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Safety for Business

Auto Services | Home & Small Office | Residential Services | Recreational Services | Foodservices | Retail | Trade Related Services | Trucking | House Construction | Warehousing | Wineries | Woodworking | Free Health & Safety Resources

Auto Services

image Checklist


image Booklets

  • Handbook for Employers: Working Alone, Late Night Retail, and Prepayment of Fuel (PDF 569 KB)
  • Safety Awareness for Dealership Employees (PDF 1 MB)

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Home and Small Office

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  • Small Business Health and Safety Log Book (PDF 406 KB)
  • How to Make Your Computer Workstation Fit You BK76 (PDF 807 KB) (Updated: January 2005)
  • Does Your Back Hurt: A guide to preventing low back pain (PDF 127 KB)
  • Back Talk: An Owner's Manual for Backs BK4 (PDF 621 KB) (Updated: June 2007)

Residential Services

image Booklets & Pamphlets

  • Small Business Health and Safety Log Book (PDF 406 KB)
  • Renovating or building your home? You may need to register with the WCB (PDF 346 KB)
  • HIV/Aids, and Hepatitis B and C (PDF 636 KB)
  • Does Your Back Hurt: A guide to preventing low back pain (PDF 127 KB)
  • Back Talk: An Owner's Manual for Backs BK4 (PDF 621 KB) (Updated: June 2007)

image Hazard Alert

  • HA 02-03 Lawnmower overturns, fatally crushing worker

Recreational Services

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image Hazard Alerts

  • HA 02-03 Lawnmower overturns, fatally crushing worker
  • HA 00-05 Beware of bears and be prepared
  • HA 99-05 Routinely check your skin for ticks

Foodservices

Print copies of the following booklets, pamphlets and posters can be ordered from the Small Business Service Centre, email

image Checklist

  • Orientation Checklist for Restaurant Employees (PDF 56 KB)


image Booklets & Pamphlets

  • Health and Safety for Hospitality Small Business (PDF 3 MB)
  •   updated Take Care: How to Develop and Implement a Workplace Violence Prevention Program (BK41) (PDF 467 KB) (Updated: December 2006)
  • White Spot Health and Safety Information 2002 - Preventing Sprains and Strains (PDF 201 KB)
  • White Spot Health and Safety Information 2001 - General Health and Safety (PDF 271 KB)
  • ETS Ventilation and the BC Hospitality Sector: Best Practices Forum (PDF 128 KB)
  • Preventing Injuries to Bar Staff (PDF 230 KB)
  • Preventing Injuries to Dishwashers (PDF 207 KB)
  • Preventing Injuries to Kitchen Staff (PDF 197 KB)
  • Preventing Injuries to Servers (PDF 177 KB)


image Posters

  • That could really hurt. Cleaners can burn too. Read the label and know the dangers. (PDF 553 KB)
  • That's gonna hurt. Bend your knees to lift and ask for help. (PDF 529 KB)
  • That's gonna hurt. Clean up spills and keep floors clean. Wear proper footwear. (PDF 485 KB)
  • That's gotta hurt. Don't defeat the safeguards. (PDF 607 KB)
  • That's gotta hurt. Get help and use oven mits. (PDF 495 KB)
  • That's gotta hurt. Save your fingers. Use the guards. (PDF 498 KB)


image Hazard Alert

  • HA 99-06 Use extreme caution when using meat slicers


image StartSafe Safety Tips

Foodservices Associations
British Columbia Restaurant & Foodservices Association
http://www.bcrfa.com/
The British Columbia Restaurant and Foodservices Association represents the concerns of the restaurant and foodservices industry at all levels of government. It also enhances the image and integrity of the industry through education, communication, industry development and overall professionalism.

Canadian Restaurant & Foodservices Association
http://www.crfa.ca/
The association creates a favourable business environment and delivers tangible value to its members in all sectors of Canada's foodservice industry.

Retail

Slideshow
Safety for Retailers: How to prevent violence 2 min 14 s

image Booklets

  • Handbook for Employers: Working Alone, Late Night Retail, and Prepayment of Fuel (PDF 569 KB) New Item
  • Health & Safety Guide for Garden Centre Workers (PDF 1 MB) New Item
  • Back to Work, Back to Health: Return to Work for the Retail Industry (PDF 466 KB)
  • Preventing Violence, Robbery, and Theft: A Guide for Retail Owners, Managers, and Workers (PDF 1 MB)
  • Health & Safety Guide for New Retail Workers (PDF 460 KB)
  • Health & Safety for Retail Small Business (PDF 824 KB)
  • Health and Safety for Retail: Prevention Tips (PDF 140 KB)
  • Take Care: How to Develop and Implement a Workplace Violence Prevention Program (BK41) (PDF 467 KB) updated (Updated: December 2006)
  • Does Your Back Hurt: A guide to preventing low back pain (PDF 127 KB)
  • Back Talk: An Owner's Manual for Backs BK4 (PDF 621 KB) (Updated: June 2007)
  • Ergonomics Commentary -- Non-prescribed wrist braces may not prevent hand and arm injuries at work (PDF 137 KB)

Retail Associations

Retail BC
http://www.retailbc.org/
With 3,500 members, Retail BC, represents over 6000 store fronts across BC. As a non-profit organization, Retail BC negotiates group discounts, provides information and education, and lobbies the government on issues that affect retailers.

