WorkSafe BC Occupational Health and Safety Regulations are meant to recognize, reduce or eliminate workplace hazards and provide workers with a safe environment.
Occupational first aid provides workers with quick, easily accessible, and efficient standard first aid treatments/followups with records to substantiate this processes. The following are needed to accomplish this:
- Occupational first aid attendants with required standard of training
- Regulation first aid rooms or dressing stations
- First aid kits with regulation supplies
- Record keeping
- Required means of efficiently transporting an injured worker to a first aid/medical facility or a hospital
- Adequate communication between first aid attendants, workers and management
Certified First Aid Training
Polar Ridge Resources services are provided locally or at worksite location as required.
WORKSAFE BC
- OFA LEVEL 1 / TRANSPORTATION ENDORSEMENT
BC/Yukon LIFESAVING SOCIETY
- Emergency FIRST AID (OFA LEVEL 1 EQUIVALENT) – 7.5 hour course
- STANDARD FIRST AID – OFA Level 1 equivalent – 16 hours/2 day
- STANDARD FIRST AID FOR MINES – STANDARD FIRST AID – OFA Level 1 equivalent – includes transportation endorsement – 3 day
All above course include CPR & AED required training. Above course reflect the new requirements from WorksafeBC July 1, 2018. All certificates are good for three years.
