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Kelowna contractor fined $44K after flaggers too close to traffic
A Kelowna contractor has been fined $44,000 after flaggers got too close to vehicles. According…
Merritt sawmill fined $70,000 for high-risk violation
A Merritt sawmill has been fined $70,000 for failing to have the correct safety features…
Interior Health fined $274,000 after Penticton hospital staff exposed to illicit drugs
The Interior Health Authority has been fined $274,000 after two workers fell ill after entering…
Okanagan contractors fined $19,000 for unsafe building sites
Three Okanagan contractors will have to cough up $18,900 in fines after WorkSafeBC inspections discovered…
Kelowna furniture maker fined $5K for telling employee not to report serious accident
A Kelowna furniture manufacturer has been fined $5,340 for telling a staff member not to…
Vernon fertilizer company hit with $24,000 WorkSafeBC fine
A Vernon agriculture company has been fined $24,500 for ignoring a WorkSafeBC order. According to…
BC company fined $16K after scuba diver death
A BC company has been fined $16,000 after a worker died during a scuba diving…
UPDATE: WorkSafeBC investigating workplace accident in downtown Kelowna
A workplace incident near the corner of Highway 97 and Richter Street in downtown Kelowna…
Kelowna orchard fined $40,000 for not having a seatbelt on a tractor
A Kelowna orchard has been fined $40,000 for failing to have a seat belt on…
Two Kamloops contractors fined after workers electrocuted by power lines
Two Kamloops contractors have been fined after workers were injured trying to retrieve high-visibility vests…
Princeton firewood firm fined $26K over safety issues
A Princeton firewood company has been fined $27,000 after WorkSafeBC found an employee working too…
Company fined $34K after Kamloops worker electrocuted
A Kamloops contractor has been fined $34,000 after a worker was electrocuted while trying to…
South Okanagan fruit packer fined $19,000 for broken seatbelt on tractor
An Okanagan fruit packer has been fined $19,000 after one of its tractors was found…
WorkSafeBC fines clean-up company $700K after Kimberley building fire
A company hired to clean up after a fire at a building in Kimberley has…
What workers can legally do avoid unsafe work in heatwave
There are lots of tips out there on how to beat the heat as temperatures…
Thompson ranch fined $27K for not having a seat belt on a tractor
A Thompson area cattle ranch has been fined nearly $27,000 by WorkSafeBC for using a…
Mt Baldy Resort fined $7K after death of staff member
An Oliver ski resort has been fined $7,000 following the death of a staff member…
Penticton’s Rona fined more than $330,000 by WorkSafe B.C.
The Rona Home Centre in Penticton has to pay more than $330,000 in administrative penalties…
North Okanagan–Shuswap school district fined $200K for asbestos incident
The North Okanagan-Shuswap school district has been fined more than $200,000 for drilling into walls…
Kelowna firms fined after scaffold failures seriously injure workers
Two Kelowna companies have been fined $20,000 in two separate instances where scaffolding failed and…
Firm fined $84K for safety violations at Logan Lake wildfire clean-up
An environmental management company removing wildfire-damaged trees in Logan Lake has been fined $84,000 for…
Kelowna company fined $67K after worker seriously injured by table saw
A B.C. renovation company has been issued a $67,000 fine from WorkSafeBC after a worker…
Workplace death in Kamloops under investigation
Investigators from both the coroners service and WorkSafeBC are looking into a death at a…
Employers asked to ‘seriously consider shutting down’ during heat wave: WorkSafeBC
WorkSafeBC is advising employers to consider closing down their workplaces if employees cannot be protected…