Jingle Pot; cave-ins; grievances; injury; scabs; protection cage; No. 1 whistle; dancing; deer hunting; coal ships; church; the Depression.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-03-28 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Stores; close of mines; beer; death of a miner; gas; 1887 explosion; dentistry; Finns; three babies; mine rescue teams; black lung; W.C.B.; amputations; life span; lodges; hospital Chinese; attitude toward amputation; hatchet man; pneumonia; burn cases; maggots and leeches; recreation; soccer; lacrosse.;

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-03-18 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Lunch bucket; museum display; longwall; No. 1; Protection; Reserve; teachers; wet; low place; wash house; ethnic; horses; No. 10; timber; Granby; man injured; safety; Bevan; No. 8 Cumberland; Chinese; explosions; young miners; cave-in; fire boss; doctors; union; Draeger; men killed; shots rock work; ticket; origins; floods.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), [1979 summer] SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Origins; explosion; injury; protection; mask; union mules; job security; ticket; wages; water; May Day; whistles; boats; hotels; deaths; reserve; bank robbery; Italians; No 10. tools and clothes; grievances; No. 8; No. 1; Northfield.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-03-07 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Protection cage; coal and rock dust; racism; ticket; Southfield Mine; Extension Mine; father; No. 1; rats; lamp; eight-hour day; pinned; mules; into the mine; John Hunt; water; money; beer parlours; bosses; horses; women; waiting for work; Guthrie; trains; partner killed; Daisy Waugh; C.P. companies; wire; Shetland; dead man on coal car; cave-in.;

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-07-05 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Class; pinned; union; No. 10; gas; earthquake; family arrives; closing No. 1; housing; Cumberland soccer team; jobs in the Depression; hats; winch kid; million dollar mystery; tally; drivers; mining in Cumberland; mine noises; building; accident with arm; protection; No.1 explosion; WWII; wages; seventy foot seam; bus to South Wellington Mine.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-06-26 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Transportation; recruiting miners; starts in mine; picking tables; down shaft; mines; small explosions; protection; long wall; animals; class; safety; miner's ticket; contract diggers; timbers; Chinese; first aid; the Depression; eyes; company store; politics; union; soccer; lunch; sanitary facilities; fun; stores; wash houses; picnic.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1979-03-15 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. Finns; Extension; Richardson mine; pillars; broken leg; move to Ladysmith; parents come; 1909 explosions; wash houses; timbers; saunas; old South Wellington mine; safety; hotels; gas; Sam Guthrie; buried in a cave-in; kids meet dad; mules; horses; Dunsmuir; bosses; strike; watching cows.

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1984-10-18 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. TRACK 1: Explosion 1887; gas; Chinese; Cumberland; Dunsmuir; miner's certificate; coa;l dust; shot firing; blown out shot; ventilation; feeders; Sam Robins; gold mine explosion; fire bosses; William Griffiths; Seiriol Williams; silicosis; shotlights; gas committee; Extension explosion ;1909; wages; union; partners; relief days; Yugoslavs. TRACK 2: Timbering; Michaels; Malpass; Martell; Hindmarsh; Nanaimo Herald; newspapers; William Griffiths; Stove family; Cowie; Randall; explosion; 1887; shot firing; ethnic groups; South Wellington No. 5 mine; Archibald Dick; shotlights; coal hustlers; dip of the slope; pillars; cave-in; runners; rope rider; goat; eight hour day; Old Incline.;

RECORDED: Nanaimo (B.C.), 1984-12-07 SUMMARY: One in a series of interviews about the history of Vancouver Island's coal mining industry and mining communities. TRACK 1: James Sharp; Rebecca Sharp Sanders; John Sanders; Sarah Barlow Sharp; Wellin;gton; boarding house; Sarah Sanders Cornish; Chelsea Cornish; Port Alberni coal mine; immigration; Vera Aidenhead Maffeo; Five Acres; Extension; Jingle Pot Road; mine accident; Wellington Hotel; Welli;ngton school; Ladysmith; Extension-to-Ladysmith railroad; Saunders anglicized. TRACK 2: Extension/Ladysmith railroad; Wellington; Sarah Sanders Cornish; Grand Templar's Lodge; John Waddington Hilbert; Black woman; fashion; Emily and John Johns; Sunday school; Simon Leiser; Wellington Hotel.;

