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Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.33
15.33 (1) Subject to subsection (2), any repair, modification or replacement of a part of any materials handling equipment shall not decrease the safety of the materials handling equipment or part. (2) If a part of less strength or quality than the original part is used in the repair, modification or replacement of a part of any materials handling equipment, the use of the materials handling equipment shall be restricted by the employer to such loading and use as will ensure the retention of the original safety of the equipment or part.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.34
15.34 (1) Materials handling equipment shall not be used for transporting an employee unless the equipment is specifically designed for that purpose. (2) Materials handling equipment shall not be used for positioning an employee unless the equipment is (a) equipped with a platform, bucket or basket designed for that purpose; and (b) provided with a fail-safe control system that will prevent a free fall of the load that is carried.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.35
15.35 No materials, goods or things shall be picked up from or placed on any mobile equipment while the equipment is in motion unless the equipment is specifically designed for that purpose.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.36
15.36 Except in the case of an emergency, no employee shall get on or off any mobile equipment while it is in motion.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.37
15.37 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no repair, maintenance or cleaning work shall be performed on any materials handling equipment while the materials handling equipment is being operated. (2) Fixed parts of materials handling equipment may be repaired, maintained or cleaned while the materials handling equipment is being operated if they are so isolated or protected that the operation of the materials handling equipment does not affect the safety of the employee performing the repair, maintenance or cleaning work. SOR/94-165, s. 58(E)
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.38
15.38 Where mobile equipment is travelling with a raised or suspended load, the operator shall ensure that the load is carried as close to the ground, floor or deck as the situation permits and in no case shall the load be carried at a point above the centre of gravity of the loaded mobile equipment.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.39
15.39 Where tools, tool boxes or spare parts are carried on materials handling equipment, they shall be securely stored.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.40
15.40 The floor, cab and other occupied parts of materials handling equipment shall be kept free of any grease, oil, materials, tools or equipment that may cause a hazard to an employee.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.41
15.41 No mobile equipment shall be parked in any place where it may interfere with the safe movement of persons, materials, goods or things.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.42
15.42 (1) The main approaches to any materials handling area shall be posted with warning signs or shall be under the control of a signaller while operations are in progress. (2) No person shall enter a materials handling area while operations are in progress unless that person (a) is the Head of Compliance and Enforcement; (b) is an employee whose presence in the materials handling area is essential to the conduct, supervision or safety of the operations; or (c) is a person who has been instructed by the employer to be in the materials handling area while operations are in progress. (3) If any person other than a person referred to in subsection (2) enters a materials handling area while operations are in progress, the employer shall cause the operations in that area to be immediately discontinued and not resumed until that person has left the area. SOR/2014-148, s. 25 SOR/2021-118, s. 9
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.43
15.43 Where mobile equipment designed for dumping is used to discharge a load that may cause the mobile equipment to tip, (a) a bumping block shall be used, or (b) a signaller shall give directions to the operator to prevent the mobile equipment from tipping.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.44
15.44 Every enclosed work place in which materials handling equipment that is powered by an internal combustion engine is used shall be ventilated in such a manner that the carbon monoxide concentration in the atmosphere of the work place does not exceed the limit prescribed in section 11.23. SOR/2014-141, s. 9
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.45
15.45 Where materials handling equipment is fuelled in a work place, the fuelling shall be done in accordance with the instructions given by the employer pursuant to section 15.23 in a place where the vapours from the fuel are readily dissipated.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.46
15.46 No person shall operate a crane under conditions that are likely to create a hazard to any person, ship, aircraft, vehicle, load or structure or to the stability of the crane.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.47
15.47 (1) Every crane shall (a) have posted inside the crane control cab a load capacity chart that specifies the boom angle and safe working load for each block; (b) be equipped with (i) boom and block travel limiting devices, and (ii) where the load rating of the crane is more than 5 t, a load measure device for the main block. (2) All crane hooks shall be equipped with safety catches. (3) No person shall move a crane in the vicinity of a helicopter deck when a helicopter is landing or taking off.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.48
