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The Home Care and Community Health Support Pocketbook was created to bring awareness to several health and safety issues faced in home and community care.
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In long-term care it is increasingly apparent that who is on shift is just as important as how many staff are on shift. Quality care is difficult to achieve when we do not routinely engage with one another in a positive, or civil, manner.
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Leading from the Inside Out
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Leading from the Inside Out provides a safe space for leaders in continuing care to share their challenges and learn self-care practices.
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The Provincial Violence Prevention Curriculum is recognized as best-practice in violence prevention training for health care workers.
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WorkSafeBC’s healthcare and social services planned inspection initiative focuses on high-risk activities in the workplace that lead to serious injuries and time-loss claims.
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WorkSafeBC is releasing a discussion paper with proposed amendments to the Current Rehabilitation Services and Claims Manual that guide wage rate decisions related to short-term and long-term disability compensation. Recommended amendments include: These changes may affect your claims costs. Click here to view the proposed changes and offer feedback to WorkSafeBC – The deadline is 4:30 p.m. on Friday, […]
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Safety Month - November 2024

Workplace investigations

While the employer has the ultimate responsibility for health and safety in a workplace, joint occupational health and safety committee play a vital role in workplace investigations.

What is a workplace investigation?  

A workplace investigation is a:  

  • Fact-finding process of uncovering the cause of a particular incident 
  • Critical, objective and systematic examination of all components of an incident 
  • Tool to find workplace acts, conditions and procedures that require improvement 
  • Component of an incident reporting process  
  • Tool to prevent similar events from occurring  
  • Reactive part of an injury prevention process 

Roles and Responsibilities for Investigations: 

While the employer has the ultimate responsibility for health and safety in a workplace, joint occupational health and safety committee play a vital role in: 

  • Ensuring that investigations are carried out as required  
  • Providing meaningful investigation participation 
  • Advising the employer on workplace safety changes or health and safety concerns 
  • Supporting corrective actions and ensuring that action items are completed 
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of the committee’s work  

What do we investigate? 

  • Incidents, near misses, injuries, and time loss claims 
  • Equipment/machine failures 
  • Structural or property damage 
  • Release of a hazardous substance 
  • Health and safety concerns received from a worker  
  • Concerns from regulatory bodies 

Investigations evaluate all workplace elements related to the incident, such as:  

  • People  
  • Tools, Equipment, Machines 
  • Processes  
  • Procedures 
  • Conditions  
  • Environment

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The Home Care and Community Health Support Pocketbook was created to bring awareness to several health and safety issues faced in home and community care.
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Government of BC | The Employment Standards Branch promotes and upholds the Employment Standards Act, which protects employees and sets minimum requirements for employers
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WorkSafeBC | Employers are responsible for investigating certain incidents or near misses that take place in the workplace and submitting an investigation report to WorkSafeBC. These investigations help employers and WorkSafeBC determine why an incident happened and what can be done to prevent similar situations in the future.
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Employers are responsible for investigating certain incidents or near misses that take place in the workplace and submitting an investigation report to WorkSafeBC. These investigations help employers and WorkSafeBC determine why an incident happened and what can be done to prevent similar situations in the future.
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The term incident can be defined as an occurrence, condition, or situation arising in the course of work that resulted in or could have resulted in injuries, illnesses, damage to health, or fatalities.
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This guide is intended for those who conduct or participate in workplace incident investigations: employers, joint health and safety committee members, worker representatives, and others. It will help you effectively prepare to investigate an incident at your workplace and supports further training in incident investigations.
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If a workplace incident results in an injury, or could have caused a serious injury, both employers and WorkSafeBC have certain responsibilities. Incident investigations help identify the cause and hazards, while finding ways to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.
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Musculoskeletal disorders know no age or lifestyle bounds, impacting an astonishing 1.71 billion individuals worldwide—a testament to their widespread prevalence and the urgent need for awareness and action. (2022, par 1).   There are numerous ways to get musculoskeletal disorders, both within and outside of the workplace. Awareness of these common causes may prevent musculoskeletal injuries […]
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This template provides employers and supervisors with an overview of occupational health and safety topics to be considered for inclusion when providing caregiver-specific health and safety training and should be used with the general health and safety orientation.
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The general health and safety orientation provides general information related to the organization’s overall occupational health and safety program.
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Workplace health and safety is about identifying and preventing hazards that could lead to injury, mental and physical illness, and fatalities at work. A workplace with effective health and safety practices enjoys higher productivity, healthier employees, better recruitment and retention, and fewer fines and work interruptions.
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