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WorkSafeBC Revises Rules, Cracks Down On Sawmills

B.C. forest companies face new, prescriptive regulations that define how much sawdust can settle in a wood-products plant before it is considered a hazard, almost two years after the deaths of four workers in sawmill explosions. The new regime has been rolled out in...

Crown Will Review WorkSafeBC Sawmill Blasts Case

WorkSafeBC completed its investigations into the explosion on January 20, 2012 at the Babine Forest Products Co. sawmill in Burns Lake and the explosion on April 23, 2012 at Lakeland Mills Ltd. Sawmill in Prince George. Two workers were killed and 20 injured in the...

Burns Lake Sawmill To Be Rebuilt After Explosion, Fire

Hampton Affiliates has announced it will rebuild the Babine Forest Products Sawmill in Burns Lake, B.C. The decision was made unanimously at the company’s board meeting Monday night. The sawmill was destroyed by a devastating explosion and fire in January that...

Hampton’s Babine Sawmill To Be Rebuilt

Hampton’s Babine Sawmill To Be Rebuilt Hampton Affiliates and the Burns Lake Native Development Corporation (BLNDC) recently announced that they intend to rebuild the Babine sawmill that was destroyed by fire on January 20th, 2012. Steve Zika, CEO of Hampton...