A new tool kit is available online for smaller employers to build awareness of keeping people as safe as they can be at the roadside.
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Mark Johnson was only 21 when a workplace accident changed his life forever. Now he shares his story in the hopes of keeping others safe.
“Billy and the Beast” won the Grade 8 to 10 category of WorkSafeBC’s 2015 Student Safety Video Contest. Congrats to SelfDesign High in Nelson BC.
“The shared ideas and feedback meant that everyone had a voice, and participants could see where there was commonality or differences with others on a particular topic.”
An employer must reassess first aid requirements “whenever a significant change affecting the assessment occurs in the employer’s operations” – which happens all the time in the film industry.
“If workers all understood how their brains operate, we would really reduce the accident rate and save lives,” says a speaker at the First Annual Northern BC Safety Conference May 30 in Prince George, BC, Canada.
The prime contractor at a worksite is responsible for the safety of all workers and people on the site. This is especially important on construction sites, where there are often workers from several different trades working simultaneously.
In my selfie, I’m armed against fire ants. Post yours on Twitter with hashtags #safetyselfie and #NAOSHWeek May 3-9.
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.
Conveyor hazards in shake and shingle mills is one new talk, published online in March 2015.
