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Ed Fountain Sr., president ol Ed Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Ca., was elected vice president and a director of the American Institute of Timber Construction.

Ralph Lamon, Lamon Lumber, San Francisco. returned from a business trip visiting suppliers in Oregon.

Potlatch Forests Inc. moved executive ollces from Lewiston, Id., to San Francisco.

Joe Cortese, MacBeath Hardwood, Berkeley, Ca., looked on as his company's "Dangerous Dane" John Skov became an American citizen.

Frank Billings, California-Pacific Sales Corp., San Francisco, enjoyed a two-week vacation in AsPen, Co.

Steve Yaeger, head of Yaeger & Kirk. Santa Rosa, Ca., has painfully returned to work, nursing a bad back.

Harry Terrell joined the sales team at Sequoia Lumber Sales, Orange, Ca.

Bob Anderson, owner of Davis Lumber & Hardware Co., Davis, Ca., spent a lew weeks resting up in Mexico alter finishing his new store.

Jay O'Malley, O'Malley Lumber Co., Phoenix, Az., was named convention chairman for Hoo-Hoo International's upcoming 74th annual meet.

"National Forest Products Association" is the new name adopted by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

William T. Robison was Promoted to director of the field services division of the American Plywood Association, replacing Stanley A. Taylor, who joined Weyerhaeuser.

Milan Michie, Stahl Lumber Co., Los Angeles, Ca., returned lrom a trip to the Pacific Northwest.

Horace, Sterling and Sterling Wolfe Jr., representing three generations at Marquart-Wolfe, Long Beach, Ca., attended the Western Wood Products Association convention in San Francisco.

Gil Sissons joined his long-time friend Marion Ward at Ward's wholesale distribution yard in Ukiah, Ca.

Leo Hulett, Willits Redwood Products Co., Willits, Ca., made a sales trip through the Southwest.

Norm Griesbach, head of Lampe Lumber Co., Tulare, Ca., is planning to rebuild his yard recently leveled by fire'

Dave Davis, Van De Nor Lumber Sales. Eureka, Ca., and Bob Wright, Reid & Wright, and their wives, enjoyed an Easter holiday in Hawaii.

Bob Gaylord, Fir & Pine Lumber Co., Burbank, Ca., got in a little fishing in Ensenada.

OSHA Adopts Power Tool Rules

Employers are now required by OSHA to "lockout" or "tagout" equipment such as power saws and drills used in building supply sales areas before beginning major servicing to prevent accidental startup.

The new standard demands machines be locked or otherwise disabled during the "constructing, installing, setting up, adjusting, inspecting, modifying and maintaining or servicing," including lubricating, cleaning and unjamming, in which workers "may be exposed to the unexpected energization or startup of the equipment or release of hazardous energy."

Equipment without lockout capability must be "tagged out," by securing a tag that must be removed to operate the machine. All new equipment must be "designed to accept a lockout device."

Minor adjustments do not require lockout if other safety procedures provide sufficient protection.

The regulations also require annual inspections and regular training of employees in shut down of the equipment, installation and removal of lockout/tagout devices, and testing of the devices.

Oregon-OSHA has adopted the lockout/tagout rules, also requiring employers to document energy control procedures on turnoff, disconnections and verification of de-energizing, reports the Western Building Material Association.

Lumbermen Go Fishing

A number of lumber firms were present at the $6,000 tag and release marlin fishing tourney sponsored near Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, by Bohannon Lumber Co., Orange, Ca.