CALL NUMBER: T4135:0010 PERIOD COVERED: 1911-1929 RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1983-11-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Biographical information; father's first trip to Canada; father returns to Sweden during First World War; borrowed money to return to Canada in 1925; logging in Nelson; mother and brothers come to Canada; four days on immigrant train; father borrows money from the CPR to bring him over; route to Canada; immigrant trains; anecdote about trip; life in Sweden; logging in Sweden; anecdote about work; pay in Sweden; unions; workers; paper; union raiding; working for father on Silver King Mountain; driving horses; cut cedar poles and white pine for Mathes; prices and wages in 1928; anecdote; about supplying mine; anecdote about operation of mine; anecdote about supplying mine; anecdote about Eagan's eyeglasses; crew at mine; location and name; camp at Cahill Lake; anecdote about working log deck; anecdote about brutal foreman; camp conditions; wages and costs; flume to Slocan Lake; flume construction; ice chute for log; anecdote about brother's logging accident and hospitalization; compensation; brother loses leg; brother's life after accident; brother's life and family; father and Bystrom, piling lumber at Six Mile Lake, quit over pay dispute; Cotton Logging Company job above Boswell; tools for fallers; piecework cutting cedar poles; peeling poles; camp at Boswell, hot water, sinks. CALL NUMBER: T4135:0011 PERIOD COVERED: 1928-1935 RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1983-11-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Camp at Boswell; hot water tanks; camp quality; anecdote about cork boots; work hours; anecdote about hard worker; recreation in camps; stock crash of 1929; logging camps close; anecdote about trying for job outside of Castlegar; room and board; logging in Princeton; riding freight train to Vancouver; unemployment in Vancouver; hobos on train; freight train to Castlegar; CPR police; walking from Castlegar to Nelson; working in mine; packing equipment in; miners' candlestick; anecdote about packing steel out; father on relief; mother cutting wood; farm produce; homemade pipe boring machine; making pipes. TRACK 2: Wrapping pipe with wire; economics of pipe sales; homemade sawmill; Kootenay Landing; Proctor railroad; anecdote about poor wages; hand drilling for blasting; anecdote about diarrhea in camp; anecdote about driving to Hidden Creek; lived in trapper's cabin; anecdote about boss tricking them into working; work at China creek relief camp; work conditions at camp; anecdote about man being kicked out of camp and him leaving; people in camp; Willow Point relief work; prospectors classes and grubsteak relief program; groceries for a month; three weeks prospecting in Slocan area; came back for groceries; CMS called him to go to work --started June 27, 1934 in lead refinery; work hours; lead explosion; conditions in refinery; open transfer (fired) from refinery; labour gang; anecdote about Joe Fillapelli. CALL NUMBER: T4135:0012 PERIOD COVERED: 1934-1972 RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1983-11-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Anecdote about Joe Fillapelli; "barring down" the lead furnaces; anecdote about "safety first man"; construction with molten slag; lead contract; leaded work conditions; scrap yard; cutting shears; operation; meets wife; sick and crippled people in scrap yard; anecdote about quitting scrap yard; worked storage plant in Warfield until his retirement in 1972; 1942 work on Brilliant dam; work conditions on dam; anecdote about unloading cement; bicycling to work; contract system in storage plant; became shop steward; Castlegar board member; union split; reasons for not joining steel; Al King president; elected to convention in Olympia, Washington, barred from crossing into the U.S.; steelworkers and barring. TRACK 2: Stopped at border; Bert Herridge; anecdote about Herridge getting his border crossing privileges back; member of CCF; quit CCF because it was the political arm of the United Steelworkers Union; Murphy in Communist Party; met lots of Communist Party members; good men; approached to join the CP by Art Erins and Garfield Belenger; reminiscences about Belenger; anecdote about Harvey Murphy; benevolent society and six weeks of Murphy tries for better sick pay; vesting rights to pensions; 1940, moves to Castlegar; fresh air; terms and prices for lots; credit for lumber; built 14 x 20 shack; West owned water system; old lumber for new house; anecdote about pouring foundation; constructs an apartment building; layout of apartment building; sold apartments after he retired; present house bought as a kit from Vancouver; construction of house; contents of kit; agent helped assemble house; framed by nightfall; cost of kit. CALL NUMBER: T4135:0013 RECORDED: Castlegar (B.C.), 1983-11-07 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Food co-op; Sam Muirhead's idea; war rationed items were kept for storekeeper's friends; sold shares at 50 dollars each; bought three lots in Castlegar; lots cleared and building put up on volunteer basis; Cominco employees had two transportation societies; had garage by theatre; food co-op hired Walter Markin as first manager; later co-op in Vancouver recommended Jack Kirby for Manager; Kirby anti-union; first president was Muirhead; second was Bystrom; last president was Dalziel; co-op folded, Kirby fired, co-op liquidated; co-op expansion plans rejected; first co-op operated from his back porch; operations from porch; Transportation Society builds new building; operation of Transportation Society; NDP membership; anecdote about rejoining CCF-NDP; rejoined after merger with Steel; Columbo Lodge Hall meeting of Mine/Mill members where Murphy explained merger.

