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YouTube was launched in 2005, and WorkSafeBC set up their channel a year later in 2006 – making them early adopters of new technology. In 2014, WorkSafeBC produced 15 new safety videos, and their YouTube channel received more than three million views.

Simply put, professional drivers have to be more careful than other people on the road. Canadian law holds them to a higher standard of care for driving safely.

Domestic violence spills into the workplace more than half the time, says an Ontario study of 8,429 people who were harmed, harassed, stalked, or threatened by a family member or intimate relation.

When we work in an office, we all think we are in a safe environment, but how safe are we actually? That question was on the floor at the BC Municipal Safety Association’s 2015 conference.

Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of traumatic workplace deaths in BC. Every year, 23 people die in a workplace motor vehicle crash and another 1,290 workers are injured.