Iva Kestrankova

On January 7, 2022, the provincial health officer announced an order requiring employers to reinstate those site-specific, prescriptive COVID-19 safety plans to address the elevated risk currently facing us with the Omicron variant. While communicable disease prevention plans and COVID-19 Safety Plans share some of the same fundamental principles, COVID-19 Safety Plans are formal, written …

COVID-19 Safety Plans​ Reinstated for B.C. Employers Read More »

As a member of the Work Zone Safety Alliance, the Automotive Retailers Association (ARA) would like to invite all roadside workers, including tow truck operators, to participate in the following short online survey.  Your responses will help the Alliance to understand how to improve the safety of those who work roadside. Responses will remain anonymous. Please …

Survey: Roadside Workers’ Safety Read More »

Recovering a heavy-duty vehicles requires advanced math skills, proper training, and great communication skills. The job of a tow operator is not limited to the highway recoveries; they have to be ready to respond to any accident, whether it is recovering a vehicle on unmaintained logging road, pulling a fully-loaded semi truck out of a …

Communication and Training: Key to Operator’s Safety Read More »

At its April 2021 meeting, WorkSafeBC’s Board of Directors approved the 2020 amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. These amendments will come into effect on September 1, 2021. Strikethrough versions of the amendments with explanatory notes can be accessed below. Deletions in the regulatory amendments are identified with a strikethrough and additions are in …

New Rules on High-Visibility Apparel Read More »