CALL NUMBER: T4133:0001 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03-28 & 30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Birth at Peguis Reserve, Manitoba; early memories of Swampy Cree people at Peguis Reserve; memories of father, Reverend A.W. [Amos William] Mayse; father's tales of the Boer War; fraternizing with the enemy; father emigrated to Canada; worked as a carpenter, became minister; father was in WWI; war wounds; was in Boer prison camp; earlier release by Jan Smuts; YMCA rep in WWI; back to Winnipeg; refused commission in Black and Tans; rural ministry in Manitoba; took salary partly in trade and had first pick of charity clothes; Mr. Mayse hated school; his father was self-taught and had a good library; read everything, including religious material; moved to British Columbia. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T4133:0002 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03-28 & 30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Living in [Port] Hammond BC; first work experience; father's church in Nanaimo; primitive conditions in the coal mines; clothing and equipment of miners; many beer parlours in Nanaimo; father's popularity; favorite fishing spots; anecdote of hazardous fishing trip; Turner rowboats prized; commercial fishing; early commercial fishing methods and boats; memories of Sointula fishermen; Sointula pukka fighting; Nanaimo miners fished for trout, not salmon; early trout fishing equipment; social consciousness; father never was a union miner; lied to get into army; South Africa; Reverend Mayse went underground in Nanaimo mine accidents; panic in town; miners invited Reverend Mayse underground, managers didn't argue; dynamite misadventure. TRACK 2: Continuation of dynamite misadventure with Rev. Mayse; vegetable garden; powder bosses; Reverend Mayse destroyed cars; pit ponies on islands; Italian miners; soccer important in Nanaimo; library; Millstream Park; rugby versus soccer; holidays with father; Chinese persecuted in Nanaimo; Chinese accused of taking jobs; few Chinese women or children; fight between Chinese and Haida boys; Chinese cooks; idyllic but racist town; Mr. Mayse and friends made a water cannon to frighten Chinese; backfire; collecting cascara bark for money; cruel pranks; fights with air guns and crossbows made from umbrellas; good shot with slingshot; gangs racially mixed; miners lived in southern Nanaimo; some of the cottages still there [as of 1984].

CALL NUMBER: T4133:0003 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03-28 & 30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Nanaimo childhood; Guy Fawkes day was celebrated as Bonfire night; Hallowe'en destructive; Nanaimo's tamale wagon; miners' children; fishing and writing at Cowichan Bay; Reverend Mayse sided with the workers; holidays at Cowichan Bay; acquiring a dugout canoe; shaman procured canoe by threats; Indian fishing methods; most gear was cedar; old style Cowichan sweaters described; Padre Cook of Cowichan; Queen Victoria medal; John Page and the medal; shaman had grape arbor and soul box; healing and hurting with soul box; rite of boys purification among Cowichans; Wolf Song was stolen from the Haida after the Battle of Sansum Narrows circa 1820 to 1840. Haida blamed for other raids; Haida slaughters and weapons used. Reverend Mayse left Mr. Mayse to his own way on holidays. TRACK 2: 38; pound salmon won prize; Bruce McKelvie; first sale of fiction; principal angry but kept on; Oyster River with Reverend Mayse; memories of old-timer James McIvor; washed ashore from sloop; McIvor ran cattle; threatened loggers; tea with McIvor; McIvor's customs; McIvor angry when offered help; McIvor's nephew visited briefly; tried to buy wife; McIvor fishing with haywire; hated cities; died in Comox in 1940's. Walter Woodiss, Oyster River old-timer, storyteller; tall tale of salmon; Woodiss's feud with a black bear and accidental killing of same; Woodiss's Inn; Percy Elsie "mayor of Oyster River"; fried chicken known as fried seagull; ghost at Comox; WWII airman at Comox rode his bicycle through "Dancing Annie".

