A Notice of Project will be required to be submitted to WorkSafeBC before any tower crane activities take place in B.C.

Prevention Policy Item R5.48-1 has been amended to maintain the current B.C. exposure limits for substances listed on the 2024 new or revised Threshold Limit Values from the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists.

In 2021, a tower crane collapse in Kelowna took the lives of five workers, and earlier this year several crane-related incidents occurred, including a fatal incident in Vancouver that claimed the life of a worker.

On November 1, 2024, amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation for occupational first aid will come into effect. These amendments align the OHS Regulation with standards set by the Canadian Standards Association (CSA). To meet the new requirements, B.C. employers will need to review their current first aid plans and adjust them if necessary.

The Government of B.C. has announced that changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation relating to flushable toilets on construction sites come into effect on October 1, 2024. Under these requirements, employers at construction sites with 25 or more workers must provide flush toilets, handwashing facilities, and clean bathrooms.