by Web Editor | May 27, 2016 | News
Regulation of worker exposure to wood dust moves another step closer in California, where the state Occupational Health & Safety Administration (OSHA) closed a comments period on May 19. The state’s effort to regulate exposure to wood dust began in 2010. The...
by Web Editor | Aug 25, 2014 | News
Starting Sept. 1, employers in the B.C. sawmill and wood product manufacturing sectors will have to undertake a combustible wood dust risk assessment, implement a dust management program and perform an audit of the program as soon as reasonable possible. The new...
by Web Editor | Aug 13, 2014 | News
WorkSafeBC continued to issue stop work orders and fines this spring for sawmills that failed wood dust inspections more than two years after a pair of deadly mill explosions. But mills are starting to push back against WorkSafeBC’s conclusions with at least one mill...
by Web Editor | Jun 27, 2014 | News
Babine Forest Products Ltd. is contesting a $1 million penalty imposed by WorkSafeBC for the January 2012 sawmill fire and explosion that killed two employees and injured 20 others. Babine Forest Products said it is appealing the fine because WorkSafeBC’s...
by Web Editor | Aug 30, 2013 | News
The smallest-sized wet wood dust is just as explosive as dry wood dust from B.C. sawmills, according to a report prepared by FPInnovations for the provincial sawmill sector. The surprise finding — which raises questions about the usefulness of misting at sawmills —...