Important information about occupational health and safety can be conveyed to employees in a manner that is both instructive and entertaining at the same time. Here are some multimedia tools to achieve that goal:
Emergency Preparedness
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How to Prepare an Emergency Response Plan for your Small Business
WorkSafeBC has put together a guide to help small businesses prepare an emergency response plan. As an employer, you have to follow the requirements for emergency preparedness and response described in the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. It's also in your best interest to prepare your business and your employees for emergencies and disasters by creating an emergency response plan with formal procedures and process. This will help minimize panic and confusion among your staff when an emergency occurs. |
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Communicating in a Crisis
This is a guide for developing a crisis communications plan in the event of a workplace injury/fatality. |
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Safe Work Procedures
This section provides sample safe work procedures that you can use as a starting point to address the specific equipment and situations in your workplace. |
Cost benefit of the program
Preventing mishaps and injuries can represent a real cost savings for your business. Accident costs can include the time taken to provide first aid, transportation to hospital or the employee's home, possible property damage and replacement costs, time spent investigating and reporting the incident, time to hire and train a replacement worker, lost productivity due to this disruption and reduced productivity as the employee returns to work and gets back up to speed.
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WorkSafeBC Small Business Safety Calculator
By way of illustration, use this WorkSafeBC small business safety calculator to estimate the number of working days it will take to recover accident costs in your business. |
