Canfor Contractor Safety Snapshot, July 11-22, 2017

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Contractor incidents reported from July 11-22, 2017:



Medical Treatment -1

· Morning of July 25th during crew pick up at staging, the crew was positioned at the front corner of the heli (correct position for pickup ) when the rotor wash caught an empty and it rolled toward the crew and since the were crouching down, they did not see it approach and the empty barrel hit the planter on the head. The planter was driven to Fairview hospital where he required a few stitches. Then , as a precaution, he went to the GP hospital to get a CT scan to ensure any issues with his head would be known.



Medical Aids -1

§ Camp auxiliary worker was transporting seedlings to the block on ATV. With a load of seedlings, the rider attempted to ascend a slope that had become rutted after multiple crossings. While ascending the slope, the ATV's front tires climbed out of the ruts and the increased slope angle caused the ATV to roll backwards. The rider jumped off to avoid being hit by the ATV, but landed on their back.



Property Damage – 1

· Switched over a quad tire and failed to tighten a lug nut. when quadding into the block tire became loose warping the tire rim



First Aids - 1

· While planting on a cut block, the planter was bit on the face by a black fly. The planter had a bad reaction to the bite and her lip began to swell up. Her foreman assessed her for any further bites or injuries and then got another foreman on the radio who was a level 3.

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Near Misses

· A cougar was spotted within 100m of camp. It did not exhibit any signs of fear and returned very shortly after being spotted once. A group went out to scar it away and it hasn't been seen since. The incident was covered in the next safety meeting and planters were told to avoid leaving camp on their own.

· Foreman was changing a tire with slow leak after dinner. Truck was parked on small mound of slightly uneven gravel. Foreman then chocked rear wheels and began to jack the truck up. Jacked tire was just about to leave the ground when the truck shifted foreword roughly two to three inches despite the rocks put in place to chock the tires. Foreman could have parked at a flatter part of road, and used larger and chosen larger rocks to keep truck in place.

· Forecast called for stormy weather conditions, however high winds were present. Too much wind in the afternoon to continue planting near patches of aspen trees, located in the center of the block. Planters were told to stay off treeline to avoid the dead trees and away from aspen patches. Planters moved to plant in land away from tree hazards.

· Foreman was quadding along a stretch of mainline on his block. Foreman was going too fast through this unfamiliar terrain. Suddenly, in front of him appeared a small ditch from where a culvert had been removed, he applied the brakes and slowed down just in time to cross ditch safely.

· The crew was collecting all of the stuff during a block wrap and the foreman flipped the tarp on the back of the pickup onto the roof of the canopy so he could access the truck bed easier. The wind was heavy so the foreman figured he would put a shovel on top of the tarp to hold it down. A short time later, a strong gust of wind blew and the tarp and shovel flipped off the roof, the shovel nearly hitting a nearby worker. The shovel was then kept off the canopy.

· A driver went to fuel their truck in preparation for the following day of work. As they started fueling another driver arrived at the fuel cache and began to fill their own truck with gas and reminded the other driver that the tank they were filling from was diesel. The driver of the truck went to verify what type of fuel was needed and realized the truck did not take diesel. They two drivers returned to camp and asked for further assistance.

· Planter, in order to make room in truck, placed spare tire at camp. On the drive back to camp at end of day, truck got a flat tire.

· Was driving the quad and setting up caches and hit a water bar. Shrubbery was hiding it pretty well so it was difficult to see.

· A fist got stuck on the road entering a block. The truck obtained minor damage, and crews were stuck at the block while the truck got pulled out.

· A planter tripped on a loose log while entering a piece, and fell backwards. The log rolled towards him and as he backed away again he tripped on the road. Planter was uninjured

· Planter was walking with shovel over his shoulder when he tripped and the shovel came over his shoulder and hit him in the back of his head (no injury)

· Planted step between reefer and recently reversed truck before the engine was off, hazard due to potential rollback or driver error

· Steep hill leading to camp which can become slick when wet, important to navigate at a safe speed (never know if someone or something will be in middle of road at bottom. Need to be able to maintain control and stop safely.

· Planter climbed onto box truck to inspect items; climbing down they jumped from the tailgate level to the ground and rolled their ankle

· Planter bent over to plant tree and put face into thorn bush

· Had to quad through land to get trees into the back of the block as there were too many impassable soft spots/trees down to use roads. While quadding, employee became high centered on a stump

· Walking in the box truck with garbage in it, planter slipped on a wax box and fell, no injury occurred

· Planter tripped as he bent over and fell face first, grazing his mouth on a sharp/pointy stick, draw blood on the corner.

· Employee was sawing into a tree and was stung by a bee on his right hand.

· In the morning while planting 2 trees were blown down by the wind onto our block a 500 meters from a planters land section. The 2 trees were living mature aspens. They were located in the easternmost residual tree reserve. One of them fell 10 meters into the block and the other fell entirely in the residual reserve. The rest of the crew was made aware of the situation quickly. Everyone knew of the hazard already but emphasis was put on planting in groups and pulling out of danger zones.

· At the start of the work day, the weather was poor and turned to be a hazard while driving the atv to deliver trees. The morning was rainy and thick fog would come and go. When the fog was on I could hardly see 15 meters ahead. This is a hazard because the road is deactivated and quadding is technical on this block. I reduced speed dramatically and took extra care while driving until the sun showed up