PRINCE GEORGE, BC — Brink Forest Products, a British Columbia-based employer, has been fined $129,665.50 after a worker sustained serious injuries on the job. The incident occurred at the company’s wood products manufacturing facility in Prince George, according to WorkSafeBC. A worker was seriously injured while clearing a jam of wooden blocks in the waste conveyor system of a trimmer machine. Following the incident, WorkSafeBC conducted a workplace inspection. The agency found that Brink Forest Products “failed to ensure that energy sources were isolated and effectively controlled if the unexpected energization of machinery or release of an energy source could cause injury—a repeated violation.” “The firm also failed to provide its workers with the information, instruction, training, and supervision necessary to ensure their health and safety,” WorkSafeBC added. Both findings were classified as high-risk violations.