The Alberta Forest Products Association takes pride in providing quality health and safety resources to its members and member contractors. We are always working on new initiatives to promote health and safety in Alberta’s forest industry, and welcome member feedback and suggestions for new activities.
NEW Canadian Model for Providing a Safe Workplace: Alcohol & Drug Guidelines and Work Rule
The Construction Owners Association of Alberta has prepared this document, and posted it from their web site. To purchase a hard copy, click here.
Hazard Alerts
Hazard Alert topics are submitted by contributing AFPA members and their contractors to provide an opportunity for all employers to learn from incidents that have occurred on other employer work sites.
H&S Resource Request Form
A number of small databases and other H&S resources have been developed for distribution to AFPA members and their contractors, and are available on request.
Occupational Injuries and Diseases in Alberta
The AHR&E and Work Safe Alberta released this information in the summer of 2009. The booklet details the Lost-Time Claims and Claim Rates information for Forestry and related industries (2004 to 2008).
West Nile Virus
Information on symptoms, history in Alberta, number of cases in the province, and how the virus is spread.