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Jun 13

Wood Pellet Safety Conference and Workshop Safety in Action

By Wood Pellet Association of Canada

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Tue, 13 Jun 2017, 8:15 AM – Wed, 14 Jun 2017, 3:00 PM PDT

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Prince George Civic Centre 808 Canada Games Way Prince George, BC V2L 5L1 Canada

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Please join us at the Wood Pellet Association of Canada’s safety conference and workshop in Prince George on June 13th and 14th.

  • Current wood pellet industry safety performance and priorities

  • Observations and recommendations from WorkSafeBC

  • Safety performance tracking

  • Combustible dust in raw material storage areas

  • Risks and best practices regarding syngas in drum driers

  • Effective practices for human-computer interface

  • Process safety management


KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Listen to Candace Carnahan – who lost her leg in workplace accident – inspire us to enhance our safety culture, make safety a top priority and commit to making it so – every day.

Candace believes that safety is an attitude, a state of mind, a way of life, and she shares her conviction that having the courage to care through standing up for others is a transformational concept.


June 13: Conference Day

8:15 AM Coffee and networking

8:45 AM Gordon Murray, Executive Director, Wood Pellet Association of Canada – Welcoming Comments

8:50 AM Scott Bax, Sr VP, Pinnacle Renewable Energy & Chair, WPAC Safety Committee – Wood Pellet Industry Safety Progress

9:10 AM Budd Phillips, Regional Prevention Mannager, WorkSafeBC - Perspectives on Pellet Industry Safety Management

9:30 AM Mike Tasker, Occupational Safety Officer, WorkSafeBC - A Discussion of Pellet Industry Safety Performance and Key Issues in Northern BC

9:45 AM Geoff Thompson, Occupational Safety Officer, WorkSafeBC - A Discussion of Pellet Industry Safety Performance and Key Issues in Southern BC

10:00 AM Coffee break

10:30 AM Dustin Meierhofer, BC Forest Safety Council - Combustible Dust Management in Raw Product Storage Areas

10:50 AM James Snow, Occupational Health and Safety Manager, Nechako Group - Safety Information Data Tracking Using DATS Software

11:10 AM Steven Mueller, Director Health & Safety, Pinnacle Renewable Energy - Best Practices for Safeguarding Machinery and Equipment

11:30 AM Glen Visser, Senior Consultant, Aon Risk Solutions and Kevin Ericsson, Chief Engineer, UNBC - Risks and Best Practices Associated with Syngas in Drum Dryers

12:00 PM Lunch

12:30 PM Keynote speaker: Candace Carnahan

1:30 PM Jenny Colman, Human Factor Specialist, WorkSafeBC and Jamie Errington, Senior Partner, Human Centered Solutions LLP - Effective HCI Practices

• Effective Console Operator HMI Design
• Effective Alarm Management Practices
• Effective Alarm Rationalization Practices
• Effective Procedural Practices


3:00 PM Coffee break


3:30 PM Effective HCI Practices (continued)


4:50 PM Scott Bax - Closing Comments


5:00 PM Conference day adjourns


June 14: Workshop Day


8:00 AM Jamie Merriam, Process Safety Consultant, ACM Process Safety: Introduction to Process Safety Management (PSM) & Management of Change (MOC) for the Wood Pellet Industry


GOAL: to introduce the wood pellet sector to the value of Process Safety Management through more detailed training in one element, Management of Change

  • Introduction to PSM
  • PSM Elements Overview
  • PSM for small facilities
  • MOC for wood pellet industry
  • Session Purpose, Expected Session Outcomes and MOC Intent
  • MOC Overview
  • MOC Methodology (Includes MOC check sheet)
  • Workshop: Examples & Case Studies
  • Feedback and Close
  • Next session (fall 2017)
  • NEW - Training arrangement with WPAC!
  • Follow up contact information


3:00 PM
Workshop day adjourns

How can I contact the organizer with any questions?

Gordon Murray, Executive Director, Wood Pellet Association of Canada, Email: gord@pellet.org | Tel: (250) 837-8821


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