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Workplace Safety Inspections in BC

5/31/2017

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A comprehensive workplace safety inspection program in BC may include daily inspections of equipment, initial startup inspections, walk-arounds of mobile equipment before use, daily and/or weekly supervisor inspections, and weekly and/or monthly departmental inspections. In addition to regularly scheduled inspections, you need to inspect your workplace after an incident or when you have added a new work process or new equipment.

Conducting an inspection

During an inspection, identify unsafe conditions and activities that may cause injury or illness, so you can take corrective measures.

Follow these guidelines:
  • Use a checklist to ensure that your inspection is thorough and consistent with previous inspections.
  • Ask yourself what hazards are associated with the job that you are observing or that would be performed in that work area.
  • Observe how workers perform tasks. Do they follow safe work procedures and use personal protective equipment as required?
  • Ask workers how they perform their tasks.
  • Talk to workers about what they're doing. Ask them about concerns they may have about health and safety.
  • Record any unsafe actions or conditions that you observe.
  • Consider tasks that the worker may also perform that you did not observe.

What to focus on


There are different ways to approach safety inspections. Looking at the components of your health and safety program will help. For example, you can focus on the most common tasks your workers perform or on specific issues addressed by your program, such as material handling, confined space entry, or workplace violence. You may wish to break up the worksite into specific segments with focused checklists to look at specific hazards and activities in each area.

Here are some examples of things to look for:
  • Uncorrected problems from the previous inspection report
  • Workers not following safe work procedures or procedures that aren’t correct
  • Improper storage of materials (for example, in front of emergency exits or electrical panels, or blocking aisles or stairs)
  • Accumulation of liquid or grease on floors
  • Failure to put a sign or barrier near wet floors
  • Lack of guarding on equipment
  • Lack of visibility through swinging doors
  • Poor maintenance of equipment
If your inspection reveals a problem, try to get to the root of it. For example, if you see a wet floor, ask why. Possible explanations could include a water leak, a job process that's creating the problem, or a lack of training on how to clean up the hazard. Fix it right the first time and the problem is less likely to occur.
For more information on conducting a safety inspection.

After the inspection

Follow these guidelines to address issues and conclude the inspection:
  • Remedy serious hazards or unsafe work practices immediately; this is a legal obligation. For example, if you find that a ladder has a loose or damaged rung, immediately remove the ladder from service and repair or replace it.
  • Prioritize other, less serious hazards and assign someone to remedy each one.
  • Follow up on any actions that will take time to complete (for example, purchasing new equipment).
  • Communicate inspection findings to workers.
  • Ensure that the safety committee has access to, and reviews, the inspection reports and process.
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Health and Safety Programs in BC

5/28/2017

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 According to the Workers Compensation Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation in BC, it’s the employer’s responsibility to implement an occupational health and safety (OHS) program to prevent employee workplace injury and disease. OHS programs in British Columbia BC must meet certain safety standards. The employer must exercise due diligence in taking steps to meet those standards.

You must have a 'formal' health and safety program if you have either a workforce of 20 or more workers and at least one workplace where there is a moderate or high risk of injury and when you have a workforce of 50 or more workers. Small businesses or employers with fewer than 20 workers need a health and safety program too. These programs can be simpler. We refer to them as "informal" health and safety programs. 

​Health and safety programs in BC are aimed at ensuring workers are protected, risks are minimized, and a healthy and safe workplace is maintained. All employers must establish some form of health and safety program at the workplace. The type of program you need depends on the number of workers you have and the risks associated with their work. Though every workplace and every occupational health and safety (OHS) program are different, there are some key elements common to all programs.
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Safety Management Systems in BC

5/27/2017

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Active Health & Safety Management

Active health and safety management in BC is an essential first step toward improving your organization's health and safety culture. There are two aspects of managing health and safety performance for continual improvement:
  1. Managing an effective health and safety program
  2. Developing and implementing initiatives for improving health and safety in your workplace

An active health and safety management approach encompasses the health and safety program approach and builds upon it.

Standards for Active Health & Safety Management

The two aspects of actively managing health and safety, mentioned above, are combined in the framework of occupational health and safety management system (OHSMS) canadian standards such as CSA Z1000-14.
OHSMS standards outline the principles and processes to follow for continual health and safety improvement. OHSMS standards can be applied to any industry. They do not make reference to specific hazards, but they indicate the need for specific health and safety processes and proactive management processes.
Within these standards are components of an effective health and safety program, including:
  • Comprehensive site risk assessments
  • Compliance evaluations
  • Workplace inspections
  • Incident investigations
  • Legal requirement reviews
  • Worker consultation processes
These standards also provide guidance for active health and safety management processes, which must include these components:
  • Leadership and commitment
  • Robust annual health and safety planning
  • Measurement and tracking of goals and objectives
  • Ongoing organization-wide self evaluations

​Adopting an OHSMS standard for your organization is voluntary, but it is very beneficial. Using these standards of active health and safety management can steer you towards best practice. Actively managing health and safety is a key step to improving your organization's health and safety culture.
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