Occupational Health and Safety Code
The Occupational Health and Safety Code provides specific technical health and safety rules and requirements for Alberta workplaces.
- Part 1: Definitions and General Application
- Part 2: Hazard Assessment, Elimination and Control
- Part 3: Specifications and Certifications
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Part 4: Chemical Hazards, Biological Hazards and Harmful Substances
- 16 Worker exposure to harmful substances
- 17 Exposure to multiple substances
- 18 Exposure during shifts longer than 8 hours
- 19 Review of exposure limits
- 20 Airborne concentration measurements
- 21 Potential worker exposure
- 22 Worker overexposure
- 23 Worker decontamination
- 24 Emergency baths, showers, eye wash equipment
- 25 Prohibited activities
- 26 Codes of practice
- 27 Storage of harmful substances
- 28 General provisions for asbestos, silica, coal dust and lead
- 29 Restricted area
- 30 Protective clothing used in restricted areas containing asbestos or lead
- 31 Release of asbestos
- 32 Prohibitions related to asbestos
- 33 Asbestos in air distribution systems
- 34 Asbestos in a building to be demolished
- 35 Encapsulation, enclosure or removal of asbestos
- 36 Notification of a project
- 37 Asbestos worker course
- 38 Containment and labelling of asbestos waste
- 39 Use of crystalline silica in abrasive blasting
- 40 Health assessments for workers exposed to asbestos, silica or coal dust
- 41 Lead exposure control plan
- 42 Lead — air monitoring
- 43 Medical monitoring for lead
- 43.1 Controlling mould exposure
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Part 5: Confined Spaces
- 44 Code of practice
- 45 Hazard assessment
- 46 Training
- 47 Entry permit system
- 48 Safety and protection — generally
- 49 Protection — hazardous substances and energy
- 50 Unauthorized entry
- 51 Traffic hazards
- 52 Testing the atmosphere
- 53 Ventilation and purging
- 54 Inerting
- 55 Emergency response
- 56 Tending worker
- 57 Entry and exit
- 58 Retaining records
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Part 6: Cranes, Hoists and Lifting Devices
- 59 Application
- 60 Not commercially manufactured
- 61 Identification of components
- 62 Rated load capacity
- 63 Load charts
- 64 Operator requirements
- 65 Log books
- 66 Preventing an unsafe lift
- 67 Preventing collisions
- 68 Load weight
- 68.1 Lift calculation
- 69 Loads over work areas
- 70 Tag and hoisting lines
- 71 Hand signals
- 72 Controls
- 73 Repairs and modifications
- 74 Containers for hoisting
- 75 A‒Frames and gin poles
- 75.1 Suspended personnel baskets
- 76 Installation and use
- 77 Equipment requirements
- 78 Operator responsibilities
- 79 Worker in lifting device
- 80 Holding suspended load
- 81 Safety code for material hoists
- 82 Rider restriction
- 83 Gate interlocks
- 84 Operator responsibilities
- 85 Signal systems
- 86 Hoist brakes
- 87 Location protected
- 88 Safety code for mobile cranes
- 88.1 Personnel baskets
- 89 Non‒destructive testing
- 90 Counterweights and outriggers
- 91 Warning device
- 92 Preventing damage
- 92.1 Load blocks
- 92.2 Outriggers
- 93 Electrical components and functions
- 94 Maintenance and inspection
- 95 Safe movement
- 95.1 Controls
- 96 Safety code for personnel hoists
- 97 Safe use and design
- 98 Protective enclosure
- 99 Design
- 100 Safety code for tower cranes
- 101 Limit devices
- 102 Operation
- 103 Changing components
- 104 Test weights
- 105 Structural testing and examination
- 106 Wind and temperature limitations
- 107 Multiple cranes
- 108 Safety requirements
- 109 Operator responsibilities
- 110 Hoist cage
- 111 Unguided suspended cage
- 112 Safety standards
- 113 Safe use
- 114 Safe practices
- Part 7: Emergency Preparedness and Response
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Part 8: Entrances, Walkways, Stairways and Ladders
- 119 Safe entry and exit
- 120 Doors
- 121 Walkways, runways and ramps
- 122 Stairways
- 123 Handrails on stairways
- 124 Restriction on use
