Safety

QCI/SAFE Company Program Outline

January 27, 2006

To all forestry contractors operating in British Columbia. Re: Attached Outlines of the Qualified Company Initiative now known as SAFE Company. Read more

2005 SISCO Summer Field Tour

August 29, 2005

Silviculture by Trial and by Fire: From Reforesting the Okanagan Mountain Park Fire, to Intensive Management of Lodgepole Pine Read more

WCB Notification of Project Widely Ignored

July 15, 2005

The Occupational Health and Safety Regulation requirement that employers notify regional WCB offices of the commencement of a forestry operation appears to be widely ignored based on an ongoing survey by the BC Safe Silviculture Project. Read more

Tree Planter Shortage For The 2005 Season?

July 11, 2005

Late last month the WSCA conducted an informal poll of silviculture contractors to find out if anecdotal reports of a shortage of treeplanters reflected a trend across the treeplanting sector. Read more

Emergency Response and Rescue Guidelines for Remote Silviculture Camps

May 30, 2005

Purpose: The purpose of this discussion paper is to attract some advice from silviculture contractors on establishing appropriate guidelines for emergency response planning for silviculture work camps. Read more

BC Safe Silviculture Work Plan For 2005 – 2007

April 18, 2005

This draft three-year Work Plan is a planning tool intended to guide the Western Silviculture Contractors’ Association (WSCA) Board of Directors in meeting the broad objectives of the BC Safe Silviculture Project. The Project is intended to reduce silviculture workplace accidents and injuries and increase the level of compliance and competency around wellness, health and … Read more

BC Safe Silviculture Project Launched

February 2, 2005

The BC Forest Safety Council and the Western Silvicultural Contractors Association have announced a three year project to reduce injuries and accidents and improve workplace safety and employment practices in the BC silviculture industry. The announcement made at the WSCA annual conference in Prince George in January will include auditing and pre-qualifying firms and training … Read more

Faller Certification Program Unveiled

November 13, 2004

The newly formed British Columbia Forest Safety Council and the Workers’ Compensation Board announced the implementation of the BC Faller Certification Program November 4 simultaneously in Nanaimo and Prince George. Read more

Industry and WCB to Form B.C. Forest Safety Council This Summer

July 19, 2004

British Columbia’s major forest industry associations, the IWA, and the Workers Compensation Board are laying the groundwork to found this summer a forest safety council dedicated to reducing injuries and deaths in the province’s forest industry. Read more

Are Some Silvicultural Camps That Bad?

June 16, 2004

A private consultant’s “exploratory study” of silvicultural camps reveals lackings in the quality of life provided for in all six camps surveyed. Is there a larger trend here? And if so should camps be certified to minimum standards to avoid being hazards to health and safety as the study suggests? Read more

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