Dust from green wood, as well as pine beetle wood, could have contributed to two fatal explosions at the Burns Lake and Prince George sawmills earlier this year, according to a scientific analysis ...

Glenn Roche, 46, and Alan Little, 43, died from the severe burns they suffered in the April 23, 2012 explosion, which also left more than 20 others with injuries, many of them serious.

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WorkSafe records show C. & C. Wood Products Ltd., in Quesnel, was fined more than $68,000 after dust up to 10 centimetres deep was found around potential ignition sources, while a metre-deep pile ...

Manufacturers have told the government existing health and safety regulations are unworkable. The government is consulting ...

William J. Blot, Wong-Ho Chow, Joseph K. McLaughlin, Wood Dust and Nasal Cancer Risk: A Review of the Evidence from North America, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 39, No. 2 ...

Criminal proceedings against Drax over 'harmful' dust exposure dropped following new evidence There is "no evidence of continuing risk of harm from exposure to wood dust" at the Drax Power Station ...

"Burning firewood, burning waste, traffic fumes, and mineral dust contribute some 90 percent to total pollution," Mirakovski said. He said burning wood accounted for 30 percent of the air pollution in ...

Breathing in wood dust excessively can cause asthma and nasal cancer. Credit: HSE A HSE inspector visited in April 2022 to investigate the dust exposures on the site.