BC Timber Sales in 'SAFE'

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BC Forest Safety Council Executive Director Tanner Elton, Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell and Assistant Deputy Minister Dave Peterson.

Victoria, B.C. - BC Timber sales has now achieved SAFE or Safety Accord Forestry Enterprise company certification, issued by the BC Forest Safety Council, but only after independent auditors determine a company has implemented health and safety standards set by industry.

Forests and Range Minister Pat Bell says the certification is an important milestone. "Making the forest sector a safer place to work has always been an overriding principle in BCTS activities, [the certification] marks an ongoing commitment to creating safe work sites and pursuing safety improvements."

BC Forest Safety Council Executive Director Tanner Elton says the enlistment of BCTS into the program "is very important and demonstrates they are not only requiring this standard of others, they are applying it to themselves."

BC Timber Sales manages about one-fifth of the province's allowable annual cut; the SAFE Companies program was launched in 2006 and has 850 firms certified to date.

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