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Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 17.9
17.9 (1) At least one first aid station shall be provided for every work place. (2) A first aid station shall be (a) readily available to all employees; and (b) clearly identified by a conspicuous sign. (3) A first aid station shall (a) contain only supplies and equipment that are required for rendering first aid; and (b) be inspected regularly and its contents maintained in a clean, dry and serviceable condition. (4) Subsection (1) does not apply where a first aid room or a medical clinic that meets the requirements of subsection (2) is provided by the employer.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 17.10
17.10 (1) Subject to subsection (2), an employer shall post and keep posted in a conspicuous place accessible to every employee in each work place (a) information regarding first aid to be rendered for any injury or illness, including an occupational illness, likely to be sustained or contracted in the work place; (b) information regarding the location of first aid attendants, first aid stations and first aid rooms; and (c) at every telephone, an up to date list of telephone numbers for use in emergencies. (2) At an isolated work place or in a motor vehicle, the information referred to in subsection (1) shall be provided and kept with the first aid kit. SOR/2025-79, s. 25
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 17.11
17.11 (1) For each work place at which the number of employees working at any time is the number set out in Column I of an item of Schedule III to this Part, a first aid kit that is of the type set out in Column II of that item shall be provided. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a first aid kit of a type set out at the head of Column II, III, IV, V or VI of Schedule IV to this Part shall contain the first aid supplies and equipment set out in Column I of an item of that Schedule in the applicable number set out opposite those supplies and equipment in Column II, III, IV, V or VI of that item.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 17.12
17.12 (1) Subject to subsection (2), where a hazard for skin or eye injury from a hazardous substance exists in the work place, shower facilities to wash the skin and eye wash facilities to irrigate the eyes shall be provided for immediate use by employees. (2) Where it is not practicable to comply with subsection (1), portable equipment that may be used in place of the facilities referred to in subsection (1) shall be provided. SOR/88-199, s. 19; SOR/94-165, s. 69(F); SOR/2014-141, s. 14(F)
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 17.13
17.13 (1) A first aid room shall be provided (a) where 60 or more employees are working at any time in a work place other than an isolated work place; or (b) where 30 or more employees are working at any time in an isolated work place. (2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply where a medical clinic or hospital at which medical treatment is provided without charge to employees is readily accessible.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 17.14
17.14 Every first aid room provided in accordance with section 17.13 shall be (a) under the supervision of (i) in the case where a physician is available in the work place, the physician, (ii) in the case where there is a medic and no physician available in the work place, the medic, or (iii) in any other case, the first aid attendant available in the work place who is the holder of the highest level of first aid certificate; (b) located as close as is practicable to the work place and within easy access to a (i) toilet room, (ii) telephone, and (iii) list of telephone numbers for use in emergencies; (c) constructed to allow for optimum ease of access to persons carrying a patient on a stretcher; (d) maintained in an orderly and sanitary condition; (e) clearly identified by a conspicuous sign; (f) equipped with (i) a lockable storage cupboard and a counter, (ii) the first aid supplies and equipment set out in Column I of an item of Schedule V to this Part in the applicable quantities set out in Column II of that item of that Schedule, (iii) a copy of the emergency procedures referred to in section 18.9 of Part XVIII, and (iv) information regarding hazardous substances in the work place and the first aid required to treat exposure to the hazardous substances; and (g) maintained, where practicable, at a temperature of not less than 18°C and not more than 24°C, measured 1 m above the floor. SOR/88-199, ss. 17(E), 19; SOR/94-165, s. 70(E); SOR/2014-141, s. 14(F)
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 17.15
17.15 Before assigning employees to a work place, the employer shall provide for that work place (a) an ambulance service or other suitable means of transporting an injured or ill employee (i) where practicable, to a hospital at which a physician referred to in section 17.3 practises, or (ii) where it is not practicable to comply with subparagraph (i), to a medical clinic in the charge of a medic who is in contact with a physician referred to in section 17.3; (b) a first aid attendant to accompany an injured or ill employee and to render first aid in transit, if required; and (c) a means of quickly summoning the ambulance service or other means of transportation. SOR/88-199, s. 18(E)
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 17.16
