OHS Law & Legislation

Ruskin Construction fined over $80,000 for workplace safety violations

'The firm failed to ensure it had a qualified person develop an exposure control plan, failed to ensure workers used appropriate respirators'

Ruskin Construction fined over $80,000 for workplace safety violations

Bellai Alliance Floor Finishing fined $65,000 for worker injury

Worker injured by swinging Peri box from tower crane

Bellai Alliance Floor Finishing fined $65,000 for worker injury

General Motors fined $275,000 for workplace injury

Worker injured when a CNC machine moved

General Motors fined $275,000 for workplace injury

Limen Group Const., 2 supervisors fined $625,000 in total for worker’s death

Worker fatally injured by falling concrete block

Limen Group Const., 2 supervisors fined $625,000 in total for worker’s death

Brink Forest Products fined over $129,000 for worker injury

WorkSafeBC findings classified as high-risk violations

Brink Forest Products fined over $129,000 for worker injury

Province adds more cancer types under presumptive coverage for firefighters

'These additions to the coverage recognize the serious risks these workers face in the line of duty'

Province adds more cancer types under presumptive coverage for firefighters