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Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 10.49
10.49 The provisions of Part 4 of the National Fire Code apply as follows: (a) areas used for the storage, handling and use of flammable liquids and combustible liquids shall meet the standards set out in subsection 4.1.5, with the exception of article 4.1.5.6; (b) the drainage and disposal of flammable liquids and combustible liquids shall be in accordance with subsection 4.1.6; (c) flammable liquids and combustible liquids shall be stored in storage tanks meeting the standards set out in subsection 4.1.8; (d) maintenance and operating procedures shall be established to prevent the escape of flammable liquids and combustible liquids, as required by subsection 4.1.6; (e) general container storage and handling of flammable liquids and combustible liquids shall be in accordance with subsections 4.2.1 to 4.2.8, with the exception of paragraph 4.2.8.4(d); (f) rooms used for container storage of flammable liquids and combustible liquids shall conform with subsection 4.2.9, with the exception of article 4.2.9.3; (g) cabinets used for container storage of flammable liquids and combustible liquids shall conform with subsection 4.2.10; (h) outdoor container storage of flammable liquids and combustible liquids shall be in accordance with subsection 4.2.11; (i) storage tanks for flammable liquids and combustible liquids shall conform with section 4.3, with the exception of paragraph 4.3.13.1(1)(d), articles 4.3.13.5 and 4.3.15.2 and sentences 4.3.16.1(3) and (4); (j) piping and transfer systems for flammable liquids and combustible liquids shall conform with section 4.4, with the exception of articles 4.4.6.2, 4.4.11.1 and 4.4.11.2; and (k) flammable liquid and combustible liquid installations on piers and wharves shall conform with section 4.7, with the exception of article 4.7.10.2. SOR/96-294, s. 2; SOR/2000-374, s. 5; SOR/2011-206, s. 4(E)
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 11.01
11.01 The following definitions apply in this Part. class of confined spaces means a group of at least two confined spaces that are likely, because of their similarity, to present the same hazards to persons entering, exiting or occupying them. ( catégorie d’espaces clos ) confined space means a space that (a) is enclosed or partially enclosed; (b) is not designed or intended for continuous human occupancy; and (c) has a limited or restricted means of entry or exit or an internal configuration that could complicate provision of first aid, evacuation, rescue or other emergency response. ( espace clos ) hazardous confined space means a confined space that, when entered, occupied or exited by persons, presents hazards likely to cause injury, illness or other adverse health effects to persons entering, exiting or occupying it because of (a) its design, construction, location or atmosphere; (b) the materials or substances in it; or (c) any other conditions relating to it. ( espace clos dangereux ) hot work means any work where a flame is used or a source of ignition may be produced. ( travail à chaud ) SOR/2021-143, s. 1
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class of confined spaces means a group of at least two confined spaces that are likely, because of their similarity, to present the same hazards to persons entering, exiting or occupying them. ( catégorie d’espaces clos )
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — (a)
confined space means a space that (a) is enclosed or partially enclosed; (b) is not designed or intended for continuous human occupancy; and (c) has a limited or restricted means of entry or exit or an internal configuration that could complicate provision of first aid, evacuation, rescue or other emergency response. ( espace clos )
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — (a)
hazardous confined space means a confined space that, when entered, occupied or exited by persons, presents hazards likely to cause injury, illness or other adverse health effects to persons entering, exiting or occupying it because of (a) its design, construction, location or atmosphere; (b) the materials or substances in it; or (c) any other conditions relating to it. ( espace clos dangereux )
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hot work means any work where a flame is used or a source of ignition may be produced. ( travail à chaud )
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 11.02
11.02 (1) The employer must, in consultation with the work place committee or health and safety representative, (a) survey the work place in order to determine whether it contains confined spaces that might be entered by persons in order to perform work for the employer; (b) identify each confined space; and (c) appoint a qualified person to determine whether a confined space is a hazardous confined space. (2) The employer must ensure that the qualified person provides them with a list of confined spaces including those identified as hazardous confined spaces. (3) The employer must ensure that there is a sign or marking at the entrance to each confined space indicating that: (a) it is a confined space or a hazardous confined space; and (b) it must not be entered without the authorization of the employer. (4) The employer must keep a record of all confined spaces referred to in subsection (2) and ensure that it is up-to-date and readily accessible to persons before they enter those spaces. The employer may either keep the record in the work place or keep a centralized record of confined spaces in respect of several work places in one work place. (5) If it is likely that an employee will enter a confined space that has been determined not to be a hazardous confined space in order to perform work for the employer, the employer must establish procedures with respect to safe entry and exit as well as person-check and emergency response systems to ensure the continued safety of employees. SOR/2021-143, s. 1
