Improving the safety of employees working alone or in isolation was the focus of recent amendments to British Columbia’s Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, which came into effect this February.
 
The new changes to the regulation include mandatory pre-payment of fuel at all gas stations across the province, in a bid to reduce gas station employees’ exposure to safety risks, according to a statement from WorkSafeBC, which led a series of multi-party consultations and public hearings across B.C. between 2006 and 2007.