The safety culture at Kadant Johnson starts with its leaders. To understand how this works in practice, I recently sat down with Michael DiFranco, the environmental health and safety (EHS) manager at Kadant Johnson. He shared his insights and perspective.

Safety is more than a goal for the paper and wood products industry - it’s a mindset. The people who develop, implement and monitor safety programs to help keep our employees safe are a key component to achieving “Goal Zero.” 

As we enter National Safety Month 2021 in June, we’re proud to say Domtar facilities are on a positive trend, with several sites or groups recently achieving safety milestones.

Richmond, B.C. — WorkSafeBC has published its high-risk strategies (HRS) and industry initiatives for 2021–2023, targeting industries and employers where the risks of serious injuries and fatalities are the highest.

From project management to design and planning of SIS, safety loop calculation and life cycle of SIS

UPM Raflatac has earned multi-site certification to the first edition of the ISO 45001:2018 Occupational Health and Safety Management System for its ten label stock production facilities.

Three Domtar facilities were among a group of nearly 150 South Carolina-based companies recognized for outstanding workplace safety at the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce’s annual safety awards ceremony.

The Better Practices, Better Planet 2020 sustainability initiative recognizes the three essential pillars of sustainability — economic, environmental and social — interdependent factors that collectively support long-term viability, growth and improvement.

Mondi, a leading global packaging and paper company, has been named the winner of the risk and safety category for the second consecutive year at the annual Fastmarkets RISI PPI Awards 2021.

In environments where people and heavy machines co-exist there is always an imminent risk of accidents. As a company, we have the responsibility to take every measure we can to avoid those risks and ensure that each colleague gets home safe every day.

Rolland Converting Center reaches safety achievement

In November, Stora Enso celebrated its annual Safety Week, under the theme of “Caring for each other”. Due to Covid-19, many activities were held online as webinars, but there were also physical ones at the mills.

Four Resolute operations in Quebec recently reached significant safety milestones, allowing them to donate a total of $25,000 to their chosen community organizations as part of our Board of Directors Safety Award program.

Saica Pack has gone more than a decade without a lost-time accident at their corrugated packaging plant in Sowton, Exeter.

Life can change in an instant. That’s why, as part of our commitment to workplace safety, we support trained Emergency Response Teams that are always onsite and ready to serve at each of our pulp and paper mills.

Employees of Resolute Forest Products’ Atikokan sawmill proudly presented a $10,000 cheque to Community Living Atikokan for the Aspen Court Senior Living fundraising campaign at a ceremony held at the facility earlier today.

Sustana Fiber Fox River reaches safety achievement for operating one year without a recordable incident.

Safety is a combination of culture and attitude at UPM’s pulp mills in Finland. Each year, its Kymi, Kaukas and Pietarsaari mills produce impressive safety records across an industry with accident potential.

Many work incidents or accidents happen in confined spaces each year. In many instances, victims are not aware of the risks and that the control measures were inadequate.

Safety First has taken on a whole new meaning during the Covid 19 pandemic.  Meet Julian Hogeterp: our #CoolJob feature and a key player in helping J.D Irving, Limited respond to the COVID-19 crisis.

Guardhat combines intelligent proprietary software with modern wearable technology to provide frontline industrial workers with connected safety and comprehensive situational awareness