{"id":7205,"date":"2025-07-23T13:18:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T20:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/safecarebc.ca\/?p=7205"},"modified":"2025-07-23T13:22:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T20:22:23","slug":"asbestos-safety-reminder-for-organizations-and-contractors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/?p=7205","title":{"rendered":"Asbestos safety reminder for organizations and contractors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A recent <strong>$783,000 fine<\/strong> against Interior Health highlights the serious risks of failing to manage asbestos during contracted work in a long-term care home. In this case, contractors drilled into asbestos-containing drywall to install tele-communications lines. This work was done without a risk assessment, exposure control plan, or adequate measures to ensure staff safety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br><strong>Both building owners and contractors hold shared legal responsibility under WorkSafeBC standards.<\/strong> It underscores the <strong>critical need<\/strong> to proactively <strong>manage asbestos risks<\/strong> before any renovation or maintenance work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a long-term care operator, here's what you <strong>must <\/strong>do before any renovation or maintenance work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Get a hazardous materials (asbestos) survey before disturbing building materials.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Maintain an asbestos containing inventory.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop an <a href=\"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/resources\/templates\/exposure-control-plan\/?utm_source=brevo&amp;utm_campaign=alert-asbestos-safety-risk-july-2025&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_id=711\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>exposure control plan<\/strong><\/a> if asbestos is present or suspected.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use only licensed asbestos contractors (mandatory in BC as of Jan 2024).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share asbestos info with all contractors and ensure proper protective measures are taken.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A recent $783,000 fine against Interior Health highlights the serious risks of failing to manage asbestos during contracted work in a long-term care home. In this case, contractors drilled into asbestos-containing drywall to install tele-communications lines. This work was done without a risk assessment, exposure control plan, or adequate measures to ensure staff safety. Both [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,63],"tags":[],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-7205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-ohs-alerts"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-15 20:43:34","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7205"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7205\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7206,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7205\/revisions\/7206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7205"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scbcdev.safecarebc.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftopic&post=7205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}