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Workplace Safety and Health Regulation M.R. 217/2006
1,158 sections · current as of September 17, 2026 · official source ↗
Workplace Safety and Health Regulation15
- 1.1Definitions
- 1.1.1Interpretation: "harassment"
- 1.1.1(2)Reasonable conduct of an employer or supervisor in respect of the management and directio…
- 1.1.1(3)In this section and in the definition "harassment" in section 1.1, conduct includes a wri…
- 1.2Notice requirements
- 1.2(2)Subject to section 2.7 (notice of serious incident), notice may be given (a) verbally, by…
- 1.2(3)Notice is deemed to have been given only when the notice is received by the director or a…
- 1.3Conformity to publications, codes and standards
- 1.3(2)When this regulation requires a person to perform work or other services in accordance wi…
- 1.3(2.1)A person does not contravene subsection (2) if the person performs the work or services i…
- 1.3(3)When this regulation requires a person to comply with a publication, code or standard, th…
- 1.4Inconsistency
- 1.5Certification by professional engineer
- 1.6Regulation applies to self-employed persons
- 1.7Employer's obligations extended
ORDRES D'EXEMPTION DES RÈGLEMENTS8
- 1.8Exemption orders
- 1.8(2)Unless varied or waived by the director, a person requesting an exemption order must prov…
- 1.8(3)In addition to the considerations set out in subsection 21(2) of the Act, the director mu…
- 1.8(4)If additional information comes to the attention of the director, the director may recons…
- 1.8(5)A person requesting a reconsideration of an exemption order must provide the director wit…
- 1.8(6)Unless it is suspended or revoked, an order made under section 21 of the Act is valid for…
- 1.8(7)The director must provide a copy of an order made under section 21 of the Act (a) to the …
- 1.8(8)While the order remains in effect, the employer must ensure that a copy is readily availa…
OBLIGATIONS GÉNÉRALES EN MATIÈRE DE SÉCURITÉ12
- 2.1Eliminating or control of risks
- 2.1(2)If the measures under subsection (1) fail to eliminate the risk, the employer must contro…
- 2.1(3)After taking the measures required under subsection (2), the employer must ensure that wo…
- 2.1.1Safe work procedures
- 2.2Consultations required
- 2.2.1New worker orientation
- 2.2.1(2)An employer must ensure that when a new worker begins work in a workplace, the worker is …
- 2.2.1(3)The following topics must be included in the worker's orientation: (a) the employer's and…
- 2.2.1(4)An employer must keep a record of all orientations provided to new workers. M.R. 90/2014
- 2.3Duty of employer to provide information
- 2.4Inspections of workplace
- 2.4(2)A prime contractor must (a) ensure that regular inspections of the construction project s…
GROSSESSE ET ALLAITEMENT1
- 2.5Pregnant or nursing workers
ACCIDENTS GRAVES DANS LE LIEU DE TRAVAIL7
- 2.6Definition: "serious incident"
- 2.7Notice of serious incident
- 2.7(2)An employer who becomes aware that information provided under subsection (1) was inaccura…
- 2.8Site of serious incident to be preserved
- 2.9Investigations: serious incidents and accidents
- 2.9(2)An investigation must be carried out by (a) the co-chairpersons of the committee at the w…
- 2.9(3)After an investigation is completed, an employer, in consultation with the co-chairperson…
DISPOSITIONS DIVERSES12
- 2.12Pressure plants and pressure vessels
- 2.13Non-smokers health protection in workplace
- 2.14Clean and sanitary workplace
- 2.15Control of airborne dust
- 2.16Protrusions
- 2.17Snow and ice accumulation
- 2.18Sign at construction project site
- 2.19Alcohol and drug consumption
- 2.19(2)A worker must not work while under the influence of alcohol or a drug that impairs or cou…
- 26.45Electrical installations
- 26.46Haulage buckets
- 26.47Storage and dispensing of flammable liquids
COMITÉS4
- 3.1Formation of committee
- 3.1(2)If no union exists, an employer or prime contractor must appoint one or more workers to c…
- 3.1(3)An employer or prime contractor must not influence or attempt to influence the election o…
- 3.1(4)An employer, prime contractor or worker who disputes (a) the number of worker members to …
COMITÉ — LIEUX DE TRAVAIL MULTIPLES8
- 3.1.1Order for a committee exemption
- 3.1.1(2)A person requesting an order under subsection 40(6) of the Act must provide the director …
- 3.1.1(3)In addition to the considerations set out in subsection 40(7) of the Act, the director mu…
- 3.1.1(4)The director may impose any terms or conditions in connection with the order that the dir…
- 3.1.1(5)If additional information comes to the attention of the director, the director may recons…
- 3.1.1(6)A person requesting a reconsideration of an order must provide the director with (a) info…
- 3.1.1(7)Unless it is suspended or revoked, an order under section 40 of the Act is valid for the …
- 3.1.1(8)The director must provide a copy of an order made under section 40 of the Act (a) to the …
FONCTIONNEMENT DES COMITÉS16
- 3.2Term of office
- 3.2(2)Despite subsection (1), if a union exists and the union's constitution specifies a term o…
- 3.2.1[Repealed] M.R. 147/2010; 90/2014(repealed)
- 3.2.2Committee inspection of workplace
- 3.3Meetings
- 3.3(2)An order of the director under clause (1)(b) may be made for a particular workplace or a…
- 3.3(3)A committee member must be given at least three days' prior notice of a regularly schedul…
- 3.3(4)An employer or prime contractor must provide a committee with a suitable location for com…
- 3.4Special meetings
- 3.5Quorum
- 3.6Committee must establish rules
- 3.6(2)The committee must in its rules provide for (a) regular meetings of the committee, and th…
- 3.6(3)The committee may in its rules provide for such other matters as the committee considers …
- 3.7Minutes
- 3.7(2)An employer or prime contractor must, within seven days of receiving a copy of the minute…
- 3.8Distributing information to committee members
GÉNÉRALITÉS48
- 3.10Officer may call meeting
- 3.11Bulletin board
- 3.11(2)When a bulletin board is provided under subsection (1), the following information must be…
- 3.11(3)A committee member or the representative may also post information on a bulletin board pr…
- 3.12Examination of information and materials
- 3.13Lost-time injury information
- 3.14Handling of personal health information
- 4.1Air quality and ventilation
- 4.2Mechanical ventilation
- 4.3Air cleaning systems
- 4.4Arrangement of work areas
- 4.5Slipping and tripping hazards
- 4.5(2)If it would be unsafe or hazardous for a worker to use an area described in subsection (1…
- 4.6Drinking water
- 4.6(2)Unless water is provided by a drinking fountain, an employer must ensure that an adequate…
- 4.6(3)When it is necessary to identify the supply of drinking water, an employer must ensure th…
- 4.7Number of toilet facilities and washbasins
- 6.1Personal protective equipment required
- 6.2Safe work procedures
- 6.2(2)If the manufacturer of personal protective equipment has established safe work procedures…
- 6.3Employer obligations re protective equipment
- 6.4Employer obligations re equipment provided
- 6.5Worker obligations re equipment
- 6.5(2)Subsection (1), except clause (c), applies in respect of protective headwear and footwear…
- 6.6Obligations when worker provides personal protective equipment
- 15.1Application
- 15.2Safe work procedures
- 15.2(2)The safe work procedures must include (a) procedures for recognizing the risks associated…
- 15.2(3)The safe work procedures must include the following additional requirements when workers …
- 15.3General requirements
- 15.3(2)An employer must ensure that the structural integrity of a confined space or a hazardous …
- 15.4No unauthorized entry
- 22.1Application
- 22.2Safe work procedures
- 22.3Inspection and maintenance
- 22.3(2)If an inspection of powered mobile equipment identifies a defect or unsafe condition that…
- 22.3(3)An employer must ensure that a written record of the inspections, repairs and maintenance…
- 22.4Operator's manual
- 26.1Application
- 26.1(2)This Part does not apply to a mine as defined in The Mines and Minerals Act.
