Can you imagine what it’s like to work on a roadside? Unless you’ve been there, it’s hard to picture.
Category: Health & safety solutions
YouTube was launched in 2005, and WorkSafeBC set up their channel a year later in 2006 – making them early adopters of new technology. In 2014, WorkSafeBC produced 15 new safety videos, and their YouTube channel received more than three million views.
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Wendy Bennett, FARSHA’s executive director, describes three new resources that improve safety for agriculture workers.
It’s like a different option – not print, not electronic – easier than a regular-sized manual, and always accessible because it fits into the hand of a person in real life – unlike an online version.
It’s “…a simplified approach to understanding how to conduct an ergonomics assessment.”
Some of these workers do 10-hour shifts and stop at up to 1,200 homes, where at least two containers are left for pick-up. They face a bigger-than-average risk of injury from overexertion.
BC drivers must slow down and move over for any roadside vehicle with flashing lights. In the past, drivers had to check to see if the flashing light was a certain type of “official vehicle.”
“The machine doesn’t know you’re there, so if it’s got to move from Point A to Point B, and you get in the way, it’s not going to stop.”