- 125 Prohibition on single rail
- 126 Prohibition on painting
- 127 Use near energized electrical equipment
- 128 Ladders on extending booms
- 129 Safe use
- 130 Design criteria
- 131 Fixed ladders in manholes
- 132 Rest platform exemption
- 133 Prohibition
- 134 Constructed portable ladder
- 135 Manufactured portable ladder
- 136 Securing and positioning
- 137 Fall protection
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Part 9: Fall Protection
- 138 Rescue personnel exemption
- 139 General protection
- 140 Fall protection plan
- 141 Instruction of workers
- 142 Full body harness
- 142.1 Body belt
- 142.2 Lanyard
- 142.3 Shock absorber
- 143 Connectors, carabiners and snap hooks
- 144 Fall arresters
- 145 Self‒retracting device
- 146 Descent control device
- 147 Life safety rope
- 148 Adjustable lanyard for work positioning
- 148.1 Rope adjustment device for work positioning
- 149 Wood pole climbing
- 150 Equipment compatibility
- 150.1 Inspection and maintenance
- 150.2 Removal from service
- 150.3 Prusik and similar knots
- 151 Clearance, maximum arresting force and swing
- 152 Anchor strength — permanent
- 152.1 Anchor strength — temporary
- 152.2 Duty to use anchors
- 152.3 Independence of anchors
- 152.4 Wire rope sling as anchor
- 153 Flexible and rigid horizontal lifeline systems
- 153.1 Installation of horizontal lifeline systems
- 154 Fixed ladders and climbable structures
- 155 Fall protection on vehicles and loads
- 156 Boom‒supported work platforms and aerial devices
- 157 Water danger
- 158 Leading edge fall protection system
- 159 Procedures in place of fall protection equipment
- 160 Work positioning
- 161 Control zones
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Part 10: Fire and Explosion Hazards
- 161.1 Flammable or explosive atmospheres a hazard
- 162 Prohibitions
- 162.1 Classification of work sites
- 163 Procedures and precautions
- 164 Contaminated clothing and skin
- 165 Protective procedures and precautions in hazardous locations
- 166 Internal combustion engines
- 167 Flare stacks, flare pits and flares
- 168 Industrial furnaces and fired heaters
- 169 Hot work
- 170 Hot taps
- 170.1 Spray operations
- 171 Compressed and liquefied gas
- 171.1 Welding — general
- 171.2 Gas welding or allied process
- 172 Storage compartments
- 173 Horizontal cylinder storage
- 174 Handling cylinders
- 175 Isolating methods
- 176 Pigging
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Part 11: First Aid
- 177 Training standards
- 177.1 Joint First Aid Training Standards Board membership
- 178 Providing services, supplies, equipment
- 179 Location of first aid
- 180 Emergency transportation
- 181 First aid providers
- 182 Duty to report injury or illness
- 183 Record of injury or illness
- 184 First aid records access
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Part 12: General Safety Precautions
- 185 Housekeeping
- 186 Lighting
- 187 Pallets and storage racks
- 187.1 Placement of roofing materials
- 188 Restraining hoses and piping
- 189 Securing equipment and materials
- 190 Skeleton structures
- 191 Signallers
- 192 Stabilizing masonry walls
- 193 Tire servicing
- 194 Vehicle traffic control
- 195 Working on ice
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Part 13: Joint Health and Safety Committees and Health and Safety Representatives
- 196 Application of this Part
- 196.1 Worker membership selection
- 196.2 Co-chairs of committee
- 197 Terms of reference
- 198 Special meetings of committees
- 199 Quorum
- 199.1 Posting names of committee members or health and safety representatives
- 199.2 Special meetings of representatives
- 199.3 Time away for committee or representative work and entitlement to pay
- 200 Repealed
- 201 Training
- 202 - 207
- Part 14: Lifting and Handling Loads
- Part 15: Managing the Control of Hazardous Energy
- Part 16: Noise Exposure
- Part 17: Overhead Power Lines
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Part 18: Personal Protective Equipment
- 228 Duty to use personal protective equipment
