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Employee killed at Fountain Tire identified
KAMLOOPS - The name of a 36-year-old man who died in a work-related incident at Fountain Tire on Tuesday, Jan. 27 has been released. He was Nicklas Jay Kristen Taylor, of Kamloops, according to the B.C. Coroner's Service. The worker was fatally injured when he was unloading a trailer-load of tires and became trapped by a...
Employee dies in work-related incident
KAMLOOPS - A Fountain Tire employee is dead after being pinned between a large tire and a vehicle this morning. The director of media relations for WorkSafe B.C. confirmed RCMP has turned a scene over to investigators after an employee at Fountain Tire died Tuesday, Jan. 27. Scott McCloy said an occupational safety officer was...
Interior Health appealing $75,000 fine for endangering workers at Vernon hospital
VERNON — Interior Health Authority is fighting a $75,000 fine imposed by WorkSafe B.C. for exposing its workers to toxic substances. The fine was issued Sept. 19, 2014, three years after WorkSafe first inspected the Vernon Jubilee Hospital diagnostic laboratory and deemed its ventilation system inadequate. Workers were exposed to formaldehyde and other toxic substances,...
WorkSafe BC report shows new dual-investigation tool following mill explosions
VICTORIA – Workplace disasters that kill or injure employees in British Columbia are now more likely to result in criminal charges with the introduction of a new investigation model that improves the chances of prosecutions, says a WorkSafeBC administrator.
Inquest into death of Lumby mill worker ends with recommendations to prevent future tragedies
VERNON - The jury in a B.C. Coroners inquest into the death of a teen employee at Tolko’s Lavington mill made seven recommendations in the hopes of preventing future tragedies. Bradley Haslam, 18, died after getting entangled in a conveyer belt at the mill in June 2013. The grade 12 Charles Bloom Secondary student had...
Local teachers’ union called out for lack of harassment policy
KAMLOOPS - A lack of policy to deal with harassment and bullying has the local teachers’ union in hot water with WorkSafe B.C. The Kamloops Thompson Teachers’ Association was handed an order in April for not having a policy in place, which came after WorkSafe looked into a complaint about bullying. David Komljenovic says it...
New dates for inquest into Lumby teen’s death
VERNON – The inquest into the death of a Lumby teen in an industrial accident at the Lavington planer mill over a year ago will be held this fall. The B.C. Coroners Service had originally planned to hold the inquest into Bradley Haslam’s death this past spring, but new information forced the coroners service to...