- 26.2Safe work procedures
- 26.2(2)Before any excavation work begins, an employer must ensure that workers are made aware of…
- 28.1Application
- 28.1(2)Except for work of short duration that can be done safely from a ladder, an employer must…
- 28.2Safe work procedures
- 28.2(2)An employer must ensure that the safe work procedures developed in subsection (1) include…
- 28.3Commercially manufactured scaffolds and elevated work platforms
- 28.3(2)When a commercially manufactured scaffold or elevated work platform is used at a workplac…
Tableau19
- 4.8Toilet facilities
- 4.8(2)If two or more toilets are required for men, an employer may substitute not more than hal…
- 4.8(3)An employer must ensure that each toilet facility at a workplace (a) has a legible sign p…
- 4.8(3.1)Despite subclause (3)(e)(iv), if it is not reasonably practicable to supply menstrual p…
- 4.8(4)An employer must not place unreasonable restrictions on a worker's use of or access to to…
- 4.9Hand washing facilities
- 4.9(2)An employer must ensure that a washbasin (a) is located in close proximity to each toilet…
- 4.10Hand cleaning facilities at construction project site
- 4.11Change and washing facilities
- 4.12Thermal stress
- 4.13Thermal conditions — indoor workplaces
- 4.14Lighting
- 4.15Eating prohibited in contaminated area
- 5.1Employer to provide first aid services
- 5.1(2)Subsection (1) does not apply when more than one employer has workers at the same workpla…
- 5.2Workers to be advised of location for first aid
- 5.3Ill or injured worker must report
- 5.4Assistance
- 5.5Number of first aiders that must be present
TABLEAU 313
- 5.5(2)In the tables in subsection (1), (a) the number of workers per shift is to be determined …
- 5.5(3)A person who possesses one or more credentials in first aid that are, in the opinion of t…
- 5.5(4)An employer must (a) maintain a list of the name and work location of each first aider; a…
- 5.5(5)A certificate issued to a basic, intermediate or advanced first aider ceases to be valid …
- 5.6Employer obligations to first aiders
- 5.6(2)Clauses (1)(a) and (b) also apply to any other worker who, at the request of a first aid…
- 5.7Employer to keep record of illness and injury
- 5.8Transportation of seriously ill or injured worker
- 5.8(2)If a licensed ambulance service is operated from a location within 30 minutes' travel tim…
- 5.8(3)If a licensed ambulance service is not operated from a location within 30 minutes' travel…
- 5.9Appropriate first aid for occupational hazard
- 5.10Contamination by blood or bodily fluids
- 5.11Asphyxia or poisoning
TROUSSES ET SALLES DE PREMIERS SOINS8
- 5.12First aid kits required
- 5.12(2)In respect of the number of first aid kits that must be provided under subsection (1), a …
- 5.12(3)[Repealed] M.R. 159/2018(repealed)
- 5.12.1Transition for first aid kits
- 5.13[Repealed] M.R. 159/2018(repealed)
- 5.14When employer must provide first aid room
- 5.15Requirements for first aid room
- 5.15(2)An employer must ensure that a first aid room (a) is clearly identified as a first aid ro…
Annexe C1
- 1Contents
CATÉGORIES SPÉCIALES D'ÉQUIPEMENT DE PROTECTION INDIVIDUELLE87
- 6.7High visibility safety apparel
- 6.7(2)The high visibility safety apparel provided under subsection (1) must meet the specificat…
- 6.8Skin protection
- 6.8(2)An employer must provide personal protective equipment that is appropriate for the risk i…
- 6.9Protective clothing
- 6.9(2)If an employer is required to provide protective clothing under subsection (1), the emplo…
- 6.10Protective headwear — workplaces that are not construction project sites
- 6.10(2)An employer required to provide a worker with protective headwear must also provide a wor…
- 6.10(3)Instead of complying with subsection (1), an employer may provide to the worker a bump ha…
- 6.11Protective headwear — construction project site
- 6.11(2)A worker is responsible for providing the protective headwear he or she is required to we…
- 6.12Footwear: responsibilities of employers and workers
- 6.12(2)Subject to subsection (1), a worker is responsible for providing for himself or herself p…
- 6.12(3)Despite subsection (2), an employer may permit, with appropriate conditions and after con…
- 6.13Eye and face protectors
- 6.13(2)For certainty, prescription lenses or prescription eyewear are not included as eye protec…
- 6.14Hand, arm, leg and body protection
- 6.14(2)Without limiting subsection (1), an employer must provide a worker with appropriate glove…
- 6.15Respiratory protective equipment
- 6.15(2)An employer must ensure that a worker using the respiratory protective equipment (a) is a…
- 6.15.1Atmosphere-supplying respirators
- 6.16Working in dangerous atmospheres
- 6.16(2)[Repealed] M.R. 159/2018 M.R. 159/2018(repealed)
- 6.17Flotation devices
- 6.17(2)Clauses (1)(e) and (f) do not apply where workers are working on a boat.
- 6.17(3)[Repealed] M.R. 159/2018(repealed)
- 6.17(4)Clause (1)(d) applies in respect of a worker who is required or permitted to work on ice.
- 6.17(5)[Repealed] M.R. 159/2018(repealed)
- 6.17(6)Definition: "ice"
- 6.18All-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles
- 6.18(2)Subsection (1) does not apply where the all-terrain vehicle is equipped with roll-over pr…
- 7.1General requirement re storage
- 7.2Safe loading conditions — permanent or temporary building or structure
- 7.2(2)If it appears that the loading conditions specified in subsection (1) may be exceeded whe…
- 7.3Storage beneath electrical lines
- 7.4Design of racking
- 7.4(2)An employer must ensure that commercially manufactured racks and frames are installed, us…
- 7.4(3)An employer must ensure that racks that exceed a 3:1 height-to-depth ratio are suitably a…
- 7.4(4)An employer must ensure that all racks and frames used outdoors to store materials, equip…
- 7.5Risks re powered mobile equipment
- 7.6Stacking material, including brick, steel and bags
- 8.1Risk assessment
- 8.1(2)The control measures may include one or more of the following: (a) providing, positioning…
- 8.1(3)An employer must (a) monitor the effectiveness of any control measure implemented to elim…
- 8.2Duty to inform workers
- 9.1Application
- 9.2Risk identification
- 9.2(2)An employer must, so far as is reasonably practicable, take steps to eliminate or reduce …
- 9.3Safe work procedures
- 9.3(2)The safe work procedures must include (a) the establishment of an effective communication…
- 9.3(3)An employer must post a copy of the safe work procedures in a conspicuous place at the wo…
- 9.3(4)An employer must review and revise the procedures not less than every three years or soon…
- 10.1Harassment prevention policy
- 10.1(2)The harassment prevention policy must be developed in consultation with (a) the committee…
- 10.2Required statements
- 10.2(2)The harassment prevention policy must provide information on the following procedures und…
- 10.3Posting policy
- 11.1Application
- 11.2Employer must assess risk of violence
- 11.3Violence prevention policy
- 11.3(2)The violence prevention policy must be developed in consultation with (a) the committee a…
- 11.4Content of violence prevention policy
- 11.5Policy and information to be given to workers
- 11.5(2)Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the duty to inform a worker about the risk of violenc…
- 11.5(3)The personal information provided under clause (1)(b) must be the minimum amount necessa…
- 11.6Employer's obligation to investigate and implement control measures
- 11.7Annual report on violent incidents
- 11.7(2)The annual report respecting violence in the workplace must be provided to (a) the commit…
- 11.8Workplaces used to provide healthcare services
- 12.1Sound control design
- 12.2Noise exposure assessed and reported
- 12.3Hearing protection
- 12.4Control measures if exposure exceeds 85 dBA Lex
- 12.4(2)When it is not reasonably practicable to implement sound control measures, or the sound c…
- 12.4(3)In order to ensure the tests and reports required under this Part are completed, an emplo…
- 12.4(4)Only a physician, an audiologist or an industrial audiometric technician engaged by the e…
- 12.5Testing and results
- 12.5(2)An industrial audiometric technician, physician or audiologist administering an audiometr…
- 12.5(3)If the results of an audiometric test indicate an abnormal audiogram or show an abnormal …
- 12.5(4)Every worker must provide a relevant medical history if requested to do so under clause (…
- 12.5(5)When a physician or audiologist engaged by an employer receives results of an audiometric…
- 12.5(6)The physician or audiologist who prepares the report under subsection (5) must retain the…
- 12.6Report
- 12.6(2)A report prepared under subsection (1) must include (a) the sound control measures taken …
- 12.6(3)Within 30 days after having the report prepared, an employer must provide a copy of it to…
- 12.7Part 6 applies to hearing protectors provided
- 12.8Warning signs
TECHNICIEN EN AUDIOMÉTRIE INDUSTRIELLE13
- 12.9Industrial audiometric technician licences
- 12.9(2)An industrial audiometric technician's licence issued or renewed under this section remai…
- 12.9(3)The director must grant a renewal of an industrial audiometric technician's licence if th…
- 12.9(4)The director may extend the time for filing an application for renewal under clause (3)(…
- 12.10Requirement re ongoing training
- 12.11Director's suspension of licence
- 12.11(2)When the director suspends or revokes the licence of an industrial audiometric technician…
- 12.11(3)A person may request the director reconsider a suspension or revocation of his or her lic…
- 12.11(4)A request for a reconsideration must be in writing and must set out the grounds upon whic…
- 12.11(5)The director must decide the request for reconsideration and may (a) confirm or rescind t…
- 12.11(6)The director may hold a hearing when reconsidering a suspension or revocation under this …
- 12.11(7)If the director decides to hold a hearing the director (a) is not bound by the rules of e…
- 12.12Prohibition — industrial audiometric technicians
ENTRÉES, SORTIES ET ESCALIERS10
- 13.1Safe access and egress
- 13.1(2)An employer and an owner must ensure that each means of access and egress (a) complies wi…
- 13.2Temporary doorways: construction project site
- 13.3Doors
- 13.3(2)When an enclosed area may create a risk to the safety or health of a worker entering it, …
- 13.4Secondary means of egress
- 13.5Emergency exits
- 13.6Stairs to be provided
- 13.6(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to the erection of structural framing.