CALL NUMBER: T4133:0004 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03-28 & 30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Indian rancherees; shaman Cultus Tommy; Chinook trade jargon terms; Padre Cook well loved; friend at Cumberland; stories of Ginger Goodwin; Cumberland memories of Ginger Goodwin and hostility to trial and government; Dominion police were hated, man hunters; no shame in evading the draft; met Cougar (Cecil) Smith; Mr. Mayse now lives in Cougar Smith's house; Cougar Smith's peculiarities; Roderick Haig-Brown, great Canadian writer; friendship with Haig-Brown; dam on the Campbell River broke his heart; last meeting with Haig-Brown; last impressions; better known outside Canada; Haig-Brown a fine and pioneering fisherman; fished steelhead. Mr. Mayse disliked high school; paid for clothing with poetry prize won at UBC three years in a row. TRACK 2: Mr. Mayse paid UBC tuition by logging in the summer under a false name; BC loggers and equipment; railroad logging; unions; woods accidents; logged Upper Vancouver Island; logging camp cooks; anecdote of 'foul feeder'; fight between logger and foul feeder; logging camp cook; flunkies, bed makers, logging camp pump tenders; eccentric and proud train men; high riggers; Harold Larson would post on a spar; woods near-misses; spark catchers jobs; bunkhouse moving accident; Paddy the straw boss; Paddy nearly caught in a blast; lemon extract mad man incident; bringing out man lost in the woods; gone mad, tried to escape his friends; wild Great Dane dogs abandoned in woods; harassed spark catchers; Mayse had to shoot one.

CALL NUMBER: T4133:0005 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03-28 & 30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Great Danes hunted in Pike's Peak area; shot one; partner Paddy Gorman; Paddy attacked by a cougar while snoozing; scraps of loggers songs; never wrote them down, always regretted it; logging; company owners were remote; unions starting camps; decision logging versus writing; went to the Vancouver Province; space writing for Province; offered staff job; clannish and proud reporters; story of ascent of Mount Waddington; two expeditions at once; Mr. Mayse carried homing pigeons in a basket to file the story; rough country; beauty and tragedy of the pigeons; walking out to tidewater hungry; a ghost story at Leefall Point, Mount Waddington, where a climber had fallen to his death. TRACK 2: Worked at the Vancouver Province as Torchy Anderson's junior man; they covered a huge forest fire that threatened Campbell River and Courtenay on Vancouver Island [Sayward fire, 1938]; Torchy was Mr. Mayse's mentor and friend; longshoremen riots; Torchy was fearless; Torchy squealed when angry; his grandfather saw a Sasquatch; the Rum Tum Club and the Sonofabitch Club; creating a story on injured trapper at Mission. Mr. Mayse wrote police constable's report while drunk; cop demoted; Torchy and his wife Marion; moved to Saltspring Island; memories of Province newspaper women in 1930's Vancouver; wild party on Grouse Mountain; Christmas cheer and story of upside down reindeer; camps for single unemployed men; joining the American Newspaper Guild; had BC union card number 3; union's failure; left holding the bag; not fired but put behind the eight ball; refused marrying raise.

CALL NUMBER: T4133:0006 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1984-03-28 & 30 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Mayse quit the Vancouver Province and joined the Vancouver Sun. The Sun was tougher and wilder; front page exclusives as revenge; union succeeded later; hostility to union. Mr. Mayse drafted and discharged for TB scars; army lost files; returned to the Sun as military writer; Mr. Gallagher, an alleged spy; moved to Toronto with no job, $100, a wife and a dog. Selective service twits said there were no jobs; walked into a job at Maclean's. Toronto run of luck; sold short stories to the Saturday Evening Post; break fiction editor of Maclean's; a few good Canadian writers; editor bought fiction; Calvinist, liked gloomy tales, had to trick him; Canadian writers were "cry-babies"; Americans were pros. TRACK 2: Canadian writers resented criticism; Mayse emulated American writers; today's market poor for short stories; in the 1940s and 1950s the stories were not literary but a good product; wrote serials for Saturday Evening Post; later published as novels; approached by an agent; returned to the coast; end of fiction markets; never seen as a serious writer; writing is lonely work; Jack Scott criticized Mr. Mayse's success in the U.S.; considered a move to the U.S.; writer's; work should speak for itself; but book tours are necessary; dislikes writer's grants except for poets; many writers are poseurs; major literary figures in Canada; dislikes commercial versus literary distinction; Mr. Mayse now writes a newspaper column; wrote for "The Beachcombers"; column is a good platform; a lucky and happy man; importance of luck.

