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Injury Prevention Resources for Wood Products Manufacturing - General


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The following links list tools, publications, and other resources to help prevent the most common injuries and illnesses in the wood products manufacturing industry. These resources may not meet all the requirements for health and safety in British Columbia. Please check the Workers Compensation Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, and related materials for specific WorkSafeBC requirements.

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Multimedia for Woodworking New Item

Audio Slide Shows

Videos

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Manufacturing Safety (PDF 1.3 MB)  New Item
This publication was produced for employers, supervisors, workers, joint committees, and safety professionals as a guide to safety-related issues in their daily work environment. Interested stakeholders may also refer to or use the information contained in this document to assist them in carrying out their occupational health and safety roles and responsibilities.
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* Available for purchase from the WorkSafeBC store.

Safety in Manufacturing - Ergonomics
These worksheets can be used as a guide to identify ergonomics risk factors commonly found in the manufacturing industry. They also include some recommended limits along with possible control options.

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Safeguarding Machinery and Equipment: General Requirements (PDF 5 MB)
This manual is for everyone who owns, operates, maintains, or sells powered machinery and equipment.

  • Employers will find information to help them comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (OHSR) and Part 3 of the Workers Compensation Act. It will also help them exercise due diligence in providing a safe work environment.
  • Supervisors will find information to help them assess the risks to their workers from harmful contact with machinery and equipment.
  • Workers will gain greater awareness of the hazards associated with equipment operation and maintenance and of the safeguarding protection they have a right to expect.
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* Available in print from Publications, Videos and Forms Distribution.

Safeguarding in Manufacturing (PDF 733 KB)
(A Companion guide to Safeguarding Machinery and Equipment: General Requirements booklet.)

This Infoflip provides information to help

  • employers comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (OHSR) and Part 3 of the Workers Compensation Act. It will also help them exercise due diligence in providing a safe work environment.
  • supervisors assess the risks to their workers from harmful contact with machinery and equipment
  • workers gain greater awareness of the hazards associated with equipment operation and maintenance and of the safeguarding protection they have a right to expect.
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Machine Risk Assessment Survey (PDF 267 KB)
This document will help identify hazardous machine motion to which a worker may be exposed. It also contains the "hierarchy of safeguarding controls" as a reference.
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Machine Guarding Checklist (PDF 248 KB)
This checklist can be used to analyze the machinery in your workplace. Reproduced with permission from Canadian Auto Workers Union video "Blowin' in the Wind - Machine Guarding Prevents Death."
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A Guide for Protecting Workers from Woodworking Hazards  (PDF 546 KB)space
"If you employ one or more persons to operate woodworking equipment, you should read this guide. This includes employers in industries making wood furniture (household, office, public, and restaurant); wood office and store fixtures; kitchen cabinets and bathroom vanities; industrial patterns; wood containers; wooden musical instruments and toys; and other wood products." (1999)
Source: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)

British Columbia Safety Councilspace
"The British Columbia Safety Council is an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to reducing injuries and accidents in our province. We have been working with the public and private sector since 1945 to upgrade the levels of safety in all walks of life." The Council offers training courses in occupational safety, including outdoor worker safety.

Communications, Energy & Paperworkers Union of Canadaspace
The CEP on Health, Safety and the Environment

Industrial Accident Prevention Associationspace
"The Industrial Accident Prevention Association (IAPA) is a not-for-profit, member-driven organization operating in the Province of Ontario since 1917. Representing approximately 48,000 member firms and more than 1.7 million workers, IAPA is Canada's largest workplace health and safety organization."

Australian Safety and Compensation Councilspace
"An AusIndustry developed OHS Module which contains information on the benefits of a proactive approach to health and safety, who is responsible for health and safety in the workplace and how to start developing a health and safety culture ... There is also specific information on significant hazards for six selected industries: Cafes and Restaurants, Nursing Homes, Grocery Stores, Housing Construction, Meat Products, and Wood and Wood Products."
Source: Australian Safety and Compensation Council

OSH Answersspace
OSH Answers is a free information service provided by the Inquiries Service of the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. It covers many topic areas in occupational health and safety. The information is contained in question-and-answer documents on various hazards - biological, chemical, ergonomic, physical, and so on - found in workplaces. (Last updated: 2000)
Source: Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety (CCOHS)

Sawmill Safetyspace
"Lately there has been great interest by smaller lumber manufacturing companies in developing safer operations. The purpose of this Wood Products Note is to help these saw mills develop their own safety program."
Source: Joseph Denig, Department of Wood and Paper Sciences, College of Forest Resources, North Carolina State University

Workers Health & Safety Centrespace
The Workers Health & Safety Centre was established by the Ontario Federation of Labour in 1979. It promotes workplace prevention measures that reduce occupational disease, disability, and death by developing training programs and providing other information services. The Web site includes a section for young workers.
Source: Ontario Federation of Labour



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