- 13.6(3)Where the stairs would interfere with work on the uppermost working levels, an employer i…
ÉCHELLES PORTATIVES11
- 13.11Commercially manufactured portable ladder
- 13.12Site-fabricated portable wood ladder
- 13.13Double width site-fabricated portable ladder
- 13.14Extension ladders
- 13.14(2)An employer must ensure that, if a section of an extension ladder is extended, the extend…
- 13.15General limitation re length
- 13.16Portable ladders
- 13.16(2)Without limiting subsection (1), an employer must ensure that (a) where a portable ladder…
- 13.17Stepladders
- 13.18Workers using portable ladder
- 13.19Prohibitions re use of portable ladder
ÉCHELLES FIXES8
- 13.20Fixed ladders
- 13.20(2)Clause (1)(c) does not apply to (a) a landing that is serviced by more than one fixed la…
- 13.21Fixed ladders re multi-level buildings
- 14.1Application
- 14.1(2)[Repealed] M.R. 147/2010 M.R. 147/2010(repealed)
- 14.2Safe work procedures
- 14.2(2)The safe work procedures must identify the fall hazards at the workplace and set out the …
- 14.2(3)When this Part requires the use of a guardrail system or fall protection system at a work…
MATÉRIEL DE PROTECTION CONTRE LES CHUTES28
- 14.6Fall protection systems
- 14.7Requirements for fall protection systems
- 14.7(2)Despite the reference to safety belts in CSA Standard Z259.1-05, Body Belts and Saddles f…
- 14.8Inspection and maintenance
- 14.8(2)When a safety net is used, the net must be inspected by a competent person before each wo…
- 14.9Inspection after fall arrest
- 14.10Defective components
- 14.11Training
- 14.12Travel restraint systems
- 14.13Fall arrest systems
- 14.13(2)When a lanyard referred to in clause (1)(b) is equipped with a shock absorber or other s…
- 14.13(3)An employer must ensure that a fall arrest system does not include a shock absorber if we…
- 14.13(4)An employer must ensure that the fall arrest system does not subject a worker who falls t…
- 14.14Fixed support system requirements
- 14.14(2)When a permanent anchorage system cannot be used at a workplace, an employer must ensure …
- 14.15No sharp edges
- 14.16Fall arrest systems and powered mobile equipment
- 14.17Fall protection on vehicles
- 14.18Full body harness
- 14.19Lanyards
- 14.20Lifeline requirements
- 14.21Vertical lifelines
- 14.22Horizontal lifelines
- 14.22(2)The specifications for a horizontal lifeline system must address the following issues: (a…
- 14.22(3)When a permanent horizontal lifeline system from a manufacturer is installed at a workpla…
- 14.22(4)When a permanent horizontal lifeline system designed by a professional engineer is instal…
- 14.23Inspection and testing of safety nets
- 14.23(2)An employer must ensure that the safety net (a) is installed not more than 7.70 m below t…
CONSTRUCTION RÉSIDENTIELLE5
- 14.24Erection of second-floor exterior wall
- 14.24(2)A safe work procedure implemented under subsection (1) must offer protection to the worke…
- 14.25Installation of wood trusses
- 14.25(2)A safe work procedure implemented under subsection (1) must (a) ensure that no work is pe…
- 14.26Training and compliance
EXIGENCES CONCERNANT LES ESPACES CLOS DANGEREUX14
- 15.5Requirements before work can begin in hazardous confined space
- 15.6Entry permit system requirements
- 15.6(2)An employer must ensure that a copy of the completed and signed entry permit is readily a…
- 15.7Review of entry permit
- 15.7(2)An employer must ensure that a worker who may be affected by a change to an entry permit …
- 15.8Standby worker
- 15.8(2)An employer must ensure that (a) a worker designated as a standby worker is (i) qualified…
- 15.9Purging and ventilating unsafe atmosphere
- 15.9(2)When a worker occupies a hazardous confined space that has an atmosphere that may create …
- 15.10Personal protective equipment and other control measures
- 15.11Entry prohibited
- 15.12Emergency response plan for hazardous confined spaces
- 15.13Emergency response — top entry into confined space
- 15.13(2)Despite clause (1)(a), when the use of a full body harness attached to a lifeline would …
UTILISATION SÉCURITAIRE DES MACHINES ET DES OUTILS17
- 16.4Machine and tool safety
- 16.4(2)An employer and the supplier of any machine or tool must ensure that the installation, te…
- 16.4(3)An employer and a supplier must ensure that any machine or tool under his or her control …
- 16.5Safeguards required
- 16.5(2)An employer must ensure that any safeguard required under this Part is designed, construc…
- 16.6Alternative mechanism
- 16.6(2)An alternative mechanism, system or change in work procedure must offer protection to a w…
- 16.7Removing a safeguard
- 16.7(2)When a safeguard is removed or made ineffective for the purposes of subsection (1), an em…
- 16.7(3)When a safeguard is removed or made ineffective for the purposes of subsection (1) by a w…
- 16.8Operating controls
- 16.9Worker apparel
- 16.10Starting a machine
- 16.11Warning system
- 16.11(2)An employer must place clearly visible warning signs at each point of access to a machine…
- 16.12Vibrations
- 16.13Unattended or suspended machines
VERROUILLAGE12
- 16.14Locking out — safety precautions
- 16.14(2)An employer must ensure that a worker does not perform work on a machine that is to be se…
- 16.14(3)An employer must develop and implement safe work procedures for the service, repair, test…
- 16.14(4)When it is not reasonably practicable to lockout the machinery when it is serviced, repai…
- 16.15Removing a lock
- 16.15(2)Despite subsection (1), a competent person designated by the employer may remove the lock…
- 16.15(3)An employer must ensure that no worker returns a machine to operation after it has been l…
- 16.16Lock and key process
- 16.16(2)Where it is not reasonably practicable to use a worker's key to remove a lock, the employ…
- 16.16(3)When the lock has been removed, an employer must ensure that the worker who locked out th…
- 16.17Control of more than one machine
- 16.18[Repealed] M.R. 128/2019(repealed)
DISPOSITIFS DE PROTECTION SUPPLÉMENTAIRES POUR LES CONVOYEURS5
MACHINES ET OUTILS DIVERS13
- 16.22Grinding machines
- 16.22(2)When a tool rest is installed on a fixed grinder, an employer must ensure that the tool r…