- 229 Compliance with standards
- 230 Contact lenses
- 231 Electric arc welding
- 232 Use of flame resistant clothing
- 233 Footwear
- 234 Protective headwear
- 235 Bicycles and skates
- 236 All‒terrain vehicles, snow vehicles, motorcycles
- 237 Firefighters
- 238 Bump hat
- 239 Exemption from wearing headwear
- 240 Compliance with standards
- 241 Use of jackets and flotation devices
- 242 Limb and body protection
- 243 Skin protection
- 244 Respiratory dangers
- 245 Code of practice
- 246 Approval of equipment
- 246.1 Repealed
- 247 Selection of equipment
- 248 Storage and use
- 249 Quality of breathing air
- 250 Effective facial seal
- 251 Equipment for immediate danger
- 252 Equipment — no immediate danger
- 253 Air purifying equipment
- 254 Emergency escape equipment
- 255 Abrasive blasting operations
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Part 19: Powered Mobile Equipment
- 256 Operator responsibilities
- 257 Visual inspection
- 257.1 Repealed
- 258 Dangerous movement
- 259 Pedestrian traffic
- 260 Inspection and maintenance
- 261 Maintenance on elevated parts
- 262 Starting engines
- 263 Unattended equipment
- 264 Lights
- 265 Windows and windshields
- 266 Other safety equipment
- 267 Warning signal
- 268 Bulkheads
- 269 Guards and screens
- 270 Rollover protective structures
- 270.1 Repealed
- 271 Equipment with rollover protection
- 272 Falling objects protective structures
- 273 Recertification after modification
- 274 Fuel tank in cab
- 275 Worker transportation
- 276 Riding on loads
- 276.1 Repealed
- 277 Hazardous loads
- 278 Tank trucks
- 279 Refuelling
- 280 Three‒wheeled all‒terrain vehicles
- 281 Operator’s manual
- 282 Load and slope limitations
- 283 Load chart
- 284 Seat belt
- 285 Chocking
- 286 Pile hoisting
- 287 Restraining hoses and connections
- 288 Brake bands and clutches
- 289 Timber piles
- 290 Crane boom inspection
- 290.1 Licensing and mechanical inspection
- 290.2 Safety requirements
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Part 20: Radiation Exposure
- 291 Prevention and protection
- 291.1 Shielding
- 291.2 X-ray equipment
- 291.3 Lasers
- 291.4 Radiation exposure limits
- 291.5 Monitoring worker exposure to ionizing radiation (dosimetry)
- 291.6 Additional protections for pregnant and young workers
- 291.7 Designated radiation equipment — registration certificate required
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Part 21: Rigging
- 292 Breaking strength
- 292.1 Safety factors
- 293 Load ratings
- 294 Inspection
- 295 Prohibition
- 296 Rigging protection
- 297 Standards
- 298 Slings
- 299 Rope wound on drum
- 300 Cable clips
- 301 Ferrules
- 302 Matching components
- 303 Safety latches
- 304 Makeshift rigging and welding
- 305 Synthetic fibre slings
- 306 Wire rope
- 307 Metal mesh slings
- 308 Electric arc damage
- 309 Damaged hooks
- Part 22: Safeguards
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Part 23: Scaffolds and Temporary Work Platforms
- 323 CSA Standard applies
- 324 Design
- 325 Load
- 326 Tagging requirements
- 327 Vertical ladder on scaffold
- 328 Working from a ladder
- 329 Scaffold planks
- 330 Scaffold platform
- 331 Metal scaffolding
- 332 Bracket scaffolds
- 333 Double‒pole scaffolds
- 334 Free‒standing or rolling scaffolds
- 335 Half‒horse scaffolds
- 336 Ladderjack scaffolds
- 337 Needle‒beam scaffolds
- 338 Outrigger scaffolds
- 339 Roofing brackets
- 340 Single‒pole scaffolds
- 341 Suspended scaffolds
- 342 Swingstage scaffolds
- 343 Requirements for swingstage scaffold
- 344 Safety on swingstage scaffolds
- 345 Workers on swingstage scaffolds
- 346 Worker safety
- 347 Standards
- 348 Permanent suspension powered work platforms
- 349 Fork‒mounted work platforms
- 350 Suspended man baskets
- 351 Boatswain’s chairs
- 352 Temporary supporting structures
- 353 Fly form deck panels
- Part 24: Toilets and Washing Facilities
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Part 25: Tools, Equipment and Machinery
- 362 Contact by clothing, etc.
