The Prevention Manual contains policies of WorkSafeBC with respect to prevention matters under the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation.
Consequential policy amendments have been made to the Prevention Manual in response to changes to provisions in the Occupational Heath and Safety Regulation.
The current version of the Prevention Manual (1.5 mb) and summaries of the amendments are provided here in Adobe Acrobat portable document format (PDF).
March 1, 2016
Policies Workers Compensation Act
This update includes amendments and deletions effective March 1, 2016. These changes were approved by WorkSafeBC’s Board of Directors on January 26, 2016, following consultation in the fall of 2015. The BOD resolution is available here.
D8-160-1 – First Aid Equipment – Imposition of Special Rate of Assessment – Deleted
D12-196-1 – Criteria for Imposing OHS Penalties
D12-196-2 – High Risk Violations
D12-196-3 – Transfer of OHS History
D12-196-4 – Non-Exclusive Ways to Impose Financial Penalties
D12-196-6 – OHS Penalty Amounts
D12-196-10 – OHS Penalties – Due Diligence
D12-196-11 – OHS Penalty Warning Letters
D12-196.1-1 – OHS Citations
D24-73-1 – Claims Cost Levies
* Replacement pages for Prevention Manual (PDF format).
February 15, 2016
Policies Workers Compensation Act
D2-111-4 – Partners in Injury and Disability Prevention Program (“Partners Program”)
This new policy came into effect February 15, 2016.
February 1, 2016
Policies Workers Compensation Act
D12-196.1-1 – Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) Citations
This new policy came into effect February 1, 2016.
* Replacement pages for Prevention Manual (PDF format).