- 16.22(3)An employer must ensure that a worker does not use the sides of an abrasive wheel for gri…
- 16.23Storage of explosive-operated tools
- 16.24Pneumatic powered tools
- 16.24(2)An employer must ensure that a pneumatic powered tool is disconnected from a compressed a…
- 16.25Hand or portable power tools
- 16.25(2)Before refuelling or servicing a gas-operated power tool, an employer must ensure that th…
- 16.26Pressurized hoses
- 16.26(2)An employer must ensure that the restraining device is used in accordance with the suppli…
- 16.27Chain saw requirements
- 16.27(2)When a chain saw is used by a worker operating from an elevated work platform or personne…
- 16.28Lasers
SECTION 2 ROBOTS8
- 16.29Application
- 16.29(2)This Division does not apply to any of the following: (a) a personal or mobile robot; (b)…
- 16.30Safe work procedures
- 16.31Employer's duties
- 16.32Safeguards
- 16.32(2)When a safeguard is removed or made ineffective to permit maintenance, repair, testing, t…
- 16.33Controls
- 16.33(2)An employer must ensure that a worker operating a robot or robot system is provided with …
DÉFINITIONS60
- 16.34Definitions
- 17.1Application
- 17.2Safe work procedures
- 17.3CSA standard
- 17.4Contained welding or allied process
- 17.5Electric arc welding
- 17.6Appropriate welding and ground leads
- 17.7Testing for gas welding and allied process
- 17.8Flashback arresters
- 17.9Definition: "welding or allied process"
- 18.1Application
- 18.1(2)This Part does not apply to (a) radiation sources subject to the Nuclear Safety and Contr…
- 18.2Safe work procedures
- 18.3Exposure controls
- 18.4Duty to inform workers
- 19.1Application
- 19.2Safe work procedures
- 19.3Fire protection equipment and fire extinguishers
- 19.3(2)An employer must ensure that all fire protection equipment and portable fire extinguisher…
- 19.4Containers for contaminated materials
- 19.5Containers for combustible or flammable liquids
- 19.6Use of gasoline
- 19.6(2)An employer must ensure that a worker does not (a) refill a tank connected to a heating d…
- 19.7Control of ignition sources, static charges
- 19.8Flammable or explosive substances in atmosphere
- 19.8(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to a firefighter engaged in an emergency operation that is …
- 19.9Hot work
- 19.9(2)Before any hot work begins, an employer must ensure that a container or piping that conta…
- 19.9(3)An employer must ensure that welding or cutting of metal that has been cleaned with a fla…
- 19.10Compressed gas equipment
- 19.11Definition: "container"
- 20.1Application
- 20.2Walkway protection required
- 20.3Requirements re covered walkway
- 20.4Fencing
- 20.5Safe work procedures: traffic control
- 20.5(2)Without limiting subsection (1), if vehicular traffic creates a risk to the safety or hea…
- 20.6Flagpersons
- 20.6(2)An employer must ensure that a flagperson (a) carries his or her flagperson's training ce…
- 20.6(3)Except for the means of communication provided under subclause (2)(b)(iv), an employer …
- 20.6(4)Section 6.7 does not apply to a flagperson, but the high visibility safety apparel, prote…
- 20.6(5)The employer must ensure that the high visibility apparel or headwear referred to in clau…
- 20.6.1Use of warning signs
- 20.6.2Training certificate for flagpersons
- 20.6.2(2)A flagperson training program must consist of a combination of in-class coursework and pr…
- 20.6.2(3)A person or organization that provides a training program that is approved by the directo…
- 20.6.2(4)The director may, in a manner he or she determines, publish the name and other relevant i…
- 20.7Signal person on construction site
- 20.7(2)A worker designated as a signal person must (a) have a clear view of the operator and the…
- 20.8Reverse warnings
- 21.1Application
- 21.2Duty to provide emergency washing facilities
- 21.2(2)An employer must assess the risk of exposure to hazardous, irritating or corrosive substa…
- 21.2(3)An employer must provide the number and type of emergency washing equipment that is suffi…
- 21.2(4)An employer must ensure that the emergency washing equipment provided at the workplace me…
- 21.3Location and identification of washing equipment
- 21.4Training
- 21.5Personal eyewash unit
- 21.5(2)When a worker has used a personal eyewash unit to flush an eye injury, an employer must e…
- 35.26Definitions for Part 35
EXIGENCES CONCERNANT LA SÉCURITÉ DE L'ÉQUIPEMENT17
- 22.5Guarding moving parts
- 22.5(2)Where it is not reasonably practicable to provide a shield, enclosure or guard, an employ…
- 22.6Exhaust and other hot equipment surfaces
- 22.6(2)An employer must ensure that powered mobile equipment which has an enclosed compartment t…
- 22.7Safety requirements
- 22.7(2)An employer and a supplier must ensure that powered mobile equipment that is used to driv…
- 22.8Seats, seat belts and restraining devices
- 22.9Lights
- 22.9(2)A supplier must ensure that powered mobile equipment that is intended to be operated duri…
- 22.10Windshield and other transparent materials
- 22.10(2)An employer and a supplier must ensure that any transparent material used as part of the …
- 22.11Falling objects protective structures
- 22.11(2)An employer must ensure that any addition, modification or structural repair of a falling…
- 22.12Protection against shifting equipment
- 22.12(2)An employer must ensure that no worker places equipment or material in the cab of powered…
- 22.13Hazardous materials not be placed in enclosed part
- 22.14Fuel tanks not to be in enclosed cabs
UTILISATION D'ÉQUIPEMENT MOBILE À MOTEUR12
- 22.15Visual inspection
- 22.16Dangerous movement
- 22.16(2)An employer must ensure that, if a person could be caught between a moving part of the po…
- 22.16(3)An employer must ensure that no person is in the immediate path of travel of powered mobi…
- 22.17Barrier if used above grade height
- 22.18Requirements re transporting workers
- 22.18(2)Without limiting subsection (1), an employer must ensure that no worker is transported on…
- 22.19Unattended equipment
- 22.20Extending boom
- 22.21Ladders attached to extending boom
- 22.21(2)An employer must ensure that a worker who works from a ladder attached to an extending bo…
- 22.21(3)Clause (1)(a) does not apply to firefighters working on firefighting equipment.
