Safety & Health Award Winners

Canfor and West Fraser won Safest Company Awards in their respective categories. Canfor won for companies with three or fewer mills and posted an average Weighted Incident Rate (WIR) of 0.00. West Fraser earned top honors among companies with four or more mills, with a WIR of 2.90.

Two winners received the coveted Innovation in Safety Award. PotlatchDeltic’s St. Maries, Idaho, mill won the Equipment-Based Innovation Award with its “Automatic Hot Press Panel Feeders.” RoyOMartin’s Alexandria, Louisiana, mill won the Jeff Wagner Process-Based Innovation Award for its “The IBIZ Now Safety Show.” READ MORE ►

2023 Award Winners

INNOVATION IN SAFETY AWARD

PotlatchDeltic | St. Maries, Idaho 
Equipment-Based Innovation Winner: “Automatic Hot Press Panel Feeders”

RoyOMartin | Alexandria, Louisiana
Jeff Wagner Process-Based Innovation Winner: “The IBIZ Now Safety Show”

SAFEST COMPANY AWARDS
   Avg. WIR Avg. TIR
Canfor
(Companies with three or fewer mills)
0.00 0.00
West Fraser
(Companies with four or more mills)
2.90 0.60
ANNUAL SAFETY AND HEALTH HONOR ROLL
Division I - Plywood   WIR TIR
1st Boise Cascade Company | Chapman, Alabama   0.00 0.00
2nd Boise Cascade Company | Rogue Valley | White City, Oregon   0.00 0.00
Division II - OSB   WIR TIR
1st LP | Hayward, Wisconsin   0.00 0.00
2nd LP | Clarke County | Thomasville, Alabama   0.00 0.00
Division III - Glulam, CLT, I-Joist, LVL and SCL   WIR TIR
1st Boise Cascade Company | Homedale, Idaho    0.00 0.00
2nd Resolute Engineered Wood | St. Prime, Quebec   0.00 0.00
THREE-YEAR SAFETY AWARD (2021-2023)
Division I - Plywood   Avg. WIR Avg. TIR
RoyOMartin | Chopin, Louisiana   1.46 0.42
Division II - OSB   Avg. WIR Avg. TIR
LP | Dawson Creek, British Columbia   0.00 0.00
Division III - Glulam, CLT, I-Joist, LVL and SCL   Avg. WIR Avg. TIR
Resolute Engineered Wood | St. Prime, Quebec   0.00 0.00
SAFETY IMPROVEMENT AWARD (2021-2023)
Division I - Plywood 2021 WIR 2022 WIR 2023 WIR

Roseburg Forest Products Company | Riddle, Oregon

64.69% Improvement

26.58 13.68 9.39
2021 TIR 2022 TIR 2023 TIR
6.36 4.56 1.71
Division II - OSB 2021 WIR 2022 WIR 2023 WIR

LP | Hayward, Wisconsin 

100% Improvement

2.23 0.37 0.00
2021 TIR 2022 TIR 2023 TIR
0.74 0.37 0.00
Division III - Glulam, CLT, I-Joist, LVL and SCL 2021 WIR 2022 WIR 2023 WIR

Boise Cascade Company | Thorsby, Alabama

80.69% Improvement

4.49 4.22 0.87
2021 TIR 2022 TIR 2023 TIR
1.12 0.42 0.87
INCIDENT FREE HONOR SOCIETY
   PRODUCT WIR TIR
Boise Cascade Company | Chapman, Alabama PLY 0.00 0.00
Boise Cascade Company | Homedale, Idaho Glulam 0.00 0.00
Boise Cascade Company | Rogue Valley | White City, Oregon PLY 0.00 0.00
Canfor | El Dorado, Arkansas Glulam 0.00 0.00
Canfor | Washington, Georgia Glulam 0.00 0.00
LP | Dawson Creek, British Columbia OSB 0.00 0.00
LP | Hayward, Wisconsin OSB 0.00 0.00
LP | Jasper, Texas OSB 0.00 0.00
LP | Newberry, Michigan OSB 0.00 0.00
LP | Clarke County | Thomasville, Alabama OSB 0.00 0.00
Resolute Engineered Wood | Larouche, Quebec IJ 0.00 0.00
Resolute Engineered Wood | St. Prime, Quebec IJ 0.00 0.00
West Fraser | Cordele, Georgia OSB 0.00 0.00
West Fraser | Huguley | Lanett, Alabama OSB 0.00 0.00

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