WorkSafeBC Focuses on Three Large Factors to Ensure Safety in the Workplace

How knowledge, protocols, and proper equipment play a role in the safety of employees in the workplace

WorkSafeBC uses the month of April to focus on three factors which play a huge role on safety in the workplace. These three factors include PPE (personal protective equipment), protocols, and knowledge of the task. The goal of this campaign is to reduce injuries and illness in the workplace through having employees ask themselves “Do I have the proper PPE?”, “What are the proper protocols for this task? And if I don’t remember, where can I find these protocols, are they listed nearby?”, and “Have I been given sufficient training and knowledge of this task to complete it confidently?”. The goal is to bring attention to these factors and ensure that the employee is prepared themselves for the task and prepared by their employer to take part in this task.

WorkSafeBC strives to attain workplaces free of injury and illness, with the goal of our workers across the province being able to return home every day without worry. In the case of injuries or illness on the worksite, WorkSafeBC focuses on accountability and integrity. We look to see if there was lack of safety on either employers or employees’ sides and ensure stakeholders will receive full legal entitlements if required. WorkSafeBC also aims to provide and ensure prompt services required in the case of injury or illness to rehabilitation services and a prompt return to work.

Through this CSR initiative, WorkSafeBC will be promoting these three important safety factors across social media, through emails, and bulletin boards located on the worksite to ensure employees and employers are aware of the campaign. WorkSafeBC will be reaching out primarily through email to provide a quick five minute survey to employees at the start of the month and again at the end of the month, asking questions which pertain to the three safety factors listed above, and what employees perceptions are of these factors in their workplace. The answers will be recorded, compared and WorkSafeBC will also measure how many injuries are filed during the month compared to previous months/years to measure the effectiveness of this campaign during the month of April.

If anyone in the work force, including employees or employers, have any questions in regards to these factors, or wish to help promote the campaign through their work site, please contact Klayton Cantlon through email at kcantlon@worksafebc.com