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Welcome to the Safety at Work centre for the Forestry industry, your online resource to help prevent accidents and injuries. We welcome your comments and suggestions.
Forestry
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Recent Accidents
- Hip injured when worker slipped while delivering refrigerator
- Arm crushed when hand contacted infeed rollers of dough machine
- more accidents
Fatalities
- Logging truck driver died while removing trailer reach pin
- Floor layer exposed to asbestos when sanding old flooring
- more fatalities
Prevention Resources
- Falling & Bucking
- Yarding & Skidding
- Log Hauling
- Silviculture / Tree Planting
- Resource Roads
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What's New
Trucking Safety Council to Present Draft Business Plan at BC Town Hall Meetings
The Trucking Safety Council of BC has developed a draft business plan designed to improve safety in BC's trucking industry. Motor carriers are invited to review and discuss the plan at Town Hall meetings in June and July.
Certificate of Recognition (COR) - Partners Program
Find out how employers can earn valuable rewards and rebates by practicing good safety management.
Faller certification
Influenza prevention -- what you need to know
Find out how to prevent exposure to human swine influenza A (H1N1) and what the regulatory requirements are for employers.
Training Providers List Updated June 2009
First Aid, Diving, and Joint Committee Training Providers (PDF 224 KB)
Workplace Safety in the News
