ROCKRIDGE CAREER PROGRAMS
WORK EXPERIENCE 12 : Work Site Safety Awareness
Student Name:
Grade:
WEX Teacher Name: Ms. Kashani
Work
Safe
Due
Date:
and Safety
Assignment
September 24th
If you are a student beginning a work experience program for school, it is important to know
that you have the same health and safety rights and responsibilities as paid employees in a
workplace setting. Your teacher will work with you to make sure that you receive the training
you need for a safe work experience.
To complete this assignment click on this WORKSAFE hyperlink
The above is a link to a valuable WEX resource. Please inform yourself about your workplace
rights and responsibilities as you read through it. This Work safe document will also help
answer the assignment questions below. Pay particular attention to pages 10-17. The rights
and responsibility test (in the document linked above) is optional.
1. BC has more than 250,000 workers ranging in age from 15-24, what do these
people have in common?
2. Like all workers, these young people have a right to:
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3. Why are these young workers particularly vulnerable to work-related
injuries?
4. When are new workers at the greatest risk of getting injured?
5. Which group is more likely to get hurt than any other:
6. Which job sectors have the highest rate of injury to new and young workers?
7. What are all workers in BC protected by?
8. What does this legislation say employers must provide to their workers?
9. What was the most common injury of young worker injuries?
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10. There is a list of top seven dangers for new and young workers in BC. List what each of
these are and indicate one specific was you could protect yourself from EACH danger.
11. List the 3 steps you need to take if you are injured at work.
To answer follow these steps:
A. Go to www.worksafebc.com
B. Click on claims and
C. Click on report an injury
12. What is the phone number to the Worksafe BC Teleclaims Contact Center?
13. ONLY FOR PAID PLACEMENTS - The WorkSafeBC account number for the company I
am employed with is (6 digit number)
In order for the paid hours to count towards your work experience your employer must have
an active account number with Work safe BC. Before you begin work you must submit this
assignment and report the work safe BC account number to your teacher.
To answer question #13 follow these steps:
1. Go to www.worksafebc.com
2. Click on get a clearance letter
3. scroll down to public access to clearance letters and click on clearance letter, check
legal names or trade names and type in your company name into the search box.
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