Safety Basics

Safety Basics

Kitchen Safety: Preventing Slips, Trips, and Falls

Well-known executive B.C. chefs share their real-life perspectives on the importance of kitchen safety and offer lessons from their own experiences.

Safety Basics

Kitchen Safety: Focusing on Safety

More than 60 percent of injuries in the food service industry involve kitchen workers. This video introduces our kitchen safety series, which demonstrates proper techniques for using equipment and performing common tasks. It features well-known B.C. chefs who offer safety tips and lessons from their own experiences.

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Supervisor Series – Spotlight on Safety

This interactive web book series uses text, video, and quizzes to provide information on four different aspects of safety supervision.

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Useful Tips for Young Workers to Address Workplace Safety Concerns

This WorkSafeBC brochure provides young and new workers with useful tips on addressing concerns about safety in the workplace.

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Tools for Training Young and New Workers

WorkSafeBC has developed these tools for employers to meet regulatory requirements for new and young worker orientation and training.

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WHMIS 2015: The Basics

This book explains the basics of the Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS). It is also available in seven other languages: French, Korean, Punjabi, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, and Vietnamese.

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Tactical Communication Does Not Equal Workplace Violence Prevention

Tactical communication strategies to help workers respond to workplace violence.

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Customer Conflict – Employee Stress, Safety and the Bottom Line

Customer Conflict – Employee Stress, Safety and the Bottom Line 6 key training components to assist in dealing with customer conflict and difficult situations. go2HR is BC’s tourism and hospitality, human resources and health & safety association driving strong workforces and safe workplaces that deliver world class tourism and hospitality experiences in British Columbia. Follow… Continue reading Customer Conflict – Employee Stress, Safety and the Bottom Line

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PreparedBC: Emergency Planning Resources for Tourism Operators

When natural disasters strike, tourism operators play a vital role in providing information, direction, and guidance for tourists and visitors unfamiliar with BC and its potential hazards. Below you will find many industry-specific resources available for your use in preparing for emergencies when they occur, including ways to prepare for tsunami, wildfire, flood, wildlife encounters, avalanche, and other natural and recreation-related risks. Check out drill manuals and preparedness guides and plans, BC-wide safety awareness events, and channels to stay connected with the most up-to-date weather and emergency alerts. By sharing this information with your staff and guests, you can help prepare them for various emergency scenarios and ensure a high standard of safety.

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Shift into Winter

This website includes resources and training tools to help drivers stay safe on the road during the winter.