Yukon Workers' Compensation Health and Safety Board
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Foundations: Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S)

This level of participation in CHOICES for Occupational Health and Safety is only available to employers with less than 20 employees and classified as an A (high) or B (medium) hazard industry.

The Foundations level includes maintenance of The Basics, plus additional requirements.

The Foundations level in OH&S includes:

  1. OH&S Basics

  2. Supervisor Training / Competent Supervision

    • The employer must ensure that all supervisors are qualified - based on their knowledge, training and experience - to organize the work and its performance;
    • Supervisors must be familiar with the parts of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations that apply to the work;
    • Supervisors must know of any potential or actual danger to health and safety in that workplace.
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  3. First aid training and materials (follow this link to learn more)

  4. Injury / Accident Investigation procedures

    • These procedures ensure that all hazardous occurrences are promptly recorded and investigated as needed to determine why the injury or accident occurred, and how to ensure it won't happen again.
  5. A system for hazard identification, evaluation and control.