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General Regulation — Occupational Health and Safety Act N.B. Reg. 91-191

377 sections · consolidated to June 30, 2026 · official source ↗

• General Regulation — Occupational Health and Safety Act1

  • 1Citation
• INTERPRETATION2

  • 2Definitions
  • 3Inconsistency
• Drinking Water1

  • 4Drinking water
• Toilets1

  • 5Toilets
• Washrooms1

  • 6Washrooms
• Eating Areas1

  • 7Eating areas
• Food and Rest Periods1

  • 8Food and rest periods
• Work Clothes1

  • 9Work clothes
• Showers1

  • 10Showers
• Emergency Eyewash and Shower1

  • 11Emergency eyewash and shower
• First Aid2

  • 12Repealed(repealed)
  • 13Repealed(repealed)
• Occupational Health Service1

  • 14Occupational health service
• General28

  • 15Place of employment to be kept clean and in good repair
  • 16Storage of items not to create hazard
  • 17Refuse containers
  • 38Duty to supply, train and use
  • 39Eye, face, ears or neck protection
  • 40Head protection
  • 41Foot protection
  • 42Protection for skin
  • 43Protection for hands
  • 44Protective clothing – extreme temperatures
  • 233Compliance with Part XIX
  • 234Compliance with manufacturer’s specifications respecting use of stabilizers
  • 263Testing, protective equipment and entry(repealed)
  • 264Purging(repealed)
  • 265Monitoring while employee in confined space(repealed)
  • 266Duties of employer respecting equipment and personnel(repealed)
  • 267Lower explosive limit of substances in confined space(repealed)
  • 268Respiratory protective equipment(repealed)
  • 269Oxygen content and flammable or reactive material(repealed)
  • 270Electrical equipment and wet or solidly grounded confined space(repealed)
  • 271Reports made under section 263(repealed)
  • 272Protection from traffic hazard(repealed)
  • 280Work surfaces
  • 281Protection of compressed gas hose or welding cable
  • 282Inspection of equipment before use
  • 283Leak of gas supply
  • 284Electric welding machine
  • 285Precautions respecting welding or cutting torch
• INDOOR AIR QUALITY2

  • 18Application
  • 19Air space requirement per employee
• Ventilation1

  • 20Ventilation
• Temperature1

  • 21Temperature
• Extremes of Temperature2

  • 22Extremes of temperature
  • 23Extremes of temperature
• Air Contaminants and Industrial Ventilation2

  • 24Air contaminants – level of concentration
  • 25Respiratory protective equipment - when required
• ILLUMINATION3

  • 26Amount and standards
  • 27Failure of lighting system
  • 28Lighting in underground mine(repealed)
• NOISE AND VIBRATION5

  • 29Measurement of noise level
  • 30Maximum exposure of employee to noise
  • 31Engineering controls for noise
  • 32Hearing protective equipment
  • 33Noise level in excess of 85 dBA
• Laser Radiation1

  • 34Laser radiation
• Infra-red Radiation1

  • 35Infra-red radiation
• Ultraviolet Radiation1

  • 36Ultraviolet radiation
• Radiofrequency Radiation1

  • 37Radiofrequency radiation
• Respiratory Protective Equipment3

  • 45Respiratory protective equipment
  • 46Training program for respiratory protective equipment(repealed)
  • 47Effective facial seal when using equipment
• Hearing Protective Equipment1

  • 48Hearing protective equipment
• Fall-protection system2

  • 49Fall-protection system
  • 50Methods of fall-protection system
• Water Safety Equipment1

  • 51Water and other liquid safety
• General Handling of Objects and Material1

  • 52Equipment and training
• Heavy Objects1

  • 53Heavy objects on inclines or rollers
• Bulk Material in Bins, Hoppers and Process Vessels2

  • 54Bulk material in bin, hopper or process vessel
  • 55Bulk material in bin, hopper or process vessel
• Stockpiled Bulk Material1

  • 56Stockpiled bulk material
• Piled Solid Material1

  • 57Piled solid material
• Hazardous Substances12

  • 58Designation of employee for handling and storage of hazardous substances
  • 59Training of employee for handling and storage of hazardous substances
  • 60Containers used for hazardous substances - requirements
  • 61Information on precautions for handling hazardous substances
  • 62Containers for liquid hazardous substances
  • 63Where container for liquid hazardous substance in a pit
  • 64Containers – liquid hazardous substance
  • 65Carboys(repealed)
  • 66Storage of hazardous substance and safety data sheet
  • 67When separate storage of hazardous substances required(repealed)
  • 68Piping and apparatus for hazardous substances
  • 69General employer responsibilities for hazardous substances
• Storage Batteries4