17.16 (1) Where an injured or ill employee reports for treatment to a first aid attendant in accordance with subsection 17.2(3) or where a first aid attendant renders first aid to an employee, the first aid attendant shall (a) enter in a first aid record the following information: (i) the date and time that the injury or illness, including an occupational illness, was reported, (ii) the full name of the injured or ill employee, (iii) the date, time and site of the occurrence of the injury or illness, including an occupational illness, (iv) a brief description of the injury or illness, including an occupational illness, (v) a brief description of the first aid rendered, if any, and (vi) a brief description of the arrangements made for the treatment or transportation of the injured or ill employee, if any; and (b) sign the first aid record adjacent to the information entered in accordance with paragraph (a). (2) The employer shall keep a first aid record containing information entered in accordance with subsection (1) for one year after the date of that entry. SOR/94-165, s. 71(F) SOR/2025-79, s. 26
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.1
18.1 In this Part, emergency evacuation plan means a written plan for use in an emergency, prepared in accordance with section 18.12. ( plan d’évacuation d’urgence )
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.2
18.2 Every work place shall be so designed, constructed and arranged as to minimize, so far as is reasonably practicable, the risk of fire.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.3
18.3 (1) Fire escapes, exits, stairways and any other means of evacuation at a work place shall be in serviceable condition and ready for use at all times. (2) Exits to the exterior shall be clearly identified by signs.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.4
18.4 (1) No person shall, in a fire hazard area, (a) subject to subsection (2), perform any hot work; (b) smoke; or (c) use an open flame or other source of ignition. (2) Where it is not practicable to avoid performing hot work in a fire hazard area, the employer shall (a) issue written instructions with respect to the procedures to be followed that will provide for the safe performance of that work; (b) show and explain the instructions referred to in paragraph (a) to any employee who is required to work in the fire hazard area; and (c) keep a copy of the instructions referred to in paragraph (a) readily available for examination by employees.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.5
18.5 Signs shall be posted in conspicuous places at all entrances to a fire hazard area (a) identifying the area as a fire hazard area; and (b) prohibiting the use of an open flame or other source of ignition in the fire hazard area.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.6
18.6 Every work place shall be equipped with an alarm system that warns all employees when (a) the safety of the work place is threatened; (b) employees are to be evacuated from the work place; (c) a fire is likely to threaten the safety or health of employees at the work place; and (d) there is a malfunction of a mechanical ventilation system provided for an area where concentrations of toxic or combustible gases may accumulate.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.7
18.7 Every drilling rig, drilling unit and production facility shall be equipped with an emergency electrical power supply sufficient to operate, for at least 18 consecutive hours, (a) alarm system and warning devices; (b) emergency lighting referred to in section 7.5; (c) internal and external communications systems; and (d) light and sound signals marking the location of the work place. SOR/94-165, s. 73
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.8
18.8 Where an emergency switchboard is provided, it shall be independent of the main electrical power supply and shall be located as near as is reasonably practicable to the emergency electrical power supply.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.9
18.9 (1) Every employer shall prepare emergency procedures to be implemented (a) if any person commits or threatens to commit an act, other than an occurrence of harassment and violence, that is likely to be hazardous to the safety or health of the employer or any employee; (b) when a hazardous occurrence referred to in subsection 16.4(1) occurs; (c) where evacuation is not an appropriate means of ensuring the safety and health of employees; and (d) in the event of a failure of the lighting system. (2) Where two or more employers are engaged in work at the same work place, those employers shall prepare common emergency procedures. (3) A copy of the emergency procedures referred to in subsection (1) or (2) shall be kept up to date and readily accessible to all employees at the work place. SOR/94-165, s. 74 SOR/2020-130, s. 47
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.10
18.10 The emergency procedures referred to in section 18.9 shall contain a full written description of the procedures to be followed by the employees, including (a) the duties of the employees during the execution of the procedures; (b) the name, position, usual location and telephone number of each person responsible for the execution of the procedures; (c) a list of agencies, companies or organizations that could render assistance in the event of an emergency and their telephone numbers; and (d) a list of the emergency and protection equipment required to carry out the procedures.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.11
18.11 Where the emergency procedures referred to in section 18.9 provide for the evacuation of employees from a work place, an emergency evacuation plan shall be prepared by the employer or employers.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.12
