π Linked Evidence
Safety Concern Page 2
π FOI_Release_2026-143_p185 | p.185
π FOI_Release_2026-143_p185 | p.185
π Extracted Text (OCR)
Incident Location - If incident occurred off property, or ona public roadway, please select βOFF β Off Property" City Describe the specific location in more detail, if required and attach photos when applicable (address/intersect ion/sub-area/room #, etc) Select Map Location, if required (defaults to computer location, navigate map to incident location and click Update) Operations & Maintenance Centre 1 (2BCRTCOMC1) Location Area Office (OFF) Burnaby (City00004) Cost Centre 220 Train Operations(220) OMC 1 Control Training Room Details of Safety Concern/Near Miss - To be completed by employee How would you classify this event? * Describe your safety concern or near miss in detail (describe what is wrong, including risk to workers/customer s. example: leaking pipe causing water to pool on floor.) Was this an isolated event or does this happen regularly? Safety Safety Concern (Safety Concern) Concern/Near Work Environment Related (016) Miss Category | would like to bring to your attention the issue of ambient noise levels in the Control Training Room on the floor 2 of OMC 1. There is 2, large, floor mounted servers in the back corner of the room, behind work station 3. While the noise levels are not high enough by Work Safe BC standards to require hearing protection (85dB during 8hrs), they are much too high for an office or learning environment. My phone dB meter, while sitting at my assigned Work Station (3), is read upward of between 60 - 70db ambient noise level. Even with active noise canceling headphones, the noise is still quite loud. Once ambient noise level exceeds 55 - 60 dB, it can interfere with concentration, and can increase stress during mentally demanding tasks. It makes it especially hard for the student at Work Station 3 to hear the instructor. | feel this noise level has many detrimental effect to all students in the room, but especial those at work station 3. Work Station 3 is at particular disadvantage, due to the much higher ambient noise. | am prone to migraines and take steps at home and at work to minimized my exposure to excessive noise. | can not wear noise canceling headphones while trying to listen to the instructor in the training room. | feel this is not a good place to have a server rack, with the excessive noise and heat that it produces. It also significantly reduces the space behind work station 3, as compared to other work station. Regular Occurence (02) 000205