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Title:   Be a Survivor
  Order #:   N/A
  Description:   This guide offers young workers solid safety information about the basics for looking out for yourself and staying safe on the job.
      (PDF 4mb)
       
Title:   Blaster's Log Book
  Order #:   BK18
  Description:   Blasters are required to record pre-blast loading data, information that is useful in locating misfired holes and undetonated explosives. This log book is designed to assist blasters record details such as location, material blasted, explosives, initiation and electrical devices, loading pattern, and outcomes. Also included are important contact numbers in case of accidents or other emergencies, and a safety checklist.
       
Title:   Chainsaw Safety
  Order #:   PH50
  Description:   Although this pamphlet still contains valuable information on the do’s and don’ts of chainsaw operation, more up-to-date information on personal protective equipment and first aid can be found on this web site.
      (PDF 327kb)
       
Title:   Effective Safety and Health Programs: The Key to a Safe Workplace and Due Diligence
  Order #:   PH33
  Description:  

This guide contains important information for employers, supervisors, and workers who must ensure that their occupational health and safety programs meet WorkSafeBC standards.

Using a question-and-answer format, this guide defines due diligence; describes how the WorkSafeBC applies due diligence; explains how the WorkSafeBC assesses compliance with the Regulation; identifies the elements of an occupational health and safety program; and explains how occupational health and safety programs help establish due diligence.

      (PDF 143kb)
       
Title:   Emergency Response Guide
  Order #:   N/A
  Description:   The purpose of this bulletin is to help employers develop emergency response plans that will meet the specific needs of their small businesses.
      (PDF 210kb)
       
Title:   First Aid Notice
  Order #:   PL8
  Description:   This notice offers employers assistance in meeting two requirements of Part 3 of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation: the authority of the first aid attendant over the treatment of injured workers, and the responsibility of the employer to report injuries.
This notice is to be posted by the employer in a conspicuous place.
      (PDF 60kb)
       
Title:   Focus on Safety: Safe Work Practices for Film and Television Production in B.C.
  Order #:   BK11
  Description:   This manual is written for employers (production companies) and workers in B.C.'s film and television production industry. It includes information on potential hazards and provides safe work practices to prevent injuries in the industry. It deals with topics such as equipment, vehicles, location hazards, construction, painting, special effects, props, and stunts.
      (PDF 1.4mb)
       
       
Title:   Focus Reports
  Description:   See focus report listings

       
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Hazards of Confined Spaces (BK80)
Hazards of Confined Spaces for Shipping and Transportation Industries (BK81)
Hazards of Confined Spaces for Food and Beverage Industries (BK82)
Hazards of Confined Spaces for Municipalities and the Construction Industry (BK83)
  Order #:   BK80, BK81, BK82, BK83
  Description:   Fatal accidents in confined spaces often happen because workers are not aware that they are entering a confined space that contains a life-threatening atmosphere or other hazards. These booklets are designed to make workers and employers aware of the hazards of confined spaces. There are three versions containing examples specific to different industries (BK81, BK82, BK83), as well as a book for all other industries (BK80).
      (BK80 916kb) (BK81 835kb) (BK82 432kb) (BK83 439kb)
       
Title:   Health and Safety for Hospitality Small Business
  Order #:   BK71
  Description:   This guide is designed for small businesses in the hospitality industry including hotels, motels, restaurants, and other food service establishments. It can be used by owners, employers, managers, supervisors, and workers to help prevent workplace accidents and injuries.
      (PDF 3.1mb)
       
Title:   Health and Safety for New Retail Workers
  Order #:   N/A
  Description:   A health and safety guide for new workers in the retail industry. The guide looks at the leading causes of retail injuries and what workers can do to avoid them to ensure a safe and healthy work experience.
      (PDF 460kb)
       
Title:   Health and Safety for Retail Small Business
  Order #:   BK8
  Description:   A guide to health and safety for employers in a retail business with fewer than 20 employees. The guide explains the basic WorkSafeBC requirements and outlines how to set up a health and safety program, with sample forms and checklists.
      (PDF 1.7mb)
       
Title:   Health and Safety for Small- and Medium-Sized Wineries
  Order #:   N/A
  Description:   This guide is intended for small- and medium-sized wineries. You will find this guide useful if you are an owner, employer, manager, supervisor, or worker in a winery. The guide will help you prevent accidents and injuries by describing:
• Specific hazards faced by workers in the winery industry
• How to eliminate these hazards or minimize their impact
• How to develop specific procedures for doing tasks safely
• How to deal with workplace accidents and injuries
      (PDF 4.8mb)
       
