Forest roads carry different hazards than provincial highways, including rough surfaces, wildlife, heavy equipment and limited access to emergency services, according to Workplace Safety North (WSN). The organization issued safety… …
A brief personal stop for groceries didn’t take a British Columbia youth support worker out of the course of his employment moments before a highway crash left him injured, the… …
A telehandler operator suffered serious injuries when an unsecured steel roof-support wall fell more than 2.6 metres and struck him at a construction equipment yard, according to a WorkSafeBC investigation… …
A helicopter pilot conducting aerial survey work near Fort Chipewyan, Alta., likely lost all outside visual references before his aircraft struck a frozen lake, killing him, according to a Transportation… …
Of the 338 former National Football League players whose brains were examined after death between 2008 and 2021, 315 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy. That is 93.2 per cent. But it’s… …
Nearly one in four former National Football League players who died between 2016 and 2021 had chronic traumatic encephalopathy at the time of death, and the true share could be… …
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As wildfire activity intensifies across British Columbia, WorkSafeBC is calling on employers to review their emergency evacuation plans and prepare for situations where workers may need to leave a worksite… …
Employers would have to identify and control psychological hazards in the workplace under a new part of British Columbia’s Occupational Health and Safety Regulation now open for public feedback. WorkSafeBC’s… …
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