2025 Western Pulp, Paper, & Forest Products Safety & Health Conference

The Western Pulp, Paper, & Forest Products Safety & Health Conference is celebrating its 33rd year! The conference started in 1990 as a single training day with an attendance of 50 people. It was developed by the AWPPW Oregon Area Council Safety Steering Committee and Oregon OSHA. As more people became involved with the conference, more mill managers realized the value in supporting it and they made this conference the one to send employees for outside training. There is now a planning committee with labor, management, and government representatives from Oregon, Washington, California, and Idaho. This three-and-a-half-day event is the largest safety and health conference in the West dedicated to providing quality educational opportunities for the pulp, paper, and converting industries. Past attendance has exceeded 450 people and, each year. The conference offers more than 45 workshops and sessions and 47 exhibit booths showing the latest safety-and-health products and services. There is an awards ceremony and dinner that acknowledges safety and health excellence in the industry.