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Commercial Fishing
Personal Protective Equipment Information Sheets - Fishing
A series of information sheets have been developed to provide a simple, clear format to help explain how to select, use, and maintain ppe used in the commercial fishing industry.
Source: WorkSafeBC 
Hazard Alert Posters
- Injury 2008-09 Young worker's foot amputated when leg caught in line
- Fatality 07-05 Fisherman drowns after falling from fishing boat
- WS 04-06 Immersion Suits
- AA 04-03 Cold water can kill - Immersion suits can save lives
- Fatality 04-02 Quick death follows cold water immersion
- WS 04-01 Cold Water Immersion
- Fatality 02-15 Tugboat crew missing and presumed drowned
- Fatality 02-17 Two crewmembers die after vessel abandoned
- Fatality 02-04 Two crab fishers die of hypothermia
- Fatality 00-15 PFDs must be worn to save lives
- Warning 95-05 Immersion suits can help you survive
- Fatal Misc. 92-04 Municipal District Aquatic Harvester Operator Fatality
How Loud Is It? Fishing (PDF 112 KB)
A handout listing typical noise exposures in the commercial fishing industry.
Source: WorkSafeBC
Don't take a deadly plunge (PDF 129 KB)
Article describing how your body responds to sudden and unexpected immersion in cold water. WorkSafe Magazine, December 2005
Source: WorkSafeBC
Lifejackets & PFDs (HTML)
Information about lifejackets and personal flotation devices from Transport Canada
Source: Transport Canada
Safety Stickers (PDF 1.1 MB)
Place these stickers on your boat, where people will see them.
Source: Office of Boating Safety, Transport Canada
Worker Drowns While Boating Alone (PDF 135 KB)
Hazard alert describing an accident that occurred when a fisher was
repairing equipment on a salmon cage site.
Source: WorkSafeNB, New Brunswick
Loading lobster traps on fishing vessel (PDF 72 KB)
Hazard alert about a fisher who was not wearing a personal floatation device (PFD) and was caught in the trap rope lines and pulled overboard.
Source: Dept of Environment and Labour, Nova Scotia
See the Commercial Fishing pages for additional information.
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