safety

When Erick Cooper onboards new hires at our lumber mill in Plymouth, North Carolina, he makes sure to emphasize his favorite motto: Make safety personal. “I tell them, ‘If you don’t remember anything else I go over in this week’s activities, I want you to remember one thing, and that is to make safety personal,’” he says. “If you make safety personal when you come to work every day, you’re going to do everything within your power to do your work the right way — the safe way.” ... Read More

On Saturday, May 3, a routine equipment delivery turned into an emergency response. Contractor Greg Broadway and his team from G&H Broadway Logging, Inc. had just arrived at our Craven 16 - Big-P South tract in Craven County, North Carolina, to move a cutter to the site for a thinning job. ... Read More

Fire safety in a sawmill requires a lot of special equipment, from intricate systems of pipes and hoses to high-tech sensors. But even more important are the dedicated employees such as Gentry Hassell who keep it all in working order. ... Read More

Don Moore first worked for Weyerhaeuser shortly after graduating from high school in the summer of 1974. He landed the job through a friend whose father was a logging supervisor, but he felt uneasy in the woods. ... Read More

In the days before a lightning storm sparked eight separate wildfires just outside Dorena, Oregon, on July 17, former wildland firefighter Ruger Sanow was on edge. ... Read More