WorkSafeBC

New & Updated Guidelines Effective June 18, 2008

• Part 4 General Conditions
• Part 6 Substance Specific Requirements
• Part 8 Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment
• Part 9 Confined Spaces
• Part 16 Mobile Equipment
• Part 20 Construction, Excavation & Demolition

StartSafe Safety Tips

A series of posters providing safe work practices for forklifts and ladders.

Construction Accident Investigation Reports
View the following reports on the Accident Investigation portal

• Worker falls through roof insulation to concrete floor
• Framer falls through stair openings

Hazard Alert Fatalities

• Tree on steep slope blows over, killing blaster Fatality 2008-14
• Worker dies after slipping on frost and falling from roof Fatality 2008-10

Construction high-risk strategy

WorkSafeBC's 2007 construction high-risk strategy is a plan that involves the entire construction industry and focuses on the 12 trades that account for 75% of all construction-related injuries.

Training Providers List Updated June 2008

First Aid, Diving, and Joint Committee Training Providers (PDF 226 KB)

Archive

Archive of What's New for Construction