STRUCTURES DE PROTECTION CONTRE LE RETOURNEMENT9
- 22.24Definition: "rollover protective structure"
- 22.25Requirement for ROPS
- 22.25(2)Where a rollover protective structure is required to be provided under subsection (1), th…
- 22.25(3)A rollover protective structure is not required to conform with the requirements of subse…
- 22.25(4)When a rollover protective structure is required to be provided under subsection (1), the…
- 22.25(5)A rollover protective structure manufactured before May 1, 1991 is not required to have a…
- 22.26Structural integrity of ROPS
- 22.26(2)An employer and a supplier must ensure that any addition, modification or structural repa…
- 22.27Exceptions
CHARIOT ÉLÉVATEUR MOTORISÉ5
- 22.28Definition: "powered lift truck"
- 22.29Powered lift truck operating certificate
- 22.29(2)No employer shall issue a certificate to a worker to operate a powered lift truck unless …
- 22.29(3)An employer who issues a certificate to a worker must (a) establish and implement an eval…
- 22.30Load rating chart
CAMIONS-POMPE À BÉTON6
- 22.31Concrete pump trucks
- 22.31(2)An employer must ensure that the operator of a concrete pump truck inspects the concrete …
- 22.31(3)Before using a concrete pump truck at a workplace, an employer must ensure that the outri…
- 22.31(4)While a concrete pump truck is in use at a workplace, an employer must ensure that (a) no…
- 22.31(5)An employer must ensure that a concrete pump truck is not moved when its distribution boo…
- 22.31(6)An employer must ensure that a worker who is assisting the operator of a concrete pump tr…
TRAVAUX EFFECTUÉS SUR LA GLACE41
- 22.33Definition: "ice"
- 22.34Safe work procedures on ice
- 22.34(2)The safe work procedures under clause (1)(a) must include (a) procedures for testing the…
- 22.34(3)For certainty, the safe work procedures under clauses (1)(b) and (c) include the protect…
- 22.35Gross vehicle weight to be legibly marked
- 22.35(2)An employer must ensure that the weight of an attachment that is attached to powered mobi…
- 22.36Refuelling on ice prohibited
- 22.37Pilot vehicle required
- 22.37(2)The pilot vehicle must be equipped with a means of communication that enables the operato…
- 23.1Application
- 23.2Safe work procedures
- 23.2(2)The safe work procedures must deal with the installation, removal or replacement of the m…
- 23.3Operator requirements
- 23.3(2)An employer must ensure that the operator of a crane or hoist does not leave the controls…
- 23.4Applicable standards
- 23.5Repairs and modifications
- 23.6Maintenance and inspection schedule
- 23.7Duty to inspect
- 23.7(2)A supplier must ensure that a crane or hoist is inspected for any defect, malfunction or …
- 23.8Logbook for cranes
- 23.8(2)An employer and supplier must ensure that every entry in the logbook is signed by the per…
- 23.8(3)When a supplier provides a crane to a person, the supplier must ensure that the most curr…
- 23.8(4)When ownership of a crane is transferred, the person transferring ownership must ensure t…
- 23.9Rated load
- 23.9(2)An employer and a supplier must ensure that a mobile crane or boom truck is equipped at a…
- 23.9(3)An employer must ensure that a tower crane has a load chart conspicuously and permanently…
- 23.9(4)An employer must ensure that the structural components of an A-frame, gin pole or guyed d…
- 23.10Weight load information
- 23.11Warning devices
- 23.11(2)If an employer uses an auditory warning device, the device must have a distinct sound tha…
- 23.12Boom and jib stops
- 23.13Signal person communication
- 23.13(2)Except for an emergency stop signal, an operator must not follow any signal given by any …
- 23.14Load movement
- 23.15Outrigger or stabilizer procedures
- 23.16Riding prohibited
- 23.17Barricading base
- 23.18Vehicular and pedestrian traffic safety
- 23.19Temperature and weather conditions
- 23.20Procedures for multiple crane lift
- 23.21Operator protection
GRUES À TOUR9
- 23.22Tower crane requirements
- 23.22(2)An employer must ensure that a tower crane is equipped with the following devices located…
- 23.22(3)An employer must ensure that a tower crane is equipped with the following safety devices:…
- 23.22(4)An employer must ensure that the safety devices set out in subsection (3) are adjusted an…
- 23.23Means of verbal communication
- 23.24Multiple cranes
- 23.25Structural testing and examination
- 23.25(2)If a tower crane is in operation on a construction project for more than one year from th…
- 23.25(3)An employer must ensure that the results of the testing or examination required under sub…
PONTS ÉLÉVATEURS30
- 23.38Vehicle lift requirements
- 23.38(2)An employer must ensure that a pneumatic or hydraulic vehicle lift has controls operated …
- 23.38(3)An employer must ensure that the operator of a vehicle lift (a) remains at the controls w…
- 23.38(4)An employer must ensure that no worker is under a suspended load unless the load is suppo…
- 24.1Application
- 24.2Safe work procedures
- 24.3Pile hoisting
- 24.4Ladder systems
- 24.4(2)A worker must use the ladder system when one is provided.
- 24.5Support of piles and sheet-piles
- 24.6Rigging suspended pile hammer
- 24.7Pile driving
- 24.8Extraction of piles
- 24.9Crane boom inspection
- 24.9(2)An employer must ensure that a crane boom with a vibratory pile extractor is inspected an…
- 24.9(3)An employer must ensure that a crane boom used for dynamic compaction is inspected and ce…
- 24.10Definitions
- 25.1Application
- 25.2Safe work procedures
- 25.3General obligation to preventing contact
- 25.4When notification of electrical authority required
- 25.4(2)A notice under subsection (1) must specify the site of the work and the location of the l…
- 25.5Confirmation or instructions
- 25.5(2)A written confirmation must contain the following information: (a) the site where the wor…
- 25.5(3)An employer must ensure that the written confirmation received from the electrical author…
- 25.6Employer: comply with instructions and signals
- 25.6(2)A signal person responsible for giving signals to the operator of equipment or machinery …
- 25.6(3)When it is not possible for the signal person and the operator of the equipment or machin…
- 25.7Emergency precautions
- 25.8Inspection after contact
ENREGISTREMENT19
- 26.3Registration requirement
- 26.3(2)An employer must not begin any excavation work unless the employer has a valid registrati…
- 26.3(3)A safety and health officer may revoke an employer's registration number if the officer i…
- 26.3(4)When a registration number has been revoked, an employer may not be issued a new registra…
- 37.15[Not yet in force]
- 37.15(2)Application
- 37.15(3)Corrections
- 37.16Refusal of registration
- 37.17Expiration
- 37.18Registry of asbestos businesses
- 37.19[Not yet in force]
- 37.20Revocation of registration number
- 37.20(2)Notice of revocation
- 37.21Restriction on new registration
- 37.22Reconsideration
- 37.22(2)Request in writing
- 37.22(3)Decision
- 37.22(4)Hearing
- 37.22(5)Procedure at hearing
INSTALLATIONS SOUTERRAINES4
- 26.6Underground facilities
- 26.6(2)An employer must keep the information, instructions and documents received from the owner…
- 26.6(3)If an underground facility in the area of an excavation is likely to be exposed by excava…
- 26.6(4)If there is inadvertent exposure of, contact with or damage to an underground pipe, cable…
DANGERS19
- 26.7Flooding risks
- 26.8Hazardous atmosphere risks
- 26.8(2)If a test under subsection (1) finds that a breathing hazard exists in an excavation, an …
- 26.8(3)If a test under subsection (1) finds that no breathing or other hazard exists in an excav…
- 26.8(4)An employer must ensure that the results of any tests required to be conducted under this…
- 26.9Water hazards
- 26.10Hazardous objects
- 26.10(2)An employer must ensure that excavated material is placed at least one metre away from th…
- 26.10(3)An employer must ensure that no worker places equipment or other material near the edge o…
- 26.10(4)When a concrete truck delivers concrete to an excavation site, an employer must ensure th…
- 26.11Powered mobile equipment and machinery
- 26.12Guarding excavations
- 26.12(2)If there is a danger of a worker falling into an excavation that is more than 3 m deep, a…
- 26.12(3)When an excavation poses a hazard to traffic because it is located close to a roadway, an…
- 26.13Walkways
- 26.13(2)An employer must ensure that the walkway required under subsection (1) is kept clear of o…
- 26.14Safe means of entering and leaving an excavation
- 26.14(2)If a worker is required or permitted to enter an open excavation or trench that is more t…
- 26.14(3)If a ladder is used as the means for entering and leaving an open excavation or trench, a…
OUVRAGES DE SOUTÈNEMENT30
- 26.15Open excavations
- 26.15(2)An employer who requires or permits a worker to enter an open excavation that has a depth…
- 26.15(3)Subsection (2) applies to frozen ground, but does not apply to an open excavation that is…
- 26.15(4)An employer who requires or permits a worker to enter an open excavation that has a depth…
- 26.15(5)An employer who is subject to subsection (4) must ensure that (a) the professional engine…
- 26.16Trenches
- 26.16(2)An employer who requires or permits a worker to enter a trench that has a depth of more t…
- 26.16(3)Subsection (2) applies to frozen ground, but does not apply to a trench that is cut in so…
- 26.16(4)An employer who requires or permits a worker to enter a trench that has a depth of more t…
- 26.16.1Supporting adjacent structures
- 26.17Support structure requirements
- 26.17(2)Subject to subsection (3), an employer must ensure that any support structure extends at …
- 26.17(3)When under section 26.15, (a) a combination slope and vertical face is used for wall stab…
- 26.18Required inspection
- 26.18(2)If an inspection results in a recommendation that the support structure be redesigned, an…
- 26.19Reshoring
- 26.20Support structure when earth exposed
- 26.21Installing shoring
- 26.22Scaling walls
- 26.23Support structure in firm contact
- 26.23(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to a trench cage.
