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Wife of man killed in Tk’emlups ammonia leak suing police to get answers
The wife of a man who was killed in an ammonia explosion last year is…
WorkSafeBC refuses to release Kelowna crane collapse report but still making changes
Even though the RCMP has finally wrapped up its investigation into the 2021 fatal Kelowna…
How to stay cool at work during southern Interior heat wave
With a heat wave forecast for most of southern BC, WorkSafeBC are reminding employers to…
Kelowna orchard fined $42K for broken seatbelts in work van
A Kelowna fruit grower has been fined $42,500 for not having enough seatbelts on a…
Crew in unsafe hole nets North Okanagan firm $19,000 fine
A North Okanagan contractor has been fined $19,000 after crews were found to have been…
South Okanagan company fined after worker struck buried electrical cable
PENTICTON – A recent Worksafe B.C. ruling has resulted in a fine levied against a…
Interior Health gets stiff fine, closes Princeton facility
PRINCETON – The Interior Health Authority has been fined more than $600,000 by WorkSafe B.C.…
Fatal accident at Penticton car dealership result of inadequate supervision, safety management: WorkSafe B.C.
PENTICTON – A WorkSafe B.C. investigation has concluded a Penticton car dealership's inadequate supervision and…
Kelowna Curling Club application to get urgent loan from city wasn’t quite accurate
KELOWNA – Earlier this month, Kelowna city councillors voted to loan the Kelowna Curling Club…
Rash of assaults on staff prompt changes at Kelowna General Hospital
KELOWNA – A case of multiple assaults by a single patient on a number of…
Workplace violations costly to Oliver’s B.C. Tree Fruits
OLIVER – Health and safety violations proved costly to a South Okanagan workplace. Worksafe B.C.…
Fine for Kelowna company shows WorkSafe B.C. won’t tolerate inaction on workplace violence
KELOWNA – A Kelowna long-term care facility has been fined almost $5,000 by WorkSafe B.C.…
Employer fined after Vernon man’s workplace death
VERNON – A North Okanagan automotive shop has been fined in relation to the workplace…
Blasting company fined $11,000 for damaging homes, cars near Kelowna construction site
KELOWNA – A rock blasting company from Castlegar has been fined more than $11,000 for…
Transportation Safety Board team arrive at scene of Tolko fatality
KELOWNA – A two-person team of investigators from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada arrived…
Preliminary findings released after vehicle slides off hoist, killing Vernon worker
VERNON – The death of a Vernon man at an automotive shop earlier this month…
Worker safety being reviewed following violent convenience store robbery in Lumby
LUMBY – The Mac’s Convenience Stores franchise and WorkSafe B.C. aren’t ignoring a violent incident…
Interior Health laundry workers rally ahead of privatization decision
THOMPSON-OKANAGAN – Laundry workers throughout the Interior Health Authority took to the streets one more…
Employers in Kelowna, Sorrento fined for exposing workers to asbestos
OKANAGAN - WorkSafe B.C. has slapped two local employers with heavy fines for exposing workers to asbestos. The first, Kelowna’s Kone Inc., was handed a $15,000 penalty for potentially exposing its workers to harmful levels of asbestos. According to WorkSafe B.C., the company, which installs, maintains and repairs elevators and escalators, was first told to...
Kelowna General Hospital could face fines for laundry room crushing accident
KELOWNA - A workplace accident that saw a laundry worker crushed by automated equipment at Kelowna General Hospital resulted in a number of work orders from WorkSafe B.C. And Alan Davies, regional director of support services, says the Interior Health Authority could eventually face some fines over the infractions that saw the young laundry worker...
Construction worker needs help with recovery after severe spinal injury on the job
WEST KELOWNA - Cole Bernier, a construction worker injured last week in a workplace accident, is facing a lengthy recovery after being crushed under some roof trusses. “Cole is someone you’ll never see without a smile on his face and if he’s frowning, it is typically because you changed his music or didn’t leave enough...
Construction worker trapped in West Kelowna
KELOWNA – A construction worker had to be rescued from a building in West Kelowna today, Sept. 23, after the truss system above him collapsed. Shortly after 2:30 p.m., West Kelowna Fire Rescue responded to a building that was under construction on Carrington Road. A media release says firefighters from Lakeview Heights and Westbank stations...
Flagging violent inmates viewed as interim solution
KAMLOOPS - An order to flag violent inmates at the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre may help prevent workplace violence, but it might not do much to curb the underlying issues. The WorkSafe B.C. order to readily identify inmates with a history of violence is a soft approach to the daily safety issues officers face in...
Kamloops jail ordered to flag inmates with a history of violence: WorkSafe B.C.
KAMLOOPS - WorkSafe B.C. ordered administrators at the Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre to flag or identify violent offenders after an inspector discovered there wasn't a proper system in place to warn corrections officers of a potential assault. Inspector Vincent Strain prepared his report and order to create a new flagging system after an inmate assaulted...