We service the following WorkSafeBC Classification Unit for this sector:
09 714019 Pressed Board Manufacture (Wood Pellets)
Click here to access the BCFSC Wood Pellets Fact Sheet featuring CU time-loss claims and injury management trends.
How We Help
BCFSC helps foster the wood pellet industry's commitment to safety by working closely with industry experts and supporting the Wood Pellet Association of Canada's (WPAC) Safety Committee. We help raise safety performance standards to the highest level and ensure companies are well-equipped with the latest information, tools and resources to implement and manage effective health and safety plans and best safety practices to keep workers safe.
WorkSafeBC Classification Unit:
SAFE Certification
Why Become SAFE?
Being SAFE is good business. SAFE Certified organizations perform better. They are reliable, predictable and efficient. By having a safety management system in place, incidents and injuries are reduced, and companies improve their reliability, quality and competitiveness.
Benefits:
Lower WorkSafeBC premiums due to lowered compensation costs.
A safer, healthier workplace with less risk of workplace injury.
Certification provides the prequalification required to bid on BC forestry work.
SAFE training courses are specific to forestry and worker safety.
How to Get Certified
WPAC SAFETY
Latest Safety Initiative: Fibre Pile Management
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