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Injury Prevention Resources for Wood Products Manufacturing - Value-added Wood Products


Pulp & Paper | Sawmills | Shake & Shingle | Plywood & Panel Board | Value-added Wood Products | General

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.

Woodworking eTool

This eTool is an interactive web-based training tool on the hazards associated with woodworking. It provides information on topics such as assembly, production, and shipping.
Source: OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration, US)
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Health and Safety Resources for the Wood and Wood Products Industry

Online health and safety resources for businesses in the wood and wood products industry. The resources are designed to help address common health and safety issues that are significant within this industry.
Source: Australian Safety and Compensation Council
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Safeguarding Machinery and Equipment: General Requirements

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. Suppliers will understand what they must do to provide machinery and equipment that conform to the Workers Compensation Act and the OHSR.
Source: WorkSafeBC WorkSafeBC
* PDF (5 MB)
* Available in print from Publications, Videos and Forms Distribution.

Safeguarding in Manufacturing Infoflip (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.
Source: WorkSafeBC WorkSafeBC
* (PDF 733 KB)

Machine Guarding Checklist

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."
Source: WorkSafeBC WorkSafeBC
* (PDF 248 KB)

Machine Risk Assessment Survey

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.
Source: WorkSafeBC WorkSafeBC
* (PDF 267 KB)

Preventing Heat Stress at Work BK30

This booklet provides a basic overview of job-related heat stress, how to recognize and treat heat stress, and how to prevent heat stress. Workers exposed to hot environments must be trained to prevent heat stress and recognize the early symptoms in themselves and co-workers.
The newly revised publication Heat Stress contains essential information on how to recognize, treat, and prevent heat stress.
Source: WorkSafeBC WorkSafeBC
* PDF (2 MB) (Updated: February 2007)
* Available in Chinese, Punjabi, Spanish, and Vietnamese.
* Available in print from Publications, Videos and Forms Distribution.

WHMIS at Work

This booklet contains general information about WHMIS---the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System. It also offers useful information about the kinds of hazards and chemical characteristics of products covered by WHMIS, and two checklists, one on implementing a WHMIS program and the other on WHMIS education and training for workers.
Source: WorkSafeBC WCB logo
* PDF (2 MB)
Updated: November 2005
* Available in print from Publications, Videos and Forms Distribution.

A Practical Guide to Effective Hearing Conservation Programs in the Workplace

"Noise is one of the most pervasive problems in today's occupational environment, affecting workers in manufacturing, construction, transportation, agriculture, and the military."
Source: NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
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NIOSH - Hazard Controls

Hazard Controls are short, user-friendly documents that describe control techniques for reducing hazardous exposures to workers in a particular application or industrial process. These documents outline and illustrate successful engineering controls and work practices.
Source: NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health)
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OSH Answers: Cabinet Manufacturing

Information presented in question-and-answer format.
Source: CCOHS (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety)
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Fatality - Pulp Mill Bleach Plant Hood Blown Off During Steam Purge

"During the unplugging of a steam mixer with steam ('steam purge'), the increase in pressure forced the material back up the chute and into the washer. The impact of the expelled material blew off the partial hood of the pulp washer."
Source: CCOHS (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety)
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Respirator Care (OSH Answers document)

Provides checklists for caring for respirators and self-contained breathing apparatus.
Source: CCOHS (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety)
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Respirator Selection (OSH Answers document)

Describes how respiratory hazards are controlled, what you should know before selecting a respirator, the different types of respirators, and how to select the right respirator.
Source: CCOHS (Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety)
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Hard Metal Hazards

This pamphlet provides important health information for saw filers and knife grinders.
Source: WorkSafeBC WCB logo
* PDF (260 KB)

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