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Worksafe BC Part 13 Bosun's Chair Needs to be Reformed

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Paul Martin
10 years ago

Raise your standard

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Adrian Mc Mahon
11 years ago

This practice is a thing of the past Rope Access is the only way forward.

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Colin West
11 years ago

Fully support increased safety standards in this area.

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Christa Martin
11 years ago

Only the safest conditions please!!!

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Michal Brondel
11 years ago

It's time!

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Patrick Rody
11 years ago

as part of the Canada Labour Code and SMS ( safety management system ) this issue should have been dealt with already. No Canadian in this day and age should have to deal with unsafe work conditions.

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Adrian Mc Mahon
11 years ago

The standard needs to be like rope access standards.

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Melissa Tan
11 years ago

Everyone deserved fair working conditions that include safe well being.

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Lee Schmidt
11 years ago

make it safer for our friends please!

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Andrew Dibling
11 years ago

time to update the standards to industry best practices

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Judith O'Brien
11 years ago

No one deserves to die at work. Keep all workers safe.

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Anonymous
11 years ago

Help keep workers safe, WorkSafe!

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Erin Price
11 years ago

Canada

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Alison Pattie
11 years ago

Of course.

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Alastair MacGregor
11 years ago

Outdated dangerous old school practices compromise the professionalism of our industry.

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Masih Moosazadeh
11 years ago

It is not okay to leave the onus for a safe workplace in the hands of employees, they should not be forced to regulate the unsafe practices of their employers. They need the support, guidance and regulation of their local labor ministries to force their employers to care and do the right thing in the interest of worker safety.

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Mark Penston
11 years ago Featured

This regulation is a little grey cloud in the rope world, allowing employers to dodge safety requirements, the regulation as it stands does not do anything in terms of keeping our workers safe. Why do you think all of the high rise companies have been using SPRAT for years in BC? Chair guys are cowboys and employers know how dangerous of a threat they are. I was a chair guy, and we prayed for our life before getting over the edge. It's nerve wracking to not be 100% sure of the equipment you are using and not really being prepared for an emergency. We need to protect our workers, our employers, and the general public walking below these guys. I've made the switch from old to new, and you should too!

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Darren
11 years ago

It is not only BC that needs Bosuns Chair reform . there are many other municipalitys and nations need to look at standardising with an ausitable ISO/IRATA/SPRAT/ARA safe system of work.

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Mikey Stevenson
11 years ago

Rope Access in the past few years has really proven to be a safer and more affective means of access for not just the industrial industry. But commercial window washing all over the world.

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Sheila Sovereign
11 years ago

SPRAT/IRATA techniques offer an Better alternative. Thank you.