Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (Winter 2024)
A camp operator that provides lodging and meals for industrial staff has been fined more than $200,000 by WorkSafeBC after one of its workers contracted COVID-19 and was later found dead.
Blog Post #1667 – WorkSafeBC Recommends Changes to Improve Crane Safety in B.C.
Published by WorkSafe BC on: June 18, 2024
New risk-reduction strategy is based on a comprehensive review of crane safety and informed by stakeholder input and feedback.
Blog Post #1586 – Vernon School District Penalized
Report from the OH&S Canada magazine (June 2017)
The Vernon School District was fined $628, 034, following the renovation of property that turned out to have asbestos-containing materials in it.
Blog Post #1565 – Hearing Protection Shunned in British Columbia
Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (April 2017)
Construction workers under 21 are less likely wear hearing protection on the job than those of any other age group in British Columbia, according to new statistics from WorkSafeBC, released on February 23, 2017.