{"id":4787,"date":"2017-02-03T04:14:18","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T04:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=4787"},"modified":"2017-02-03T04:16:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T04:16:20","slug":"bcfed-on-the-job-deaths-of-two-okanagan-workers-a-sign-government-employers-need-to-do-more-to-make-workplaces-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/?p=4787","title":{"rendered":"BCFED – On-the-job deaths of two Okanagan workers a sign government, employers need to do more to make workplaces safe"},"content":{"rendered":"

On-the-job deaths of two Okanagan workers a sign government, employers need to do more to make workplaces safe<\/strong><\/h1>\n

January 31, 2017<\/p>\n

On-the-job deaths of two Okanagan workers a sign government, employers need to do more to make workplaces safe, says BCFED <\/strong><\/p>\n

The BC Federation of Labour is renewing its call for the BC government to make workplaces safer after two more workers were killed in fatal incidents at Okanagan timber facilities in the past five days.<\/p>\n

On Friday<\/span>, a worker at a log sorting facility in Lumby was killed on the job.\u00a0 Yesterday, an employee at a mill in Kelowna also died in a workplace accident. The RCMP and Workers\u2019 Compensation Board are investigating both tragedies. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cWe extend our condolences to the family, friends and co-workers of the two workers who died on the job,\u201d says Lanzinger.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll workers must enjoy the basic right to be safe on the job and to come home safely to their families at the end of their shift. But these two deaths\u2014along with a third involving a Victoria construction workers two weeks ago\u2014are a sign that more needs to be done to protect workers,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur view is that government and employers aren\u2019t doing enough to keep workers safe on the job,\u201d Lanzinger says. \u201cHealth and safety protections are weak and not always rigorously enforced. Worker safety is being compromised. Injured workers aren\u2019t fairly compensated, and employers whose negligence kills or seriously injures workers are let off with a slap on the wrist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lanzinger says the BCFED will continue to press the provincial government and Opposition NDP for more stringent laws and rules, more frequent workplace safety inspections, tougher enforcement, more stringent penalties for employers who commit violations, and for greater balance and fairness at the WCB.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/iamaw16.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/0500-17pr-IL-Death-of-two-Okanagan-workers.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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