15.48 (1) Tag lines shall be used to control any swinging of a load that is being lifted by a crane except where the use of the lines may be hazardous to the safety of any person. (2) Loads shall not be left hanging by a crane above the deck of a drilling unit or production facility unless the crane operator is at the controls of the crane.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.49
15.49 (1) No materials handling equipment shall be used or operated with a load that is in excess of its safe working load. (2) The safe working load of materials handling equipment shall be clearly marked on the equipment or on a label securely attached to a permanent part of the equipment in a position where the mark or label can be easily read by the operator.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.50
15.50 At blind corners, mirrors shall be installed that permit an operator to see a pedestrian, vehicle or mobile equipment approaching the blind corner.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.51
15.51 On any route that is frequently travelled by mobile equipment, the overhead and side clearances shall be adequate to permit the mobile equipment and its load to be manoeuvred safely by an operator.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.52
15.52 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no materials handling equipment shall be operated in an area in which it may contact an electrical cable, a pipeline, part of a structure or other hazard known to the employer, unless the operator and signaller, if any, have been (a) warned of the presence of the hazard; (b) informed of the location of the hazard; and (c) informed of the safety clearance that must be maintained with respect to the hazard in order to avoid accidental contact with it. (2) Where an employer is unable to determine with reasonable certainty the location of the hazard or the safety clearance referred to in subsection (1), every electrical cable shall be de-energized and every pipeline containing a hazardous substance shall be shut down and drained before any operation involving the use of materials handling equipment commences within the area. SOR/88-199, s. 19; SOR/2014-141, s. 14(F)
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.53
15.53 Where, because of the weight, size, shape, toxicity or other characteristic of materials, goods or things, the manual handling of the materials, goods or things may be hazardous to the safety or health of an employee, the employer shall issue instructions that the materials, goods or things shall, where reasonably practicable, not be handled manually.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.54
15.54 Where an employee is required to lift or carry a load in excess of 10 kg manually, the employee shall be instructed and trained by the employer in a safe method of lifting and carrying that load.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 15.55
15.55 (1) All materials, goods and things shall be stored and placed in such a manner that the maximum safe load-carrying capacity of the floor or other supporting structures is not exceeded. (2) No materials, goods or things shall be stored or placed in a manner that may (a) obstruct or encroach on passageways, traffic lanes or exits; (b) impede the safe operation of materials handling equipment; (c) obstruct the ready access to or the use and operation of firefighting equipment; (d) interfere with the operation of fixed fire protection equipment; or (e) be hazardous to the safety or health of any employee.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 16.1
16.1 In this Part, disabling injury means an employment injury or occupational illness that (a) prevents an employee from reporting for work or from effectively performing all the duties connected with their regular work on any day after the day on which the injury or illness occurred, whether or not that later day is a working day for that employee, (b) results in the loss by an employee of a body member or part thereof or in the complete loss of the usefulness of a body member or part thereof, or (c) results in the permanent impairment of a body function of an employee; ( blessure invalidante ) minor injury means an employment injury or an occupational illness for which medical treatment is provided and excludes a disabling injury. ( blessure légère ) SOR/94-165, s. 60 SOR/2025-79, s. 22 SOR/2025-79, s. 27(E)
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disabling injury means an employment injury or occupational illness that (a) prevents an employee from reporting for work or from effectively performing all the duties connected with their regular work on any day after the day on which the injury or illness occurred, whether or not that later day is a working day for that employee, (b) results in the loss by an employee of a body member or part thereof or in the complete loss of the usefulness of a body member or part thereof, or (c) results in the permanent impairment of a body function of an employee; ( blessure invalidante )
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minor injury means an employment injury or an occupational illness for which medical treatment is provided and excludes a disabling injury. ( blessure légère )
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 16.1.1
16.1.1 This Part does not apply in respect of occurrences of harassment and violence in the work place. SOR/2020-130, s. 46
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 16.2
