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British Columbia New Sawmill Safety Regulations
Measures in Bill 35, introduced Thursday in the BC Legislature, and drafted in answer to recommendations from the coroner’s inquests into the Lakeland and Babine sawmill explosions, include rules requiring employees to immediately report to WorkSafeBC all workplace fires or explosions that could have caused serious injury to a worker. The legislation will also require…
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Oregon Lumber Company Safety Citations
Freres Lumber, in Mill City, OR, — just outside Salem — was cited Thursday four times for safety and procedural violations uncovered during inspections launched after a worker died at its plant in September 2014, according to the Statesman Journal Friday. The penalty report from the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division detailed that machine…
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Sawmill Fires
Fire crews in Maple Ridge, BC, Friday morning knocked down an early morning fire at the Southcoast Reman lumber mill. Flames, sparks and smoke could be seen spitting out of a conveyor belt leading to the dust collection equipment. Maple Ridge firefighters used a ladder-mounted hose to extinguish most of the flames from above. As…
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Sawmill Fires
The cause of a stubborn fire recently at the Flavelle Sawmill in Port Moody, BC, that took crews more than 12 hours to douse may never be known, Port Moody fire chief Remo Faedo said to the Tri-Cities Now. He noted damage to the planer mill was so severe it’s unsafe to do a complete…
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British Columbia Sawmill Dust Control
WorkSafeBC now has new powers to shut down workplaces, impose penalties on the spot, collect evidence, and compel payment of fines against employers who don’t comply with safety rules. WorkSafeBC has been overhauling investigation and inspection methods after flawed techniques were cited by the Crown for its decision not to lay criminal charges in both…
