Stop – think – act. That’s the message for transportation/warehouse workers in this new video from the Trucking Safety Council of BC, but its message transfers to other industries.
Category: Training & education
I’ve been emailing with a safety contact in Oregon, and have some praise to share regarding BC’s young worker safety program. “We are very familiar with the BC program, and consider it to be the best regarding young worker health and safety,” says Dede Montgomery, an OHS specialist in Oregon, whose fourth annual young worker safety video contest is underway.
The first four entries are posted – and I’ve got to say I’m pretty impressed with the creative ways they answer the question: “What motivates you, your friends, or your family to come home safely from work?”
Why did this young worker – with less than three weeks on the job – fall 13 feet from a forklift onto a cement floor? This new slide show from WorkSafeBC explains what happened, including best practices for prevention.
Canadian Agriculture Safety Week is March 11 to 18, 2012 – and plans are underway for its launch in BC.
The current issue of WorkSafe Magazine features a landscaping scenario in its popular photo challenge What’s Wrong With This Photo? It includes at least six hazardous work habits and your challenge is to identify them and submit your answers to WorkSafe Magazine by January 30, 2012.
In 2011, the BC Institute of Technology won the Educational Institutions category of NAOSH Week for the fifth year in a row. TJ Garcha, BCIT’s health & safety coordinator, told me the prize pool was bigger than ever, with 35 prizes and lots of giveaways from health and safety exhibitors.
A group of young warehouse workers at Versacold/EV Logistics in Delta found an interesting way to get their coworkers thinking during NAOSH Week about what it’s like to live with an injury.
Many injured workers know the feeling of pain that shuts down their lives, but it usually goes away – though some cases it doesn’t. Chronic pain is on the agenda at the federal level, and with any luck, we’ll soon see relief for an estimated 1 in 5 people in BC who suffer from chronic pain.
Most room cleaners are women, many are immigrants, and their injury rate is the highest among hotel workers. Ergonomic hazards are a reality when you’re pushing carts, making beds, lifting, and bending – along with the risks of risk of slips, trips, and falls.
