•1560 - OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH, AND ACCIDENTS
Records relating to promoting safe and healthy workplaces, as well as treating,
reporting, and investigating accidents, injuries, and diseases that result
directly from work duties pursuant to the Workers Compensation Act (RSBC 1996,
c. 492, part 3) and Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (BC Reg.
296/97). This includes ministry and local worksite occupational safety and health (OSH)
program planning, ergonomic assessments, first aid needs assessments, hazardous
materials testing, incident reporting, and safety inspections.
Record types include correspondence, forms, reports, and other types of records
as indicated under relevant secondaries.
NOTE: This primary is designed for ministries and agencies that use the OSH and
disability management services provided by the BC Public Service Agency (BCPSA).
Agencies not served by BCPSA will need additional secondaries and different retention
periods. For guidance, please contact your Records Officer.
For disposal of hazardous material, see primary 660.
For emergency plans and procedures, see primary 275.
For joint employer/union health and safety committee, see primary
200.
For return to work plans, see secondary 1385-20.
non-OPR NOTE: Offices will retain non-OPR
copies of records for: SO nil DE
Primary-
Secondary |
Records Series |
|
OPR |
|
PIB/PUR |
| | |
A |
SA |
FD |
|
| 1560-00 |
Policy and procedures |
|
SO |
nil |
DE |
|
| 1560-01 |
General |
|
CY+1y |
nil |
DE |
|
| 1560-02 |
Ergonomic assessments
SO = when employee no longer works at the jobsite
NOTE: This secondary covers routine ergonomic assessments performed by ministry
OSH coordinators or equivalent ministry staff. Ergonomic assessments performed by
occupational health practitioners are on the employee’s health file held by the BC
Public Service Agency.
NOTE: For administrative convenience, these records may be classified on the
relevant branch employee file under secondary 1385-20,
rather than under this secondary. |
|
SO |
nil |
DE |
PIB |
| 1560-03 |
First aid needs assessments
SO = when replaced by new assessment in accordance with Occupational Health and
Safety Regulation (s. 3.16)
NOTE: Pursuant to Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (s. 3.16),
risks and hazards must be identified in worksites "within 12 months after the previous
assessment or review and whenever a significant change affecting the assessment occurs
in the employer's operations". |
|
SO |
nil |
DE |
|
| 1560-04 |
First aid treatment books
SO = upon conclusion of first aid care, and when book is closed
7y = The seven-year retention period satisfies the minimum three-year retention
period for first aid treatment records specified under the Occupational Health and
Safety Regulation (part 3.19) and is consistent with the retention period for the
joint health and safety committee files classified under secondary
200-20.
These records document work-related incidents that result in first aid treatment.
Serious injuries, including exposure to contaminants, are reported to WorkSafe BC
(formerly the Workers’ Compensation Board [WCB]) on incident investigation reports
classified under secondary -20. |
|
SO |
7y |
DE |
PIB |
| 1560-05 |
Hazardous material information
(includes Material Safety Data Sheets [MSDS])
SO = when replaced by new information
NOTE: If controlled products are used in the workplace, a WHMIS program
must be established. Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (part 5) requires
that MSDSs be updated at least every three years and that Workplace Hazardous
Materials Information System (WHMIS) programs be reviewed at least annually. |
|
SO |
nil |
DE |
|
| 1560-06 |
OSH inspection files
SO = upon conclusion of inspection and if relevant, upon implementation of
corrective measures
7y = The seven-year retention period is consistent with the retention period for
the joint health and safety committee files classified under secondary
200-20.
NOTE: This secondary covers inspections to ensure compliance with the Occupational
Health and Safety Regulation.
NOTE: For administrative convenience, these records may be classified on the
joint health and safety committee file under secondary 200-20, rather than under this secondary.
|
|
SO |
7y |
DE |
|
| 1560-07 |
OSH program information
NOTE: This secondary covers ministry and local worksite OSH program information (e.g.,
roles and responsibilities and instructions). |
|
SO |
nil |
DE |
|
| 1560-08 |
Personal protective equipment information
SO = upon completion of next annual review
NOTE: Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (part 8) requires that
personal protective equipment programs be reviewed annually and that equipment
fit tests be repeated at least annually |
|
SO |
nil |
DE |
|
| 1560-09 |
Refusal to work because of unsafe conditions
SO = upon conclusion of investigation, and if relevant, upon implementation of
corrective measures
7y = The seven-year retention period is consistent with the retention period
for the OSH inspection files classified under secondary -06. |
|
SO |
7y |
DE |
PIB |
| 1560-20 |
Work-related incident reporting files
(supersedes secondaries 1305-03 and -04 WCB claim correspondence and WCB claim
investigations and 1460-40 Exposure to hazardous materials case files)
(includes accident and incident reports (e.g., joint accident investigation form
[PSA 38]), employer’s report of injury or occupational disease [WCB form 7],
first aid report [WCB form 7A], and may include worker's report of injury or
occupational disease to employer [WCB form 6a])
(arrange by employee surname)
SO = upon adjudication of claim by WorkSafe BC, and if relevant, upon
implementation of corrective measures
7y = The seven-year retention period is consistent with the retention period for
the first aid treatment records classified under secondary -04.
NOTE: These records document work-related incidents that result in death, time loss,
or medical attention or have the potential of causing serious injury to a worker or involve
a major structural failure or exposure to hazardous or bio-hazardous substances (e.g.,
asbestos and avian influenza viruses). These incidents must be reported to WorkSafe BC
even if a claim is not anticipated.
NOTE: If the injury or accident results in time loss or health care costs, copies
of the WCB form 7, WCB form 7A, and WCB form 6a must be sent to BCPSA for filing on the
employees’ personnel file.
NOTE: Appeals of WorkSafe BC claim decisions are handled by BCPSA, as are disability
case management and return to work planning for ill and injured employees. |
|
SO |
7y |
DE |
PIB |
