Safety

BC Forest Safety Ombudsman to Conduct his First Review on Safety Training

July 26, 2006

The first formal action to be taken by the BC Forest Safety Ombudsman will be a review of training and certification within the forest industry. Read more

BC Safe Silviculture Project 2006 Workplan and Program Overview

July 11, 2006

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

Tree Planter Pesticide Studies Underway

June 2, 2006

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

Field Survey Measures Silviculture Health and Safety Practices and Attitudes in B.C.

June 2, 2006

A field study assessing silviculture workers’ behaviour and the level of health and safety training, instruction, and supervision received in the workplace will cross the province this spring and summer. Read more

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

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