5. Proactive Trend Analysis

Data-driven safety review. The weekend accident pattern at BCRTC was almost passed over in
a safety meeting. At CN Rail, that statistic would have prompted an immediate education
campaign or new procedure. Incident reports analyzed for patterns before the next injury occurs
— the same methodology applied to this claim.

6. Faces Not Forms

Statistics don’t change safety culture. Stories do. The BCRTC Safety Podcast features
interviews with injured workers. Real faces. Real names. Real consequences.

A fellow Guideway Serviceperson — a bodybuilder and BCRTC worker — tore his arm muscle
off the bone in a fall from a Unimog. The cause: a previously reported, unrectified tripping
hazard. When the new Rail Borne Equipment Shop was installed, concrete was not poured to
the level of the rail head — leaving approximately two inches of exposed rail above the
concrete. Reported. Ignored. His foot slipped on wet rail stepping down from the Unimog.
Life-altering injuries. He will never bodybuild again. After he fell — the concrete was poured.
Reactive safety. The hazard was known. The hazard was ignored. Someone paid the price.
Then it got fixed. A colleague and | say BCRTC is climbing the safety pyramid — near miss,
unsafe condition, unsafe act, minor injury, lost time injury, serious injury — right toward the top.

You cannot dismiss a face the way you dismiss a form.

WHAT WORKSAFEBC IS ASKED TO SUPPORT

1. Vocational rehabilitation assessment — confirm OHS diploma pathway as appropriate return
to work goal given that the pre-injury Control Operator position has been formally closed by the
employer’s adverse employment action of March 13, 2026.

2. WCB retraining support — BCIT Technical Entry and OHS Diploma program funding.
3. Wage loss continuation during the full academic program.

4. Autism assessment funding — to identify accommodations required for successful academic
and workplace reintegration. The injury destabilized every coping mechanism developed over
47 years. The assessment need was created by the injury. WCB caused the injury. WCB funds
the assessment.

5. Gradual return to work — BCRTC OHS department placement between semesters, with
appropriate accommodations, under temporary status with Guideway Serviceperson as
union-protected fallback.

6. Specialist care facilitation — ENT and Neurology referrals expedited through WorkSafeBC
channels given 6-week wait without specialist assessment on an active acoustic injury claim.

ACCOMMODATION REQUIREMENTS

No exposure to sustained mechanical noise environments during recovery period.
No night shifts during recovery and academic program.
Written communication preferred over verbal where possible — autism accommodation.