Companies that become SAFE Certified may be eligible for COR rebates on the WCB annual premiums.

So, who can be SAFE Certified and receive COR rebates?

Companies in forestry sector can be SAFE Certified and may be eligible to receive COR rebates. The forestry sector includes companies that have a sustained presence on a harvesting worksite[1]. This includes companies with WorkSafeBC’s classification unit (CU) in the following areas:

• 703002 - Brushing and Weeding or Tree Thinning or Spacing 
• 703003 - Cable or High Lead Logging
• 703001 – Chemical Brushing and Weeding or Chemical Tree Thinning
• 703004 – Dry Land Sort
• 703005 – Forest Fire Fighting
• 703006 - Ground Skidding, Horse Logging, or Log Loading
• 703019 - Helicopter Logging
• 703008 – Integrated Forest Management
• 703009 – Log Booming
• 703011 – Log Processing
• 703012 – Logging Road Construction or Maintenance
• 703013 – Manual Tree Falling and Bucking
• 703014 - Mechanized Tree Falling
• 703015 – Shake Block Cutting
• 703016 – Tree Planting and Cone Picking
• 732044 - Log Hauling
• 763022 – Log Scaling
• 763033 – Forest Management Services

This also includes:

• Companies with a harvesting related activities who work on a harvesting worksite and registered in a manufacturing CU
  • Targeted Activity SAFE certification would be obtained for this operation, focusing only on harvesting activities;
• Construction and oil and gas companies with a harvesting related activities who work on a harvesting worksite that are registered with WorkSafeBC in another sector
  • Targeted Activity SAFE certification would be obtained for this operation, focusing only on harvesting activities;
• Any other company that does work on harvesting worksite - follow up with BC Forest Safety Council required.

By including the above group of companies, this allow companies registered with WorkSafeBC outside the sector to still be eligible for bidding on work from forestry employers that have required all their contractors to be SAFE Certified.

If your type of activity is not listed, contact the BC Forest Safety Council to discuss how you fit into SAFE Companies