“Baker’s asthma” — as it’s known in the business — is a serious health problem that can affect workers in bakery, flour manufacturing, and food processing settings. “Activities such as mixing, pouring, and weighing flour creates airborne flour dust, which workers may inhale,” reads Flour dust exposure, a risk advisory from WorkSafeBC. “Workers exposed to flour dust […]
Proper maintenance is an important part of workplace safety. We’ve heard this many times before, and I wrote about it in my post Training and equipment maintenance key to safety. But it’s also critical to keep safety in mind while doing maintenance and repairs. This topic came up recently when I was talking with WorkSafeBC […]
“How do you speak up for safety?” That’s the theme of WorkSafeBC’s 2017 Student safety video contest. The contest challenges B.C. students in Grades 8 to 12 to answer this question in a creative video, then post it on YouTube, where people can vote for their favourites. All styles of video — drama, comedy, documentary, music […]
Even though they’re exposed to some very loud machines, most B.C. forestry workers aren’t getting annual hearing tests as required under the province’s Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. Hearing damage can occur when people are regularly exposed to sounds louder than 85 decibels – the equivalent of sustained traffic noise. But noise levels on forestry […]
Includes new information on driver behaviour, assessing risks, and ergonomics for avoiding MSI.
Appreciative investigations provide positive, proactive opportunities for members of a workplace to consider which safety practices are working well. Most of the time, in a workplace, there are no incidents and things go pretty well. But when it comes to safety investigations, we usually look at what went wrong, so we can prevent it from […]
These tips from Tanya Steele will help you get the job done. Tanya is a safety trainer and advisor who leads sessions on Rejuvenating your Safety Committee.
Thanks to all readers for your support in 2016. I’m taking a short break for the holidays and will be back on January 4.
Without proper ventilation and personal protective equipment, workers may be exposed to levels that can put them at risk of adverse health effects.
Stay warm. Be visible at night. Take care climbing ladders. Don’t feed turkey bones to pets. Etc.
