Health & Safety

Safe working conditions are a major priority for the BCTGM. You have a right to go to work in the morning and return in the same shape you left. BCTGM members are faced with more different and severe hazards than almost any other worker: repetitive strain, back injuries, chemicals, confined spaces, machinery hazards, heat stress disorders, infectious diseases and a variety of other workplace hazards kill, injure, sicken and maim thousands of members every year. And many BCTGM members face these hazards doing jobs that most Americans don't even want to think about.

This special BCTGM job safety and health website is designed to help all workers learn about their rights, to provide the latest job safety and health information and resources to union and nonunion workers, local union safety representatives and job safety and health professionals.