Progress in controlling wood dust explosions
From the Vancouver Sun Progress made in controlling wood dust in mills, agency reports Scrutiny continues on industry after deadly wood dust-fuelled explosions in 2012 By Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun February 25, 2015 Smoke rises from the burned out Babine Forest Products mill in Burns Lake in January 2012. Photograph by: JONATHAN HAYWARD, THE CANADIAN PRESS The B.C. sawmill industry is making progress in controlling potentially explosive wood dust, but monitoring will continue, says WorkSafeBC. The chief agency responsible for workplace safety issued only three orders for wood dust problems during the latest inspection period between Oct. 1, 2014 and Jan. 31 that involved 117 sawmills. The results, however, cannot be compared to those from the four previous inspection rounds when dozen of orders were issued because this time WorkSafeBC gave companies that had a good wood dust safety record the option of conducting their own daily inspec...