A WorkSafeBC investigation has found inadequate supervision and failure to enforce fall protection procedures led to a worker’s death at a warehouse construction site in May 2022. The worker fell… …
WorkSafeBC received more than 900 Notice of Project submissions for tower crane operations in the first year of a new regulation that took effect Oct. 1, 2024. The regulation requires… …
By J.P. Antonacci | The Hamilton Spectator Zak Muise died while trying to help. The 25-year-old wildland firefighter from Norfolk County in Ontario was killed in a vehicle rollover in July 2023 while battling the Donnie… …
WorkSafeBC will hold a virtual public hearing on Nov. 25 to gather feedback on proposed amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. The hearing will run in two sessions… …
A worker died after tripping on an earthquake strap and falling into a concrete foundation while operating a mobile crane to load form panels at a residential construction site, a… …
A carpenter died after falling from a ladder that was too short for the ceiling repair work he was performing at a public school, a WorkSafeBC investigation has found. The… …
ARC Resources Ltd. has been fined $140,615 after a worker experienced symptoms consistent with exposure to toxic fumes while cleaning inside a storage tank at a Fort St John gas… …
Lafarge Canada Inc. has been fined $674,445 after a worker was killed when debris from a failed fan struck him at the company’s Richmond cement manufacturing facility. WorkSafeBC imposed the… …
The British Columbia government has been fined $759,368 following two serious incidents involving wildfire crews near Squilax, including one that killed a worker. WorkSafeBC imposed the penalty on Sept. 25… …
WorkSafeBC has introduced a new online tool that allows injured workers to submit expense reimbursement requests at any time through their online services account. The tool, launched in late October,… …
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