When the snow falls in Vancouver – as it has this January – the transit drivers have their work cut out for them. They navigate challenging roads, where vehicles slide at odd angles, and more passengers than usual line-up at snow-covered bus stops. Let’s thank them and think about how bus drivers stay safe on the job.
Why did this young worker – with less than three weeks on the job – fall 13 feet from a forklift onto a cement floor? This new slide show from WorkSafeBC explains what happened, including best practices for prevention.
Canadian Agriculture Safety Week is March 11 to 18, 2012 – and plans are underway for its launch in BC.
The current issue of WorkSafe Magazine features a landscaping scenario in its popular photo challenge What’s Wrong With This Photo? It includes at least six hazardous work habits and your challenge is to identify them and submit your answers to WorkSafe Magazine by January 30, 2012.
In 2011, the BC Institute of Technology won the Educational Institutions category of NAOSH Week for the fifth year in a row. TJ Garcha, BCIT’s health & safety coordinator, told me the prize pool was bigger than ever, with 35 prizes and lots of giveaways from health and safety exhibitors.
I talked with a musician who says he can’t wear earplug because it’s disorienting and detaching. He’s not alone in this view – but there are options that protect hearing without distorting the music.
Back strains account for almost 25 percent of all WorkSafeBC claims, so the FIOSA/MIOSA Safety Alliance is offering a Workplace Warm-up and Stretches fact sheet online.
Here’s a quick redux of the Top 5 most-viewed posts of 2011. This is my last post for the year. I’m taking a break for the holidays, and will be posting again in 2012. Please let me know if there are any topics you’d like me to explore in the new year.
This post is a bit of a departure from my usual topic of workplace safety – but it’s something to think about during this season of charity when many people make donations through work. Today I talked to a man who lives in a tent, deep in the bushes above a railway track, and his living conditions are anything but safe.
Operation Red Nose volunteers drive motorists home in their own cars during the holiday season. An average of 55,000 volunteers across the country give 80,000 rides home from Nov. 25 to Dec. 31. In BC, during the weekend of Nov. 25 to 27, 1,374 motorists used it.
