COVID-19: What’s new
- Public health orders (updated Feb. 5): Sports and recreation, gyms and fitness centres, accommodation, faith-based organizations, performing arts, movie theatres, retail and vending markets, party buses and limousines, mandatory masks, worker health checks, reviewing and updating your COVID-19 safety plan, more info.
- New and updated information: COVID-19 vaccinations in the workplace, COVID-19 FAQs: Safety in vehicles
COVID-19: Information and resources
Protocols for Phase 2 and 3 industries, Protocols for Phase 1 industries, General health and safety, COVID-19 Safety Plan template, OHS guideline G3.3 (COVID-19 Safety Plan), and more resources; Claims, Insurance
Bill 23
Overview of changes in effect Jan. 1, 2021, Consultation on permanent partial disability benefits, Consultation on retirement age determinations, Summary of provisions, Historical reports, Board of Directors’ decision on the consequential amendments, Board of Directors' decision on permanent partial disability benefits, Board of Directors' decision on retirement age determinations
Online services outage (Feb. 27)
Due to maintenance on our claims management system, some of our online services will not be available on Saturday, February 27, from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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OHS Policies
The Prevention Manual contains the official policies of WorkSafeBC’s Board of Directors respecting OHS matters under the Workers Compensation Act, the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, and the OHS Citations Regulation. The Act requires WorkSafeBC and the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Tribunal to apply these policies when making decisions. The Prevention Manual is published in Adobe Acrobat portable document format (PDF). The PDF files reflect the current printed manual, and include the most recent update. You can access the entire manual as a single PDF. This PDF file can be printed and downloaded.
Prevention Manual
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Update package for the Prevention Manual
The update packages include all individual replacement pages required to keep your printed Prevention Manual up to date.
Archived versions of the Prevention Manual are also available.