CALL NUMBER: T2354:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Industrial first aid in BC RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-03-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Early personal history; 1914 to 1929 lived in Nanaimo; went to Princeton to work in the coal mines; description of working there; 1935, went to Bridge River Valley above Lillooet; in 1937, came down to Duncan for a while, and left for Princeton again; back to Kamloops to work at Windpass Mine, a gold mine; some details of the life in each of these places; work camps and the Depression; uses of mules in the mines; went to work in Industrial Timber Mills for seven months on Vancouver Island; requirements for industrial first aid attendant at the time Mr. Mottishaw was in it at Windpass Mine; some accidents at Windpass; went to Zeballos in 1939 and worked as a first aid attendant; description of life and what he did there. TRACK 2: More description of Zeballos; the miners that were there; how the community lived; medical services available during the time he lived on Vancouver Island; "Thomas Crosby" one of the boats; Shantymen's Christian Association Hospital at Esperanza; Dr. R. D. McLean; Dr. Sharpe, Dr. Lewison; problems of delivering heath care; Reverend McLean's son drowned; communication and transportation; marriage in 1940; leaves Zeballos a few years later, around 1945; works as a first aid attendant at Kelly Douglas Distributors for one year; goes to work in foundry. CALL NUMBER: T2354:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Industrial first aid in BC RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-03-02 SUMMARY: TRACK !: Foundry business in New Westminster working for four years; active in the Industrial First Aid Attendants' Association; December 1947 went with forest first aid; history of industrial first aid; starts 1932; late 1800s first, first aid committee formed to update workers' first aid program; composed 50% each of Workers Compensation Board and St. John's first aid; problem of getting a textbook and trying to arrange a program for mass interest; instructor exams come into being; Dr. Salsbury writes first industrial first aid book; a collective text begins on the revision; joins the WCB in 1943; becomes an official examiner; new book being written under auspices of BCB; first first aid; St. John Ambulance, 1964 to 1969; basis of change reviewed; how first aid training progresses and how they are graded; 1959 first instructors course. TRACK 2: Numbers of people changed; Sloan Commission discussed; oxygen therapy becomes adopted into industrial first aid; Tysoe report discussed; this gave WCB the authority to pass rules and laws concerning industry; problems faced by the WCB in trying for form rules and get authority; new areas being used to get industrial first aid across to the public. CALL NUMBER: T2354:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Industrial first aid in BC RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976-03-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Discussion of the reasons for updating information for the masses and the hopes of using modern media for teaching. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T4000:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history : first decades (tape 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1940 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-12-13 & 15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Felt nervous when began work with Board, November 1917. Some of E.S. H. Winn's habits. Not all staff moves to Vancouver. Description of first offices. Anecdotes about H. Gilmour and P. Williams. Staff picnics. Rehab building should be named E.S.H. Winn Centre. Commissioners were accessible to claimants. Winn initiates "Help-a-Little". Staff pension fund started. TRACK 2: Humourous story about elderly staff member. Staff provides Christmas hampers. P. Williams less 'red' as commissioner. Reorganization of claims department reduces cooperation. Commissioners and staff friendly. E.S.H. Winn vigilant about administration costs. Anecdote about E.N. Brown. Staff told to be non-political. CALL NUMBER: T4000:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history : first decades (tape 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-12-13 & 15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: No outside influence on Board. Female employees considered limited in abilities and job entitlement. Background of Board solicitor Wally Lane. Staff socializing. Disgruntled workman pesters staff. TRACK 2: Staff worked long hours and performed many duties in first years. Staff felt loyalty, aware that employees paid the salaries. Winn stresses office economy. Explanation of reserve fund. Alien award adjustments. CALL NUMBER: T4000:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history : early commissioners PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1959 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-12-13 & 15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Application of alien awards. Stories about pensioned widows. E.S.H. Winn advocates health insurance. Winn's humanitarian efforts. Winn was a member of Knights of Pythias. Winn picks competent men. P. Williams excellent representative for workmen, answered letters personally. H. Gilmour had strong convictions. First commissioners took personal interest in staff. Background of J. Pillsbury. TRACK 2: Discussion of relationship between commissioners. Chris Pritchard strong minded. Adam Bell inherits good organization. G. Williscroft very interested in accident prevention. E. Ablett slow deciding on claims. C. Pritchard strongest commission. Hector Wright defining in his views. Winn's long tenure gave stability to Board. CALL NUMBER: T4000:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history : early staff PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1959 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-12-13 & 15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: F. Hinsdale authority on compensation. F.P. Archibald takes over as secretary, knew operation well. Description of cashier work. F. Swallow first controller. W. Meston good head of claims department. Growth of claims department results in reorganization. TRACK 2: Board had difficulties with time loss claimants. Len McLennan, next claims head, personable individual. Office today luxurious compared to past. Description of Heather Street office. Changes in cashier work. Board staff becomes less personal. Less efficiency today. Working styles of solicitors Brown and Lane contrasted. CALL NUMBER: T4000:0005 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history PERIOD COVERED: 1917-1959 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1977-12-13 & 15 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: W. Lane, Board solicitor, efficient, fair minded. A. Pineo had social worker's attitude. Thoughts on succeeding governments and WCB. Labour tries to impose idea on the Board. Board has impact; on working conditions in industry. Canadian Association of WCB has some value. Early loyalty to the Board lacking today. Had satisfaction of seeing WCB and industry grow in BC. