FIOSA – MIOSA Safety Alliance of BC - An overview

The FIOSA - MIOSA Safety Alliance of BC ( “the Alliance”) is a not-for-profit industry organization that seeks to address challenges and opportunities specific to food & beverage processing and manufacturing and to set industry standards for health and safety. The Alliance was established by industry leaders in December 2007, (originally called the BC Food Processors Health and Safety Council), to help reduce injuries and claims costs industry-wide, and to exchange information about how this can be achieved.  The guiding principle is to create and maintain a united resource so that by working together with the manufacturing and food processing industries everyone can benefit from shared input and expertise to achieve our vision of being industry leaders in health & safety and our mission of fostering commitment among employers to reduce the unacceptable rate of injury in BC. The Alliance works in partnership with WorkSafeBC in their Partners in Injury and Disability Prevention Program, Certificate of Recognition (COR) program. This is a program that recognizes and financially rewards employers who have high standards of occupational health and safety and return-to-work programs.

“In 2012 FIOSA-MIOSA changed the name of its COR program to the Occupational Safety Standard of Excellence (OSSE). The new name encompasses all of the established principles and provides for the same WorkSafeBC premium discounts.

“The main reason for the name change has to do with helping you – industry – to better tell your customers, your employees and your communities that you stand behind the idea of a safe and healthy workplace.”

Since November 2010, the FIOSA – MIOSA Safety Alliance of BC has been awarded additional classification units (CUs) to serve the needs of manufacturing industries in BC bringing the total number of CUs serviced by the Alliance to 35.

711001  Abattoir
711002  Alcoholic Beverage
711003  Animal Feed Supplement
711004  Baked Goods
711005  Butter, Cheese or Ice Cream
711006  Candy or Chocolate
711007  Cereal, Biscuit, Taco, Rice
711008  Coffee, Tea, Herb, Spices
711010  Fish Processing
711011  Flour/Rice Mill
711012  Food Product Manufacture - (not elsewhere specified)
711013  Fruit, Vegetable Canning, Bottling
711014  Ice Manufacture
711015  Liquid Dairy Product Manufacture
711017  Meat Cutting, Packing, Processing, Canning
711018  Non-Alcoholic Beverage
711019  Poultry Processing
711020  Sausage -Casing Manufacture
711021  Smoked, Cured, Prepared Meat Product
711022  Sugar Refining and Packaging
711023  Wineries
712003  Boiler, Tank, or Furnace Manufacture
712008  Die Casting
712018  Light Industrial Equipment, Machinery, or Power Tool Manufacture (less than 500 lb.)
712034  Sheet Metal Fabrication
712035  Smelter
712038  Structural Concrete Product Manufacture
712040  Truck Body or Trailer Manufacture
713012  Fiberglass Insulation Manufacture
713013  Foam Product Manufacture
713015  Glue or Adhesive Manufacture
713028  Plastic Product Manufacture (by profile extrusion)
714001  Cardboard or Paper Container Manufacture
715003  Blind or Drapery Track Manufacture
715026  Mattress Manufacture