Health & Safety: A Shared Responsibility
EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITY
- Take reasonable care to protect your health and safety in the workplace
- Take reasonable care to protect the health and safety of others in the workplace
- Comply with WorkSafeBC Occupational Health & Safety (OHS) regulation
- Use or wear personal protective equipment
- Report to your supervisor or employer any workplace condition that is hazardous to the health or safety of you or another person
- Report to your supervisor or employer any OHS regulation that is not being followed
- Cooperate with your Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committee (JOHSC) and WorkSafeBC
SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITY
- Ensure the health and safety of all workers under your direct supervision
- Make workers aware of all known or reasonably foreseeable hazard in the workplace
- Be knowledgeable about the OHS regulation related to your work
- Comply with WorkSafeBC OHS regulation and officers when required
- Consult and cooperate with your JOHSC
EMPLOYER RESPONSIBILITY
- Ensure the health and safety of all workers and everyone else in the workplace
- Comply with WorkSafeBC OHS regulation and ensure workers know their rights and duties to comply as well
- Provide the workers with information, instruction, training, and supervision necessary to ensure their health and safe
- Fix any workplace conditions that are hazardous to the health or safety of workers
- Provide and maintain in good condition personal protective equipment and ensure they are used by the workers
- Establish OHS policies and programs that align with WorkSafeBC OHS regulation
- Consult and cooperate with JOHSC and WorkSafeBC