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T4001:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC : accident prevention (tape 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1942-1952 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Safety efforts at Port Mellon mill. Reasons for joining WCB. Safety work with shipyards. Origin of BC Safety Council. Felt need for broader attack on accidents. Different approaches of commissioners. TRACK 2: Growth of accident prevention in industry. Labour takes larger part in safety. Depression has adverse effects on accident prevention. BC gains from experience in U.S. discussion of factors favouring safety in the 1940s. Pineo Report recommends accident prevention be administered by Board. First step was use of inspectors from other government departments. CALL NUMBER: T4001:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC : accident prevention (tape 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1942-1952 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Accident prevention work of H. Gilmour and J. Pillsbury. Poor accident record results in WCB building up inspection staff. Impractical for Board to administer other inspection acts. Discussion of safety efforts in forest industry. Contribution of W. Jenkins, safety director for BC Lumber Manufacturing Association. Description and comment on early field inspectors of the Board. Resistance to hard hats. TRACK 2: Description and comments on field inspectors. Travel conditions. Inspectors are eyes and ears of the Board. Accident prevention department was a team. Origin and effect of posters. Discussion of safety courses. Purpose of accident frequency ratings. Management responsible for safety but organized labour contributes.; CALL NUMBER: T4001:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC : accident prevention (tape 3) PERIOD COVERED: 1942-1952 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Every device should be used for safety. Early reluctance to demand high standards of accident prevention. Approach to penalties. Origin of WCB industrial hygiene work. complications of administering industrial hygiene department. Changing job of head of accident prevention department. Adam Bell strong supporter of accident prevention activities. Board becomes larger and more complex. Board subject to outside pressures. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T4002:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC : early decades PERIOD COVERED: 1923-1968 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Background prior to joining Board. Outline of various positions. Description of Pender Street office. First medical section staff and duties. Brief description of Dr. Murphy, other doctors mentioned. Staff picnic, bowling club. TRACK 2: Formation of B. Social Club. Staff picnic activities. Description of tabulating machines and punch card system. Brief description of F. Swallow, H. Morrison, F. Hinsdale. Details of move to Dunsmuir Street office. Mr. Winn's concern about Board expenses. Origins of staff providing Christmas hampers. CALL NUMBER: T4002:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC : finance (tape 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1923-1968 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Origins and activities of Help-a-Little Club. Mr. Winn's relationship with staff. Relationship of succeeding chairmen to staff. Board resists interference. Descriptions of Parker Williams. Character of Hugh Gilmour. Dedication of assistant-secretary R. Fulton. Discussion of compensation work. TRACK 2: Begins work as auditor. Organization of Auditing Section. Amalgamation of Audit and Assessment Department. Mr. Winn's influence on auditing procedures. First impressions of work on the road. Details of routine auditing and working conditions. CALL NUMBER: T4002:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC : finance (tape 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1923-1968 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Means by which auditors traveled. Conditions on the road. Quality of hotels vary. Duties and responsibilities of auditor. TRACK 2: Story on uncooperative logging operator. Several ways of determining payroll. Important personal qualities necessary. Annual routine outlined. Area offices shorten road time. CALL NUMBER: T4002:0004 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC : finance (tape 3) PERIOD COVERED: 1923-1968 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-02 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Geggie's duties as chief auditor. Feelings upon retirement. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T4003:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC : silicosis prevention (tape 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1937-1962 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-02-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Education. Begins employment Hollinger Mines, Ontario. Background to silicosis becoming recognized as an industrial disease. Methods for measuring dust concentrations. Dust control methods. First dust survey in BC. Circumstances of becoming inspector for WCB of BC. Relations with Department of Mines, methods of dust control in BC mines. TRACK 2: Incident regarding recalcitrant mining company. Description of equipment and routine of inspection work. Travel and working conditions. Relations with mining companies. Recruitment of additional silicosis-prevention inspectors.

