Have you done anything to lighten the load and reduce workers’ risk of musculoskeletal injury? If so, here’s a chance for BC workers and employers to share their stories during October Occupational Ergonomics Month.
Author Archives: Susan
This video shows what happens when an excavator hits a power line on a construction site.
I was standing in the grocery line-up when it happened. A worker slipped from the top of a step ladder (the part you are not supposed to stand on) and landed on his back into a bin of onions.
Safety advocates in BC are reaching out to farm workers to minimize risks of confined spaces. Help is available in person and on-line in multiple languages at the Confined Space Centre of Excellence for Agriculture.
These employers are among those targeted during planned inspections of residential demolition worksites in BC.
“Onboarding” is a term used in HR that refers to welcoming a new staff member and making them feel like part of a team. But too often, something goes wrong during new staff orientation.
Traditionally safety is viewed as a lack of injuries and fatalities. But let’s stop for a moment and see it for what it is – not what it isn’t.
“It doesn’t matter what you have written down in a book. If that doesn’t translate into something real with the people you are responsible for, as a business owner, it means nothing.”
“What we’re aiming to do is standardize channels across the province, so truckers will only have to program their radios one time – ever – and then they will have all the channels for roads in BC, regardless of where they operate.”
“Its important to take your own safety into account and not do it because somebody else is telling you to do it. Because obviously each driver wants to get home safely at the end of the day.”