- 363 Machines close together
- 364 Moving workers
- 364.1 Repealed
- 365 Starting machinery
- 366 Preventing machine activation
- 367 Operator responsibilities
- 368 Controls
- 369 Immobilizing machinery
- 370 Drive belts
- 371 Continuous‒feed machinery
- 372 Elevated conveyor belts
- 373 Crossing conveyor belts
- 374 Actuated fastening tools
- 375 Grinders
- 376 Chainsaws
- 377 Circular saw blades
- 378 Band saw blades
- 379 Band saw wheels
- 380 Power‒fed circular saws
- 381 Cut‒off saws
- 382 Sawmill head rig
- 383 Sawmill log carriage
- 384 Robots
- 385 Teaching a robot
- Part 26: Ventilation Systems
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Part 27: Violence and Harassment
- 389 Hazard assessment
- 390 Violence prevention plan
- 390.1 Violence prevention policy
- 390.2 Violence prevention procedures
- 390.3 Domestic violence
- 390.4 Harassment prevention plan
- 390.5 Harassment prevention policy
- 390.6 Harassment prevention procedures
- 390.7 Review of plans
- 391 Training of workers
- 391.1 Investigation and reporting of incidents
- 391.2 Treatment or referral
- 392 Entitlement to pay
- 392.1 Retail fuel and convenience store worker safety application
- 392.2 Additional requirements for violence prevention plan
- 392.3 Additional training required
- 392.4 Review of violence prevention plan and worker training
- 392.5 Personal emergency transmitter
- 392.6 Mandatory fuel prepayment
- Part 28: Working Alone
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Part 29: Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
- 394.1 Definitions
- 395 Application
- 396 Hazardous waste
- 397 Training
- 398 Label required
- 399 Production or manufacture
- 400 Decanted products
- 401 Placards
- 402 Transfer of hazardous products
- 403 Laboratory samples
- 404 Safety data sheet — supplier
- 405 Safety data sheet — employer
- 406 Information current
- 407 Availability of safety data sheet
- 408 Claim for disclosure exemption
- 409 Interim non‒disclosure
- 410 Exemption from disclosure
- 411 Duty to disclose information
- 412 Information — confidential
- 413 Information to medical professional
- 414 Limits on disclosure
- Part 30: Demolition
- Part 31: Diving Operations
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Part 32: Excavating and Tunnelling
- 441 Disturbing the ground
- 442 Classification of soil type
- 443 Soil stabilization
- 444 Marking an excavation
- 445 Water hazard
- 446 Worker access
- 447 Locating buried or concrete‒embedded facilities
- 448 Exposing buried facilities
- 449 Exemption
- 450 Methods of protection
- 451 Cutting back walls
- 452 Loose materials
- 453 Spoil piles
- 454 Power pole support
- 455 Safe entry and exit
- 456 Temporary protective structures
- 457 Alternatives to temporary protective structures
- 458 Installation of shoring, stringers or bracing
- 459 Access for powered mobile equipment
- 460 Dumping block
- 461 Underground shafts
- 462 Drilled or bored underground shaft
- 463 Prohibition
- 464 Tunnel
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Part 33: Explosives
- 465 Application
- 466 Burning material
- 467 Safe work procedures
- 468 Blasters
- 468.1 Issue of blaster’s permit
- 468.2 Expiry of permit
- 468.3 Suspension and cancellation of permit
- 468.4 Effect at work site of suspension or cancellation of permit
- 468.5 Employer records of blaster permits
- 468.6 Amendment of permit
- 468.7 Possession of blaster’s permit
- 469 Reporting incidents involving explosives
