Why doesn WorkSafeBC investigate all incidents, and how does WorkSafeBC decide which incidents to investigate?
WorkSafeBC responds to all significant incidents but will conduct an in-depth investigation and produce an incident investigation report on selected incidents based on specific criteria. Incident investigations are conducted on all incidents involving a fatality and on selected incidents involving a serious injury or risk of serious injury, where there are health and safety lessons that can be learned from an analysis of the cause or where a serious compliance issue is identified. In general, WorkSafeBC focuses its investigative resources on incidents where there is the greatest opportunity to promote health and safety through preventative lessons or deterrence of health and safety violations.
