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Joint Health & Safety Committees

Effective joint health and safety committees are intended to bring together both employer and worker representatives in order to maintain and enhance workplace safety standards. This webpage provides a range of information and resources with regard to joint health and safety committees.

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How Employers Report a Workplace Injury or Disease

Follow this link to report work related injury or disease to WorkSafeBC.

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Conducting an Employer Investigation

Incident investigations are intended to help determine why an incident happened and how to prevent a recurrence. Learn about employer responsibilities when it comes to incident investigations and which incidents must be reported to WorkSafeBC.

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Incident Investigations

Employers have certain responsibilities when it comes to investigating incidents. Learn more about the process here.

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Managing Risk

Learn about how to effectively manage risks in your workplace and keep your employees safe.

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Understanding Hazards and Risks

This video explains the differences between hazards and risks in the context of workplace safety.

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Roles, Rights & Responsibilities

When it comes to health and safety, everyone in the workplace has distinct responsibilities. Whether you're an owner, employer, supervisor, prime contractor, or worker, you have a role to play in keeping the workplace safe.

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Developing a Health & Safety Program

Learn more about developing an effective health and safety program here.

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Joint Health & Safety Committee Training

If you became a member of your organization’s joint health and safety committee on or after April 3, 2017, you are required to complete eight hours of training. The following free, online seminars put on by WorkSafeBC and the Employers’ Advisers Office (EAO) will fulfill this requirement

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Discussion Leader Guide and Meeting Record

Use this guide and meeting record to help you plan, deliver and record the details of your team Safety Talks.