16.2 Where an employee becomes aware of an accident or other occurrence arising in the course of or in connection with his work that has caused injury to him or to any other person, he shall without delay report the accident or other occurrence to his employer, orally or in writing.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 16.3
16.3 (1) Where an employer is aware of an accident, occupational illness or other hazardous occurrence affecting any of his employees in the course of employment, the employer shall, without delay, (a) take necessary measures to prevent a recurrence of the hazardous occurrence; (b) appoint a qualified person to carry out an investigation of the hazardous occurrence; and (c) notify the safety and health committee or the safety and health representative, if either exists, of the hazardous occurrence and of the name of the person appointed to investigate it. (2) In addition to the investigation referred to in paragraph (1)(b), where the hazardous occurrence referred to in subsection (1) is an accident involving a ship or aircraft or a motor vehicle on a public road, the employer shall investigate the accident by obtaining from the appropriate police or other investigating authority a copy of the report made by that authority in respect of the accident. (3) As soon as possible after receipt of the report referred to in subsection (2), the employer shall provide a copy thereof to the safety and health committee or the safety and health representative, if either exists. SOR/94-165, s. 61 SOR/2025-79, s. 27(E)
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 16.4
16.4 (1) The employer shall report, by the most rapid means of communication available to the employer, the date, time, location and nature of any accident, occupational illness or other hazardous occurrence referred to in section 16.3 to the Head of Compliance and Enforcement and to the safety and health committee or the safety and health representative, if either exists, as soon as feasible but not later than 24 hours after becoming aware of the occurrence, if the occurrence resulted in one of the following circumstances: (a) the death of an employee; (b) a missing person; (c) a disabling injury to an employee; (d) the implementation of emergency rescue, revival or evacuation procedures; (e) a fire or explosion that threatened the safety or health of an employee; (f) the free fall of an elevating device that rendered the elevating device unsafe for use by an employee; (g) an accidental accumulation, spill or leak of a hazardous substance; or (h) the loss of or damage to support craft. (2) A written report of the accident, occupational illness or other hazardous occurrence referred to in subsection (1) shall be submitted by the employer within 14 days after the occurrence to (a) the Head of Compliance and Enforcement; and (b) the safety and health committee or the safety and health representative, if either exists. (3) The report referred to in subsection (2) shall be in the form set out in Schedule I to this Part and contain the information required by the form. SOR/88-199, s. 19; SOR/94-165, s. 63; SOR/2014-141, s. 14(F); SOR/2014-148, s. 26 SOR/2021-118, s. 9 SOR/2025-79, s. 27(E)
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 16.5
16.5 If an investigation referred to in subsection 16.3(2) reveals that the accident resulted in a circumstance referred to in subsection 16.4(1), the employer shall, within 14 days after the receipt of the report of the accident made by the police or other investigating authority, submit a copy of the report to the Head of Compliance and Enforcement. SOR/2014-148, s. 27 SOR/2021-118, s. 9
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 16.6
16.6 (1) Every employer shall keep a record of each minor injury of which he is aware that affected any of his employees in the course of employment. (2) A record made pursuant to subsection (1) shall contain (a) the date, time and location of the occurrence that resulted in the minor injury; (b) the name of the injured or ill employee; (c) a brief description of the minor injury; and (d) the causes of the minor injury.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 16.7
16.7 (1) Every employer shall, not later than March 1 in each year, submit to the Head of Compliance and Enforcement a written report setting out the number of accidents, occupational illnesses and other hazardous occurrences of which the employer is aware that affected any of the employees of the employer in the course of employment during the 12 month period ending December 31 in the preceding year. (2) The report referred to in subsection (1) shall be in the form set out in Schedule II to this Part and contain the information required by the form. SOR/94-165, s. 64 SOR/2021-118, s. 9 SOR/2025-79, s. 27(E)
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 16.8
16.8 (1) Subject to subsection (2), every employer shall keep a copy of each report and record referred to in this Part for one year after the day on which it was submitted to the Head of Compliance and Enforcement. (2) Every record with respect to a result referred to in paragraph 16.4(1)(f) shall be kept by the employer for a period of five years after the hazardous occurrence. SOR/94-165, s. 65(F); SOR/2014-148, s. 28 SOR/2021-118, s. 9
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1 Type of occurrence ☐ Explosion ☐ Loss of consciousness ☐ Other Specify ☐ Disabling injury ☐ Emergency procedure
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☐ Explosion ☐ Loss of consciousness ☐ Other Specify ☐ Disabling injury ☐ Emergency procedure
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2 Employer's name and mailing address (street, city, province and postal code)
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4 Injured or ill employee's name (if applicable)
