US EditionWorkSafeBC Fines Williams Lake Workplace Nearly $500k Fine for Asbestos Violation
WILLIAMS LAKE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, JUL 21 – The fine follows repeated failures to protect workers from asbestos exposure, a leading cause of work-related deaths in British Columbia, with 32 fatalities reported in 2024.
- WorkSafeBC fined Axis Family Resources $467,496.80 on June 19, 2025, for a high-risk asbestos violation at a Williams Lake facility.
- The fine followed inspections triggered by damaged walls containing asbestos-containing materials and the firm's failure to control asbestos exposure risks properly.
- Axis Family Resources operates multiple family resource sites across B.C. including supportive housing and child services, but failed to ensure a licensed abatement contractor and proper ACM signage.
- WorkSafeBC noted asbestos exposure causes 32 work-related deaths in 2024 and requires mandatory training and licensing, calling the violation 'high risk' due to inadequate worker protections.
- The stop-work order and fine highlight systemic failures at Axis Family Resources to safeguard worker health amid known asbestos hazards at the residential social services site.
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