Title:   Health and Safety Guide for Garden Centre Workers
  Order #:   N/A
  Description:   This booklet identifies several safety issues that are specific to garden retail centres and includes some basic information and practical tips to help keep your workplace safe.
      (PDF 1mb)
       
  Title:   How to Implement a Formal Occupational Health and Safety Program
  Order #:   BK14
  Description:   This booklet is a complete revision of the old BK14 How to Implement an Effective Occupational Health and Safety Program. This revision will help employers, workers, and joint health and safety committees develop and maintain an effective occupational health and safety (OHS) program.
      (PDF 455kb)
       
Title:   Informal Safety Program for Small Business
  Order #:   N/A
  Description:   A six-page document describing the key elements of an informal health and safety program for small business.
      (PDF 42kb)
       
Title:   Investigation of Accidents and Diseases Reference Guide and Workbook
  Order #:   N/A
  Description:   This workbook discusses concepts and methods that can help you to implement and perform effective investigations at your workplace.
      (PDF 764kb)
       
Title:   Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee Workbook
  Order #:   N/A
  Description:   A joint occupational health and safety committee is made up of workers and employers working together to identify health and safety problems in the workplace.
      (PDF 945kb)
       
Title:   Laboratory Health and Safety Handbook
  Order #:   BK106
  Description:   This handbook was issued in error, as the regulation review process is still ongoing for items covered on pages 26-27. When the review is complete a new handbook will be re-issued. We apologize for any inconvenience.
       
  Title:   Lost Lives: Lessons to Be Learned: Work-related deaths in British Columbia in 2002
  Description:   This report looks at the 158 deaths from work-related accidents and diseases in 2002. It highlights accidents in the fishing industry and in confined spaces, and looks at lessons to be learned from such incidents.
      (PDF 746kb)
       
  Title:   Lost Lives: Work-related deaths in British Columbia: A focus on occupational disease (2001)
  Description:   In 2001, 168 workers lost their lives as a result of a workplace injury or occupational disease in B.C. This report reviews these deaths and looks at what is being done to prevent similar deaths in the future. This year's focus on occupational disease highlights the special challenges work-related diseases pose.
      (PDF 895kb)
       
Title:   Lost Lives: Work-related Deaths in British Columbia (1998 - 98)
  Description:   The report looks at work-related deaths in B.C. for 1989-98. It summarizes the statistics, reviews the most common types of single-incident deaths, and looks at occupational diseases and their causes over this 10-year period. It concludes with information on preventing work-related deaths.
      (PDF 3.6mb)
       
Title:   Managing Safety from the Supervisor's Perspective
  Order #:   BK119
  Description:   This infoflip is designed to help supervisors manage their responsibilities for the health and safety of their workers. It focuses on safety management systems, due dilegence, new and young workers, MSIs, claims/disability management, and more.
      (PDF 709kb)
       
Title:   Manufacturing Safety
  Order #:   BK117
  Description:   This publication was produced for employers, supervisors, workers, joint committees, and safety professionals as a guide to safety-related issues in their daily work environment. Interested stakeholders may also refer to or use the information contained in this document to assist them in carrying out their occupational health and safety roles and responsibilities.
      (PDF 1.3mb)
       
Title:   Notice to Workers
  Order #:   PL9
  Description:   This notice offers concise guidelines on how to prevent injuries, what to do if injured, how to claim compensation and who to call for assistance when dealing with your claim. This notice is to be posted by the employer in a conspicuous place.
      (PDF 24kb)
       
Title:   Preventing Violence, Robbery, and Theft
  Order #:   N/A
  Description:   This guide offers information for retail owners, managers, and workers.
      (PDF 1mb)
       
Title:   Remembering Lost Lives: Work-related Deaths in British Columbia in 2000
  Description:   This report looks at the 156 deaths from work-related accidents and diseases in 2000. The report describes the process taken by the WorkSafeBC after a fatal workplace accident and looks at how to prevent work-related deaths.
      (PDF 487kb)
       
Title:   Safe Work Practices for Handling Asbestos
  Order #:   BK27
  Description:   This booklet describes the safe methods of handling all types of asbestos-containing materials. It discusses suitable work procedures for the removal, enclosure, and encapsulation of friable asbestos materials.
      (PDF 1mb)
       
