WorkSafeBC found unsafe act that could have endangered workers
Dorman Contracting of Port Alberni, B.C., has been fined $11,600 by WorkSafeBC.
WorkSafeBC inspected this firm's forestry work site and observed a guyline for a grapple yarder attached to a standing tree.
The standing tree was in striking distance of the grapple yarder and a nearby processor, both of which had operators in the cabs.
The firm failed to ensure a standing tree was not used to anchor a guyline if workers would be endangered were the tree to be pulled over, a repeated and high-risk violation.
Source: WorkSafeBC
