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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 ...
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: 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 ...
Family Practice Services Committee / BY: Afsaneh Moradi May 2019
... patients often look to their GP for care. In fact, 80% of people with mental health issues receive care in the primary ... cases of financial hardship). Each cohort accepts up to 15 people, and sessions run between 90 and 120 minutes. The ...
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 ...
WorkSafeBC / BY: Tom Goetz, MD, FRCSC, April 2016
... reads, “The following findings are so common in people without low back pain that although their presence may ...