- 470 Canadian guidelines
- 471 Intermittent storage
- 472 Light sources in magazines
- 473 Transporting explosives
- 474 Oldest used first
- 475 Deteriorated or damaged explosive
- 476 Unused explosives
- 477 Appropriate quantities
- 478 Cutting or piercing
- 479 Cartridge explosives
- 480 Tools
- 481 Priming
- 482 Length of safety fuse assemblies
- 483 Detonators
- 484 Storms
- 485 Drilling location
- 486 Bootleg
- 487 Size of drill hole
- 488 Prohibition
- 489 Unwinding detonator leg wires
- 490 Static electricity
- 491 Tamping explosives
- 492 Sequential firing
- 493 Detonation within 30 days
- 494 Detonator leg wires
- 495 Testing detonators and circuits
- 496 Damaged leads and wires
- 497 Connecting down lines to trunk cords
- 498 Community protection
- 499 Safe distance
- 500 Stray electric currents
- 501 Overhead power line
- 502 Above ground charge
- 503 Radiofrequency transmitters
- 504 Length of fuse assembly
- 505 Blasting machine
- 506 Shunting the firing line
- 507 Loaded hole
- 508 Standards
- 509 Misfire waiting period
- 510 Withdrawing a misfire
- 511 Destroying a misfire
- 512 Abandoned charge
- 513 Removal of waste
- 514 Loss or theft
- 515 Avalanche control
- 516 Oil well blasting
- 517 Seismic blasting and drilling
- Part 34: Forestry
- Part 35: Health Care and Industries with Biological Hazards
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Part 36: Mining
- 531 Application
- 532 Building safety
- 533 Mine plans
- 534 Record retention
- 535 Excavation
- 536 Open stockpiles
- 537 Dust from drills
- 538 Light metal alloys
- 539 Surface haul roads
- 540 Discard from mines
- 541 Mine walls
- 542 Dumping block
- 543 Environmental monitoring of hazardous gases
- 544 Reporting dangerous occurrences
- 545 Emergency response station
- 546 Emergency response team
- 547 Fire‒fighting training
- 548 Fire precautions
- 549 Fireproofing of roadways
- 550 Conveyor clearance
- 551 Fire detection systems
- 552 Emergency warning system
- 553 Evacuation
- 554 Fire‒fighting equipment
- 555 Fire extinguishers
- 556 Location of equipment
- 557 Water supply
- 558 Water control valves
- 559 Refuge stations
- 560 Electrical standards
- 561 Notice to Director
- 562 Electrical installations
- 563 Surface facilities
- 564 Underground coal mine
- 565 Equipment supply systems
- 566 Batteries
- 567 Overhead power lines
- 568 Ground fault protection
- 569 Switchgear
- 570 Grounding
- 571 Electric welding
- 572 Hand‒held electrical drills
- 573 Approval
- 574 Standards
- 575 Prototype machine
- 576 Representative machines
- 577 Emergency energy
- 578 Hydraulic brakes
- 579 Dual brake systems
- 580 Emergency brakes
- 581 Air brakes
- 582 Auxiliary air reservoirs
- 583 Front wheel brake control
- 584 Parking brakes
- 585 Periodic service brake testing
- 586 Tests
- 587 Maintenance records
- 588 Auxiliary steering
- 589 Auxiliary pump
- 590 Auxiliary steering standards
- 591 Design safety factors
- 592 Clearance lights
- 593 Clear view
- 594 Lights
- 595 Clearances
- 596 Unattended machines
- 597 Diesel‒powered machine
- 598 Fire resistance
- 599 Stopping
- 600 Travelling room
- 601 Combustible dust
- 602 Clearances
- 603 Riding conveyor belts
- 604 Examination
- 605 Carbon monoxide monitors
- 606 Conveyor roadways
- 607 Theft of explosives
- 608 Non‒sparking tools
- 609 Underground mine blaster
- 610 Surface mine blaster
- 611 Magazines
- 612 Illumination of magazines
- 613 Stored explosives
- 614 Electric detonators
