WorkSafeBC has posted a new guide, posters, and a video addressing hazards specific to craft-brewing and distilling processes, including carbon dioxide and confined spaces. Mar 21, 2019 WorkSafeBC ...
A serious injury that occurred at a Visions Electronics store in B.C. has led to a hefty fine imposed by WorkSafeBC.
WorkSafeBC recently fined two Lower Mainland firms for traffic control violations at their worksites, resulting in almost $30 ...
WorkSafeBC aims to raise awareness about the risk of hearing loss in the service industry with the release of a new safety bulletin and other resources for workers and employers. May 22, 2019 ...
The incident occurred when a worker misused combustible manganese dust, triggering a flame that displaced a lid on a nearby ...
With the upcoming legalization of cannabis, WorkSafeBC is helping prepare employers and workers by educating them about impairment on the job with new online resources. The focus of the new resource ...
A CBC News investigation has uncovered questionable methods used by WorkSafeBC to avoid compensating workers for costly injuries. "They're trying to force me to go on welfare," says former tow truck ...
An investigation has been launched into the death of Prince George worker who was struck by a tree while on the job on Tuesday, Dec. 2. On Monday, Dec. 29, WorkSafeBC posted a notice regarding a fatal ...
A report from WorkSafeBC says a mechanical failure in a construction crane led to the closure of a SkyTrain station in Vancouver last week. After lifting a seven-tonne, nine-metre wall panel to the ...
B.C.’s Workers’ Compensation Board has a conundrum most would envy: what do you do with $2.7 billion? For now, the province’s Ministry of Labour says: Nothing. Over the past 10 years, WorkSafeBC has ...
It was April 2017 when tragedy struck at a Penticton auto dealership. An employee had become pinned between two vehicles. The employee was Jennifer Cormier’s husband, Quinn Cormier, who died at the ...
An Okanagan man continues to struggle with the pain caused by a workplace injury sustained in Kelowna, B.C., more than two years ago. The sheet metal worker said he was assisting a plumber with ...