An investigation into a September 2024 construction site incident has found that a lifting bracket was assembled incorrectly, causing a stack of formwork panels to fall and injure two workers.… …
A loader operator suffered serious injuries after a horizontal grinder ejected a steel hammer tip through the windscreen of the loader in October 2024, according to a WorkSafeBC investigation. The… …
Cleaners on the SkyTrain in Vancouver, B.C., could be exposed to moving trains and serious injury because employers did not coordinate safety work, according to SEIU Local 2, which obtained… …
WorkSafeBC’s Human Factors and Ergonomics team will host a free online webinar on Thursday, Oct. 22, covering injury prevention research and vehicle ergonomics for workers. The event, called Ergonomics Day,… …
Society fire brigades and volunteer fire departments in British Columbia will be treated as employers under the Workers Compensation Act starting Oct. 1, 2026, when amendments to Part 31 of… …
British Columbia workers who struggle with poorly fitting protective gear could gain new protections under proposed amendments to Part 8 of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. The changes, drafted… …
A WorkSafeBC investigation has found that a worker was seriously injured when a 544-kilogram floor plate fell from a drilling rig at a remote oil and gas wellsite in March… …
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 tower crane’s rigging toppled a large formwork panel and killed a worker at a British Columbia construction site, a WorkSafeBC investigation found. The September 2024 incident occurred while the… …
A worker at a British Columbia pulp mill died after an energized railing shocked him while he was operating an overhead hoist, according to a WorkSafeBC investigation. The worker was… …
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