About WorkSafeBC
At WorkSafeBC, we're dedicated to promoting safe and healthy workplaces across B.C. We partner with workers and employers to save lives and prevent injury, disease, and disability. When work-related injuries or diseases occur, we provide compensation and support injured workers in their recovery, rehabilitation, and safe return to work. We also provide no-fault insurance and work diligently to sustain our workers' compensation system for today and future generations. We're honoured to serve the workers and employers in our province.
Prevention Information Line
We provide information and assistance with health and safety issues in the workplace.
Call the information line 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to report unsafe working conditions, a serious incident, or a major chemical release. Your call can be made anonymously. We can provide assistance in almost any language.
If you have questions about workplace health and safety or the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation, call during our office hours (8:05 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) to speak to a WorkSafeBC officer.
If you're in the Lower Mainland, call 604.276.3100. Elsewhere in Canada, call toll-free at 1.888.621.7233 (621.SAFE).
Acknowledgements
This publication would not have been possible without the generous assistance of various organizations and individuals involved with small business in British Columbia.
Health and safety resources
All employers - no matter how big or small - are responsible for the health and safety of their workers. To help support the health and safety needs of small and micro businesses, a wide range of information and resources are available on worksafebc.com, and through our partnership with Small Business BC.
Many of our resources are available to order in hard copy from the WorkSafeBC Store at worksafebcstore.com. In addition to books, you'll find DVDs, posters, and brochures. If you have any questions about placing an order online, please contact a customer service representative at 604.232.9704, or toll-free at 1.866.319.9704.
You can find a web book of this manual online at worksafebc.com/smallbusiness.
Copyright
This resource is protected by Canadian and international intellectual property laws and treaties, including copyright and trademark laws, and is owned by the Workers' Compensation Board ("WorkSafeBC"). We encourage you to use this resource for non-commercial, personal, or educational purposes to help promote occupational health and safety, provided that you do not modify any of the content and do not remove any copyright or other notices from it. In addition, if you are a trainer and wish to use this and any other WorkSafeBC resources as part of your training, you cannot, either directly or indirectly through a course or training fee, charge participants for WorkSafeBC resources. To request copyright permission, please send an email to copyright@worksafebc.com. You can find our full copyright terms at worksafebc.com.
Use of WorkSafeBC's intellectual property does not constitute an endorsement, express or implied, of any person, service provider, service, or product.
Use of WorkSafeBC publications and materials is at your own risk. WorkSafeBC does not warrant the quality, accuracy, or completeness of any information contained in the publications and materials, which are provided "as is" without warranty or condition of any kind.
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