Welcome to the winter safety resource page.  Here you will find information and resources for your company to use for crew talks, to post on safety bulletin boards or incorporate into a safety management system.

This area is seperated into four main catagories where you will find resources for applicable to each area of the industry.

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Workers

• Crew Talk: Walk Carefully on Slopes
• Forest industry safety alerts:
  • Faller Hit by Slab
  • Paint can explodes
  • Chasers foot run over by a loader
  • Worker slips of Log
• Links to additional safety information:
  • WorkSafeBC - Hypothermia

Worker Winter Safety Package Download

Transport

• Crew Talk: Drive Wise - Winterize
• Forest industry safety alerts:
  • Pickup avoids Deer
  • Loaded truck rolls over bank
  • Good Communications
  • Pickup slides on compact ice
• Links to additional safety information:
  • WorkSafeBC Shift into Winter
  • ICBC Winter Driving

Roads Winter Safety Package Download

Machinery

• Crew Talk: Grapple Yarder Slides on Road
• Forest industry safety alerts:
  • ATV Slips on ramp
  • Jill-poke smashes window
  • Machine door swings shut on arm
  • Cedar smashes Skidder window

Machinery Winter Safety Package Download

Facilities

• Crew Talk: Keeping Stairs and Walkways Clear
• Facilities Winter Preparedness Checklist
• Forest industry safety alert:
  • Loader Window Broken by Flying Metal
  • Worker succumbs to carbon monoxide
  • Worker slips on ice in millyard
  • Hand injured in snowblower
• Links to additional safety information:
  • WorkSafeBC Ladder safety tips
• Facilities Safety Package download

Facilities Winter Safety Package Download