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WorkSafeBC Fines
Prince George, BC, sawmill Carrier Lumber Ltd. has been fined $30,000 for high accumulations of hazardous dust, said WorkSafeBC Thursday. WorkSafeBC posted the fine in January, according to an online posting at the agency’s website, after the potentially combustible material was found on cable trays under machine centres; in the merchandising area (especially in the…
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WorkSafeBC Fines
Prince George, BC, sawmill Carrier Lumber Ltd. has been fined $30,000 for high accumulations of hazardous dust, said WorkSafeBC Thursday. WorkSafeBC posted the fine in January, according to an online posting at the agency’s website, after the potentially combustible material was found on cable trays under machine centres; in the merchandising area (especially in the…
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Sawmill Fires
An early morning sawmill fire kept crews at the McBain Community Fire Department busy at the Biewer Sawmill in Missaukee County, MI, Tuesday morning. They found the dust collection system caught fire and was spreading. Crews say they were able to put the fire out quickly. In Colorado, Mountain View Fire Rescue and Boulder Rural…
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Sawmill Accidents, Fatalities
Officials say a 50-year-old New Brunswick man has died after suffering a head injury at an Irving sawmill, according to Canadian Press Wednesday. The man sustained a head injury in the chipper building and later died in hospital. Another man is dead following what a British Columbia forestry company is calling a “tragic accident” Saturday…
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Sawmill Fire
Nobody was injured when a small fire caused an explosion that ripped a hole in a wall at the Flavelle Sawmill in Port Moody, BC, early Tuesday morning. PoMo Fire Chief Remo Faedo told The Tri-City News investigators are unsure what caused the blaze but said the flames heated up a nitrogen tank attached to…
