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Starting in June 2009, the Council is changing the way it reports on injuries and fatalities in the forest sector. These changes have been made to more accurately report the forest sector’s safety performance. read more »
Peter Lineen will be joining the BC Forest Safety Council in the new role of Chief Operating Officer effective September 1 reporting to the CEO, Reynold Hert. Reporting to Peter will be the Program Directors: Krista Bax for Safe Companies, Steve Mueller for Forest Worker Development, and the future replacement for the position of Director, TruckSafe. read more »
This report sets out recommendations of the WorkSafeBC internal faller serious injury and fatalities task team (“the group”), which reviewed and analyzed reports of 32 serious injury and fatal incidents that occurred from 2000 to 2008. read more »
Our mission is to eliminate all fatalities and serious injuries in the forest sector.
The SAFE Certification program for owner operators was a long time coming and I’m very proud to say that I’m certified. Safety has been a part of my entire life and will continue to be into the future.
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There have been too many fatalities and serious injuries in the forest industry as a result of a failure to effectively immobilize equipment. Between 2006 and 2008 there were a total of 44 fatalities in harvesting. 20 % of these fatalities occurred when the operator left the protection of the cab to make an adjustment or diagnose a mechanical problem.
The Faller was opening up on the low side of the right of way (RoW) and was falling an 11” hemlock danger tree. He tried to fall the danger tree downhill but it sat back and broke off falling uphill at a 45º angle. There was adequate holding wood on the danger tree stump and the undercut depth was approx. 50%.
When changing Shear pins, a worker is exposed to the potential risk of hand and finger injuries when attempting to knock out the old Shear Pins and replacing with new ones. The risk is increased when an old pin is tight and extra force is required to knock it out.
