Safety, Health and Wellness

Explore Canfor’s People-Focused Priorities 

• Investing in Safety Across New Sites

  

  Investing in Safety Across New Sites

  Although our three Alberta facilities that were acquired in 2022 already had an excellent safety culture and program, the Canadian wood products operations' safety team worked to assess risks and opportunities for upgrades and the additional investment needed to apply learnings from Canfor’s existing facilities.

  Focus areas included a $6 million capital expenditure for dust extraction to reduce the risk of dust explosion, machine safeguarding, machine lockout processes, and Mobile Equipment Pedestrian Interface risk assessments and controls.

• Project CHESS

  

  Project CHESS

  In 2022, Canfor began the multi-year implementation of an intuitive, user-friendly platform called the Canfor's: Health, Environment, Safety and Sustainability (CHESS) program.

  Prior to CHESS, we used a variety of manual processes and multiple systems. Once implemented, CHESS will be able to streamline all processes into one integrated system and allow for standardizing our practices across the business, supporting our ambition to be a global leader in these areas.

• Improving Hand Safety

  

  Improving Hand Safety

  A review of 2021 safety statistics at our pulp operations showed that half of all the recordable injuries were hand-related. To address this, Canfor Pulp leaders worked with each of the mills’ joint health and safety committees on updating policies, ensuring the right gloves were available, and developing a hand safety learning management module.

  As a result, our pulp operations have seen a reduction of almost 60% in hand injuries. The Canadian wood products safety team followed the successes of our pulp operations with specific initiatives to improve hand safety.