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 ...

"Commercial kitchens have the potential to be a recipe for risk," said Lisa Houle, manager of Industry and Labour Services at WorkSafeBC. "They contain lots of sharp, heavy, hot objects; the pace of ...

The Policy, Regulation and Research Department is requesting feedback on sections relating to psychological health and safety in the proposed Part 4.1, which establishes a set of requirements for ...

WorkSafeBC has released several key recommendations in an effort to boost crane safety, following four incidents in Metro Vancouver this year, including one that was fatal. The recommendations come ...

Manufacturers with the highest number of injuries are food and beverage processors, wood and paper product manufacturers, and metal and non-metallic mineral products manufacturers. RICHMOND — ...

Decaying railroad ties and the failure of a safety mechanism to prevent a train derailment are cited in a report by British Columbia’s workers’ safety agency as factors in a crash that killed three ...

Though it happened across the border, April’s collapse of a tower crane in Downtown Seattle wasn’t far from the minds of B.C.’s crane community Wednesday at a safety conference in Richmond. In that ...

Plans to update construction crane safety protocols are welcomed by the mother of a man who died in a 2021 industrial accident, though she said they were a little slow to come around. “I do believe ...

WorkSafeBC has announced industry-specific resources and guidelines for businesses re-opening during phase two of B.C.’s Restart Plan. Al Johnson, head of prevention services at WorkSafeBC, said ...

WorkSafeBC says it has issued more than 300 orders for health and safety violations concerning COVID-19. The agency conducted 12,646 scheduled and impromptu work site inspections as of July 3, some of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Construction workers gather outside the Oakridge Mall site after a fatal incident involving a crane dropping its load onto a woman ...

Decaying railroad ties and the failure of a safety mechanism to prevent a train derailment are cited in a report by British Columbia’s workers’ safety agency as factors in a crash that killed three ...