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Inspections and prevention activities

Inspections and prevention activities

As part of our strategy to reduce the serious injury rate by applying resources and effort where they will be most effective, WorkSafeBC officers are inspecting workplaces and conducting consultation and education activities.

Inspections and prevention activities

Activities	Details
Focused inspections Q1–Q4 2020	Primary focus: Serious injury prevention Assess whether employers are managing risks within the restaurant services and towing services industries: Notify stakeholders, including employers and industry associations, about this initiative via letter and email Conduct initial inspections Educate employers about top risks in their workplaces and industry Assess workers’ exposure to, and employers’ management of, risks in their workplaces Issue corrective orders aligned with unmanaged risks where non-compliance with legislative requirements is found Additional focus for restaurants: Slips, trips and falls and struck by or against; new and young worker orientation and training Additional focus for towing and traffic control: Struck by and falls; supporting Work Zone Safety Alliance (i.e., Cone Zone)
Creating new partnerships with industry Q1–Q4 2020	Engage with recycling stakeholders to ensure employers manage fire and explosion risks Adapt and create health and safety tools, including a new and young worker package based on job safety analyses
Direct mail campaign Q1–Q2 2020	We will communicate the Initiative’s 2020 focus and provide resources to employers via mail and email

Activities

Details

Focused inspections
Q1–Q4 2020

Primary focus: Serious injury prevention

Assess whether employers are managing risks within the restaurant services and towing services industries:

Notify stakeholders, including employers and industry associations, about this initiative via letter and email
Conduct initial inspections
Educate employers about top risks in their workplaces and industry
Assess workers’ exposure to, and employers’ management of, risks in their workplaces
Issue corrective orders aligned with unmanaged risks where non-compliance with legislative requirements is found
Additional focus for restaurants: Slips, trips and falls and struck by or against; new and young worker orientation and training
Additional focus for towing and traffic control: Struck by and falls; supporting Work Zone Safety Alliance (i.e., Cone Zone)

Creating new partnerships with industry
Q1–Q4 2020

Engage with recycling stakeholders to ensure employers manage fire and explosion risks

Adapt and create health and safety tools, including a new and young worker package based on job safety analyses

Direct mail campaign
Q1–Q2 2020

We will communicate the Initiative’s 2020 focus and provide resources to employers via mail and email