WorkSafeBC has publicly released a suite of recommended changes that are aimed at improving crane safety in the province five months after a construction crane arm buckled at a Whalley job site near 105 Avenue and King George Boulevard on an early Tuesday morning in January.

Nobody was injured in the 性视界传媒 incident. However, five people were killed when a tower crane collapsed in Kelowna in 2021 and a worker was killed earlier this year at a Oakridge Park worksite.

A WorkSafeBC press release issued June 18 indicates there are roughly 400 tower cranes operating in B.C., more than anywhere else in Canada.

"Following a comprehensive review of crane safety, and informed by stakehold input and feedback, we've developed a risk-reduction strategy with recommendations aimed at further improving tower crane safety in B.C.," said Todd McDonald, head of prevention services for WorkSafeBC.

The seven recommendations include reviewing the crane operator certification program to make sure it supports safe work, as well as exploring how to improve training and skills for supervisors, riggers, and workers tasked with the assembly, operation, disassembly and repositioning of cranes, and reviewing options for employers responsible for these. Also, increasing staffing and capacity of WorkSafeBC's specialized crane inspection team, developing new regulations to address the frequency of tower crane inspections, reviewing and updating the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation including regulations governing cranes and riggling to ensure they meet the needs of increasingly complex worksite. Also among the recommendations is ensuring the BC Association for Crane Safety is "equipped to service and support workers and employers in the sector."

McDonald said WorkSafeBC will discuss the recommendations with the Ministry of Labour, SkilledTradesBC, unions, employers and the BC Association for Crane Safety.

Last year, WorkSafeBC's Provincial Crane Inspection Team inspected 1,200 cranes