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BGP has announced that it has become the first UK print company to achieve 100% in the British Print Industries Federation’s (BPIF) Seal of Excellence certification for Heath & Safety.
The new Seal of Excellence certification, which was launched by the BPIF earlier this year, is aimed at helping p read more »
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(CANADA)2021960 Ontario Inc., carrying on business as New Forest Paper Mills LP, was fined $125,000 for a violation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker was killed. A supervisor, Morteza Alemi, was fined $5,000 in relation to the same incident...rn read more »
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(USA)Thiele Kaolin Company is pleased to announce that
the company has worked three years without incurring a lost time accident... read more »
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(Sweden)Consumer health and safety is a top priority for A&R Carton. A&R Carton therefore see the ECMA Good Manufacturing Practices principles as an important guideline within our industry to proactively strive for higher consumer safety through our packaging... read more »
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(Finland)A fire broke out at Ahlstrom's Mozzate wipes fabrics plant in Italy and caused damage to one of the production lines... read more »
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(Indonesia)Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP) is initiating its first-ever comprehensive human rights audit across the company’s Indonesian operations, heeding the United Nations call for the global protection of human rights by businesses around the world... read more »
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(NORWAY) Two containers, supplying hydrosulfite to the bleaching of the paper production, was set under fire Sunday afternoon at 17:20 at the Skogn mill... read more »
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(Sweden)The fire at Södra Cell Mönsterås is now considered to be under control."We will be concluding the formal rescue work during the afternoon," said Ingemar Idh, who has headed up the rescue and fire-fighting operations... read more »
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(Germany)Palm’s Eltmann mill near Bamberg, operating the 2 newsprint paper machines PM1 and PM3, has successfully conducted the audit according to OHSAS 18001:2007 (Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series)... read more »
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(CANADA) - West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (TSX:WFT) - Forest fires have caused substantial damage to Slave Lake, Alberta and the surrounding area. West Fraser has two operations in the area... read more »
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(Canada) - Catalyst Paper (TSX: CTL) today advised that a fire in the storage yard at its Snowflake Mill in northeast Arizona has shut down production and destroyed approximately 14,000 tonnes of recovered waste paper... read more »
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(UK) A Fife papermaking firm has been fined £260,000 after a worker fell almost 50 feet through a fragile roof to his death... read more »
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(USA) - Verso Paper Corp. (NYSE:VRS) announced today it exceeded the company's safetygoals for 2010 with a lost workday incidence rate (LWIR) of 0.07, which is world class performance, and a total incidence rate... read more »
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(USA) – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited APC Paper Co. Inc. for alleged willful, repeat and serious violations of workplace safety and health standards following the July 26, 2010, death of a worker at the company's paper mill... read more »
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(UK) - A Glossop packaging manufacturer has been fined after a worker was killed when a machine he was working on was activated while he was still inside... read more »
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