Worker Rights & Responsibilities
Do you know that not only employers have responsibilities for worksite safety, but workers have certain responsibilities as well. It’s important for workers to know what their rights and responsibilities are.
Do you know that not only employers have responsibilities for worksite safety, but workers have certain responsibilities as well. It’s important for workers to know what their rights and responsibilities are.
Working in cold, wet, or windy conditions can be hazardous for performers and crew members, potentially leading to cold-related illness that can result in permanent tissue damage or even death. Risks may increase with film-related practices such as working near manufactured wind or rain towers, wearing costumes that are inappropriate for the conditions, or dealing with emergency situations such as falling into water.
Please also refer to:
Our flowchart will help you understand what you are required to do within different timeframes after a workplace incident has occurred.
As an employer, you are responsible for immediately notifying WorkSafeBC when certain workplace incidents occur. Incidents such as when a worker is seriously injured or killed on the job, a building collapses, or there is a major release of a hazardous substance.
An employer’s requirement to notify WorkSafeBC of serious injuries or incidents is different from reporting injuries related to claims. If there is an injury on the job, the injured worker’s employer still must complete and submit an Employer’s Report of Injury of Occupational Disease (Form 7) (236 kB). This does not satisfy an employer’s need to immediately report certain incidents.
For more information about this reporting requirement, see section 68 of the Workers Compensation Act.
Employers are responsible for immediately notifying WorkSafeBC, using the Prevention Information Line, if any of the following incidents have happened in the workplace:
Serious injuries are those that are life-threatening or could cause permanent injury. Serious injuries include traumatic injuries, such as major fractures, amputations, and serious burns. Serious injuries also include incidents such as exposure to chemicals and heat and cold stress, as these could result in life-threatening conditions or cause permanent impairment.
When any of these incidents happen in the workplace, employers are also required to conduct an investigation into the incident.
For more details about what is considered a serious injury, see Guideline G-P2-68-1.
Before immediately notifying WorkSafeBC about a serious workplace incident, employers must first:
Once the workplace has been secured and any injured workers have been attended to, contact us using our Prevention Information Line.
Unless instructed otherwise by one of our officers, be sure the scene of the incident is not disturbed except to:
When WorkSafeBC are notified, their officers will:
Employers who don’t immediately notify WorkSafeBC when serious incidents occur may be subject to enforcement, such as an administrative penalty.
To notify WorkSafeBC of an incident, contact the Prevention Information Line.
If a person working for you has a work-related injury or disease and gets medical treatment from a doctor or other qualified practitioner, as the employer, you must report the incident to WorkSafeBC as soon as possible.
Reporting online with Form 7 is usually the fastest way to make your report; it also allows you to update reports if you receive additional information later on. Submit Form 7 online to WorkSafeBC here.
References Guides for Form 7 can be found here (French version).
WorkSafeBC has developed an employer incident investigation report (EIIR) template you can use to create all four reports that may be required following an incident in your workplace. This template will help you collect all the necessary information and reduce the work associated with completing multiple separate reports.
A firearm, including one loaded with blanks, can inflict severe damage to anything or anyone if safety protocols are not followed. The guidelines in this bulletin are intended to give recommendations
on the safe handling, use, transportation, and storage of firearms, including replica firearms. This safety bulletin should be distributed with the call sheet each day that firearms will be used.
Actsafe offers a Respirator Fit Testing service to organizations in B.C.’s motion picture and performing arts industries. This service is provided by Reliable Mobile Hearing Testing.
Respirators may be required when creating smoke or fog effects on interior sets or when working in locations with compromised air quality. Producer(s) are responsible for the purchase of appropriate respirators (consult MSDS as required).
The purpose of this Safety Bulletin is to provide employers, supervisors, and workers of the performing arts and live events industry with information on selecting the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) based on the hazard and in accordance with WorkSafeBC’s OHS Regulation, Part 8: Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment.
Actsafe Safety Association would like to acknowledge and honour that our workplace and classrooms are located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Qayqayt, S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), Hul’qumi’num Treaty Group, səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh), šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam), and Stz’uminus peoples.
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