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Updates and results
As part of our strategic initiative to develop measures to assess the effectiveness of prevention activities, we are providing updates on our outreach activities, the number of inspections, and the top regulations cited.
- Asbestos: Residential & Commercial Planned Inspectional Initiative — Quarterly updates 2023
- Asbestos Initiative: Residential Enforcement — Quarterly updates 2022
- Asbestos Initiative: Residential Enforcement — Quarterly updates 2021
- Asbestos Initiative: Residential Enforcement — Quarterly updates 2020
- Asbestos Initiative: Residential Enforcement — Quarterly updates 2019
- Asbestos Initiative: Residential Enforcement — Quarterly updates 2018
Note: To save space in bulleted lists, our update documents may refer to occupational health and safety as OHS. All references to the Act, refer to Part Three of the Workers Compensation Act. Penalties and warning letters reported in updates may have been initiated by inspections in a previous quarter.
Related articles
See below for stories of employers who are successfully addressing some of the health and safety issues we’re focusing on with our initiative.
WorkSafe Magazine - November/December 2018: Safety spotlight: Landfill promotes asbestos education for homeowners
When the Capital Regional District on Vancouver Island became aware that asbestos-containing materials may have been improperly entering the waste stream at Hartland Landfill, the public facility knew...