  • 70Storage batteries
  • 71Storage batteries
  • 72Storage batteries
  • 73Storage batteries
• Portable Compressed Gas Containers6

  • 74Portable compressed gas containers
  • 75Portable compressed gas containers
  • 76Portable compressed gas containers
  • 77Portable compressed gas containers
  • 78Portable compressed gas containers
  • 79Portable compressed gas containers
• General Duties of an Owner1

  • 80General duties of owner
• General Duties of an Employer1

  • 81General duties of employer
• General Duties of a User of a Tool1

  • 82General duties of user
• Portable Power-Operated Hand Tools4

  • 83Portable power-operated hand tools
  • 84Portable power-operated hand tools
  • 85Portable power-operated hand tools
  • 86Chain saw, brush saw or clearing saw
• Powder Actuated Tools3

  • 87Powder actuated tools
  • 88Powder actuated tools
  • 89Powder actuated tools
• Construction Work in Compressed Air1

  • 90Construction work in compressed air
• Traffic Safety4

  • 91When signallers required
  • 92Construction on highway or bridge
  • 93Material along excavation or trench and vehicular traffic
  • 94Repealed(repealed)
• Buildings and Structures2

  • 95Construction of buildings and structures
  • 96Construction of buildings and structures
• Guardrails4

  • 97Guardrail materials
  • 98Repealed(repealed)
  • 99Opening for guardrail
  • 100Removal and replacement of guardrails
• Allowable Unit Stresses1

  • 101Allowable unit stresses
• Walking Surfaces3

  • 102Walking surfaces - general
  • 103Floor area during construction
  • 104Temporary working floor
• Roofs6

  • 105Weatherproofing of roof
  • 106Weatherproofing of roof
  • 107Repealed(repealed)
  • 108Repealed(repealed)
  • 109Hoisting apparatus used to raise materials to roof
  • 110Hoisting apparatus used to raise materials to roof
• Openings2

  • 111Openings and fall prevention
  • 112Repealed(repealed)
• Access and Egress2

  • 113Access to and egress from work area
  • 114Installation of door
• Stairways4

  • 115Stairways
  • 116Stairways
  • 117Stairways
  • 118Stairways
• Ramps1

  • 119Ramps(repealed)
• Catwalks1

  • 120Catwalks
• Fixed Ladders1

  • 121Fixed ladders
• Portable Ladders5

  • 122Portable ladder - general requirements
  • 123Wooden portable ladder
  • 124Portable ladder
  • 125Employee responsibilities – use of portable ladder
  • 126Use of portable ladder near energized electrical source
• Work Platforms3

  • 127Measurements of lumber
  • 128Wood used in work platforms(repealed)
  • 129Repealed(repealed)
• Elevating Work Platforms1

  • 130Elevating work platforms
• General Provisions Applicable to Scaffolds4

  • 131Scaffolds – specifications
  • 132Sawn lumber planks
  • 133Scaffolds – miscellaneous requirements
  • 134Working on a scaffold
• Wood Scaffolds1

  • 135Wood scaffolds
• Metal Scaffolds1

  • 136Metal scaffolds
• Horse Scaffolds1

  • 137Horse scaffolds
• Ladderjack Scaffolds1

  • 138Ladderjack scaffolds
• Pump-jack Scaffolds1

  • 139Pump-jack scaffolds
• Mobile Rolling Scaffolds1

  • 140Mobile rolling scaffolds
• Fixed Suspended Work Platform1

  • 141Suspended work platform
• Swing Staging and Boatswain’s Chair4

  • 142Fixed support
  • 143Winches
  • 144Securing tools and other objects
  • 145Boatswain’s chair
• EXPLOSIVES1

  • 146Exemption - underground mine
• Control of Blasting Operation4

  • 147Blasting operation
  • 148Prohibition respecting blasting operation
  • 149Safety of persons in and near blasting area
  • 150Assisting in a blasting operation
• General Safety5

  • 151Safety respecting explosives
  • 152Transporting electrical detonators
  • 153Explosives and detonotators
  • 154Precautions respecting ignition and sparks
  • 155Inspection of blasting machine
• Handling7

  • 156Handling of explosives and related matters
  • 157Electrical storms
  • 158Drill holes
  • 159Identification of loaded drill holes
  • 160Work in blasting area
  • 161Firing of charge
  • 162Prohibition respecting priming and firing of charge
• Before Firing6

  • 163Testing of detonators before firing
  • 164Testing of electric blasting circuit
  • 165Connection of lead wires to power source
  • 166Electric initiation of blasting
  • 167Extraneous electricity
  • 168Electric initiation of blasting and distance from transmitter
• After Firing1

