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WorkSafeBC

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Our vision, mission, and guiding principles

Our vision

British Columbians free from workplace injury, disease, and death.

Our mission

  • Champion safe and healthy workplaces
  • Save lives and prevent injury and disability
  • Deliver outstanding service to workers and employers
  • Provide and support excellent medical and rehabilitative care to workers
  • Preserve the financial integrity and sustainability of the system
  • Learn, lead, and share

Our goals

  1. Foster the improvement of occupational health and safety in workplaces and communities
  2. a. Improve service to stakeholders — improve return-to-work outcomes, disability prevention, overall customer service, accessibility, and public confidence
    b. Improve service to stakeholders — improve adjudicative decision making throughout the organization, ensuring stakeholders receive their full legal entitlements
  3. Maintain the cost-effectiveness and accountability of the services WorkSafeBC delivers
  4. Maintain financial security, sustainability, and stability

Shared values

As an organization and as individuals, we make decisions and take action based on these values:

Service
Making a difference one human being at a time

Integrity
Doing the right thing

Accountability
Remaining open and transparent

Partnership
Collaborating for success

Innovation
Challenging complacency