Updates and results
As part of our strategic initiative to develop measures to assess the effectiveness of prevention activities, we are providing updates on our outreach activities, the number of inspections, and the top regulations cited.
- Forestry Planned Inspectional Initiative — Quarterly updates 2023
- Forestry HRS — Quarterly updates 2022
- Forestry — Injury and serious injury measures 2015-2017 and 2018-2020
- Forestry HRS — Quarterly updates 2021
- Forestry HRS — Quarterly updates 2020
- Forestry HRS — Quarterly updates 2019
- Forestry HRS — Quarterly updates 2018
Note: To save space in bulleted lists, our update documents may refer to occupational health and safety as OHS. All references to the Act, refer to Part Three of the Workers Compensation Act. Penalties and warning letters reported in updates may have been initiated by inspections in a previous quarter.
Related articles
See below for stories of employers who are successfully addressing some of the health and safety issues we’re focusing on with our initiative.
WorkSafe Magazine - January/February 2022: On the cover: Supervisors play pivotal role in safe hand falling
WorkSafeBC’s risk-based inspections have found that while hand fallers have some of the highest injury rates in the province, most incidents are preventable with proper supervision.
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WorkSafe Magazine - September/October 2018: Ask an officer: Anchoring on steep slopes key to protecting workers
WorkSafeBC’s 2018–2020 Forestry High Risk Strategy includes a focus on mechanized harvesting. Mechanized harvesting has unique risks that need to be addressed to create a safe workspace....