  • 169Inspection of site after firing of charge
• Misfires3

  • 170Misfires
  • 171Code of practice for misfires
  • 172Corrective action to prevent misfires
• Records3

  • 173Records to be kept
  • 174Production of certificate of qualification
  • 175Log book for magazine(repealed)
• Warning Signs1

  • 176Warning signs for blasting operation
• Housekeeping2

  • 177Explosives
  • 178Blasting mats and loose rocks
• Code of Practice1

  • 179Code of practice for use of explosives
• EXCAVATIONS AND TRENCHES9

  • 180Underground utility lines or piping and utility poles
  • 181Shoring, bracing or caging of walls
  • 182Entering excavation or trench
  • 183Location of excavated material
  • 184Water
  • 185Observation of employee working in excavation or trench
  • 186Material lowered into excavation or trench
  • 187Material lowered into excavation or trench
  • 188Illumination to prevent inadvertent entry
• PITS AND QUARRIES7

  • 189Definitions
  • 190Drawings and specifications
  • 191Haulage road
  • 192Walkway from working level to surface
  • 193Excavated material
  • 194Unconsolidated overburden
  • 195Support of utility poles, etc
• Work Procedures for Quarries6

  • 196Notification respecting work in quarry
  • 197Examination of work faces of quarry
  • 198When quarry to be worked in benches
  • 199Berm or ledge in a quarry
  • 200Undercutting and tunnelling in a quarry
  • 201Protection of adits, declines and tunnel openings in a quarry
• Work Procedures for Pits5

  • 202Removal of material from pit by powered mobile equipment
  • 203Removal of material from pit by other means
  • 204Undercutting at face of pit by powered mobile equipment
  • 205Approach by employee to working face of pit
  • 206Marking of top of pit
• Hoisting Apparatus6

  • 207General requirements
  • 208Safe working load
  • 209Prohibition respecting safe working load
  • 210Maintenance
  • 211Procedures respecting operation
  • 212Signaller and direction of operation
• Mobile Cranes3

  • 213Safety features
  • 214Stabilizers and rubber tired mobile crane
  • 215Moving crane from location
• Industrial Lift Trucks2

  • 216Use, operation and equipment
  • 217Unattended industrial lift truck
• Powered Mobile Equipment13

  • 218Application
  • 219Protection from flying, intruding or falling objects
  • 220Rollover protective structure
  • 221Seat belts and restraining devices
  • 222Welding of protective structures
  • 223Glazing used for cab, canopy or rollover protective structure
  • 224Use, operation and equipment
  • 225Skidder or forwarder used in logging operation
  • 226When signaller required
  • 227Hazard created by dust
  • 228Duties of operator
  • 229Maintenance, repair and inspection
  • 230Precautions when operating on a slope or bank
• Personnel Carrying Equipment2

  • 231Definition of personnel carrying device
  • 232Aerial device
• MECHANICAL SAFETY2

  • 235Machines and manufacturer’s specifications
  • 236Inspections and defects
• Starting and Stopping Machines2

  • 237Starting and stopping machines
  • 238Starting and stopping machines
• Lock out2

  • 239Lock out procedure
  • 240Code of practice where lock out procedure not appropriate
• Contact with Machines1

  • 241Contact of employee with machines
• Safeguards2

  • 242Safeguards
  • 243Safeguards
• Abrasive Wheels and Grinders1

  • 244Abrasive wheels and grinders
• Cutting or Shaping Machines1

  • 245Cutting or shaping machines
• Saws1

  • 246Saws
• Tumbler Drums1

  • 247Tumbler drums
• Agitators1

  • 248Agitators
• Gears and Sprockets1

  • 249Gears and sprockets
• Drive Shafts and Pulleys3

  • 250Drive shafts and pulleys
  • 251Drive shafts and pulleys
  • 252Drive shafts and pulleys
• Hoses and Pipes2

  • 253Hoses and pipes
  • 254Hoses and pipes
• Conveyors7

  • 255Conveyers – construction and installation
  • 256Where fire of conveyor belt poses hazard
  • 257Anti-rollback device for conveyor
  • 258Access to elevated conveyor
  • 259Protection of employee from material falling off conveyor
  • 260Enclosed or pneumatic conveyors
  • 261Employee responsibilities – conveyors
• CONFINED SPACE1

  • 262Definitions
• WELDING, CUTTING, BURNING AND SOLDERING3

  • 273Protection from fumes and gases
  • 274Compliance with standard
  • 275Inspection before commencement of work
• Clothing Protection2

