The BC Safe Silviculture Project intends to eliminate silviculture fatalities and serious injuries and reduce the sector’s overall high injury rate. The Project’s focus is on specific silviculture occupation safety training, wellness education, enforcement and compliance and increasing the industry’s level of safety professionalism. Read more
Two significant studies to determine if tree planters’ health is threatened by working with fertilizers applied while planting and handling seedlings containing possible nursery residues are underway this spring. The investigations contained in Occupational Exposures to Fertilizer and Contaminants in BC Tree Planters are jointly funded by WorkSafeBC and the BC Safe Silviculture Project in … Read more
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
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