The Policy, Regulation and Research Division is requesting feedback on proposed amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. The consultation phase provides stakeholders an opportunity to provide feedback prior to the proposed amendments being taken to public hearing.

All stakeholder feedback is carefully considered and analyzed, and provided to the Board of Directors of WorkSafeBC as part of their decision-making process.

There are two proposed regulatory amendment packages under review:

• Part 18, Traffic Control, multiple sections — Align the traffic control regulations with the latest edition of the Traffic Management Manual
• Part 26, Forestry Operations and Similar Activities, multiple sections — Introduce requirements to address the range of work undertaken by arborists.

To access the information please click on each regulatory package above. Proposed deletions are identified with a strikethrough and additions are highlighted in yellow.

Providing feedback

Feedback can be provided online or via email, fax or mail as follows:

Feedback will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. on Monday, January 27, 2020.

Please include the following information in your comments:

• Your name
• Whether you are submitting on your own behalf or on behalf of an organization (if on behalf of an organization, please specify the name of the organization)
• Whether you are commenting from the perspective of a worker, or an employer, or other (not representing either workers or employers, such as a licensing or regulatory body, or a professional or industry association)
• Your level of support — whether you generally agree, are generally neutral, or generally disagree with the proposed regulatory amendments
• The reasons for your level of support and the section number(s) of the regulation you are commenting on

WorkSafeBC will send you an acknowledgement of receipt of your feedback.

Please be advised that stakeholders will not be contacted regarding their feedback unless clarification is needed.

Online feedback option

To provide online feedback please click on the hyperlink for the regulatory amendment package you are interested in, and open the proposed amendments. Once opened, please click on the yellow "Online Feedback" button to provide your feedback.

Publication and disclosure of personal information

Please note that all comments become part of the Policy, Regulation and Research Division’s database and may be published, including the identity of organizations and those participating on behalf of organizations. The identity of those who have participated on their own behalf will be kept confidential according to the provisions of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Publication by WorkSafeBC does not mean WorkSafeBC endorses the view(s) of the person making the submission.