Here is a summary of the 2014 Vancouver Island Safety Conference, held October 4, 2014 in Nanaimo. Included in the summary are links to the BC Forest Safety Council’s YouTube Channel and direct links to the key note presentation videos.
When a fatal injury occurs that is directly related to the harvesting, log trucking, ma
The BC government, ICBC and police have launched a distracted driving campaign with new advertising and increased police enforcement this month (September 2014).
On average, 88 people are killed each year in BC due to driver distractions, the second leading cause of car crash fatalities in BC.
A text or call is not worth risking your life over, or causing the death of someone else. Leave the phone alone!
See this WorkSafeBC video: “Prevent Distracted Driving on the Job”: http://www2.worksafebc.com/Publications/Multimedia/Videos.asp?ReportID=35133&_ga=1.65051054.1033433124.1395079526
The standard resource road radio communications protocol, radio channels and signs were developed by the radio communications working group. The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations lead the implementation and evaluation of the program. Industry Canada is taking the greater lead role as implementation of the standard protocols spreads to other areas of the province.
Improving transportation safety in forest operations
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