- 26.24Wood shoring
- 26.24(2)An employer may provide a steel trench jack of equivalent strength to wood shoring to be …
- 26.25No worker to enter
- 26.26Trench excavation by mechanical equipment
- 26.26(2)The operator of equipment excavating a trench must ensure that the equipment does not com…
- 26.27Trench cages
- 26.27(2)An employer must ensure that the sides of a trench cage are continuous and extend at leas…
- 26.27(3)If a trench cage is used, an employer must ensure that a worker does not work in the exca…
- 26.27(4)When trench cages are stacked, an employer must ensure that the trench cages have been (a…
EXCAVATIONS DE FONDATIONS PROFONDES9
- 26.28Support structure for deep foundation excavations
- 26.28(2)If a worker is required or permitted to enter a deep foundation excavation, an employer m…
- 26.28(3)If a worker is required or permitted to enter a deep foundation excavation, an employer m…
- 26.29Worker to wear body harness
- 26.29(2)When a worker is in a deep foundation excavation, an employer must ensure that the worker…
- 26.30Hoisting device
- 26.30(2)An employer must ensure that a hoist used in a deep foundation excavation, and all of the…
- 26.31Hook to have positive means of securement
- 26.32Guarding deep foundation excavation
PUITS ET TUNNELS20
- 26.33Professional engineer to design support structure
- 26.33(2)An employer must ensure that the professional engineer's design specifications are kept a…
- 26.34Work areas to be free of mud and debris
- 26.35Ventilation to be provided
- 26.36Accessway
- 26.36(2)An employer must ensure that the accessway (a) is completely separated from a hoistway so…
- 26.36(3)An employer must ensure that the accessway is securely covered when it is not in use.
- 26.37Guardrail at shaft opening
- 26.38Illumination
- 26.38(2)An employer must provide an adequate emergency lighting system in a tunnel or shaft if th…
- 26.39Internal combustion engines
- 26.40Haulage locomotives
- 26.40(2)An employer must ensure that track for haulage equipment is (a) constructed in a straight…
- 26.41Fire protection
- 26.42Removal of scrap materials
- 26.43Communication system
- 26.43(2)An employer must ensure that the communication system is used during a hoisting operation.
- 26.44Hoisting operations
- 26.44(2)An employer must ensure that, at all times when a hoisting operation is underway in a sha…
- 26.44(3)An employer must ensure that a worker only signals to hoist a conveyance when the worker …
Dispositions générales applicables à tous les échafauds17
- 28.4Types that must be designed by engineer
- 28.4(2)For a scaffold described in subsection (1), an employer must ensure that (a) the specific…
- 28.5Standards re scaffolds
- 28.6General design and use requirements
- 28.6(2)For the purposes of clause (1)(a), the maximum load of a scaffold is to be determined in…
- 28.7Additional criteria: scaffolds of particular height
- 28.8Characteristics: rope, wire rope and tiebacks
- 28.8(2)Despite any other provision of this Part, an employer must ensure that wire is not used i…
- 28.9Platforms: secured and minimum width
- 28.9(2)Despite clause (1)(a), where a scaffold platform forms part of a lean-to scaffold and co…
- 28.10Manufactured or wood planks
- 28.10(2)When a scaffold platform consists of wood planks, an employer must ensure that (a) each i…
- 28.10(3)Where the platform consists of wood planks, an employer must ensure that the scaffold has…
- 28.11Work limitations
- 28.12Competent persons to supervise and inspect
- 28.13Workers using scaffolds
- 28.13(2)An employer must ensure that adequate overhead protection is provided where any worker is…
DISPOSITIONS APPLICABLES À DES TYPES D'ÉCHAFAUD EN PARTICULIER12
- 28.14Lean-to scaffold
- 28.14(2)An employer must ensure that, if there is a risk that a worker using a lean-to scaffold m…
- 28.15Ladder-jack scaffold
- 28.15(2)For a ladder-jack scaffold, an employer must ensure that it is designed and constructed (…
- 28.15(3)An employer must ensure that (a) a ladder-jack scaffold is maintained in as level a posit…
- 28.16Tubular frame scaffold
- 28.17Bracket scaffold
- 28.17(2)Subsection 28.10(3) does not apply to a bracket scaffold.
- 28.18Outrigger scaffold
- 28.19Single-pole scaffold
- 28.20Mobile scaffolds
- 28.20(2)An employer must ensure that no worker remains on a mobile scaffold when it is being move…
Plateformes de travail suspendues21
- 28.21Standards re suspended work platforms
- 28.21(2)An employer must ensure that (a) a suspended work platform constructed at a workplace is …
- 28.21(3)Subject to section 28.3, an employer must ensure that the manufacturer's specifications f…
- 28.22Prior notification of suspended work platform use
- 28.22(2)Upon receiving a notice that complies with subsection (1), the branch must assign a seria…
- 28.22(3)An employer must not require or permit a worker to work on a suspended work platform unti…
- 28.23Requirements for suspended work platforms
- 28.23(2)Where a manually operated suspended work platform is to be used, an employer must ensure …
- 28.24Tie-in guides and building requirements
- 28.24(2)Subsection (1) also applies to the owner of a building or structure that was constructed …
- 28.25Professional engineer's certification
- 28.26Portable outrigger beams and similar supports
- 28.26(2)When counterweights are used in conjunction with a portable outrigger beam or similar sup…
- 28.27Wire or fibre rope used to suspend platforms
- 28.27(2)Despite subsection (1), fibre rope may be used to suspend a boatswain's chair if (a) the …
- 28.27(3)An employer must ensure fibre rope is not used as a lifeline if it is exposed to the effe…
- 28.28Rated load to be marked
- 28.29Competent person to install, operate and inspect
- 28.30Workers using suspended work platform
- 28.31Work area below a suspended work platform
- 28.32Bridging not to be used
UTILISATION D'UNE GRUE POUR SUSPENDRE UNE NACELLE OU UNE CAGE7
- 28.33General restriction re use of crane
- 28.33(2)The prior notification requirements of section 28.22 apply whenever a crane is used to ho…
- 28.34Basket or cage requirements when crane used
- 28.34(2)Inspection and certification
- 28.35Crane requirements and documentation
- 28.35(2)An employer must keep all design drawings, test reports, written statements and certifica…
- 28.36Operating requirements
ENGINS ÉLÉVATEURS ET PLATEFORMES DE TRAVAIL AUTO-ÉLÉVATRICES14
- 28.37Standards re self-elevating work platforms and aerial devices
- 28.37(2)An employer must ensure that (a) a self-elevating work platform or aerial device construc…
- 28.37(3)Subject to section 28.3, an employer must ensure that the manufacturer's specifications f…
- 28.37(4)An employer must ensure that structural repairs and modifications to the components of a …
- 28.38Guarding
- 28.39Fall protection
- 28.39(2)An employer must ensure that a lifeline is of an appropriate length to prevent a worker f…
- 28.39(3)Despite subsection (1), a fall arrest system is not required for a worker who remains wit…
- 28.40Maintenance, records and manuals
- 28.40(2)A record under subsection (1)(b) must include the name and signature of the person who m…
- 28.41Signs
- 28.42Climbing prohibited
- 28.43Use of the self-elevating work platform or aerial device
- 28.44Inspection
PLATEFORMES DE TRAVAIL INSTALLÉES SUR DES CHARIOTS ÉLÉVATEURS À FOURCHE17
- 28.45Design and construction
- 28.46Use of forklift-mounted work platform
- 28.47Fall arrest system
- 28.1.1Application
- 28.1.1(2)This Part does not apply to the following: (a) firefighters; (b) persons providing emerge…
- 28.1.2When rope access work may be performed
- 28.1.3Part 14 does not apply
- 28.1.4Safe work procedures
- 28.1.5Training and certification
- 28.1.5(2)The certificate referred to in clause (1)(b) must be available at the workplace and prod…
- 28.1.5(3)A worker must only perform or supervise rope access work within the scope of their certif…
- 28.1.6Equipment requirements
- 28.1.7Planning and performance of rope access work
- 28.1.8Definitions
- 29.1Application
- 29.2Safe work procedures
- 29.3Employer to instruct workers
COFFRAGES MOBILES19
- 29.8Flyform design
- 29.8(2)When all flyform panels have been assembled to form one continuous piece of falsework, an…
- 29.9Moving flyforms
- 29.9(2)An employer must ensure that no worker detaches a rigging component on a flyform panel or…
