‘I've scratched up my knee, I've broken skin being spat on, being headbutted, being bitten by violent patients’

Hospital security guards in British Columbia are being injured on the job at an alarming rate, according to a recent report.

WorkSafeBC accepted nearly 170 injury claims from hospital security guards in 2024, meaning guards are being hurt almost every other day across the province, reported CBC.

The highest number of accepted claims came from Fraser Health, with 50, and Providence Health, with 46. Interior Health reported 27 accepted claims, Vancouver Coastal Health had 22, and Island Health had 20.

The province introduced a new class of hospital security guard , known as relational security officers (RSOs), nearly two years ago in response to a series of high-profile assau

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