- 615 Access to explosives
- 616 Removal from magazine
- 617 Priority of use
- 618 Magazine record
- 619 Explosive location
- 620 Removal and transfer
- 621 Restriction on open flames
- 622 Vehicle requirements
- 623 Protection from weather
- 624 Original packaging
- 625 Detonators
- 626 Vehicle breakdown
- 627 Manufacturer’s specifications
- 628 Unsafe explosives
- 629 Blast area control
- 630 Access to blast area
- 631 General duties
- 632 Secondary blasting
- 633 Mine blaster’s record
- 634 Damaged blasting wires
- 635 Blasting machine control
- 636 Unused explosives
- 637 Misfire procedures
- 638 Abandoned explosive
- 639 Testing and initiation
- 640 Blasting apparatus
- 641 Circuit testing
- 642 Circuit requirement
- 643 Application
- 644 Signs
- 645 Blast holes
- 646 Electrical storm
- 647 Detonating cord
- 648 Ignition precautions
- 649 Safety fuses
- 650 Electrical cables and wires
- 651 Electric blasting
- 652 Burning explosives
- 653 Misfires
- 654 Drilling near explosives
- 655 Storage
- 656 Blasting warnings
- 657 Charged holes
- 658 Application
- 659 Permitted explosives
- 660 Electric conveyance
- 661 Mine shaft conveyance
- 662 Transport underground
- 663 Drilling distances
- 664 Underground mine blaster
- 665 Blasting cable
- 666 Use of detonators
- 667 Same manufacturer
- 668 Series connection
- 669 Water
- 670 Stemming
- 671 Firing in the same round
- 672 Misfires
- 673 Misfire detonation
- 674 Leaving a misfire
- 675 Compressed air
- 676 Shock blasting
- 677 Surface shots
- 678 Permanent firing station
- 679 Secondary blasting
- 680 Application
- 681 Annual plan
- 682 Underground coal mine surveyor
- 683 Supervision
- 684 Required qualifications
- 685 Mine manager
- 686 Combined operations
- 687 Working alone
- 688 Unsafe conditions
- 689 Shift change
- 690 Shift report
- 691 Record of workers
- 692 Self rescuers
- 693 Means of ignition
- 694 No smoking warnings
- 694.1 Recognizing international standards
- 695 Propane installations
- 696 Bulk fuel storage
- 697 Voice communication
- 698 Location
- 699 Permanently attended stations
- 700 Portal
- 701 Mine outlets
- 702 Escape ways
- 703 Manholes
- 704 Underground fuel stations
- 705 Diesel fuel
- 706 Control of equipment
- 707 Support system
- 708 Extractions
- 709 Operating procedures
- 710 Removal of ground supports
- 711 Ventilation system
- 712 Air velocity
- 713 Return airway
- 714 Doors
- 715 Stoppings
- 716 Seals
- 717 Chutes
- 718 Splits
- 719 Fans
- 720 Reverse flows
- 721 Surface fans
- 722 Booster fans
- 723 Auxiliary fans
- 724 Brattice, vent tubes
- 725 Operating procedures for booster and auxiliary fans
- 726 Stopping fan
- 727 Ventilation monitoring
- 728 Cross cuts
- 729 Operating in split
- 730 Gas inspections
- 731 Flammable gas levels
- 732 Diesel vehicle roads
- 733 Degassing procedures
- 734 Gas removal
- 735 Unused areas
- 736 Sealed off areas
- 737 Approval of devices for testing and measuring
- 738 Combustible gas detector
- 739 Portable detector
- 740 Breakdown of detector
- 741 Roof bolting
- 742 Airborne dust
- 743 Incombustible dust
- 744 Sampling of settled dust
- 745 Explosion barriers
- 746 Welding, cutting and soldering
- 747 Pillars
- 748 Drill holes
- 749 Water or gas
- 749.1 Shaft access and hoisting equipment
- 749.2 Underground mine blaster’s certificate
- 749.3 Surface mine blaster’s certificate
- 749.4 Underground coal mine manager’s certificate
- 749.5 Underground coal mine foreman’s certificate
