Posts Categorized As: British Columbia Health and Safety

Blog Post #1300 – Penalty Issued for Explosion

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2016)

A British Columbia company was fined nearly $56,000 on December 21, 2015 after WorkSafeBC completed its inspection of an explosion that injured three workers and it would-pellet plant in Burns Lake on October 9, 2014.

Blog Post #1299 – Progress Made in Action Plan

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (January 2015)

Five months after the announcement of the WorkSafeBC Review and Action Plan report, the regulatory agency posted its first update of its progress online on December 09, 2014.

Blog Post #1252 – Attack Spurs Union Response

Excerpt from the OH&S Canada magazine (July 2017)

An attack on a staff member at the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital (FPH) in  Coquitlam, British Columbia on June 13, 2017 was evidence of inadequate staff protection at the facility, a statement from the B.C. government and Service Employees’ Union (BCGEU) claims.

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