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Speaking of Safety

Conversations about workplace health and safety

Avoiding slips and trips while working in restaurants
Slips, trips, and falls are preventable in restaurants when employers work with front-line workers to address hazards.

Brewery revamps health and safety systems for OSSE certification
The recipe for safety culture at Vancouver Island Brewing includes safety awards for workers and new risk assessment training for its JHS committee.

Making it easier to keep track of forms in the forestry industry
An app is in development that will enable forestry employers to use smart devices to fill out and manage health and safety paperwork.

Safety when using high-pressured equipment for processing cannabis
Demand for cannabis remains steady, and on-going training is essential for workers using new technology and tools to process, store, receive, and ship products.

Are you winter driving ready?
Here’s how to improve safety when driving during the winter in B.C.

Making a safer workplace for garbage collection teams
Let’s be aware of health and safety for workers who are at risk of sprains, strains, and other injuries while collecting residential garbage and recycling.

Improving your workplace health and safety culture
Listening and responding to workers’ concerns and suggestions is an essential way that employers can improve the health and safety culture of their workplace.

Know your responsibility when dealing with asbestos
Harmful asbestos fibres can be found in more than 3,000 common building materials.

What’s an Emergency Information Tube and who needs one?
Emergency information tubes include maps, information about power sources, and more that responders need to know about evacuated properties.

About Me
I'm Susan Main, a writer based in Vancouver, BC. I have been writing about workplace health and safety since 1999 and have spoken with hundreds of people in different industries across Canada about their efforts to make safety a priority. It is a pleasure and a privilege to share their stories and explore new topics in the world of health and safety at work, and in our communities. In partnership with my sponsor, WorkSafeBC, our goal is to create an online community to promote conversations around workplace health and safety and inspire others to be safety champions.