- 749.6 Underground coal mine electrical superintendent’s certificate
- 749.7 Expiry of mining certificate
- 749.8 Suspension and cancellation, etc., of mining certificates
- 749.9 Provisional certificates
- 749.91 Employer records of certificates and permits
- 749.92 Blaster’s permit fees
- 749.93 Mining certificates fees
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Part 37: Oil and Gas Wells
- 750 Application
- 751 Competent supervisor
- 752 Breathing equipment
- 753 Operating load of derrick or mast
- 754 Derricks and masts
- 755 Log book
- 756 Drillers
- 757 Geophysical operations
- 758 Drilling rig, service rig, and snubbing unit inspections
- 759 Overloaded service rig trucks
- 760 Safety check
- 761 Exits from enclosures
- 762 Emergency escape route
- 763 Guy lines
- 764 Ground anchors
- 765 Trailer pipe rack
- 766 Drawworks
- 767 Brakes
- 768 Weight indicators
- 769 Travelling blocks
- 770 Tugger or travelling block
- 771 Catheads
- 772 Racking pipes
- 773 Rotary table danger zone
- 774 Tong safety
- 775 Counterweights
- 776 Drilling fluid
- 777 Rig tank or pit enclosures
- 778 Prohibition on fuel storage
- 779 Drill stem testing
- 780 Well swabbing
- 781 Well servicing
- 782 Well stimulation
- 783 Well site piping system
- 784 Gas sample containers
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Part 38: Expired.
- Part 39: Tree Care Operations
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Part 40: Utility Workers — Electrical
- 797 Application
- 798 Application
- 799 Protective devices or equipment
- 800 Safe work practices for electric utilities and rural electrification associations
- 801 Safe work practices for industrial power producers
- 802 Coordinated work
- 803 Communication lines, cables
- 804 Work on energized electrical equipment or lines (above 750 volts)
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Part 41: Work Requiring Rope Access
- 805 Exemptions
- 806 Exemptions
- 807 Exemptions
- 808 Rope access safe work plan
- 809 Rope access safe work plan
- 810 Rope access safe work plan
- 811 Safe work practices
- 812 Instruction of workers
- 813 Tools and equipment
- 814 Equipment compatibility
- 815 Inspection and maintenance
- 816 Low stretch (static) and high stretch (dynamic) rope
- 817 Low stretch (static) and high stretch (dynamic) rope
- 818 Low stretch (static) and high stretch (dynamic) rope
- 819 Cow’s tail
- 820 Removal from service
- 821 Worker rescue
- 822 Worker rescue
- 823 Safe work practices
- 824 Safe work practices
- 825 Safe work practices
- 826 Worker competency
- 827 Worker’s personal logbook
- 828 Maximum arrest force, clearance, anchor strength
- 829 Maximum arrest force, clearance, anchor strength
- 830 Safety line
- 831 Head protection
- 832 Head protection
- 833 Head protection
- 834 Full body harness
- 835 Connecting components
- 836 Connecting components
- 837 Ascenders
- 838 Back-up devices
- 839 Descenders
- 840 Safe work practices
- 841 Worker competency
- 842 Fall factor, clearance, anchorage strength
- 843 Fall factor, clearance, anchorage strength
- 844 Head protection
- 845 Head protection
- 846 Head protection
- 847 Sit harness
- 848 Full body harness
- 849 Connecting components
- Schedule 1: Chemical Substances
- Schedule 2: First Aid
- Schedule 3: Noise
- Schedule 4: Safe Limit of Approach Distances
- Schedule 5: Cable Clips on Wire Rope
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Schedule 6: Dimensions of Scaffold Members
