British Columbia is introducing a mandatory crane licensing and permitting program through WorkSafeBC, responding to seven worker fatalities involving cranes over the past five years. The provincial government tabled legislation… …
Musculoskeletal injuries remain the most common workplace injury in British Columbia, accounting for about 30 per cent of all time-loss claims filed with WorkSafeBC. Over the five-year period from 2020… …
A tree planter suffered serious injuries after a bear attacked her twice in a remote British Columbia logging cutblock in July 2023, a WorkSafeBC investigation has found. The worker, who… …
A form wall at a highrise construction excavation site collapsed in February 2023, trapping a worker beneath it and causing serious injuries, a WorkSafeBC investigation has found. Workers were spraying… …
William Laird Cronk has been appointed chair of WorkSafeBC’s board of directors for a three-year term, effective Feb. 26, 2026. The appointment was made by Jennifer Whiteside, B.C.’s Minister of… …
A concrete pump truck’s boom collapsed at a Vancouver-area construction site after years of undetected fatigue cracks in a critical component, a WorkSafeBC investigation has concluded. The August 2023 incident… …
A worker sustained serious injuries when a light utility vehicle rolled over an embankment at a B.C. ski resort, a WorkSafeBC investigation has concluded. The November 2023 incident occurred when… …
A worker died after falling approximately 22 feet through an elevator shaft while walking across two wooden boards at a house under construction, according to a WorkSafeBC investigation into the… …
Dawson Road Maintenance has been fined $248,095.47 after WorkSafeBC inspectors found multiple traffic control violations at a culvert installation project on a public roadway in Fort St. John. WorkSafeBC imposed… …
Andrew Sheret Limited has been fined $521,694.18 after WorkSafeBC inspectors found non-compliant and damaged storage racks in use at the company’s retail and warehouse site in Penticton. WorkSafeBC imposed the… …
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