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Prevention Manual

The Prevention Manual contains policies of the WCB with respect to prevention matters under the Workers Compensation Act and the occupational health and safety regulations.

In 1999, the Workers Compensation (Occupational Health and Safety) Amendment Act, 1998 replaced the existing occupational health and safety provisions of the Workers Compensation Act with a new Part 3 — Occupational Health and Safety. It also repealed the Workplace Act.

The Prevention Manual was first developed to set out WCB policies under Part 3. The Panel of Administrators subsequently decided that all occupational health and safety policies would be consolidated into this Manual. That process is currently underway.

The Prevention Manual is provided here in Adobe Acrobat portable document format (PDF). The PDF files reflect the current printed manual, and include the most recent update issued January 2, 2010.

The printed version of the Prevention Manual is available in loose-leaf form so you can update it as necessary. See how to order a copy in print format. The Occupational Health and Safety Regulation and associated OHS Guidelines are also available online.


Prevention Manual
PDF size

Summary of Amendments (January 2010) (No. 2), Summary of Amendments (January 2010) (No. 1) (Includes all individual replacement pages for your manual update. Please note: blank pages have been included for double-sided printing.)
67kb, 303kb
Prevention Manual
1.7mb
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