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WorkSafeBC / BY: Peter Rothfels, MD March 2024
... This month, we address you as workers yourselves: people who face unique physical and psychological risks at ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Tung Siu, MD, CCFP, ACBOM May 2023
... types of tasks or activities. Tolerance varies between people and over time for the same person, reflecting ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Tiffany Wong, MD, FRCPC January/February 2022
... which, in addition to children, particularly affect people with sexually transmitted diseases and women who’ve ...
Specialist Services Committee / BY: Brian Hillhouse, MD October 2019
For most people, texting has become second nature as a fast, easy way ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP April 2019
... carbon monoxide (CO) levels (see Box). CO 2 is emitted by people working in the office building. An excessive ... an inadequate amount of fresh air for the number of people in the space. Elevated levels of CO 2 commonly ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Tom Brocklehurst September 2019
... use can cause physical and behavioral changes that affect people’s ability to work safely, putting them or their ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Susan Dixon November 2018
... of injured workers, and ensuring fair compensation for people suffering injury or illness on the job. Outlines, ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP November 2017
... while urban dwellers may have COHb levels of 1% to 2%. People such as firefighters, construction and garage workers, ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: David Sheps, MD, MSc, MBA, FRCSC, January/February 2016
... represented short-term disability costs. The majority of people suffered fractures from falls, motor vehicle ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Sami Youakim, MD, MSc, FRCP March 2016
... risk of occupationally acquired TB is low. Nevertheless, people who work with high-risk groups may occasionally be ...