Twenty-five percent of all motor vehicle crashes each year in BC can be attributed to distracted driving. Cell phones and other wireless devices are the number one cause of these distractions. WorkSafeBC, ICBC, the RCMP, and other road safety partners recently launched their annual campaign against distracted driving aims to raise awareness of these facts.
When Mike Rousselle was electrocuted on the job, he was lucky to still be alive – but life would never be the same.
A new, free app from NIOSH uses a multimodal indicator to help users adjust straight and extension ladders to the correct angle – which, in case you don’t know already, is 75.5 degrees (also known as the 4:1 ratio).
BC organizations are invited to share their story on how a manual materials handling task was improved through a physical change in the workplace or through a change in the work process.
Just about everyone who works in film or performing arts will likely, at some point, end up working alone. This new video reminds us about the importance of check-in procedures and the potential dangers facing those who may be working alone.
Employers need to determine level of risk, and minimize or limit it as much as possible. If it’s high, they have to do something.
They’re the creation of 19-year-old Austin Coburn – the 2013 winner of the Oregon Young Employee Safety Coalition’s video contest. After the win, Oregon OSHA hired Austin as a summer intern, where he created the videos.
The Trucking Safety Council of BC reminds us that more truck drivers than roofers were injured in falls between 2002 and 2011.
“Not only can bullying and harassment impair work performance and lead to increased absenteeism, it can lead to depression, anxiety, and post‑traumatic stress disorder.”
She was cruising up to a yellow light – texting in afternoon rush hour. My son and I saw her from our van and I said “Let’s stare at her.”
