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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…
Investigation underway into death at Kamloops business
KAMLOOPS – A lot of questions remain unanswered following the death of a person at a Kamloops business this morning. RCMP were called to a sudden death at Inland Glass and Aluminum on Kryczka Place just after 8 a.m., Jan. 11. Police say in a media release the death is not suspicious and they have...
Man killed in workplace fall at Kamloops construction site named
KAMLOOPS - The 45-year-old man killed when he fell from a scissor-lift at a construction site in Kamloops earlier this month has been named by the coroners service. Sean Alexander Donetz of Burnaby fell while performing clean-up work at a City View Centre worksite on Highway 5A Nov. 25, Larry Marzinzik of the B.C. Coroners...
WorkSafe B.C. investigating fatality after incident at Kamloops construction site
KAMLOOPS - A WorkSafe B.C. investigation continues after a man who fell from a ladder at a Kamloops worksite died in hospital. A 45-year-old worker fell 20 feet from a scissor ladder on Nov. 25 at the construction site in the 1800-block of Highway 5A near the Original Joe’s restaurant. He was transported to Royal Inland...
Construction worker remains in critical condition after 20-foot fall
KAMLOOPS - A construction worker remains in the intensive care unit at Royal Inland Hospital following a 20-foot fall at a local worksite. The 45-year-old man from Vancouver was working on a construction project in the 1800-block of Highway 5A on Nov. 25 when he fell from a scissor lift to the concrete floor. Staff...
Construction worker in hospital after 20’ fall in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - A construction worker is in hospital with critical injuries after a fall from about 20 feet this afternoon. The 45-year-old Vancouver man was working at a construction site in the 1800-block of Highway 5A, near Original Joe’s restaurant, around 3:45 p.m. today, Nov. 25, when he fell about 20 feet from a scissor...
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...
Kamloops worker shot in chest with nail gun did not have access to instruction materials
KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops construction company must better inform its employees on the use of nail guns after a man accidentally shot himself in the chest last month. According to WorkSafe B.C. inspector Vince Strain, a worker on a Columbia street construction site was trying to attach a brace on architectural trusses with a nail...
Aggressive cow killed Cherryville farmhand with deadly head butt
CHERRYVILLE - The death of a Yellowknife man who was attacked by an aggressive cow last summer was an accident, says the B.C. Coroners Service. Allen Donald Powder, 49, was moving cows from one corral to another at a farm in Cherryville on July 1. He’d worked for the farm owner’s company about 17 years...