In a significant enforcement action, WorkSafeBC has imposed a hefty fine of $29,453.95 on Carl Chandler Contracting/Celtic Construction, highlighting the critical importance of workplace safety in the ...

A Surrey construction firm was hit with a sizable fine after one of its workers passed out due to carbon monoxide exposure.

WorkSafeBC has posted a new guide, posters, and a video addressing hazards specific to craft-brewing and distilling processes, including carbon dioxide and confined spaces. Mar 21, 2019 WorkSafeBC ...

VICTORIA — The government agency in charge of setting and enforcing the rules for reopening businesses closed by the pandemic can’t afford to help businesses buy protective equipment because it has ...

WorkSafeBC aims to raise awareness about the risk of hearing loss in the service industry with the release of a new safety bulletin and other resources for workers and employers. May 22, 2019 ...

B.C.'s worker safety agency ignored years of legal advice from the province's own lawyers before it bungled its probe of a 2012 mill explosion so badly that no one will ever face charges in the ...

Decaying railroad ties and the failure of a safety mechanism to prevent a train derailment are cited in a report by British Columbia’s workers’ safety agency as factors in a crash that killed three ...

WorkSafeBC has fined GFL Environmental more than $710,000 for asbestos violations at a work site in Kimberly, B.C. (GFL - image credit) WorkSafeBC says it has handed out its highest administrative ...

A 2007 agreement with B.C.’s solicitor general to give WorkSafeBC investigators special powers requires them to know how to conduct interviews and seize evidence so it can stand up in court. Those ...