• Ensuring that no workers jump on or off a moving vehicle


DRIVER/SUPERVISOR RESPONSIBILITIES


• Ensure a first aid kit and fire extinguisher are always available in the vehicle


• Ensure that the treatment record


book is present in the first aid kit and all injuries are duly recorded • Correct all unsafe conditions immediately and report them to your supervisor • Report all vehicle defects to your supervisor or employer • Ensure that every worker is wearing a seat belt


• Follow the posted roadside speed limit


• Ensure the vehicle is not overloaded • Ensure each passenger has a minimum of 41 cm (16 inches) of seating space


EMPLOYERRESPONSIBILITIES Under the B.C. Workers Compensation Act, the primary responsibility for workplace health and safety rests with employers, although workers, supervisors, and other stakeholders have an important part to


play as well. As an employer, a farm labour contractor’s responsibilities include:


• Providing a safe and healthy workplace


• Ensuring that workers are adequately trained and supervised • Keeping written records of training (who, what, when) • Establishing and maintaining a comprehensive occupational health and safety program, including a written health and safety policy and an incident investigation procedure


• Ensuring that supervisors, safety coordinators, and workers understand their health and safety responsibilities • Taking immediate action when a worker or supervisor tells you about a potentially hazardous situation • Initiating an immediate investigation into incidents • Providing adequate first aid • Providing personal protective equipment when required


SUPERVISORRESPONSIBILITIES One of the most important responsibilities of the employer is to ensure that workers are adequately trained in safe work procedures and


properly supervised when carrying out their duties.


Employers should work with supervisors to help foster positive worker attitudes toward safety. Supervisor responsibilities include: • Instructing workers in the safe work procedures


• Training workers for all tasks


assigned to them and checking that their work is being done safely • Ensuring that only authorized, adequately trained workers operate tools and equipment or use hazardous chemicals


• Ensuring that equipment and materials are properly handled, stored and maintained '


• Enforcing health and safety requirements


• Correcting unsafe acts and conditions


• Identifying workers with problems that could affect safety at the workplace • Following up with interviews and referrals where necessary


• Developing health and safety rules • Inspecting the workplace for hazards


• Monitoring workers in the safe performance of their duties


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