An investigation was launched after workers refused to work in unsafe conditions, following an incident in the library bathrooms.
WorkSafeBC inspections conducted in May and June found that Prince George Public Library staff, including management and security personnel, were at risk of violence and exposure to biological and drug-related chemical hazards.
In his May 10 report, Goodall ordered the library to provide vaccination for hepatitis B to all workers at risk of occupational exposure, and provide workers training on the safe handling of biohazardous and chemical dangers. Goodall ordered the library to prepare a compliance report by June 7, to show it has established “procedures, policies and work environment arrangements” to eliminate, or at least reduce, the risk of violence to workers.
In addition to offering hepatitis vaccines to staff, library security employees, 15 frontline workers and four managers had received training in bloodborne pathogen safety. The library’s security employees were provided with violence prevention and de-escalation training, and two library managers were provided with basic security training, Goodall wrote.
A second WorkSafeBC inspection on July 6 found that library staff had not been properly trained, “in how to identify suspected inhalable substance use in the washroom areas of this workplace,” and that lack of training puts workers at risk, occupational hygiene officer Peter Fairman wrote in a July 11 report.
The library has been working with WorkSafeBC and the library’s health and safety committee - which includes members of management and staff – for more than a year to address safety issues at the library, he said. The library has also hired a security consultant to provide an outside view on what improvements can be made.
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