- 29.10Inspection of flyforms
- 30.1Application
- 30.2Safe work procedures
- 30.3Temporary structure to be supported
- 30.3(2)When a temporary support system is used under subsection (1), an employer must ensure tha…
- 30.4Employer to provide floor
- 30.4(2)When a plank floor is used as a temporary floor, an employer must ensure that the planks …
- 30.4(3)When material is stored on a temporary floor, an employer must ensure that the material d…
- 30.5Openings in temporary floors
- 30.6Temporary stairs and landings
- 30.6(2)An employer must ensure that steel stairs that are designed to have concrete fill have se…
- 30.7Design of temporary runways, ramps and platforms
- 30.8Temporary ramps
- 30.8(2)When a temporary ramp has a slope greater than one vertical to eight horizontal, the empl…
- 31.1Application
SECTION 229
- 32.1Application
- 32.2Precast construction: general requirements
- 32.3Safe work procedures
- 32.4Specifications and precast design engineer
- 32.5Supervisor
- 32.6Placement and support
- 32.7Hoisting of precast concrete parts
- 32.8Rigging clamps
- 32.9Specific provision re tilt-up precast panels
- 32.10Tension equipment and operation
- 32.10(2)An employer must ensure that (a) tensioning equipment is used and maintained in accordanc…
- 32.11Protection from damage
- 33.1Application
- 33.2Safe work procedures
- 33.3Employer's general obligation re demolition work
- 33.4Employer's obligation before demolition begins
- 33.4(2)An employer must ensure that a competent person (a) inspects the demolition site and conf…
- 33.5Notice to owners of affected property
- 33.6Stability of adjoining building or structure
- 33.6(2)An employer must ensure that a copy of the procedures certified by the professional engin…
- 33.7Ventilation, loads, removal of debris and chutes
- 33.7(2)When demolishing a structure, an employer must provide a chute for use in removing debris…
- 33.7(3)An employer must ensure that a chute provided under subsection (2) (a) is properly secure…
- 33.7(4)An employer must ensure that (a) workers and equipment are located clear of any falling m…
- 33.8Demolition by explosives
- 33.9Demolition by pushing or pulling
- 33.9(2)When carrying out demolition work, an employer must ensure that no crane boom is used for…
- 33.10Presence of pre-stressed concrete parts
- 33.11Structural members
DISPOSITIONS PRÉLIMINAIRES5
- 34.1Application
- 34.1(2)Despite subsection (1), this Part does not apply to any class of work that is covered by …
- 34.1(3)This Part is in addition to the regulations made under the Explosives Act (Canada) and is…
- 34.2Safe work procedures
- 34.2(2)The safe work procedures developed and implemented by the employer must be consistent wit…
CERTIFICAT DE DYNAMITEUR19
- 34.3Classes of blasting
- 34.4Training programs and examinations
- 34.5Issuing and renewing blaster certificates
- 34.5(2)A certificate issued under this section (a) is valid for the period fixed by the director…
- 34.5(3)Subject to subsection (4), the director must grant a renewal of a blaster's certificate h…
- 34.5(4)As a condition of renewing a certificate, the director may require the blaster to success…
- 34.6Fees
- 34.7Employer's reporting of blaster
- 34.8Director's suspension of blaster
- 34.8(2)A suspension under subsection (1) must be for a minimum of 30 days, but the director may,…
- 34.8(3)Where the director suspends the certificate of a blaster, the director must promptly noti…
- 34.8(4)A blaster whose certificate is suspended must immediately surrender the certificate to th…
- 34.8(5)At the end of the period of suspension, the director must review the matter and may reins…
- 34.8(6)When a blaster's certificate has been revoked, the director may set out terms and conditi…
- 34.9Reconsideration
- 34.9(2)A request for a reconsideration must be in writing and must set out the grounds upon whic…
- 34.9(3)The director must decide the request for reconsideration and may (a) confirm or rescind t…
- 34.10No hearing required
- 34.10(2)If the director decides to hold a hearing, the director (a) is not bound by the rules of …
MARCHE À SUIVRE POUR LE DYNAMITAGE18
- 34.11Only blaster may be authorized to blast
- 34.11(2)A blaster may only carry out a blasting operation that is within the class of work specif…
- 34.12Blaster not to work alone
- 34.12(2)If a blaster is assisted by a person who is not a blaster, the blaster must ensure that a…
- 34.13Proof of certificate must be provided
- 34.13(2)Upon the request of a safety and health officer, a blaster must produce his or her blasti…
- 34.14Employer must ensure proof is received
- 34.15Blaster must supervise
- 34.15(2)An employer must ensure that the supervising blaster has full authority over, and is resp…
- 34.16Blasting operations
- 34.16(2)Before blasting occurs, an employer must ensure that adequate precautions are taken again…
- 34.16(3)An employer must ensure that the blaster does not fire a charge until (a) all surplus exp…
- 34.16(4)An employer must ensure that all boreholes that are charged with explosives in one loadin…
- 34.16(5)An employer must ensure that a blaster does not perform a blasting operation using electr…
- 34.17Post-blast inspection and clearance by blaster
- 34.17(2)In the event that a misfire or bootleg is found, an employer must ensure that it is not a…
- 34.18No smoking or burning material near explosives
- 34.18(2)An employer must ensure that no person smokes or burns any material within 8 m of an expl…
CHAMP D'APPLICATION4
- 35.1Application
- 35.1(2)This Part does not apply if the hazardous product is any of the following: (a) wood or a …
- 35.1(3)The provisions of this Part relating to supplier labels and safety data sheets do not app…
- 35.1(4)Sections 35.2 to 35.24 do not apply with respect to hazardous waste except to the extent …
EXIGENCES102
- 35.2Hazardous product use and storage
- 35.2(2)As an exception, an employer may store a hazardous product in a workplace while not compl…
- 38.7Working near exposed energized electrical equipment
- 38.8Defect or unsafe condition
- 38.8(2)Where an unsafe condition is identified in a portable power cable, cable coupler or cable…
- 38.9Electrical equipment to be protected and properly installed
- 38.10Temporary electrical equipment
- 38.11Work at damp location
- 38.12High voltage switch gear
- 38.13Switch not to be locked in closed position
- 38.14Electrical equipment must be de-energized
- 38.14(2)If it is not reasonably practicable to de-energize electrical equipment before electrical…
- 38.14(3)The standby worker designated under clause (2)(d) must be present at the location of the…
- 38.14(4)This section does not apply to electrical equipment that (a) operates at extra-low voltag…
- 38.15Application
- 38.16Appropriate electrical equipment and protection
- 38.16(2)Without limiting subsection (1), an employer must ensure that a worker only uses electric…
- 38.17Definitions
- 39.1Application
- 39.2Safe work procedures
- 39.3Safe work procedures for infectious materials
- 39.3(2)The safe work procedures on infectious materials must include the following: (a) procedur…
- 39.4Safe work procedures for waste and laundry
- 39.4(2)The safe work procedures on waste and contaminated laundry must include the following: (a…
- 39.5Safe work procedures for patient handling
- 39.5(2)The safe work procedures on patient handling must include procedures for assessing whethe…
- 39.6Safe work procedures for lasers
- 39.6(2)The safe work procedures on lasers must meet the requirements of CSA Standard Z386-01 (R2…
- 39.7Employer to inform worker and arrange for vaccine
- 39.8Sharps containers
- 39.8(2)The containers must be specifically designed for the storage and handling of waste needle…
- 39.9Sorting areas to be separate
- 39.10Moving patients
- 39.10(2)When an assessment specifies the use of a mechanical device or the assistance of another …
- 39.11Laser equipment standards
- 39.12Definition: "waste"
- 40.1Application
- 40.2Safe work procedures
- 40.3Restricted access
- 40.4No work on hillside
- 40.5Lodged tree procedures
- 40.6Position of signal person
- 40.7Operation of powered mobile equipment
- 40.7(2)An employer must ensure that powered mobile equipment is only started and operated by the…
- 40.8Designated checkpoints
- 40.8(2)The operator of powered mobile equipment or another vehicle hauling forest products on a …
