Safety Talk: Small businesses can make large safety strides

Keeping safe in a small business is no small matter. While small businesses are usually comprised of 20 or less employees, they still face a large number of incidents. In 2015, WorkSafeBC had over 11,000 time-loss claims for injuries from small businesses. The stats also show that the leading causes of injuries at small businesses aren’t that different from the ones incurred at large ones, such as falls from heights, overexertion, being struck, or repetitive motion. Many injuries like these can be prevented by being part of a healthy safety culture.

“Incident prevention is just as important for a workplace that has five people as it is for one that has five hundred,” says WorkSafeBC manager of Industry and Labour Services Glen McIntosh. “Workplaces are healthy only when managers, supervisors, and workers all make health and safety a priority.”

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