KUDOS TO 70 NEW SAFETY LEADERS! Contracting, Altona • Ponderosa Forestry Ltd., Vanderhoof • Port McNeill Log Salvage Ltd., Port McNeill • Procter Bros Logging Ltd., Vernon • R. Major Congratulations to the following companies that Logging Ltd., Groundbirch • Reo River Enterprises Ltd., were SAFE certified from June 9-20. Every Invermere • RIAS Developments Ltd., Port Clements • company that becomes SAFE certified is leading Ricky R. Polzin, Creston • Robiris Logging Ltd., the way for making work sites safer: • Ronald Brown Trucking Ltd., 100 Mile House • Sher Ventures Ltd., Port Alberni • Spectrum Forestry 0698452 BC Ltd./Timberland Consultants 2001, Nelson Consulting Ltd., Vernon • Steele Creek Pole Corp., • 0758311 BC Ltd./Spirit Lake Silviculture, Campbell Campbell River • Steven Carter, Prince George • River • 660506 BC Ltd./H & M Contracting Ltd., Strathcona Falling Ltd., Campbell River • Swanson & Quesnel • Archer CRM Partnership, Fort St. John • Turner Trucking Ltd., Sointula • TER Contracting Co. Bear Creek Contracting Ltd., Terrace • BenWest Ltd., Fernie • Terrafor Resources Ltd., Coldstream • Logging Ltd., Campbell River • Big Ledge Contracting Tymatt Contracting Ltd., Campbell River • Ubleis Ltd., • Bud Forestry Consulting, Prince George Logging Ltd., Fort St. James • Van Exan Contracting, • Cannon Excavation and Concrete Ltd., Rock Creek • Westbank • Wes Derkson Trucking, Houston Chatter Creek Holdings Ltd., Golden • CMC Developments Inc., 150 Mile House • Crescent Bay Construction Ltd., Nakusp • D & D & H Contracting BC TIMBER SALES SETS SAFETY Limited, Port Hardy • D. R. Moore Trucking Ltd., CERTIFICATION STANDARD Salmon Arm • Debris Resources Ltd., Nelson • Dennis Gordon, Barriere • Dennis K. Johnson Trucking Ltd., BC Timber Sales — the single largest forestry operator Prince George • Dewan Enterprises Ltd., Quesnel • in the province — is improving forest worker safety by DROCNOC Holdings Inc., Winter Harbour • Eagle requiring all its contractors and those companies that Ridge Forestry Ltd., Terrace • Echofar Enterprises Ltd., conduct on-the-ground works under a timber sale Big Lake • Elaho Logging Ltd., Squamish • Exeter licence advertised after Dec. 31, 2008 to be SAFE Contracting Ltd., Lumby • Four Leaf Logging Ltd., certified. Salmo • G.R. (Mac) Lind Logging Ltd., Princeton • G.W. Cox & Sons Logging Co. Ltd., Campbell River • George “We are committed to improving the safety of forest Gobbi Trucking, Prince George • Glenn Jackson workers,” says Rich Coleman, Minister of Forests and Contracting Ltd., Salmon Arm • H.W. Bergen Range. “Making safety certification a requirement will Enterprises Ltd., Prespatou • Hawk-Eye Safety help ensure that forest operators have effective health Consultancy, Courtenay • Impact Reforestation Ltd., and safety programs for their employees.” Campbell River • Iron Mountain Ranch Ltd., Merritt • J.M.C. Forest Maintenance (2005) Ltd., Brentwood Bay Since April 1, 2007, BC Timber Sales has required its • JF Trucking Ltd., Port McNeill • JGT Falling Co. Ltd., contractors in road building and reforestation, and Grand Forks • Jock’s Blasting & Son Ltd., Coldstream • those forest companies conducting on-the-ground work Joe Augustine Contracting Ltd., Williams Lake • JS on Timber Sale Licences to be registered in the SAFE Wilson Engineering Services, Victoria • Kropp Logging Companies program. Effective Jan. 1, 2009, the Ltd., • KSD Construction Ltd., Parksville • requirement will move from registration to certification. Kyro Contracting Ltd., Lumby • Land and Sea Services, Port Clements • Lightburn Ventures Ltd., Jaffray • “The endorsement and support of the provincial Nakusp Logging Co. Ltd., Nakusp • Norm Roberts government have been critical to the successful launch Logging Ltd., Fernie • Northwest Timberlands Ltd., and implementation of the SAFE Companies program,” Terrace • Olympic Forest Products Ltd., Squamish • says Onion Lake Logging Ltd., Campbell River • P. Fehr

Tanner Elton, CEO of the BC Forest Safety Council. Two seconds is a long time to pause when performing “The province is not only ‘talking the talk’ of worker and intense or routine tasks. But it’s the pause that worksite safety, they are also ‘walking the walk’ by experienced and effective workers will tell you delivers requiring certification of their contractors and regional 30+ years of incident-free work. operations.” Staying focused is a huge component in effectively BC Timber Sales manages about one-fifth of the completing the tasks at hand. “Effectively” means: province’s allowable annual cut. Right plan + Right procedure + Right Focus + Right tools + Right activity = Right result

Safety isn’t mentioned because safety is simply part of the fabric of being effective. “Taking two” can mean the difference between an incident and the work completed effectively.

— Thanks to Peter Lineen, director of Environment Health and Safety at Western Forest Products, and their publication Western Matters

The following training courses still have spaces available. For more details on all training courses, go to http://www.bcforestsafe.org/content-program- safeco/program-safeco-12-calendar.htm

Internal Auditor Training course: Oct. 8, • “TAKE TWO” TO MAINTAIN THE FOCUS Oct. 20, Prince George

Distractions are everywhere — in your personal life and External Auditor Training course: Sept. 15, Prince your work life. These distractions will always be there; George it’s how you choose to react to them that you can control. That includes deciding to put the tools down, Small Employer OHS course: July 10, Williams Lake stopping to reevaluate the situation, slowing down • July 10, Castlegar • July 17, Campbell River • July decision making, asking for a second opinion, stepping 24, Kamloops • July 24, Prince George • Aug. 25, back from the work, and pausing to reconsider the Nanaimo options. Individual Owner Operator OHS course: June 28, Dealing with heavy traffic is a good example everyone Williams Lake • July 5, Kamloops • July 5, Fort St. can relate to. Collision avoidance means looking James • July 5, Campbell River • July 12, Castlegar • ahead, scanning for risks, and giving yourself 2-3 Aug. 23, Nanaimo • Aug. 23, 100 Mile House • Sept. 5, seconds of lead time. The alert human brain takes Vernon • Sept. 6, Kamloops • Sept. 6, Prince George • about 1 second to receive and process information and Sept. 6, Williams Lake • Sept. 6, Duncan • Sept. 13, 1 second to respond/react. Clearwater • Sept. 27, Powell River • Oct. 4, Campbell River