Over the weekend we attended another annual Curl for Cancer fundraiser in our community. Mark, Kyle, Lawrence, Brian and Tyler kindly contributed their time Friday evening and Saturday to play for Team BWS! The Florenceville Curling Club hosted 30+ teams made up of different local businesses, families and clubs. Like…
It’s Safety Monday again! This week Jeff helped deliver our safety message: forklift awareness. For the BWS team, this was a relevant issue to discuss. Not only are forklifts used regularly in our facility, but statistically speaking, they have had a large impact on North Americans in the work place. …
This week we changed things up and had a new speaker – Abby Derrah! By law, fire extinguishers must be regularly inspected. National Fire Protection Association code 25 requires hydro-static testing every twelve months for ABC dry chemical extinguishers. Further, these fire extinguishers must be recharged every six years. After…
Happy Friday everyone! We are excited to share this new milestone with you all. As you may know, we keep track of our “days safe” here at BWS. Recently, we reached 100 days with no lost-time injuries! To celebrate, we hosted a well-deserved pizza party for our team. Mark, as…
It’s 2018 and we are starting something new here at BWS. Each month, we will shine the spotlight on a member of our team and tell you a little bit about them. After all, where would we be without our employees? This January, we want to focus on a long-time…
How do you keep your work place safe? Here, we believe the best practice is to be proactive instead of reactive. Specifically in this circumstance, workplace inspections help prevent incidents, injuries and illnesses. With such a busy shop (and numerous work stations) it would be easy to miss a hazard,…
It’s the time of year again when we seem to spend much of our time reflecting on the past. Over this past year, we can certainly say that things have gone by quickly and we have accomplished many great things! Today is our last day of work before Christmas break,…
Today at the Monday Safety meeting Mark discussed the importance of the 3 Point Contact Rule. Slips, trips and falls account for 20% of work injuries. This totals 13 million injuries per year. Climbing into and out of mobile equipment presents a common exposure to slips and falls. Inclement weather,…
This morning at our Monday morning Safety Talk, Mark discussed the possible hazards involved with stored energy, also known as “potential energy.” The challenge we have with potential energy is that the risk is almost invisible, meaning: We can see the hazards when welding or grinding is taking place, however,…
A fire can begin so quickly in one’s home or work place. We tend to consider the flames to be the most dangerous part of a fire, but often forget how damaging the smoke can be! Your first priority in dealing with a fire of any kind is your own…
