Monthly Archives: September 2012

“If you tweet or post on Facebook only every several days with gaps of silence in between, you’re not going to build an audience. People will find little value in following you. We work on our Twitter and Facebook sites under that premise, making sure we’re active – and usefully active, not just active for the sake of creating noise.”

“… inhaling too much of it can result in suffocation due to insufficient oxygen,” reads a new safety alert issued by WorkSafeBC after a BC farmer was exposed to elevated methane levels while moving manure. This is a known hazard – but reminders are still needed.

Communication in the workplace is crucial to safety. A lack of English skills can make it difficult for newcomers to understand their rights and talk about health and safety issues. To address this barrier to safety, the BC Federation of Labour is offering a free ESL workshop for workers.

“All too often, supervisory tasks are imposed on employees without considering the nature of those new responsibilities. This results in giving a new job to someone who does not have the skills or knowledge to do it,” says Earl Galavan, OHS Advisor for SafetyDriven – the Trucking Safety Council of BC. In this blog post, […]

Falls from heights are a leading cause of serious injuries for workers in the residential construction industry. WorkSafeBC joins with safety organizations in other regions by upping inspections in its Stay On Top Enforcement blitz.