The purpose of the WPAC Safety Committee is to improve the pellet industry’s collective environment, health, safety, and sustainability performance; to create a reputation with regulatory authorities and the public as an industry that is highly effective at managing environment, health, safety and sustainability; and to learn and share best practices regarding the environment, health, safety, and sustainability. To become a WPAC Safety Committee member or to learn more, contact Gordon Murray at gord@pellet.org.
Safety Initiatives
Safety Initiatives
- Belt Dryer Safety
- Critical Control Management
- Confined Space
- Fibre Pile Management
- Lockout
- Managing Combustible Gas
- Managing Combustible Dust
- Process Safety
- Safe Handling and Storage of Wood Pellets (Resource Document)
- Silo Fire Suppression and Prevention Tools
Industry Links
Worker Competency & Orientation
- New Employee Orientation Checklist - Pinnacle Example
- Pellet Plant Operator Competency Profile & Requirements DRAFT
Contractor Management
- Visitor Orientation Example (Lavington Pellet Site Safety Guide)
- BCFSC Prime Contractor Guide
- WorkSafeBC Prime Contractor Responsibilities Article
WorkSafeBC Links & Resources
WorkSafeBC: Manufacturing Safety
WorkSafe BC: Safeguarding of Machinery and Equipment
WorkSafeBC: Prime Contractor Responsibilities
Worker's Compensation Act: Guidelines and Regulations
- Workers Compensation Act Guidelines
- Workers Compensation Act: Searchable Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulation & related materials
WorkSafeBC: Training and Supervision of Workers
- Managing Safety from the Supervisor’s Perspective
- Safety on the Job is Everyone’s Business: The Responsibilities of Employers, Supervisors, and Workers
- Support for Employers: Training and Orientation for Young and New Workers
WorkSafeBC: Combustible Dust Links
- WorkSafeBC Hazards & exposures: Combustible dust
- WorkSafeBC Combustible dust: Resource toolbox
- WorkSafeBC Manufacturing: Sawmills
- WorkSafeBC Combustible dust: Training & education
WorkSafeBC: Confined Space Links
- WorkSafeBC Occupational Health and Safety Regulation: Part 09 Confined Spaces
- WorkSafeBC Occupational Health and Safety: Guidelines Part 09
- Confined Space Entry Program: A Reference Manual
WorkSafeBC: Lockout Links
- WorkSafeBC Occupational Health and Safety Regulation: Part 10 De-energization and Lockout
- WorkSafeBC Occupational Health and Safety: Guidelines Part 10
- Controlling Hazardous Energy: De-Energization and Lockout
- WorkSafe Bulletin: Make sure all moving parts have stopped completely when locking out sawmill machinery