A new traffic control online training aims to help tow operators get the knowledge, confidence, and resources to do their job safely. Towing and recovery is a high-risk industry characterized by a unique combination of workplace hazards. Managing risk at the worksite, including controlling traffic, helps tow operators conduct their job safely. Unlike other roadside
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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
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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
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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
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WorkSafeBC has issued a bulletin highlighting a regulatory amendment regarding high-visibility apparel. The crux of the amendment is the adoption of CSA standards as the standard for approved high-visibility apparel in B.C. This was explained in a previous news post on this website, and at that time, it was stated that the amendment would come
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ICBC has announced that fees for the sanitization of vehicles will no longer be paid effective Sept7th, in line with step 4 of BC’s Four Step Restart. Step 4 sees us moving from a COVID-19 Safety Plan to a Communicable Disease Plan, this means: The COVID-19-specific controls of the COVID-19 Safety Plan will no longer
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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
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The Automotive Retailers Association is focused on helping its members and staff keep safe during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the situation evolves, updates will be provided below with the newest information added on top: From COVID-19 Safety Plans to communicable disease prevention On June 17, 2021, the Provincial Health Officer issued a statement to employers
The following tips for vehicle sanitization are from the U.S. Center for Disease Control, however, the information can be useful for Canadian businesses that need to sanitize vehicles to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the course of performing their services for customers, or for their own vehicles. See also: Tips for sanitizing hard surfaces
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The following information has been extracted from the Health Canada website and provides tips for general sanitization to combat the spread of COVID-19. While the information is generic, methods described may be helpful in the sanitization of motor vehicles in a practical, low-cost way. Hard surface disinfectants Health Canada is working with disinfectant manufacturers and
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