Safety Basics

Safety Basics

Five Ways Your Small Business Will Profit by Implementing a Health & Safety Program

This article describes how an OHS program can reduce WorkSafeBC premiums, improve employee morale, decrease employee turnover costs, and improve the customer experience.

Safety Basics

Working Safely with Ladders

This PowerPoint presentation describes the four basic components of ladder safety. It includes information on deciding when to use a ladder, inspecting ladders, setting up ladders, and climbing ladders.

Safety Basics

Safe Operating Procedure: Slips, Trips, and Falls

This document describes basic tips to help prevent slips, trips, and falls. You can customize it as necessary so it applies to your specific workplace.

Safety Basics

Reference Check Health and Safety Questions (Cook)

This hiring tool provides a list of questions to use when doing a reference check on a prospective cook candidate.

Safety Basics

Physical Demands Job Analysis (Cook)

Kitchen managers and supervisors can customize this form to document the physical demands their cooks face while working.

Safety Basics

Slips and Trips: The Importance of Floor Cleaning

This information sheet describes floor cleaning tips that help reduce slipping and tripping risks.

Safety Basics

WorkSafeBC Form 7 Reference Guide

This WorkSafeBC guide is meant to help employers fill out Form 7.

Safety Basics

WorkSafeBC Form 6: Reference Guide

This WorkSafeBC guide is meant to help workers fill out Form 6.

Safety Basics

WorkSafeBC Form 6: Application for Compensation and Report of Injury or Occupational Disease

This official WorkSafeBC form is for the worker to report an injury or occupational disease and start a claim.

Safety Basics

WorkSafeBC Form 55B23: First Aid Record

This official WorkSafeBC form is for documenting an injury that required first aid.