Five explosions preceded deadly incidents in Burns Lake, Prince George
One B.C. pellet mill blast went unreported From The Vancouver Sun: Five explosions preceded deadly incidents in Burns Lake, Prince George Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/sawmill+blast+went+unreported/6550344/story.html#ixzz1uNfhMnMq A wood dust explosion 16 months ago that blew apart a small control room and started a fire at a Williams Lake sawmill went unreported to WorkSafeBC, the chief workplace safety agency in the province. The incident was among five explosions news reports linked to wood dust in north and central B.C. between 2009 and 2011 that took place before two fatal sawmill explosions this year at Babine Forest Products in Burns Lake and Lakeland Mills in Prince George. WorkSafeBC also said it has no record of an explosion in 2011 at a Pinnacle Pellet plant in Armstrong. WorkSafe inspectors and industry representatives have not directly linked the two fatal sawmill explosions, which killed four workers and injured dozens more, to w...