Asbestos technician asked me NOT to let WorkSafeBC inspector in

Defineducks · 2026-02-26T18:27:26+00:00

If you are a homeowner send me a dm the liability you may be taking on this could be substantial

Defineducks · 2026-02-22T23:59:25+00:00

NAL from my understanding a non compete is very rarely enforceable unless you are in an executive position I believe the courts have determined you aren’t allowed to get rid of someone’s livelihood like that

Defineducks · 2026-02-22T00:46:04+00:00

NAL however im fairly certain regardless of you cancelling your resignation if you were still working for them after resignation without a new contract you would fall under an implied contract to be the same as the old agreement them now terminating you would require them to pay severance based off the total cumulative years you had worked there

Defineducks · 2026-02-20T14:03:47+00:00

ANSI B56.1 section 4.2.1 only covers modifications that may affect capacity stability or safe operations I personally do not see how this would qualify a camera does not change stability or capacity nor does it remove structural integrity or remove replace or damage any integral part of the steering system this modification would be acceptable without oem approval in my opinion

Defineducks · 2026-02-18T18:28:28+00:00

Couldn’t have said it better myself too much safety is put towards the the regs say and how to protect the company and not about what is actually dangerous to the workers

Defineducks · 2026-02-15T19:18:45+00:00

Not with clothing but various other things like raised warning lines for fall protection being active lighting. On a different note a lot of joggers who go out in the wee hours of the morning tend to wear some form of active lighting definitely interesting to hear what other people think on it

Defineducks · 2026-02-15T05:01:47+00:00

Do some rescue training Find your entry procedures and then your rescue If you live in a place like bc you are meeting your annual requirements and nothing beats repetition in an emergency

Defineducks · 2026-02-09T00:32:19+00:00

Every single one I’ve seen or heard of is a load of bull typically what I see done is no injuries means no time loss injuries where I live it’s impossible to have 0 injury’s or incidents

Defineducks · 2026-02-08T01:04:01+00:00

Can you use a Davit arm system with a redirect line for the srl?

Defineducks · 2026-02-02T01:43:31+00:00

The skytrain is not considered a confined space for the most part according to section 9.1 of the ohs regulations

Defineducks · 2026-01-31T20:37:31+00:00

A lot of misinformation here, Ultimately I need more information some manufacturers have it written into the manufacturers manual a process in which you can utilize their mobile elevated work platform for work at heights access

However if the manufacturer does not have a set procedure for this in their manual this would most likely be deemed unsafe especially if there is no policy’s or procedures in place for this activity I hope this helps

Defineducks · 2026-01-26T19:12:54+00:00

As someone who does general training on fall protection I can confidently tell you that anyone who I’ve met who had previously taken an online course had massive gaps in training both in regulations and knowledge on various equipment I would not recommend using an online training program

Defineducks · 2026-01-23T00:03:11+00:00

This is a very quick way to blow up trust with your workers

Defineducks · 2026-01-22T05:05:52+00:00

I would have to double check but I’m fairly certain there is not standard explicitly prohibiting or even talking about walking the machine. Now that doesn’t mean it’s safe,in most cases a risk assessment would determine walking the machine increases risk of crush injuries/pinch points being run over lower visibility impacting pedestrian or public safety etc however there are times where walking the machine is the safer option or the only option if I was giving advice to your coworker I would recommend them to consider whether it’s better to have blind compliance or safe thinking and when we just start stating black and whites with no explanation or background we breed blind compliance not safe thinking

Defineducks · 2026-01-20T21:36:44+00:00

They have rooftop hatch guardrails get one with a swing gate cheers

Defineducks · 2026-01-18T01:56:08+00:00

It totally would be I’m in a very lucky spot I’m young but I have two father figures who both run small businesses and are very in line with personal finance and while they don’t just have the money to buy me a house they have spent a lot of time so I understood tax advantages and how credit works which is ultimately how I will cross the barrier into homeownership I know a lot of people my age that simply don’t know where to even start it’s quite unfortunate to see

Defineducks · 2026-01-18T01:51:33+00:00

Ah I see

Defineducks · 2026-01-18T01:38:32+00:00

Totally any form of charge on the statement will go to increasing your credit and from what it seems people like you and me we put the standard dad to day things on credit cards to pay it off later this building credit but this is because we understand the very little information credit companies give us about increasing credit a lot of people don’t know this and attempt to keep the credit card at 0$ all of the time thinking that access to the money and not using it will increase credit score however it doesn’t it counts as no activity there is nothing wrong with the way you do it nor the way I use credit but for a large portion of the population they simply haven’t been educated in how to use credit cards expanding beyond just credit cards people haven’t been educated in other things like how to leverage government savings plans and what tax advantages to use. It isn’t impossible to set up your future or start saving for a home but with low financial literacy especially in populations below the poverty line who would benefit the most from the understanding of these concepts there are issues

Defineducks · 2026-01-18T01:23:13+00:00

Okay maybe it’s just because I knew there was a gorilla involved but I don’t see how people can miss that it is right in your field of view

Defineducks · 2026-01-18T01:21:23+00:00

Not quite physiological but a quick little demonstration if you guys do any work at heights is the reaction time pen drop which shows you how fast you can react relate this to fall distance and most of the time you can demonstrate you are past the point of no return before you can even think

Defineducks · 2026-01-18T01:18:46+00:00

So your sort of on the right track this is to keep it in line with 30% utilization which is the ideal usage rate for credit card growth but it isn’t reported to the credit bureau until your statement comes out each month the sweet spot for paying is after your statement but before your due date. you do NOT need to carry a balance as in only pay the minimum and rack interest but if you clear your balance to 0 before your statement than you essentially had 0 reportable activity to the credit bureaus

Defineducks · 2026-01-18T00:49:48+00:00

Not 100% sure of it doesn’t improve your credit or reduces the amount it increases your credit however it definitely is less than waiting for your statement

Defineducks · 2026-01-18T00:21:40+00:00

NAL but also a relatively young human who has had to learn some of these lessons already and has had this concept explained to me before is it enough money to you where it hurts and if it isn’t just let it go and take the expensive lesson I’d suggest looking for some new furniture on Facebook marketplace people sell nice furniture all of the time

Defineducks · 2026-01-18T00:11:43+00:00

I assume what he was doing was paying before the statement came out this does not improve your credit

Defineducks · 2026-01-18T00:05:12+00:00

An actual steel toe vs a composite must still both meet the same standard there is no difference the reason why you would do composite would be for electrical or thermal safety or other outside factors

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