Several studies are looking at the effects of sleep deprivation on workplace safety. With the upcoming switch to daylight saving time — which means losing an hour of much-needed sleep — workers are cautioned to pay extra attention to safety.

Bill 168 establishes the legal requirements for employers to protect workers from violence and harassment in the workplace. But what do you do when violence does occur and you find yourself in the midst of the action? 

British Columbia's provincial health and safety board has expressed their support for Canadian Occupational Safety's search for Canada's Safest Employers (CSE).

A worker in British Columbia troubleshooting a mechanical problem on part of a lowbed trailer — known as a "gooseneck" — that connects the trailer's deck to the tractor was crushed while looking under the raised gooseneck, according to a Hazard Alert from WorkSafeBC released by Enform. The fatally injured worker was kneeling behind the jeep's rear wheels. A second worker on the opposite side of the gooseneck was also troubleshooting.