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 Prevention Manual (1 mb) is provided here in Adobe Acrobat portable document format (PDF). The PDF files reflect the current manual, and include the most recent updates.
Amendments to Prevention Manual
Policies Workers Compensation Act
This update includes:
- D10-175-1 Preliminary Incident Investigation, Report and Follow-Up Action
- D10-176-1 Full Incident Investigation, Report and Follow-Up Action
- D12-191-1 Stop Work Orders
WorkSafeBC has made housekeeping changes to various policies to reflect the addition of the two new incident investigation policies and changes to the wording of the Act for OHS Penalties and OHS Injunctions. Housekeeping changes do not change the substance of the policy. The history section at the end of each policy identifies the changes made.
* Replacement pages for Prevention Manual.