Many sections of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation and Workers Compensation Act (“Act“) have associated guidelines. Guidelines are intended to assist with providing ways of complying with the legislation, not to provide exclusive interpretations. Guidelines generally provide information on administrative matters and on technical matters not already addressed by policy.

Periodically, guidelines are updated and new ones added. The following list shows the new and updated guidelines for April 2016.

April 27, 2016

Workers Compensation Act

Part 3 Division 11 – Inspections, Investigations and Inquiries

G-D11-179-1 Advance notice of inspections
This guideline was revised to incorporate current formatting standards, remove prescriptive process direction, and reflect the introduction of compliance agreements to the suite of enforcement tools. Specific complaints of workplace bullying and harassment have been included as situations where a WorkSafeBC prevention officer may provide advance notice of an inspection.

OHS Regulation

Part 11 Fall Protection

G11.5-1 Equipment standards
This guideline revision is to add to the list of acceptable applicable standards for fall protection equipment.

April 21, 2016

OHS Regulation

Part 18 Traffic Control

G18.8 Safe position for a traffic control person
The purpose of this guideline is to discuss how to select the safe position for a traffic control person under sections 18.4 and 18.8 of the Regulation.