Mill safety award may be revoked.The two Safest Mill awards presented to the Dryden pulp and paper mill in 1997 and 1998 may be revoked because the mill's current and former owners were recently convicted of four Workplace Safety and Insurance Act (WSIB WSIB Workplace Safety and Insurance Board WSIB Washington State Investment Board ) violations. The award's 75-year sponsor, Pulp and Paper Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of magazine, is reviewing the mill's standing in light of the convictions. A decision was to be made by the end of June. The 1,100-employee plant claimed to have no loss-time injuries under the Avenor Inc. ownership in 1997 and only one loss-time injury in 1998 under owners Bowater and Weyerhaeuser. In 1997 and 1998 the Dryden mill competed against 13 other Class A mills in Canada, including Abitibi-Consolidated Inc. in Fort Frances Fort Frances, town (1991 pop. 8,891), SW Ont., Canada, on Rainy River, opposite International Falls, Minn. It is chiefly a lumbering center with sawmills and a pulp and paper factory. Tourism is also an important industry, with abundant fishing and hunting nearby. , Kenora and Thunder Bay Thunder Bay, city (1991 pop. 113,946), SW Ont., Canada, on Thunder Bay inlet of Lake Superior. The city was created in 1970 by the amalgamation of the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur and two adjoining townships. , and Bowater elsewhere. The annual competition is a close race with placings separated by one or two accidents. |
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