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Title:   Equipment Log Book
  Order #:   BK5
  Description:   A compact record-keeping book, with weather-resistant cover, to help the machine owner and operator conform to the requirements in the Regulation concerning inspections and maintenance work.
       
Title:   Forklift Trucks
  Order #:   BK9
  Description:   This book, reprinted with permission from the Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety, gives detailed guidelines for forklift truck maintenance and operation.
     
Title:   Hard Metal Hazard
Description:   Hard metals may expose saw filers to hazardous materials when grinding or welding. This pamphlet lists the source of four hazardous airborne metals and what can be done to prevent inhaling harmful hard metals.
      (PDF 257kb)
     
Title:   Lifting It Right
  Order #:   BK37
  Description:   This fully illustrated safety manual is published by the Automotive Lift Institute, Inc. in New York and distributed through the Workers' Compensation Board of B.C. Promoting the safe use of automotive lifts, this manual is an excellent source of safety information for anyone working on the shop floor. It describes and illustrates the types of lifts used in most automotive applications.
       
Title:   Safe Operation of Lift Trucks
  Order #:   PH36
  Description:   This pamphlet outlines guidelines for the safe operation of forklifts, platform trucks, powered small-pallet trucks, and similar powered units. The pamphlet also contains sections of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation that apply specifically to lift truck operators.
      (PDF 86kb)
       
Title:   Safe Work Practices for Large Vehicle Tire Servicing
  Order #:   BK62
  Description:   Contains detailed procedures for servicing large-vehicle tires, which if handled improperly, can explode, often with disastrous consequences.
      (PDF 290kb)
       
Title:   Safeguarding Machinery and Equipment: General Requirements
  Order #:   BK101
  Description:  

This manual is for everyone who owns, operates, maintains, or sells powered machinery and equipment. Employers will find information to help them comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (OHSR) and Part 3 of the Workers Compensation Act. It will also help them exercise due diligence in providing a safe work environment. Supervisors will find information to help them assess the risks to their workers from harmful contact with machinery and equipment. Workers will gain greater awareness of the hazards associated with equipment operation and maintenance and of the safeguarding protection they have a right to expect. Suppliers will understand what they must do to provide machinery and equipment that conform to the Workers Compensation Act and the OHSR.
     

(PDF 4.6mb)
     

For your convenience and ease of use, the chapters of this book are available as individual PDFs. Chapter 4 has been further divided into sections that highlight specific guarding requirements for specific types of equipment. These sections have separate covers so that they can be printed and used on their own.

Cover, WorkSafeBC info, title page, acknowledgments, CCIP data, table of contents Front matter (PDF 416kb)
Introduction Intro (PDF 100kb)
1. Hazard Recognition Chapter 1 (PDF 504kb)
2. Risk Assessment Chapter 2 (PDF 120kb)
3. Design and Selection Criteria for Safeguards Chapter 3 (PDF 2.1mb)
4. Some Common Safeguarding Applications
  • Power transmission guards
  • Conveyors
  • Feed rolls
  • Metal-forming equipment
  • Abrasive equipment
  • Woodworking equipment
  • Robots
 Chapter 4

Section 1 (PDF 611kb)
Section 2 (PDF 487kb)
Section 3 (PDF 522kb)
Section 4 (PDF 424kb)
Section 5 (PDF 629kb)
Section 6 (PDF 435kb)
Section 7 (PDF 506kb)
Appendices Appendices (PDF 552kb)
Zip archive containing all the above files
(requires zip utility to decompress)		 Zip archive (ZIP 6.4mb)
       
Title:   Safeguarding in Manufacturing: A Companion Guide to Safeguarding Machinery and Equipment
  Order #:   BK109
  Description:  

This guide provides information to help employers comply with the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (OHSR) and Part 3 of the Workers Compensation Act. It will also help them exercise due diligence in providing a safe work environment.

Supervisors will find information to help them assess the risks to their workers from harmful contact with machinery and equipment. Workers will gain greater awareness of the hazards associated with equipment operation and maintenance and of the safeguarding protection they have a right to expect.

For your convenience and ease of use, each section of this infoflip is also available as a stand-alone PDF (8.5” x 11”). The following sections present the same information in the infoflip, organized by the same number and colours used in the infoflip.
     

(PDF 733kb)
     
Introduction Intro (PDF 92kb)
1. Overview and Terminology Section 1 (PDF 392kb)
2. Hazard Recognition Section 2 (PDF 290kb)
3. Risk Assessment Section 3 (PDF 96kb)
4. Selecting the Right Safeguard Section 4 (PDF 99kb)
5. Barrier Guards Section 5 (PDF 420kb)
6. Power Transmission Guards Section 6 (PDF 461kb)
7. Grid Guard Design Considerations Section 7 (PDF 198kb)
8. Protective Barriers Section 8 (PDF 141kb)
9. Two-Hand Controls and Trips Section 9 (PDF 235kb)
10. Presence-Sensing Devices Section 10 (PDF 392kb)
11. Safety Interlocks Section 11 (PDF 145kb)
12. Movable Gates Section 12 (PDF 434kb)
13. Pull-Wires / Trip-Wires / Contact Bumpers Section 13 (PDF 283kb)
14. Shields / Awareness Barriers Section 14 (PDF 457kb)
15. Safeguarding by Location Section 15 (PDF 169kb)
16. E-Stops Section 16 (PDF 533kb)
Zip archive containing all the above files
(requires zip utility to decompress)		 Zip archive (ZIP 6.4mb)
       
Title:   Standards for Operator Protective Structures (OPS)
  Order #:   N/A
Description:   WCB standards for use of mobile equipment including log loaders and yarders. This set of standards in the G600 series (G601 to G609) is available online.
     
Title:   Working Safely Around Electricity
  Order #:   BK19
  Description:   This booklet explains the dangers of working on and around energized low- and high-voltage equipment and conductors. It is written for supervisors and workers who work around and with electrical circuits and power lines as part of their job and who are familiar with the basic hazards of electrical contact. The three sections include the dangers of low-voltage contact, the dangers of high-voltage contact, and how to deal with electrical shock injuries. Workers who work around electrical conductors, such as painters and equipment operators, and who are unfamiliar with all the hazards of electrical contact, will also find the information in this booklet useful.
      (PDF 2.1mb)
     

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