Retail Council of Canada
http://www.retailcouncil.org/
Founded in 1963, Retail Council of Canada is the Voice of Retail. RCC is a not-for-profit association whose more than 9,000 members represent all retail formats, including national and regional department stores, mass merchants, specialty chains, independent stores and online merchants.

Trade Related Services

image Booklets

  • Does Your Back Hurt: A guide to preventing low back pain (PDF 127 KB)
  • Back Talk: An Owner's Manual for Backs BK4 (PDF 621 KB) (Updated: June 2007)
  • Hear for Good: Preventing Exposure at Work PH9 (PDF 257 B) (Updated: May 2006)
  • Breathe Safer: How to use respirators safely and start a respirator program (PDF 1 MB)

checklist Checklist

Trucking

image Booklets

  • Does Your Back Hurt: A guide to preventing low back pain (PDF 127 KB)
  • Back Talk: An Owner's Manual for Backs BK4 (PDF 621 KB) (Updated: June 2007)

See Also:
image Hazard Alerts - Trucking

House Construction

Videos

Free download or order a copy.

image Booklets & Pamphlets

image Checklist

  • List of Items You May Require For Your Frame Scaffold (PDF 22 KB)

image Posters

image WorkSafeBC Form

  • Notice of Project: Construction, Asbestos, Lead (PDF 89 KB)

image WorkSafe Bulletins

  • The dangers of exposure to asbestos in vermiculite attic insulation (PDF 1.7 MB)
  • Preventing nail gun injuries (PDF 510 KB)
  • Eye exposure to Portland cement and similar products can cause severe burns (PDF 532 KB)
  • Drywall Delivery Safety Access Hatch (PDF 64 KB)
  • GFCIs and Assured Grounding Program (PDF 41 KB)
  • Hydraulic Excavators: Lifting with Slings (PDF 114 KB)
  • Balanced tool belts can start your back off in the right position (PDF 125 KB)
  • How to get through a day's work and still have something left over (PDF 126 KB)
  • Overcome the "Don't sit on the job" attitude and your body will thank you (PDF 125 KB)
  • Reduce your risk of back injury - let your equipment do the work (PDF 107 KB)
  • Suspending tools prevent back, arm, and shoulder fatigue (PDF 104 KB)

See Also:
Hazard Alerts - Construction
Signs and Stickers - Construction

Construction Safety Association of British Columbia
http://www.csabc.ca/
The CSABC is a non-profit organization that is owned and operated by the construction industry of British Columbia. Its goal is to reduce the number and duration of workplace injuries and to lower contractor costs.

Warehousing

The following are a series of 7 posters for Warehouses.

Don't let someone else take the fall. Clean up drips and spills quickly. (PDF 113 KB)

Don't let someone else take the fall.
Source: WorkSafeBC
* PDF (113 KB)
* To order contact the Small Business Service Centre at:
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Don't try to lift items under shelves. Move items out from under shelves before lifting. (PDF 123 KB) Don't try to lift items under shelves.
Source: WorkSafeBC
* PDF (123 KB)
* To order contact the Small Business Service Centre at:
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That's no way to lift! Bend your knees, use your legs and keep the item close to your body. (PDF 112 KB) That's no way to lift!
Source: WorkSafeBC
* PDF (112 KB)
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A quick way off can slow you down. Face the forklift and use the three point dismount procedure. (PDF 151 KB) A quick way off can slow you down.
Source: WorkSafeBC
* PDF (151 KB)
* To order contact the Small Business Service Centre at:
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Don't stop there! Your high-vis vest doesn't work if the driver can't see you. (PDF 142 KB) Don't stop there!
Source: WorkSafeBC
* PDF (142 KB)
* To order contact the Small Business Service Centre at:
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Don't reach for that box. Move the ladder and keep your body inside the rails. (PDF 148 KB) Don't reach for that box.
Source: WorkSafeBC
* PDF (148 KB)
* To order contact the Small Business Service Centre at:
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What goes up must come down. Don't overload or stack too high! (PDF 135 KB) What goes up must come down.
Source: WorkSafeBC
* PDF (135 KB)
* To order contact the Small Business Service Centre at:
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Wineries

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  • Health and Safety for Small- and Medium-Sized Wineries (PDF 2 MB)

See also:

WorkSafeBC and BC Wine Institute Form Partnership on Confined Spaces Resources

Woodworking

image Crew Talk Series

Audio Slide Show
Housekeeping in woodworking

Lockout for woodworking

Guarding for woodworking

Free Health and Safety Resources

Free small business products are available from the WorkSafeBC Store to all companies within B.C.
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Video
Small Business - Talking Safety 6 min 42 sec
Small business leaders and employers from across B.C. discuss health and safety as a core business value -- it saves them money and improves staff morale and productivity.

More videos available for free download.



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