- 40.9Haul roads
- 40.9(2)When a haul road is located on ice, an employer must instruct each worker driving a vehic…
- 40.9(3)An employer and prime contractor must ensure that (a) a bridge on a haul road is designed…
- 40.10Speed limit on haul road
- 40.10(2)When driving on a haul road, the operator of powered mobile equipment or another vehicle …
- 40.11Means of warning vehicles
- 41.1Application
- 41.2Safe work procedures
- 41.3Breathing apparatus
- 41.4General requirements for rig
- 41.5Maximum safe operating load limit
- 41.5(2)An employer must ensure that the maximum safe operating load of a derrick or mast is not …
- 41.6Structural modification or repair
- 41.7Supervisor must be present
- 41.8Rig sites and foundations
- 41.9Securing parts of rig
- 41.9(2)An employer must ensure that the driller on a rig and all workers on a drilling rig floor…
- 41.10Routine inspections
- 41.10(2)An employer must provide and maintain a logbook for a rig and keep the logbook with the r…
- 41.11Escape line
- 41.11(2)An employer must ensure that the escape line is inspected by a competent person at least …
- 41.12No sliding down rig
- 41.13Drawworks
- 41.14Catheads
- 41.15Rotary tables
- 41.16Pressure relief devices
- 41.17Rig tanks or pits
- 41.18No internal combustion engines near well
- 41.18(2)An employer must ensure that an internal combustion engine located within 10 m of a well …
- 41.18(3)An employer must ensure that the exhaust pipe of any internal combustion engine located w…
- 41.19Drill stem testing
- 41.19(2)An employer must ensure that, if test fluid recovery is encountered during darkness, (a) …
- 41.20Well swabbing operations
- 41.20(2)An employer must ensure that if fluids are piped to a tank truck during well swabbing ope…
- 41.21Well operation and servicing
- 41.22Drilling and servicing piping systems at well site
- 41.23Gas sample containers
- 42.1Application
- 42.2Safe work procedures
- 42.2(2)The safe work procedures must include (a) firefighting procedures; (b) procedures to be f…
- 42.2(3)An employer must provide a firefighter with ready access to the safe work procedures at t…
- 42.3Training
- 42.4Firefighting vehicle and equipment requirements
- 42.4(2)An employer must ensure that (a) firefighting vehicles and equipment are inspected by a c…
- 42.5Transportation of firefighters
- 42.5(2)Subsection (1)(b) does not apply (a) if there is an insufficient number of seats and sea…
- 42.6Specific firefighting requirements
- 42.6(2)An employer must ensure that every firefighter who enters a structure to fight a fire is …
- 42.6(3)An employer must ensure that the personal alert safety system required under subsection (…
- 42.7Definitions: "emergency"
- 43.1Application
- 43.2Safe work procedures
- 43.3Competency
- 43.3(2)The employer must keep copies of the written evidence required under clause (1)(a) while…
- 44.1Repeal
- 44.2Coming into force
EXIGENCES EN MATIÈRE D'ÉTIQUETAGE15
- 35.5Supplier labels
- 35.5(2)An employer must not remove, deface, modify or alter the supplier label, if any, on a con…
- 35.5(3)Despite subsection (2), if a supplier label is on a container that has a capacity of 3 ml…
- 35.5(4)An employer who receives an unpackaged hazardous product or a hazardous product transport…
- 35.6Labels for imported products
- 35.7Workplace labels for employer-produced products
- 35.7(2)Subsection (1) does not apply (a) in respect of a fugitive emission that is produced at a…
- 35.8Workplace labels for decanted products
- 35.8(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to a portable container that is filled directly from a cont…
- 35.9Identification of product in piping system or vessel
- 35.10Placard identifiers
- 35.10(2)A placard must (a) contain the information required for a workplace label; and (b) be of …
- 35.11Altering, replacing or updating labels
- 35.11(2)If a supplier label or a workplace label (a) is required to be updated under sections 35.…
- 35.11(3)This section applies despite subsection 35.5(2). M.R. 129/2015
ÉTIQUETTES DES ÉCHANTILLONS POUR LABORATOIRE4
- 35.12Laboratory samples
- 35.12(2)A label under subsection (1) must (a) if known by the supplier, disclose the chemical nam…
- 35.12(3)In respect of a hazardous product that has been decanted or produced in the workplace, th…
- 35.12(4)An employer must ensure that the mode of identification and worker education and training…
FICHES SIGNALÉTIQUES7
- 35.13Supplier-produced safety data sheets
- 35.13(2)An employer is exempt from the requirement to obtain and provide a safety data sheet for …
- 35.13(3)An employer may provide a safety data sheet in a format that differs from the format prov…
- 35.14Employer-produced safety data sheets
- 35.14(2)Subsection (1) does not apply in respect of a fugitive emission or to an intermediate pro…
- 35.15Availability of safety data sheets
- 35.15(2)An employer must keep a safety data sheet referred to in subsection (1) for at least 30 y…
Renseignements de nature commerciale10
- 35.18Definitions
- 35.19Interim exclusions from labels and employer safety data sheets
- 35.19(2)An employer who files a claim must disclose the following on the label of the applicable …
- 35.19(3)Subject to subsection (2), an exclusion of confidential business information under subsec…
- 35.19(4)An employer who files a claim must abide by the decisions and orders made under the Hazar…
- 35.19(5)An appeal from a decision or order referenced in subsection (4) may be made under and in …
- 35.19(6)For certainty, nothing in this section authorizes failing to disclose or removing hazard …
- 35.20Non-disclosure of confidential business information
- 35.20(2)If only a portion of the claimed information is determined to be confidential business in…
- 35.20(3)An employer who takes an action under subsection (1) must include the following on the sa…
Dispositions générales8
- 35.21Information confidential
- 35.21(2)A person who receives information as permitted under subsection (1) must not use or discl…
- 35.22Information to medical professional
- 35.22(2)A person to whom confidential business information is given under subsection (1) must not…
- 35.23Disclosure for workplace purposes
- 35.24Limits on disclosure
- 35.24(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to a person who claimed the exemption or a person acting wi…
- 35.25[Repealed] M.R. 129/2015; 128/2019(repealed)
PROCÉDÉS SÉCURITAIRES AU TRAVAIL1
- 36.3Safe work procedures
MESURES DE CONTRÔLE POUR LES SUBSTANCES DANGEREUSES NON ATMOSPHÉRIQUES1
- 36.4Control measures for non-airborne hazards
SURVEILLANCE ET MESURES DE CONTRÔLE10
- 36.6Monitoring
- 36.6(2)When an employer conducts monitoring under subsection (1), the employer must ensure that …
- 36.6(3)An employer must make a record of all monitoring, which must include the following inform…
- 36.6(4)An employer must provide the monitoring records to (a) the committee at the workplace; (b…
- 36.6(5)An employer must maintain a monitoring record for a 30-year period after the monitoring w…
- 36.7Control measures
- 36.8Monitoring after control measures implemented
- 36.9Personal protective equipment
- 36.9(2)Any personal protective equipment required under subsection (1), including respiratory pr…
- 36.10Definitions
DISPOSITIONS GÉNÉRALES12
- 37.1Definitions
- 37.2Application
- 37.2(2)Deemed asbestos-containing material
- 37.2(3)No limitation of Part 36
- 38.1Application
- 38.2Safe work procedures
- 38.3Emergency procedures re contact with energized electrical equipment
- 38.3(2)The emergency procedures under subsection (1) must include the procedures to be followed …
- 38.3(3)An employer must ensure that workers who will implement the emergency procedures are trai…
- 38.4Electrical workers must do electrical work
- 38.5Other requirements to be met
- 38.6Equipment location and protection
CERTIFICAT16
- 37.10[Not yet in force]
- 37.11Approved training providers
- 37.11(2)Approved training program
- 37.11(3)No substitution
- 37.11(4)Registry of approved training providers
- 37.12Issuance of certificate
- 37.12(2)Certificate requirements
- 37.13Requirement for ongoing training
- 37.14Suspension or revocation of certificate
- 37.14(2)Notice of suspension or revocation
- 37.14(3)Surrender of certificate
- 37.14(4)Reconsideration
- 37.14(5)Request in writing
- 37.14(6)Decision
- 37.14(7)Hearing
- 37.14(8)Procedure at hearing