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Automation continues to find its way into the filing room as demands for greater efficiency and speed – and a looming labour shortage – continue. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
After two years of research and development in both Europe and North America, Cut Technologies has designed a tipping machine perfectly suited for the North American sawmill filing room. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Williams and White Machine Inc. announced Cut Technologies Machinery Ltd. as the sales representative of the Sure Sharp Knife Grinding product line. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
A B.C. safety agency has urged changes for sawmill owners and to the fire and electrical codes in an effort to mitigate the risks from explosive levels of wood dust and to prevent the kind of explosion that killed two mill workers last year. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Politicians and businessmen are celebrating the decision to rebuild a British Columbia sawmill that had fuelled the economy of a small northern town, but at least one former worker is still weighing the risks of going back on the floor. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The future of Burns Lake's gutted sawmill is expected to be announced Tuesday. But those plans could be delayed or derailed by a decision last week by the provincial workplace safety agency that opens the door to possible charges related to the blast that destroyed the Babine Forest Products mill. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Lakeland Mills Ltd. is disappointed with WorkSafeBC's intention to pursue offences under the Workers' Compensation Act following the explosion and fire that destroyed the company's sawmill on April 23, 2012. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
It now seems likely that the Crown will get involved in the Babine and Lakeland sawmill explosions. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
It is well known that wood is a combustible material, and combustion incidents do happen in industries processing wood. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Wood manufacturers need to take steps to reduce the increased risk of dust explosions during the winter, warns WorkSafeBC. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The B.C. government will announce changes meant to fill gaps in fire code inspections at sawmills and other industrial plants in small and remote communities, and on First Nation reserves. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
Many B.C. sawmills are going without fire inspections, even though provincial law requires municipalities to inspect all public buildings regularly. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
An early morning fire destroyed a Maple Ridge cedar mill on Sunday, leaving up to 60 people without jobs and managers uncertain they can rebuild. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
The last 22 employees at Lakeland Mills sawmill are now out of work after the planer was shut down indefinitely on Tuesday. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
According to The Vancouver Sun, five months before a deadly explosion at Lakeland Mills sawmill, photos show combustible wood dust built up on ledges, under a machine, and on hand railings, light fixtures and pipes for the water-sprinkler system. Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
As it continues its investigation into the catastrophic explosions in Burns Lake and Prince George earlier this year, WorkSafeBC has revealed that its testing so Add to Facebook Like this? Tweet it to your followers!