  • 276Protective equipment
  • 277Screening
• Welding on Containers2

  • 278Containers that hold or have held flammable or explosive substance
  • 279Other containers
• ELECTRICAL SAFETY1

  • 286Definitions
• Qualifications1

  • 287Qualifications to work on energized electrical equipment, utility line or utility line equipment
• Protective Equipment3

  • 288When protective equipment required
  • 346Protective equipment
  • 347Protective equipment
• Utility Lines and Utility Line Equipment10

  • 289Unqualified person and working distances from energized electrical utility line or utility line equipment
  • 290Standard for electrical utility and communication lines and equipment
  • 291Electrical switching devices
  • 292Code of practice for work on electrical distribution or transmission system
  • 293Re-energizing of de-energized electrical distribution or transmission system
  • 294Poles or light standards and energized electrical distribution conductors
  • 295Inspection or testing strength of wooden utility pole or post
  • 296Energized electrical conductor or equipment in manhole or tunnel
  • 297Use of metal or wire reinforced ladder
  • 298Work on overhead electrical system and safety of employees below
• UNDERWATER DIVING OPERATIONS2

  • 299Application
  • 300Definitions
• Medical Requirements3

  • 301Medical certification of diver
  • 302Fitness to dive
  • 303Medical alert tag
• Diver Training1

  • 304Diver training
• Diver’s Log Book1

  • 305Diver’s log book
• Diving Supervisor’s Daily Record1

  • 306Diving supervisor’s daily record
• Planning a Dive4

  • 307Planning a dive
  • 308Planning a dive
  • 309Planning a dive
  • 310Planning a dive
• Preparation for a Dive3

  • 311Preparation for a dive
  • 312Preparation for a dive
  • 313Preparation for a dive
• Diving Hazards1

  • 314Diving hazards
• Use of Explosives1

  • 315Use of explosives
• Contingency Planning2

  • 316Contingency planning
  • 317Contingency planning
• Breathing Mixtures2

  • 318Breathing mixtures
  • 319Breathing mixtures
• Decompression2

  • 320Decompression
  • 321Decompression
• Diving Equipment6

  • 322Diving equipment
  • 323Diving equipment
  • 324Diving equipment
  • 325Diving equipment
  • 326Diving equipment
  • 327Diving equipment
• Communication with Diver2

  • 328Communication with diver
  • 329Communication with diver
• Equipment for a Diving Base on the Surface1

  • 330Equipment for a diving base on the surface
• Transportation through Air-Water Interface1

  • 331Transportation through air-water interface
• Open Diving Bells1

  • 332Open diving bells
• Submersible Compression Chambers3

  • 333Submersible compression chambers
  • 334Submersible compression chambers
  • 335Submersible compression chambers
• Atmospheric Diving Systems1

  • 336Atmospheric diving systems
• Scuba Diving4

  • 337Scuba diving
  • 338Scuba diving
  • 339Scuba diving
  • 340Scuba diving
• Surface-Supply Diving1

  • 341Surface-supply diving
• Deep Diving1

  • 342Deep diving
• LOGGING AND SILVICULTURE OPERATIONS3

  • 343Application
  • 344Supervisors
  • 345Competency of employees
• Chain Saws, Brush Saws and Clearing Saws5

  • 348Chain saw requirements
  • 349Operator of chain saw
  • 350Operator of brush saw or clearing saw
  • 351Working alone
  • 352Prohibited actions when operating saw
• Felling Procedures2

  • 353Felling procedures
  • 354Felling procedures
• Delimbing and Bucking2

  • 355Delimbing and bucking
  • 356Delimbing and bucking
• Safe Operation of Powered Mobile Equipment1

  • 357Safe operation of powered mobile equipment
• Hauling Logs2

  • 358Hauling logs
  • 359Hauling logs
• Woods Roads4

  • 360Woods roads
  • 361Woods roads
  • 362Woods roads
  • 363Woods roads
• Loading Operations2

  • 364Loading operations
  • 365Loading operations
• ARBORICULTURAL OPERATIONS9

  • 366Application
  • 367Training and equipment
  • 368Application of other provisions
  • 369Training course in arboricultural electrical safety
  • 370Notification of authority for electrical utility line or equipment
  • 371Working distance from electrical utility line or equipment
  • 372Protective equipment and electrical utility lines or equipment
  • 373Safety of others when felling trees
  • 374When fall-arresting system required
• REPEAL AND COMMENCEMENT3

  • 375Repeal of regulations under Occupational Health and Safety Act
  • 376Repeal of provisions of N.B. Regulation 77-58 - Mining Act
  • 377Commencement