Personal Stories
A new fellowship award for research in occupational health and safety and work disability honours Ralph McGinn, who devoted his career to worker safety.
Training & Education
Workplace health and safety training programs use virtual reality to recreate hazards, incidents, best practices, and more.
Health & Safety Solutions
A local manufacturing company shares its approach to well-organized workspaces that reduce the risk of slips, trips, and falls in the workplace.
Managing Risks & Hazards
Process safety management is a practice used in high-hazard industries like pulp and paper mills to help protect workers and the surrounding community.
Roles & Responsibilities
WorkSafeBC and industry groups are working to ensure COVID-19 health and safety in food processing plants.
Safety at Home
Patio heaters are lovely for keeping us warm outside in the cold, but we need to use them safely to avoid potential fire and carbon monoxide hazards.
Health & Safety Culture
The International Media Festival for Prevention has announced their shortlist of 50 safety films and media projects.
Hazardous Materials
A costume studio shares its enhanced disinfecting and sanitizing protocols, and explains how it minimizes the potential chemical hazards.
Safety Gear & Equipment
WorkSafeBC prevention officers visit herring fishery crews to look at PPE, worker supervision, safe work procedures, and other risk-reduction tactics.
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About Me
I'm Susan Main, a writer based in Vancouver, BC. Since this blog began in 2010, I’ve talked about health and safety with hundreds of people in different industries, and many of their stories will stay with me forever. Please note that I am not a health and safety professional and any opinions expressed by me, the people I write about, or my readers are not necessarily the opinions of my sponsor, WorkSafeBC.
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