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6 Corrective measures that will be taken by the employer and their implementation date
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8 Work place committee member's or health and safety representative's contact information
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EMPLOYER’S ANNUAL HAZARDOUS OCCURRENCE REPORT (Regular/Offboard) Instructions on how to complete the form can be found at Canada.ca/workplace-health-safety-annual-reports
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Instructions on how to complete the form can be found at Canada.ca/workplace-health-safety-annual-reports
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 17.1
17.1 In this Part, first aid station means a place, other than a first aid room or medical clinic, in which first aid supplies or equipment are stored; ( poste de secours ) isolated work place means a work place that is more than two hours’ travel time from a hospital or a medical clinic under normal travel conditions using the fastest available means of transportation; ( lieu de travail isolé ) medical clinic means a medical consultation and treatment facility that is in the charge of a medic or a physician. ( service de santé ) SOR/88-199, s. 13(E)
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first aid station means a place, other than a first aid room or medical clinic, in which first aid supplies or equipment are stored; ( poste de secours )
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isolated work place means a work place that is more than two hours’ travel time from a hospital or a medical clinic under normal travel conditions using the fastest available means of transportation; ( lieu de travail isolé )
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medical clinic means a medical consultation and treatment facility that is in the charge of a medic or a physician. ( service de santé )
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 17.2
17.2 (1) Every employer shall establish and keep up-to-date written instructions that provide for the prompt rendering of first aid to an employee for any injury or illness, including an occupational illness. (2) A copy of the instructions referred to in subsection (1) shall be kept by the employer readily available for examination by employees. (3) Every employee, on sustaining an injury or becoming aware that they have contracted an illness, including an occupational illness, shall report as soon as practicable for treatment to a first aid attendant. SOR/2025-79, s. 24
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 17.3
17.3 A physician who has specialized knowledge in the treatment of the safety and health problems that may be encountered in the oil and gas industry shall be available at all times for medical consultation. SOR/88-199, s. 14(E); SOR/94-165, s. 67(F); SOR/2014-141, s. 10
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 17.4
17.4 (1) When there are not more than five employees normally working in a work place, other than an isolated work place, a first aid attendant shall be available. (2) At an isolated work place in which not more than five employees are normally working, one of those employees shall be a first aid attendant who holds at least a standard first aid certificate. SOR/2014-141, s. 11
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 17.5
17.5 (1) At a work place onshore in which the number of employees set out in Column I of an item of Schedule I to this Part is normally working, that number shall include the number of first aid attendants set out in Columns II, III and IV of that item. (2) At a work place offshore in which the number of employees set out in Column I of an item of Schedule II to this Part is normally working, that number shall include the number of first aid attendants set out in Columns II, III and IV of that item. (3) Where a physician is available in a work place, the requirements of subsections (1) and (2) respecting the presence of a medic do not apply. SOR/88-199, s. 15(E)
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 17.6
17.6 (1) In addition to the requirements of section 17.5, when there are more than 30 employees and fewer than 61 employees normally working in an isolated work place (a) a medic, who may be one of the employees, shall, to the extent possible, be available in the work place; or (b) when it is not possible for a medic to be available in the work place, the employer shall make arrangements to have a medic available at all times (i) for consultation, and (ii) to be transported to the work place. (2) Where a physician is available in an isolated work place, the requirements of subsection (1) do not apply. SOR/88-199, s. 16(E); SOR/94-165, s. 68(F); SOR/2014-141, s. 12
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 17.7
17.7 In addition to the requirements of sections 17.4 to 17.6, at a work place in which any employee is working on live high voltage electrical equipment, one of the employees shall be (a) a first aid attendant who has successfully completed a CPR course; or (b) trained to provide (i) mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, cardiopulmonary resuscitation or any other direct resuscitation method, and (ii) resuscitation by the Holger-Nielson Method, Sylvester Method or other similar method.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 17.8
17.8 A first aid attendant referred to in subsection 17.4(2), section 17.5 or 17.6 or paragraph 17.7(a) shall not be assigned duties that will interfere with the prompt and adequate rendering of first aid and shall (a) be assigned to a first aid station or first aid room; (b) be available at all times to employees in the work place; and (c) render first aid to employees that are injured or ill at the work place. SOR/2014-141, s. 13