High dust levels from unusually dry wood are suspected as possible contributors to two devastating B.C. sawmill explosions in the past four months.

The buildup of wood dust at the Aspen Planers sawmill in Merritt took place despite several industry-wide regulatory warnings and significant public attention after four workers were killed in ...

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 ...

VANCOUVER – WorksafeBC has found that dust from green wood can be as combustible as dust from pine beetle-infested wood as the organization continues to investigate two B.C. mill explosions ...

WorkSafeBC inspectors flagged the accumulation of wood dust at Prince George's Lakeland Mill, the site of a massive explosion and fire this week, in February, the month after a blast levelled a ...

By The Staff Global News Posted August 26, 2013 12:49 pm 1 min read ...

UBC device uses wood dust to trap up to 99.9 per cent of microplastics in water Could plants be the answer to the looming threat of microplastic pollution? Scientists at UBC’s BioProducts Institute ...

WorkSafeBC was concerned that pursuing an “enforcement strategy” to reduce wood dust in sawmills following the deadly Babine explosion in 2012 would lead to industry pushback, an internal ...

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

Workshop caked in dust when HSE inspected Guidance is available to prevent excessive exposure A wood supplier has been fined £40,000 for failing to protect its workers from exposure to wood dust.

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 ...