Forestry

Forest roads carry different hazards than provincial highways, including rough surfaces, wildlife, heavy equipment and limited access to emergency services, according to Workplace Safety North (WSN). The organization issued safety… …

A worker at a British Columbia pulp mill died after an energized railing shocked him while he was operating an overhead hoist, according to a WorkSafeBC investigation. The worker was… …

A Newfoundland and Labrador sawmill operator is facing multiple charges under the province’s Occupational Health and Safety Act. Cottle’s Island Lumber Company Limited, based in Summerford, was charged following months… …

WorkSafeBC’s Board of Directors has approved a policy change that lets firms running forest tenure operations alongside a sawmill be assigned to more than one classification unit for assessment purposes.… …

Workplace Safety North says Ontario’s forestry, paper, printing and converting sector recorded two work-related fatalities in 2025, one linked to a workplace injury and one linked to an occupational disease.… …

Weyerhaeuser Company Limited has been ordered to pay $355,000 after a worker died at a lumber mill near Grande Prairie, Alta. The company pleaded guilty on May 19 in the… …

Workplace Safety North (WSN) is drawing attention to Ontario’s forest products sector as a high-risk industry with elevated potential for incidents tied to environmental hazards. The agency says logging operations,… …

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Workplace Safety North has opened applications for Year 2 of its Occupational Illness and Disease Prevention Research Project, inviting mining and forestry workplaces across Ontario to participate in free training… …