At its May 2021 meeting, WorkSafeBC’s Board of Directors approved 2020 and 2021 amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation.

Read the latest issue of WorkSafe Magazine, featuring articles on the evolution of electric vehicle safety, rock-solid injury prevention, and shifting focus to communicable disease prevention.

B.C. has declared a provincial state of emergency due to wildfires. WorkSafeBC encourages workers and employers to take steps to ensure they are able to continue accessing our services, and stay healthy and safe during this time.

WorkSafeBC announced today that the preliminary average base rate for 2022 will remain unchanged at 1.55 percent of employers’ assessable payroll. This will be the fifth year in a row that the average base rate has remained at this level, consistent with WorkSafeBC’s goal of keeping rates stable.

WorkSafeBC is conducting an investigation into the tower crane collapse that occurred on July 12, 2021, in Kelowna, B.C.