October 27, 2003

No Hardhats for Tree Planters (#1)

Anonymous Submission Professional tree planters in Canada will tell you that our job is all about keeping the client happy. If the client wants six trees […]
January 1, 2003

Your Job is Dangerous

We have some basic figures here from the British Columbia Workers’ Compensation Board that shows silviculture work is more dangerous that most people realize. In fact, […]
October 18, 2002

Reducing the Risk of Injuries in Tree-planters

Ariel-Ann Lyons, Human Kinetics Undergraduate Thesis, University of British Columbia, August 2001 Download the PDF reducing-the-risk
July 18, 2000

Fertilizers Affect Tree Planters’ Health

A hypothesis put forward by a senior Weyerhaeuser forester, at a recent Workers’ Compensation Board inquiry as to why treeplanters are getting sick, was that they […]