CALL NUMBER: T4003:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC : silicosis prevention (tape 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1937-1962 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-02-20 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Dust concentrations reduced. Dust control requires co-operation of mining companies. Dust control responsibility transferred to Department of Mines. [TRACK 2: blank.]

CALL NUMBER: T4004:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history : accident prevention (tape 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1923-1952 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-03-14 & 21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Outline of work experiences including farming, boxing, building construction, mining, safety officer. WCB issues first accident prevention regulations for shipyards. Accepts inspector position with Board for less pay that with shipping company. Different approach needed for cooperative and uncooperative management. TRACK 2: Story on uncooperative shipyard owner. Organization of inspection; work amongst department inspectors. Board undertakes inspection of mines, meets opposition from companies. Dispute with mine over first aid requirements. Department of Mines takes over mines inspections. CALL NUMBER: T4004:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history : accident prevention (tape 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1971 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-03-14 & 21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Method and example of accident prevention promotion. Firm penalized until ambulance is installed. Made first thorough inspection of Cominco. Recollection about fellow inspectors; Harry McLean, Jim Newton, Roy Helman, Gibb Draper, Ray Beaton, Harold Rindal. Inspectors have important effect on reputation of WCB. Initiation of Inspector Paton to WCB service. TRACK 2: Origin and development of blasting inspection. Details of inspection of Ripple Rock project. Origins of WCB inspection of waterfront. Questioned by Sloan (1952) on WCB jurisdiction over docks. Federal government takes over inspection of longshoring. CALL NUMBER: T4004:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history : accident prevention (tape 3) PERIOD COVERED: 1944-1971 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-03-14 & 21 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Relations with shipping companies and longshoremen's union. Contribution of labour to safety. Safety a major part of the Board. Inspection work with the Board "one of the finest times" in Mr. Coggins's life. [TRACK 2: blank.]

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history : claims department PERIOD COVERED: 1929-1973 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-04-04 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Education. Father, friend of E.S.H. Winn. Description of claims adjuster work. Purpose of travelling Boards. Effect of Depression upon work. Brief description of first commissioners. Discussion of several senior staff. Reorganization of claims department. TRACK 2: System of reviewing claims. Boards of review. Origins and description of claims advisory service. Contacts as director of the service.

CALL NUMBER: T4007:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history : silicosis PERIOD COVERED: 1936-1950 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-04-19 & 26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Schooling and jobs prior to joining Board. Responsibilities of silicosis clerk. Tasks involved in organizing silicosis section. Discussion of admissibility of claims. Interprovincial problems;. Discussion of silicosis disability awards. Considerations given to miners. Appeal procedures. Tysoe Report criticism. TRACK 2: Adjudication problems in silicosis. Board efforts successful in reducing silicosis and providing compensation. Mr. Berry's duties in medical aid section. Origins and growth of rehabilitation clinic. Brief descriptions of Dr. Ney, Dr. Murphy, Bert Rutledge, W. Meston. Concept of accident fund as a trust fund. E.S.H. Winn's approach to staff salaries. Salaries were low. Worked overtime without pay. Staff numbers held down, hurts adjudication process. CALL NUMBER: T4007:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history PERIOD COVERED: 1950-1974 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-04-19 & 26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Feelings about salary level. Role of Medical referee in silicosis claims. Stevenson-Kellogg Report and reorganization of claims department. Functions claims department. Purpose of disability awards unit. Role of supervisors. Advent of medical aid unit. Physiotherapy claims unit. Effect of area office on claims adjudication. Discussion of amalgamation of claims and rehabilitation. Changes in review procedures. TRACK 2: Discussion of Tysoe Report recommendations on review boards. Disagrees with Boards of review established in 1973. Pros and cons of providing reasons for rejection of claims. Discussion of roles of compensation consultant and claims advisory service. Difficulties with hearing loss claims. Succeeding commissioners have impact on claims adjudication. Discussion on health insurance. Liberalization trend in adjudication.

CALL NUMBER: T4008:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history : health care (tape 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1926-1952 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Personal background, medical education. Interned at a New York hospital owned by Bethlehem Steel. Began at the VGH in 1926 with Dr. Frank Patterson. Joins Dr. Patterson's practice in 1930. Mostly charity cases during the Depression. Relations of medical profession and WCB. Mr. Patterson has excellent relations with Board. Board required highest standard of medical care. TRACK 2: Many patients sent for physiotherapy. Employers in BC do not have variety of jobs to be able to re-employ disabled workers. Board establishes own clinic to provide full day treatment. Rehabilitation much faster. War time favours rehab. When clinic moves to 37th, better cooperation with head office. Rehab had broad support. CALL NUMBER: T4008:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history : health care (tape 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1930-1962 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Board agrees to experimental treatment in some cases. Reasons for radiology unit. Discussion of approved medical plans. Ongoing treatment of patients. Procedure for routine examinations. Hospital had separate ward for MBC patients. Dr. Naden has disagreements with Board over payments. TRACK 2: Reasons Dr. Naden joined the WCB. How salary arrived at. Effect of salary levels on recruitment of medical staff. Discussion of inadequate office space and facilities. The attractions of working for WCB. CALL NUMBER: T4008:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history : health care (tape 3) PERIOD COVERED: 1952-1962 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Medicine and adjudication. Attempts to improve relations with medical profession. Some doctors hostile to Board. How Board doctors improve knowledge and skills. Dr. Ney highly respected. Dr. Murphy very able. Responsibilities of medical director outlined. Description of Board trips. TRACK 2: Necessity of examinations. Most private doctors cooperative, but some very difficult. Unworkability of first medical review system (1954). Improvement of medical appeals system.