Title:   Safety in Manufacturing: A Discussion Guide
  Order #:   BK126
  Description:   Two short videos highlight the importance of working safely in the manufacturing industry. These stories show how a life-changing accident can happen in a split second. "Look at Me" depicts a serious eye injury that occurs when a worker operates a grinder without using eye protection. "In Too Much to Lose" an experienced worker loses his fingers when he uses a dangerous piece of equipment without a guard. These videos contain graphic scenes that could be disturbing to some viewers.
      (PDF 252kb)
       
Title:   Safety inspections reference guide and workbook
  Order #:   N/A
  Description:   A reference guide and workbook for workplace safety inspections.
      (PDF 314kb)
       
Title:   Safety on the Job is Everyone’s Business
(Employer, Supervisor, and Worker)
  Order #:   PL18
  Description:   These plain-language posters spell out everyone's health and safety responsibilities in the workplace. Three separate posters list the responsibilities for employers, supervisors, and workers respectively.
      (PDF 64kb)
       
Title:   Safety on the Job is Everyone's Business: The Responsibilities of Employers, Supervisors, and Workers
  Order #:   PH39
  Description:   All new workers need training in equipment use and safe work procedures. This pamphlet covers the basics in training new workers. Employer, supervisor, and worker responsibilities for developing and maintaining a safe workplace are outlined.
      (PDF 84kb)
       
Title:   Small Business Health & Safety Log Book
  Order #:   BK105
  Description:   This guide is aimed at smaller businesses that have one to five employees. It includes easy-to-use checklists and blank forms that will walk you through the process of establishing a health and safety program.
      (PDF 431kb)
       
Title:   Take Care: How to Develop and Implement a Workplace Violence Prevention Program
  Order #:   BK41
  Description:   This guide enables employers and workers to implement a program to prevent violence in the workplace. It summarizes the relevant sections of the Regulation that deal with violence in the workplace, explains how to conduct a risk assessment, identifies the basic elements of a violence prevention program, and provides safe travel tips and sample documents.
      (PDF 467kb)
       
Title:   The Supervisor video discussion guide
  Order #:   BK85
  Description:   This guide is designed to accompany the video The Supervisor. The guide contain viewing strategies and support materials designed to help viewers learn more about responsibility for health and safety in the work¬place.
      (PDF 275kb)
       
Title:   The Week Time Stood Still
  Order #:   BK16
  Description:   This is the account written by Patricia Mason when she learned that her 20-year-old son, Darcy Jones, had been killed in an industrial accident. Jones died in September 1994 on a service rig in the oil fields in Fort St. John.
       
Title:   This could happen to your child: how parents can help keep their children safe at work
  Order #:   PH64
  Description:   This brochure was developed in partnership with B.C. Confederation of Parent Advisory Councils (BCCPAC) parent representatives to provide parents with useful tips on keeping young workers safe on the job.
      (PDF 218kb)
       
Title:   3 Steps to Effective Worker Education and Training Revised publication
  Order #:   BK42
  Description:   Designed for employers and supervisors, this guide offers a three-step framework based on orientation, education, and training new and young workers to be safe on the job.
      (PDF 1.1mb)
       
Title:   Trends in Types of Accident by Occupation: British Columbia (five-year periods)
  Order #:   RR17
  Description:   Compiled by the WorkSafeBC's Statistical Services Department, this detailed report covers commonly occurring accidents in individual occupations in British Columbia and the changes in those categories.
       
Title:   Working Alone, Late Night Retail, and Prepayment of Fuel; Handbook for Employers
  Order #:   BK116
  Description:   This handbook overviews working alone, fuel prepayment, and late night retail premises requirements, and provides employers with useful forms for their workplaces. Late night retail premises include convenience stores, gas stations, and other retail stores that sell goods directly to consumers. Also included as retail premises are take-out restaurants and liquor off sales. Full service restaurants, and bars with no liquor off sales outlet are not included under the late night retail premises requirements.
      (PDF 569kb)
       
Title:   A Workbook for Employers and Workers: Preventing Violence new
  Order #:   BK112
  Description:   This workbook can be used as a tool for training workers in violence prevention procedures for the workplace.
      (PDF 569kb)
       
Title:   Young Worker Orientation
  Description:   Training and orientation for young and new workers.
      (PDF 297kb)
       
Title:   Young Workers Safety Card
  Description:   A card for young workers explaining how to beat the odds and work safely.
      (PDF 1010kb)
       

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