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WorkSafeBC accepted 876 time-loss claims for ladder-related fall injuries in 2024, including 309 serious injuries such as fractures, contusions and strains. The workers’ compensation board and The Community Against Preventable… …

WorkSafeBC has appointed two new members to its board of directors, effective Dec. 1, and reappointed three existing directors whose terms had expired. Joshua Douglas Towsley was appointed as a… …

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A worker died after being ejected from a forklift that tipped over while another worker attempted to tow it with a pickup truck at a storage yard in March 2023.… …

A worker died and two others suffered serious injuries when a utility terrain vehicle crashed into trees after losing braking control on a steep gravel road at a mine site… …

A worker suffered serious injuries when a hydraulic cylinder fell from a gantry crane being assembled on a moored barge, striking him as he emerged from beneath the crane’s platform… …

A WorkSafeBC investigation has determined that improper storage of an oxyacetylene welding system caused a service vehicle to explode when a worker used his key fob to unlock it remotely… …

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… …