Refresh the safety essentials
Looking for something new for your annual safety training? Consider Make It Safe for your committee this year. Get essential health and safety training for safety committees, worker representatives, or small business operators looking for an introduction to workplace health and safety.
- Access two half-days of health and safety essential topics hand-selected for safety committee members.
- Watch the keynotes—and any other session that interests you.
- Missed the conference? Register to watch it on demand.
- For safety committee members, worker reps, small business operators, or students
- Two half days of practical training
On-demand content available until October 2022
PLUS, get an additional online course FREE after the conference
- New committee member? Pair the Make It Safe program with the Joint Health and Safety Committee course online for an introduction to the role of the JHSC.
- Already know the basics? Choose another online course to bring something new back to your committee.
In the Safety Committee Track, get an overview of important industrial safety topics to help you identify hazards and opportunities to improve workplace safety throughout your facility.
Every day, workers encounter hazardous energy caused by hazardous power, point of contact, and ejecting material from machinery and equipment. What safeguards, shields, and safety devices have you put in place to prevent this hazardous energy?
In this session we will:
- Discuss some typical injuries caused by lack of safeguarding
- Show examples of hazardous power, hazardous point of contact, and ejecting material
- Provide four next steps to help mitigate the hazards posed by the lack of safeguarding
Registered? Log into the conference platform to watch on demand.
In the Safety Committee Track, get an overview of important industrial safety topics to help you identify hazards and opportunities to improve workplace safety throughout your facility.
There are numerous energy sources in machinery and equipment that can injury a worker. To prevent this, we need to de-energize and lockout the equipment before we attempt to clear jams or perform maintenance.
In this awareness session, we will discuss some common injuries and hazards related to this subject. Are these situations possible in your workplace? We will finish off by providing some next steps to prevent these incidents.
Registered? Log into the conference platform to watch on demand.
In the Safety Committee Track, get an overview of important industrial safety topics to help you identify hazards and opportunities to improve workplace safety throughout your facility.
There have been some recent changes to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation Part 16, Mobile Equipment. Are you aware of what is now defined as mobile equipment? Have you heard of the new terms Prime Mover or Excluded Ground Machine? Join this session to find out this information and much more.
We will also discuss the hazards posed by mobile equipment and provides some next steps to prevent injuries from mobile equipment.
Registered? Log into the conference platform to watch on demand.
In the Safety Committee Track, get an overview of important industrial safety topics to help you identify hazards and opportunities to improve workplace safety throughout your facility.
Hot work does not refer to the temperature of the workplace. It is work that involves burning, welding, riveting, grinding, using fire or spark-producing tools—or other work that produces a source of ignition. Are these activities in your workplace? Do you have contractors who come into your worksite to perform hot work, such as a plumber coming to fix a leaking pipe?
If you use any flammable and combustible materials in your facility, you need awareness and knowledge of how hot work can impact your workplace. The last thing you need in your workplace is a fire.
Join this session to gain basic awareness of hot work and next steps you can take to prevent a hot work incident.
Registered? Log into the conference platform to watch on demand.
In the Safety Committee Track, get an overview of important industrial safety topics to help you identify hazards and opportunities to improve workplace safety throughout your facility.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is a worker’s last line of defense when other safety controls cannot be implemented. From masks and respirators to gloves, hard hats, and safety boots, they are an essential part of most workers’ day to day. Part of the Personal Protection Essentials course, this is an overview of key considerations for PPE.
Registered? Log into the conference platform to watch on demand.
In the Safety Committee Track, get an overview of important industrial safety topics to help you identify hazards and opportunities to improve workplace safety throughout your facility.
Every day, we are exposed to noise at home, work, and while commuting. At what noise level should we be concerned about this hazard? What duration of noise exposure is acceptable? We will answer these questions in this awareness session.
Noise-induced hearing loss is a common problem. It will impact workers in all age groups. Unless you are exposed to a traumatic situation, noised induced hearing loss can take years to occur. This hearing loss is permanent and 100 percent preventable.
Come and join us to see how we can use the Hierarchy of Controls to prevent noise-induced hearing loss.
Registered? Log into the conference platform to watch on demand.
In the Safety Committee Track, get an overview of important industrial safety topics to help you identify hazards and opportunities to improve workplace safety throughout your facility.
Did you know that 21 percent of all WorkSafeBC claims are from falls? Employers submit an average of 10,744 fall claims per year. Are these falls from the same level or falls from height? Attend this awareness session to find out. We also will discuss prevention next steps.
Registered? Log into the conference platform to watch on demand.
In the Safety Committee Track, get an overview of important industrial safety topics to help you identify hazards and opportunities to improve workplace safety throughout your facility.
Nearly 40 cents of every dollar spent on workplace injury claims in British Columbia are related to musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs)—strains, sprains, and inflammation that not only keep people off work, but can cause lasting pain and disability. Musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs) account for, on average, 34 percent of all WorkSafeBC claims. That is an average of 17,891 claims per year. MSIs impact all industries and workplaces.
Have you done a risk assessment to determine the risk of MSI in your workplace? Have you educated and trained your workers on risk identification including sign, symptoms, and potential health effects of an MSI?
Join this awareness session to find out some important next steps you can do to prevent MSI injuries to your workers.
Registered? Log into the conference platform to watch on demand.