Sawmill

FROM: James Babson, Organization Health and Safety Officer DATE: 16 September, 2016 SUBJECT: Summary of Work Safe BC’s report on Babine Sawmill explosion Executive Summary The explosion at the Babine Forest Products sawmill in Burns Lake on 20 January 2012 was caused by the ignition of wood dust accumulated between the belt and sheaves of the 8R-25 conveyer. Due to confinement by the guard and large presence of wood dust in the air, the fire changed into a deflagration and destroyed sawmill, killing two workers and injuring 20. Investigation by Work Safe BC found the facility deficient in efficient wood dust collection and maintenance systems. Furthermore, it was found that the choice of beetle-killed wood and…

The culling of white pine on Blackstone Lake began in the late 1880s with the arrival of the Conger Lumber Company. Once the commercially viable pine had been fully exploited the process of stripping hemlock trees of their bark for the leather tanning process began on the lake in the spring of 1900. At the time the Rankin Bros., headed by James Rankin on Blackstone, were supplying the Conger Lumber Co. Another sawmill operator in the region was the Mitchell Lumber Co. set up by Thomas Mitchell…

William Blue also known as Billy Blue was born in 1767 in Jamaica, New York City. However, in 1796 Blue was living in Deptford, London, working as a chocolate maker and a labourer in ships in the River Thames. Later that year on the 4th October at Maidstone, Kent, Blue was convicted of stealing raw sugar and was sentenced to seven years’ transportation. Blue was travelling onboard a convict ship called Minorca with 297 other convicts. The convicts were housed below deck, in tiny confined spaces…

staple in the state of Maine was lumber, By the time Maine had become a state as a result of the Missouri Compromise in 1820, Maine was the leading lumber producer in the nation. Maine had a natural advantage compared to other states during the period, and was able to cheaply produce and transport white pine to mills and markets all over the state thanks to the abundance of rivers. The lumbering industry was pivotal in creating incentives for mill towns, canals, railroads, and water power…

Summary: Northwest Canadian Forest Products Limited owns and operates five sawmills in BC and Alberta. They produce high quality lumber for use in the manufacture of window frames, doors and moldings internationally and lower quality commodity type lumber for use in the Canadian construction industry. The president of the company is trying to decide whether or not to invest money into Jackson Sawmill for new plant and equipment, since it hasn’t been upgraded for twenty years. The alternative…

Bhd, a wholly Kong Thai Sawmills owned by six siblings. One of them, namely Beng Ling Sung holds a 2.5 percent stake in the company. While Beng Beng Siew Siong and hold shares amounting to 63.5 percent. Beng Siew is the chairman of the board of directors and Beng Siong is a director of the company. Sung Beng Ling is a former director of the company. In this case, Ling Beng Sung had made allegations against the two brothers and Beng Beng Siew Siong and companies on the grounds of oppressiveness…

Back in the eighteen hundreds, flour, lumber, and iron weren't so easy to get, but they made it, and the money those jobs made was very good. here's why. Back in the day, flour was very nice quality for many reasons, but here are only three. First flour is made from wheat, and it is also used in baking and cooking. It makes food rise and taste nice. It takes three hundred fifty ears of wheat to make enough flour for one loaf of bread, and one bushel (one and a quarter cubic feet) makes…

Nature. The Sawmill fire was a few days ago on April 24,2017. It was in Green Valley, Arizona. The fire actually started in Madera Canyon in Pima County and eventually got to Cochise County. Luckily no one was reported injured and no structures have been damaged. The Sawmill fire started to get worse because of winds. “Strong, gusty winds and low humidity contributed to the spread of a wildfire burning south of Tucson that had forced evacuations.” (Azcentral.com) Because Mother Nature had a mind…

Do you know much about the lumber industry? If you don't, you should because it was an important part of Minnesota’s economy in the 1800’s. It isn't as much today, but it was especially relevant in the 1800’s. It had its peak in the 1800’s, when there were trees everywhere to cut down. Frederick Weyerhaeuser is important because he started a company in Minnesota. He started investing in lumber companies, and then bought timberland in Wisconsin in the 1860’s. When there weren't many trees…

The sawmill workers make support beams for underground use. When the sawmill workers aren’t making the money-making support beams, they too will have to be laid off. Others may say that we need to get the global warming to stop changing but I say that we need to worry about the 800,000 people that are not even going to have a job. What is more important to you? The temperature rising a few degrees or the hundreds of people that are not even going to have a job here in the next few years. In the…