Each year, on average, 13 kids are killed on Canada’s farms – and that’s why the Canadian Agriculture Safety Association is reaching out to communities throughout the country. CASA announced 13,500+ kids and participants will take part in the activities organized by safety groups in Canada’s rural communities
A supervisor sends home a hungover worker and doesn’t report it. He’s trying to be compassionate, but chances are he’s causing more harm than good in the long run. This online course – Supervising the Drug-free Workplace – offers solutions that keep everyone safer.
Consider the similarities. Both Twitter and CB radio use brief, to-the-point comments and allow people to connect from remote places. You communicate with people you don’t know and form remote relationships – via radio or the Internet – with people you’ve never met in real life.
Home in one piece: What motivates you, your friends, or your family to come home safely from work? That was the 2012 theme for the seventh annual WorkSafeBC Student Video Contest – which generated 66 YouTube entries, representing the work of 195 students from 135 schools.
Young workers in BC share stories on Facebook and enter to win an iPad
“Where would you like to see a BC HighwayCam in our province to better help you know before you go?” An important question indeed – for working drivers and the public – and throughout June it was TranBC’s monthly survey question.
A new BC report finds women between 55 than 64 years old are three times more likely to experience a severe fall than women 15 to 24 years old – and women working in health care are three to four times more likely to incur a serious injury as men in that industry.
WorkSafe Victoria just launched the first two TV spots in a new campaign to reduce slips, trips, and falls at work – showing the consequence of taking shortcuts.
Musculoskeletal injuries, such as sprains and strains, are the most common injuries to treeplanters. A new series of info sheets for silviculture workers is available online from WorkSafeBC.
3M is offering a free info session for employers on monitoring heat stress. It covers “the potential risks of heat stress, how to detect key environmental factors that can contribute to heat stress, and how to establish a heat stress management program.”