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 11.03
11.03 (1) If it is likely that a person will enter a hazardous confined space in order to perform work for an employer, the employer must appoint one or more qualified persons to (a) carry out an assessment of the hazards to which the person is likely to be exposed in that hazardous confined space or in a hazardous confined space of the class to which it belongs; and (b) specify the tests that are necessary to determine whether the person is likely to be exposed to any of the hazards identified under paragraph (a). (2) The employer must ensure that the qualified person or persons record the findings of the assessment in a signed and dated report to the employer that specifies the following: (a) the protection equipment referred to in part XII that is to be used by every person granted access to the hazardous confined space by the employer; (b) any insulated protection equipment and tools referred to in Part VIII that a person may need in the hazardous confined space; (c) the protection equipment and emergency equipment to be used by any person who takes part in the rescue of a person from the hazardous confined space or who responds to other emergency situations in the hazardous confined space; (d) any requirement for a first aid attendant; (e) steps to control or mitigate any hazards; and (f) any situation in which an entry permit system is required. (3) The employer must make a copy of the report available to the policy committee, if any, and the work place committee or the health and safety representative. (4) Subject to subsection (5), the employer must ensure that the report and the list made under subsections (2) and 11.02(2) respectively are reviewed by a qualified person at least once every three years. However, if there is reason to believe that the conditions inside a confined space have changed with respect to the last hazard assessment, due to changes to the structure, intended use or immediate surrounding area of the space or due to information about the space regarding a potential new hazard, the employer must ensure that the space is reassessed and treated in accordance with the new findings. (5) If a confined space has not been entered in the three years preceding the time when the assessment referred to in subsection (2) should have been carried out and no entry is scheduled, the assessment need not be carried out until it becomes likely that a person will enter the confined space in order to perform work for an employer. SOR/2021-143, s. 1
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 11.04
11.04 (1) Every employer must — after considering the report made under subsection 11.03(2) in consultation with the policy committee, or, if there is no policy committee, the work place committee or the health and safety representative — establish procedures, with the date when they are established specified in them, that are to be followed by a person entering, exiting or occupying a confined space assessed under subsection 11.03(1). (2) The procedures apply based on whether the confined space is listed as a confined space or a hazardous confined space under subsection 11.02(2) and take into account the report made under subsection 11.03(2). The procedures include (a) for each confined space (i) safe entry and exit procedures, (ii) two-way communication and person check systems, and (iii) emergency response measures; and (b) for each hazardous confined space, in addition to the requirements specified in paragraph (a), all risk control measures that would ensure the health and safety of a person in the space and an entry permit system, if required under the report. (3) If an entry permit system is required, the employer must ensure that it specifies the length of time that each permit is valid, and require that a record be made of (a) the name of the person entering the confined space; and (b) the date and time of entry, the anticipated date and time of exit and the actual date and time of exit. SOR/2021-143, s. 1
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 11.07
11.07 (1) If a person is about to enter a hazardous confined space under circumstances such that the requirements set out in paragraph 11.05(1)(a) cannot be complied with, the employer must ensure that the qualified person referred to in paragraph 11.06(1)(d), in a signed and dated report to the employer, (a) specifies the emergency procedures established under paragraphs 11.06(1)(a) and (b) that are to be followed and the protection equipment, insulated protection equipment and tools and the emergency equipment that are to be used; and (b) specifies any additional procedures and any other equipment that may be needed to ensure the health and safety of the person. (2) The employer must ensure that the report made under subsection (1) and any emergency procedures specified in it are explained by the qualified person to every employee who is about to enter a hazardous confined space. Every employee who has received the explanation must sign and date a copy of the report to acknowledge that they have read it and that it has been explained to them. SOR/2021-143, s. 1
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 11.08
