"Commercial kitchens have the potential to be a recipe for risk," said Lisa Houle, manager of Industry and Labour Services at WorkSafeBC. "They contain lots of sharp, heavy, hot objects; the pace of ...

WorkSafeBC has posted a new guide, posters, and a video addressing hazards specific to craft-brewing and distilling processes, including carbon dioxide and confined spaces. Mar 21, 2019 WorkSafeBC ...

Manufacturers with the highest number of injuries are food and beverage processors, wood and paper product manufacturers, and metal and non-metallic mineral products manufacturers. RICHMOND — ...

As British Columbia approaches the five-year anniversary of the deadly heat dome, it's facing calls to toughen its heat ...

Though it happened across the border, April’s collapse of a tower crane in Downtown Seattle wasn’t far from the minds of B.C.’s crane community Wednesday at a safety conference in Richmond. In that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Construction workers gather outside the Oakridge Mall site after a fatal incident involving a crane dropping its load onto a woman ...

WorkSafeBC inspectors are blitzing residential construction sites in an effort to prevent injuries to roofers and framers caused by falls, which resulted in more than 1,000 claims and cost $25.6 ...

Decaying railroad ties and the failure of a safety mechanism to prevent a train derailment are cited in a report by British Columbia’s workers’ safety agency as factors in a crash that killed three ...

A Richmond-based provincial agency is issuing safety recommendations following an increase in risks associated with cranes. WorkSafeBC announced Tuesday that it developed a risk-reduction strategy ...

WorkSafeBC says it has issued more than 300 orders for health and safety violations concerning COVID-19. The agency conducted 12,646 scheduled and impromptu work site inspections as of July 3, some of ...

WorkSafeBC has announced industry-specific resources and guidelines for businesses re-opening during phase two of B.C.’s Restart Plan. Al Johnson, head of prevention services at WorkSafeBC, said ...