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WorkSafeBC Updates

By January 28, 2022April 14th, 2022Safety
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WorkSafeBC has updated its website to reflect changes to their High Risk Strategies and Industry Initiatives for 2022.

Their strategies and initiatives play an important role in worker safety by identifying and targeting industries and employers with a high risk of serious workplace injury and a significant contribution to the serious injury rate. They take place over multiple years and are reviewed annually to make any necessary adjustments.

Please review this information to understand the key risks for inspections and prevention activities in the coming year.

2022 Inspectional Approach

For inspections in many of our strategies and initiatives, prevention officers will take a risk-based approach to ensure that the most significant risks are effectively managed. This approach involves workers and employers identifying hazards, evaluating risks, and implementing the appropriate controls specific to the on-site activities.

In addition, it focuses on employers ensuring these efforts are effectively communicated to workers and monitored through foundational occupational health and safety systems such as orientations, training, supervision, incident investigations, worksite inspections, and (where applicable) joint health and safety committees that are robust and well supported.