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 Lower Maximum Administrative Penalties Regulation (OHS Citations). 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.

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.