Author Archives: Susan

It creates a ripple effect when one student makes one video – from their own personal experience of researching it, writing it, and once they have a script, casting it and acting it out – a generation speaking to itself.

Do smartphone apps have enough accuracy to collect and document noise exposure data? This is a question received many times by NIOSH noise researchers – so they did a pilot study to find out more.

Creeks and streams can rise quickly and flood – especially in spring melt season and into summer. Check out Floodsn from Emergency Management BC if your job requires you to drive on roads that may be affected. It includes a link to current flood conditions for your region. This fleet safety video from the State […]

Chris O’Rily, BC Hydro’s Executive VP of Generation, spoke at the BC Safety Charter Annual Roundtable on May 1, 2014 in Burnaby, BC, Canada, and told delegates why Hydro waited until 2013 to sign the Charter.

It’s a topic that tends to make people uncomfortable – but compassionate solutions can be found. Workers need support to get back on the job, where they are needed, and employers and supervisors need to learn how they can help make that happen.

Workers need protection when a clean-up job includes used drug needles, bed bugs, and rodent droppings. Respirators, coveralls, rubber gloves, tongs, sharps containers, protective footwear, and exposure control plans are just the start.