Managing Dust And Fire Explosion risk

While fire is an obvious hazard in wood processing plants, a less obvious hazard is a dust explosion. Sawdust created throughout the milling process, is not explosive on its own, but under the right conditions wood dust can cause flash fires that, if contained within a full or partial enclosure, can produce an explosion due […]

Mobile Plant & Pedestrian Interaction

The movement of mobile plant and vehicles in and around a workplace, including reversing, loading, and unloading, pose a significant risk to pedestrians in the sawmilling industry. The Mobile Plant & Pedestrian Interaction Guidance Document has been produced by the Workplace Health and Safety Subcommittee (WHSS) – a subcommittee of the Softwood Manufacturing Chamber of […]

Nature Repair Market Rules

Subject – Nature Repair Market Rules AFPA provided a submission into the Discussion paper on the Nature Repair Market RulesDownload publication here.

How Timber Can Help Solve Australia’s Housing Crisis

AFPA, in conjunction with Master Builders Australia, has launched a new publication ‘How Timber Can Help Solve Australia’s Housing Crisis’ to explain that industry has timber ready to go to build new homes right now and help solve Australia’s housing crisis.Download publication here.

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