11.08 (1) The employer must provide (a) each employee who is granted access to a hazardous confined space with the protection equipment specified under paragraph 11.03(2)(a); and (b) each employee who is to take part in rescue operations with the protection equipment and emergency equipment specified under paragraph 11.03(2)(c). (2) The employer must ensure that every employee who enters, exits or occupies a hazardous confined space follows the procedures established pursuant to subsection 11.04(1) and uses the protection equipment specified under paragraphs 11.03(2)(a) and (b). (3) The employer must ensure that (a) any person who is granted access to a hazardous confined space has the equipment specified in paragraph 11.03(2)(a), failing which the employer must provide it; (b) any person who is to take part in rescue operations has the protection equipment and emergency equipment set out in paragraph 11.03(2)(c); and (c) any person who enters, exits or occupies a hazardous confined space complies with the procedures established in subsection 11.04(1) and uses the protection equipment specified in paragraphs 11.03(2)(a) and (b). SOR/2021-143, s. 1
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 11.09
11.09 The employer must ensure that no person closes off a confined space unless a qualified person has verified that no person is inside it. SOR/2021-143, s. 1
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 11.1
11.1 (1) Unless a qualified person has determined that the work can be performed safely, the employer must ensure that hot work is not performed in a hazardous confined space that contains (a) an explosive or flammable hazardous substance in a concentration in excess of 10% of its lower explosive limit; or (b) oxygen in a concentration in excess of 23%. (2) If hot work is to be performed in a hazardous confined space that contains concentrations of flammable or explosive materials in excess of the concentrations set out in paragraph (1)(a) or (b), (a) a qualified person must patrol the area surrounding the hazardous confined space and maintain a fire-protection watch in that area until the fire hazard has passed; and (b) the employer must ensure that the emergency equipment specified under paragraph 11.03(2)(c) is provided in the area referred to in paragraph (a). (3) If an airborne hazardous substance can be produced by hot work in a hazardous confined space, the employer must ensure that no person enters or occupies that hazardous confined space unless (a) the requirements of section 11.11 are met; or (b) that person uses respiratory protection equipment that meets the requirements of sections 12.04, 12.05 and 12.13. SOR/88-68, s. 14; SOR/88-632, s. 48(F); SOR/92-544, s. 1; SOR/95-286, s. 1(E) SOR/2021-143, s. 1
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 11.11
11.11 (1) If ventilation equipment is used to maintain the concentration of a chemical agent or combination of chemical agents in a hazardous confined space at or below the concentration referred to in subparagraph 11.05(1)(a)(i), or to maintain the percentage of oxygen in the air of a hazardous confined space within the limits referred to in subparagraph 11.05(1)(a)(iii), the employer must not grant access to the hazardous confined space unless (a) the ventilation equipment is (i) equipped with an alarm that will, if the equipment fails, be activated automatically and be audible or visible to every person in the hazardous confined space, or (ii) monitored by an employee who is in constant attendance at the equipment and who is in communication with any person in the hazardous confined space; and (b) if the ventilation equipment fails, the person will have enough time to escape from the hazardous confined space before (i) the concentration of the chemical agent or combination of chemical agents in the hazardous confined space exceeds the concentration referred to in subparagraph 11.05(1)(a)(i), or (ii) the percentage of oxygen in the air of the hazardous confined space ceases to remain within the limits referred to in subparagraph 11.05(1)(a)(iii). (2) If the ventilation equipment fails, the employee referred to in subparagraph (1)(a)(ii) must immediately inform any person in the hazardous confined space of the failure of the equipment. (3) If the report referred to in subsection 11.03(2) determines that a hazardous confined space requires continuous ventilation, the employer must ensure continuous atmospheric monitoring while the hazardous confined space is occupied. SOR/92-544, s. 1; SOR/95-286, s. 10(F) SOR/2019-246, s. 82(F) SOR/2021-143, s. 1
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 11.12
11.12 (1) The employer must provide every employee who is likely to enter a confined space with instruction and training in (a) the procedures and the emergency procedures established under subsection 11.04(1) and paragraphs 11.06(1)(a) and (b), respectively; and (b) the use of the protection equipment referred to in paragraph 11.03(2)(a). (2) The employer must ensure that no person enters a confined space unless the person is instructed in (a) the procedures and the emergency procedures established under subsection 11.04(1) and paragraphs 11.06(1)(a) and (b), respectively; and (b) the use of the protection equipment referred to in paragraph 11.03(2)(a). (3) The employer must ensure that all persons granted access to a confined space have received instruction and training in accordance with subsection 11.04(1) and paragraph 11.06(1)(a). SOR/92-544, s. 1 SOR/2021-143, s. 1
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 11.13
11.13 The employer must keep at their place of business nearest to the work place in which the confined space is located, and make readily available in paper or electronic format, (a) any report made under subsection 11.03(2), the procedures established under subsection 11.04(1) and the emergency procedures established under paragraph 11.06(1)(a) for a period of ten years after the day on which the qualified person signed the report or the procedures were established; (b) any report made under subsection 11.05(3) for (i) a period of ten years after the day on which the qualified person signed the report if the verification procedures undertaken under paragraphs 11.05(1)(a) and (c) indicate that the requirements set out in subparagraphs 11.05(1)(a)(i) to (iii) were not complied with, or (ii) in every other case, for a period of two years after the day on which the qualified person signed the report; and (c) any records of employees being trained under section 11.12 for (i) as long as the employee works for the employer; or (ii) a period of two years after the day on which an employee ceases to perform any activity in a confined space. SOR/2021-143, s. 1
