PROTECT YOUR MUNICIPALITY
from contractor coordination liability!
When: Webinar on Tuesday, March 9
Who: Alan Winter, an attorney with Harris & Company LLP, is one of BC's leading experts on WorkSafeBC legislation and policy issues.
Topic: Find out what your owner obligations are based on the recent appeal decision outcome regarding the City of Surrey which resulted in a fine to that municipality of $93,750.
A webinar recording will be posted for viewing after the event.
Please check back again soon. We strive to have session recordings posted within 48 hours after the event.
Thank you for your interest.
WorkSafeBC has provided statistics on all Inspection Reports issued to employers in the Local Government classification unit. The full list is here 2009-Q1-4 Regs Cited on IRs CU 753004 RM00032747.xls. The tabs across the bottom provide deeper analysis of the issues.
Any Regulation cited six or more times has been summarized here, 2009 IR STATISTICS.pdf with the Act or Regulation narrative to assist you.
City of Richmond's Updated Procedures for Cutting Asbestos Cement Pipe Client Revision.pdf
City of Chilliwack pre-trip inspection worksheets for a variety of equipment Equipment PreTrip Workbook.xls
Safe Driving Fact Sheets from WorkSafeBC: These would be a good start for your crew talks on safe winter driving! DrivingTipsWkSf.pdf PrepareTipsWksf.pdf 
Are you looking for information to give your workers, so they can recognize a potential Clan Lab before they enter the premises? Here is a document clan lab awareness.pdf and powerpoint presentation Clan lab awareness ppt.ppt on the topic. Contact ccook@bcmsa.ca for a word version of the document which you can customize for your municipality.
On September 23, 2009 City of Kamloops employees working on a road resurfacing (patch) crew were sampled for respirable crystalline silica ( including alpha quartz and cristobalite.) Sampling was conducted by Occupational Hygiene Officer Geoff Thomson of WorkSafeBC. Click here for the report: Sampling of Road Resurfacing Crew for Crystalline Silica.pdf 
MetroVancouver's narrated Biological Hazards Control refresher program available here. Narrated Biohazards June 2006.ppt In three segments, this powerpoint program is a useful refresher for staff who have already received information on Biological Control techniques.
PowerPoint Presentation by Geoff Clark, Senior Occupational Hygienist, WorkSafeBC, shown at the November 27th General Meeting, regarding disposal methods for AC Pipe. Geoff gave a review of various OH&S Regulations that apply to this task. Check it out here! BCMSA Asbestos pipe 24 Nov 09.ppt
Check out BCMSA's Fall Protection Poster.pdf- a great way to highlight elements of a fall protection plan. Print in colour and post on a bulletin board, or use it in your fall protection training!
Are you looking for a way to highlight the importance of training staff, especially new and young workers? Here's a link to WorkSafeBC's video on the story of a young worker, Curtis Zanussi, who was injured in a trench collapse on a golf course development in Aldergrove.
BCMSA's November 2009 newsletter Nov 2009.pdf For Developer Contract Language from the City of Surrey referenced in the newsletter click here! Developer contract language.pdf
You may have had a WorkSafeBC OSO arrive at your worksites, to discuss Boom Truck and Bucket Truck Regulations. If they haven’t been there yet, they will probably be, soon!
Check out BCMSA's Fall Protection Poster.pdf- a great way to highlight elements of a fall protection plan. Print in colour and post on a bulletin board, or use it in your fall protection training!
Are you looking for a way to highlight the importance of training staff, especially new and young workers? Here's a link to WorkSafeBC's video on the story of a young worker, Curtis Zanussi, who was injured in a trench collapse on a golf course development in Aldergrove.
BCMSA's November 2009 newsletter Nov 2009.pdf For Developer Contract Language from the City of Surrey referenced in the newsletter click here! Developer contract language.pdf
You may have had a WorkSafeBC OSO arrive at your worksites, to discuss Boom Truck and Bucket Truck Regulations. If they haven’t been there yet, they will probably be, soon!
The issues are:
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Certification: Mobile cranes, tower cranes and boom trucks that have a rated capacity of 5 tons or greater, or a boom length of 25’ or more must be operated by a certified operator. The only acceptable organization for certification is the BC Association for Crane Safety (http://www.bcacs.ca/)
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Stability Tests: Must be completed annually. If your municipality has purchased a chassis from one location and a crane from another, and put the two together, you MUST have the stability test completed. Even if you purchased the two from a single supplier, you must still ensure the stability test has been done.
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Annual Inspection/Certification – required by a professional engineer.
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Manufacturer’s manual – must be available where the boom truck or bucket truck is being used
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Pre-trip inspections – must be performed before use on each shift and after any modification
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Outrigger Setup – blocking, shoring or cribbing must be sized and used as necessary
Click here for specific information that will likely be reviewed by Board Officers: BoomBucket Truck.pdf
Here are some checklists that are used by Board Officers – review them to see how you’ll measure up!
Sample Boom Truck Inventory Checklist Boom truck inventory checklist.pdf
Inspection Checklist for a Mobile Crane or Boom Truck Mobile Crane or Boom Truck Checklist Rev4.pdf
Critical Lift Plan – Crane Supported Work Platform Critical LPCSWP Sept2009.pdf
Critical Lift Plan – Other Critical LPOther Sept2009 1.pdf
Asbestos is responsible for more worker deaths than any other workplace disease.
Click here for the WorkSafe Bulletin dealing with asbestos hazards in demolition, renovation and salvage.
TRAFFIC CONTROL AND WORK ZONE TRAINING 
WorkSafeBC to date only recognizes one source for Traffic Control Person Training. For information on this process, please see the website for the Safety Network
The BC Municipal Safety Association has designed a half-day training program for staff required to set up work zones without traffic control personnel. A course is offered in Whistler on September 16, 2009 (see upcoming events), or a municipality could use the training program and provide the sessions with their own qualified staff as trainers. Included here is a sheet which can be printed on magnetic paper for use as a training tool and a template for a Traffic Control Plan developed by a member municipality.
BCMSA Instructor Guide BCMSA Instructor Guide 27Aug2008.pdf
BCMSA Participant Guide BCMSA Participant Guide 10June2008.pdf
PowerPoint presentation TC_Planning_and_Layout_Presentation 31March2009.ppt
magnetic signs for training tool magnetic signs.doc
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