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.
