WorkSafeBC’s Industry Initiatives identify additional sectors and subsectors, outside of the High Risk Strategies, with a high risk of serious workplace injury and significant contribution to the serious injury rate. Each initiative focuses prevention efforts on identified areas of high risk in order to apply resources and effort where they will be most effective.

Thirteen industry initiatives have been identified for 2020.

Occupational disease

• Asbestos – commercial
• Asbestos – residential
• Lead, silica, sensitizers, solar radiation, welding fumes, noise exposure

Risk-based / specialty

• Confined space
• Crane
• Film and production
• Marine
• Oil and gas
• Process safety

Vulnerable worker

• Agriculture
• Bullying, harassment and discrimination
• Program and committee evaluation (PACE)
• Serious injury prevention initiative (SIPI)