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 | Jul 30, 2014 | News
WorkSafeBC has imposed fines totaling $724,163.28 on Lakeland Mills Ltd., owners of the Prince George sawmill that exploded in 2012 killing two workers and injuring many more. In a news release Tuesday, WorkSafeBC said Lakeland Mills Ltd. was in violation of the...
by Web Editor | Jul 18, 2014 | News
The WorkSafeBC Review and Action Plan released today by the B.C. government fails to restore confidence in the agency’s ability to keep workers safe, says the United Steelworkers (USW). “In the aftermath of the horrific explosions in Burns Lake and Prince...
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...