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.01
12.01 The following definitions apply in this Part. CBRN agent means a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear agent. ( agent CBRN ) fall hazard zone means a defined area bordering on an edge that is unguarded against a risk of falling. ( zone de risque de chute ) fall hazard zone system means a system that consists of a fall hazard zone that is supervised by a fall hazard zone monitor. ( système pour zone de risque de chute ) fall-arrest system means a collection of protection equipment that attaches a person to an anchorage and is designed and configured to arrest a free fall. ( dispositif antichute ) fall-protection system means a system that is designed and configured to eliminate or reduce the risk of a person falling, restrain a person who is at risk of falling or arrest a person’s fall. The system may be composed of one or more of the following: (a) a passive fall-protection system; (b) a fall-restraint system; (c) a fall-arrest system; (d) a fall hazard zone system. ( dispositif de protection contre les chutes ) fall-restraint system means a collection of protection equipment that attaches a person to an anchorage and is designed and configured to prevent the person from getting close to an unguarded edge. ( dispositif de retenue contre les chutes ) passive fall-protection system means a system of physical barriers that is designed and installed to prevent a person from falling, including guardrails, fences, barricades or covers. ( dispositif passif de protection contre les chutes ) personal fall-protection system means a fall-restraint system or fall-arrest system . ( dispositif individuel de protection contre les chutes ) SOR/2019-243, s. 4
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CBRN agent means a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear agent. ( agent CBRN )
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fall hazard zone means a defined area bordering on an edge that is unguarded against a risk of falling. ( zone de risque de chute )
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fall hazard zone system means a system that consists of a fall hazard zone that is supervised by a fall hazard zone monitor. ( système pour zone de risque de chute )
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fall-arrest system means a collection of protection equipment that attaches a person to an anchorage and is designed and configured to arrest a free fall. ( dispositif antichute )
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — (a)
fall-protection system means a system that is designed and configured to eliminate or reduce the risk of a person falling, restrain a person who is at risk of falling or arrest a person’s fall. The system may be composed of one or more of the following: (a) a passive fall-protection system; (b) a fall-restraint system; (c) a fall-arrest system; (d) a fall hazard zone system. ( dispositif de protection contre les chutes )
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fall-restraint system means a collection of protection equipment that attaches a person to an anchorage and is designed and configured to prevent the person from getting close to an unguarded edge. ( dispositif de retenue contre les chutes )
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passive fall-protection system means a system of physical barriers that is designed and installed to prevent a person from falling, including guardrails, fences, barricades or covers. ( dispositif passif de protection contre les chutes )
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personal fall-protection system means a fall-restraint system or fall-arrest system . ( dispositif individuel de protection contre les chutes )
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.02
12.02 (1) Unless otherwise indicated in this Part, any reference in this Part to a standard is a reference to that standard as amended from time to time. (2) Any amendment to a CSA Group standard, a CSA standard or a UL standard that is incorporated by reference in this Part is effective on the 30th day after the day on which the amendment is published by the CSA Group or by UL, as the case may be, in both official languages. SOR/2019-243, s. 4 SOR/2022-94, s. 2
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.03
12.03 (1) If it is not feasible to eliminate a health or safety hazard in a work place or to reduce it to within safe limits and the use of protection equipment may eliminate or reduce the risk of injury from that hazard, every person who is granted access to the work place and who is exposed to that hazard must use the protection equipment prescribed by this Part. (2) Despite subsection (1), a person who provides instruction and training in the provision of emergency rescue services or who is instructed and trained in the provision of those services and provides them in an emergency situation may use protection equipment other than the equipment that is prescribed by this Part. SOR/2019-243, s. 4
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.04
12.04 Any protection equipment that is provided or used in a work place must be designed to protect the person from the hazard in question and must not in itself create a hazard. SOR/2019-243, s. 4