Welcome to Forestry Sector Services If you are involved in any aspect of logging, or the manufacture of wood chips, particle boards, lumber, or fuel woods, we are dedicated specifically to serving you. Find out your rate group or estimate your annual WSIB premiums with the WSIB Premium Estimator. Need to know your Account Manager or Customer Service Representative? If you have less than twenty workers, contact your nearest Small Business Office. If you have more than twenty workers, e-mail sid_lem@wsib.on.ca your postal code and your firm number, if you know it. Important News New Safety Training Required for Loggers Certification training for cut-and-skid loggers and operators of mechanized harvesting equipment is now a condition of employment across Ontario. As of June 1, 2002, new workers hired as operators of chainsaws, skidders and mechanized harvesting equipment must complete classroom training and be registered in the certification program appropriate to their duties before they start work. See the Ministry of Labour announcement. Visit OFSWA to learn more about the training needed, and to find out about OFSWA’s training schedule. Independent Operators – Knowing Who Is and Isn’t Independent operators are not covered by WSIB insurance, but can apply for optional insurance. If you’re not sure who is an independent operator and who isn’t, download the Forestry Independent Operators. (2.6mb, pdf) Information Alert about Independent Operators (32k, pdf) Think you may be considered an Independent Operator? Complete an Independent Operators questionnaire and fax it back to us for our decision. You and the firm hiring you must complete this questionnaire before you begin work for that employer. Download the Logging Independent Operators Questionnaire (466k, pdf). Injury Prevention For information on how you can prevent injuries, contact the Ontario Forestry Safe Workplace Association (OFSWA): Cecil Demers C.R.S.P cecildemers@ofswa.on.ca Chief Executive Officer Phone: 1-705-474-7233 Fax: 1-705-472-0207 690 McKeown Ave P.O. Box 2050 Stn Main North Bay, Ontario P1B 9P1 Rate Group Profiles See your Rate Group Profile: Forestry Sector Profile (27k, pdf) Rate Group 030 (78k, pdf) Rate Group 033 (81k, pdf) Rate Group 036 (80k, pdf) Management Group Your contacts for the Forestry Sector management group are: Sid Lem, Business Assistant E-mail: sid_lem@wsib.on.ca Phone: 807-343-1716 Toll Free: 1-800-465-3934 Fax: 807-343-1702 Download Acrobat Reader