CALL NUMBER: T4009:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history : rehabilitation centre (tape 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1939-1978 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Outline of services available in L.R. Peterson Rehabilitation Centre. Centre compared with Ontario Centre. Importance of Industrial Development Centre. Dr. Milbrandt's education and work with WCB of Alberta. Duties as medical advisor with Alberta Board. Gave medical examinations at different centres in Alberta and at Rehabilitation Centre in Banff. Reasons for coming to BC Board. Early problems with BC Rehabilitation Clinic. Colourful description of trips with BC Board. E.S.H. Winn respected by everybody. TRACK 2: E.S.H. Winn's relations with staff. Winn highly regarded in Canada and U.S. Example of Winn's dedication. Reason for establishment of Rehabilitation Clinic. Description of building and facilities of Clinic on Second Avenue. Policy of referrals to clinic. Accommodation of out of town patients. Perennial difficulty recruiting staff. Treatment at Second Avenue clinic. Reasons for move to 37th Avenue. CALL NUMBER: T4009:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history : rehabilitation centre (tape 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1942-1978 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Chairman Adam Bell receives physiotherapy and becomes stronger supporter of rehabilitation. Effect of salary levels on recruitment. Origins of Industrial Department. Educational work. Staff recruited abroad, brought new ideas and techniques. Cyril White decides to have new rehab centre in Richmond. Discussion of layout and design of building. Rehab looked upon as entitlement. Discussion of graded program. Had difficulty when industrial department was set up. Rehab widely accepted. Why centre was named L.R. Peterson. TRACK 2: Centre has extra capacity. Foresees changes in treatment, reduction of pain. Possibility of centre treating ICBC patient. WCB centre second to none. CALL NUMBER: T4009:0003 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history : rehabilitation centre (tape 3) PERIOD COVERED: 1942-1978 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-05 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Mr. Winn's social contacts in Trail-Rossland also provide feedback on WBC administration. Mr. Winn avid cyclist. Winn respected by medical profession. Personal presence of chairman on trips showed the Board cared. After Trail, trip continues into East Kootenays. Other trips include Vancouver Island, Cariboo and the North. Traveled by train from Prince George to Prince Rupert, examined claimants in passenger car. TRACK 2: Trips for Alberta WCB differed from BC; fewer workers under Alberta Act. Alberta board chairman did not have same good relations with labour. While traveling in BC, most conversation was shop talk. Mr. Winn a Liberal supporter though was not involved while acting as chairman. Commissioner Pritchard had good understanding with Winn. Wartime a great stimulus for rehab. Friction between medical administrators and clinic doctors over patient discharge policies. 1968 meeting helps to resolve differences. Medical Direct Dr. Naden, wanted control over time loss decisions, thus precipitated removal of time loss authorization to claims department.

CALL NUMBER: T4011:0001 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history : rehabilitation services (tape 1) PERIOD COVERED: 1943-1968 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-07-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Background education and experience. Union activity. Discussion of plight of disabled worker prior to establishment of rehab. Purpose of rehab in WCB. Meager beginnings. Arrangement with employers. Lack of secondary industry inhibits placement. TRACK 2: Employers sympathetic but not always able to help. On the job training. Assistance to workers through selective employment program and UIC. Relations with organized labour. Discussion of establishment of vocational schools and policies of rehab service. Example of a successfully rehabilitated worker. Story of a difficult rehab case. Qualities sought in a rehab counselor. CALL NUMBER: T4011:0002 SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Workers' Compensation Board of BC history : rehabilitation services (tape 2) PERIOD COVERED: 1943-1968 RECORDED: Vancouver (B.C.), 1978-07-26 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Early organization of rehab service. Board rejects requests for counselors stationed in area offices. Vocation training committee was of little use. Gave counselors a free hand to assist workers. Organization of case loads. Description of experiences in Brazil and rehab advisor. One of main accomplishments was to develop rehab on a community basis. [TRACK 2: blank.]