Commercial & industrial construction
Here you'll find links to health and safety information and resources for work in commercial and industrial construction.
To reduce the potential for injury or disease, it's important to manage the risks and hazards in your workplace. See our resources to learn more about common risks and hazards in your industry, or follow the links to these related topics:
Resources
Top climbing a tower crane: Ensuring safe assembly and dismantling
Top climbing, a common way of assembling and dismantling a tower crane, is hazardous work that must only be performed by qualified workers.
The importance of tower crane safety was brought to...
Managing risk when installing vertical rebar
Installing vertical rebar can be dangerous. This bulletin is aimed at employers who work on concrete construction projects. It underlines the importance of analyzing job tasks to identify hazards and...
Ensuring adequate support for concrete block masonry walls during construction
Concrete block masonry walls are common on construction sites throughout B.C. This bulletin examines the potential hazard of wall collapse without sufficient lateral support. It also discusses how owners,...
Ensure crane operators are qualified and competent to operate a specific machine
This bulletin examines the factors that contributed to a recent load-failure incident and gives an overview of the competencies that crane operators need to demonstrate.
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Toolbox meeting guides
A simple format for conducting effective toolbox talks on construction safety topics.
Recent incidents
Incident summaries to alert employers and workers to hazards in their industries.2021-10-05 21:00:36