Workers, families take WorkSafeBC to court over 2012 mill explosions
VANCOUVER — Ten people connected to a pair of deadly sawmill explosions in British Columbia are asking a judge to certify a class-action lawsuit seeking damages for physical and mental injuries.
The separate blasts in 2012 killed four workers and injured 42 people at Babine Forest Products in Burns Lake and Lakeland Mills in Prince George.
A notice of civil claim named the Workers Compensation Board of B.C. and the provincial government.
In a statement Tuesday, Scott McCloy with WorkSafeBC said the agency had no immediate comment on the allegations.