- Table 1: Light duty double pole scaffolds less than 6 metres in height
- Table 2: Light duty double pole scaffolds 6 metres or more in height
- Table 3: Heavy duty double pole scaffolds less than 6 metres in height
- Table 4: Heavy duty double pole scaffolds 6 metres or more in height
- Table 5: Half‒horse scaffolds less than 3 metres in height
- Table 6: Half‒horse scaffolds 3 metres to 5 metres in height
- Table 7: Single‒pole scaffolds less than 6 metres in height
- Table 8: Single‒pole scaffolds 6 metres to 9 metres in height
- Schedule 7: Toilets at a Work Site
- Schedule 8: Saw Blade Crack Limits
- Schedule 9: Shoring Component Dimensions
- Schedule 10: Fire Extinguishers and Minimum Separation Distances
- Schedule 11: Mining
- Schedule 12: Radiation Exposure
Part 2 Hazard Assessment, Elimination and Control
Contents
Hazard assessment
7(1)
An employer must assess a work site and identify existing and potential hazards before work begins at the work site or prior to the construction of a new work site.
7(2)
An employer must prepare a report of the results of a hazard assessment and the methods used to control or eliminate the hazards identified.
7(3)
An employer must ensure that the date on which the hazard assessment is prepared or revised is recorded on it.
7(4)
An employer must ensure that the hazard assessment is repeated
(a) at reasonably practicable intervals to prevent the development of unsafe and unhealthy working conditions,
(b) when a new work process is introduced,
(c) when a work process or operation changes, or
(d) before the construction of significant additions or alterations to a work site.
7(5)
Repealed.
Worker participation
8(1)
An employer must involve affected workers in the hazard assessment and in the control or elimination of the hazards identified.
8(2)
Repealed.
Hazard elimination and control
9(1)
If an existing or potential hazard to workers is identified during a hazard assessment, an employer must take measures in accordance with this section to
(a) eliminate the hazard, or
(b) if elimination is not reasonably practicable, control the hazard.
9(2)
If reasonably practicable, an employer must eliminate or control a hazard through the use of engineering controls.
9(3)
If a hazard cannot be eliminated or controlled under subsection (2), the employer must use administrative controls that control the hazard to a level as low as reasonably achievable.
9(4)
If the hazard cannot be eliminated or controlled under subsection (2) or (3), the employer must ensure that the appropriate personal protective equipment is used by workers affected by the hazard.
9(5)
If the hazard cannot be eliminated or controlled under subsection (2), (3) or (4), the employer may use a combination of engineering controls, administrative controls or personal protective equipment if there is a greater level of worker safety because a combination is used.
Emergency control of hazard
10(1)
If emergency action is required to control or eliminate a hazard that is dangerous to the safety or health of workers,
(a) only those workers competent in correcting the condition, and the minimum number necessary to correct the condition, may be exposed to the hazard, and
(b) every reasonable effort must be made to control the hazard while the condition is being corrected.
10(2)
Section 7(2) and (3) do not apply to an emergency response during the period that emergency action is required.
Repealed
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Repealed.