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 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 ...
Brishti Basu reports on labour for The Tyee. This reporting beat is made possible by the Local Journalism Initiative. Follow her on X @brish_ti. Maryanne Andrew says her health has spiralled downward ...
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 ...
The incident occurred when a worker misused combustible manganese dust, triggering a flame that displaced a lid on a nearby ...
A stretch of Lougheed Highway has been closed in both directions as WorkSafeBC investigates an incident involving a crane, RCMP say. Lougheed Highway between Gilmore Avenue and Madison Avenue is ...
WorkSafeBC recently fined two Lower Mainland firms for traffic control violations at their worksites, resulting in almost $30 ...
British Columbia's workplace safety agency is meeting with employers and the union that represents crane operators following another crane incident at a construction site in Metro Vancouver.
The stuntwoman killed on the set of the feature film Deadpool 2 in downtown Vancouver this week overshot her mark, struck a curb and was thrown from her motorcycle, says an initial report from the ...
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 ...