18.12 The emergency evacuation plan referred to in section 18.11 shall include (a) a general layout plan and elevation drawing of the buildings or structures at a work place, including the date and scale of the drawing and the name of the person who verified the drawing; (b) the name, address and telephone number of the owner or owners of the buildings or structures where the work place is located and a list of the tenants, if any; (c) the relative location of other buildings, structures or streets within 30 m of the boundaries of the work place; (d) a statement of the maximum number of people who can safely occupy the work place under normal conditions; (e) a drawing illustrating the arrangement of each level of the buildings or structures at the work place that will clearly show (i) the location of all exits, stairways, elevators, corridors, fire escapes and any other routes of exit, (ii) the location, quantity and type of emergency and protection equipment, (iii) the location of the main emergency shut-down switches for the lighting, heating, ventilation, air conditioning and elevator systems and other electrical equipment, (iv) the location, quantity and type of all communications equipment, (v) the location, number, type, size and capacity of any support craft or other means of transport to be used to evacuate the work place, and (vi) the location of first aid areas and casualty clearing areas; and (f) the estimated amount of time required to complete the execution of the plan under normal conditions. SOR/94-165, s. 75(E)
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.13
18.13 (1) Every employee shall be instructed and trained in (a) the procedures to be followed by him in the event of an emergency; and (b) the location, use and operation of emergency and fire protection equipment. (2) A record of all training provided to an employee in accordance with subsection (1) shall be kept by the employer for as long as the employee remains in his employ.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.14
18.14 (1) A fire drill shall be conducted at least once (a) every two weeks at each drilling rig, drilling unit and production facility; and (b) every 12 months at every work place other than a work place referred to in paragraph (a). (2) An evacuation drill shall be conducted at least once (a) every week at a drilling unit and an offshore production facility; and (b) every 12 months at a work place other than a work place referred to in paragraph (a). (3) In addition to the drills referred to in subsections (1) and (2), a fire drill and an evacuation drill shall be conducted (a) prior to the commencement of workover, completion, recompletion or stimulation of a well; and (b) after any significant change is made in the emergency procedures or emergency evacuation plan. (4) A blowout prevention drill shall be conducted at least once each week that the blowout preventer is in use.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.15
18.15 For every drilling operation and production operation, the employer shall provide a standby craft capable of safely evacuating all employees from the work place.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.16
18.16 No employee shall work where that employee’s ability to function is impaired as a result of fatigue, illness, alcohol, drugs or any other condition that may be hazardous to the safety or health of any employee at the work place. SOR/94-165, s. 76(F)
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.17
18.17 Section 18.16 does not apply in the event of an emergency at the work place that may be hazardous to the safety or health of employees.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 18.18
18.18 (1) Notices shall be posted at appropriate locations at a work place setting out the emergency procedures to be followed and the escape routes to be used in the event of an emergency. (2) Every employer shall keep a record of all emergency drills and evacuation drills carried out by his employees for one year after the drill. (3) The record referred to in subsection (2) shall contain (a) the date and time at which the drill was conducted; and (b) the length of time taken by the employees to complete the drill. (4) A copy of the emergency procedures and emergency evacuation plan prepared for the work place shall be kept readily available for examination by employees. (5) The employer shall keep a daily record of each employee present at the work place and of each person granted access to the work place. (6) The record referred to in subsection (5) shall contain (a) the date; (b) the name of the employee or the person granted access to the work place; and (c) the name of the employer. (7) The record referred to in subsection (5) shall be kept by the employer for two months after the date of the last daily entry made therein.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 77
77 If an employer complies with the requirements set out in the provisions amended by these Regulations as those provisions read immediately before February 11, 2015, the amendments made by these Regulations do not apply to the employer (a) during the period that begins on the day on which these Regulations come into force and ends on November 30, 2018; and (b) in respect of any hazardous products that are in the work place on December 1, 2018, during the period that begins on December 1, 2018 and ends on May 31, 2019.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 26
26 The definition National Fire Code in section 1.1 of the Regulations is replaced by the following: National Fire Code means the National Fire Code of Canada 2020 , issued by the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, National Research Council of Canada; ( Code national de prévention des incendies )
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National Fire Code means the National Fire Code of Canada 2020 , issued by the Canadian Commission on Building and Fire Codes, National Research Council of Canada; ( Code national de prévention des incendies )
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 27
27 Section 1.6 of the Regulations is replaced by the following: 1.6 Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations and despite any provision in any standard incorporated by reference in them, a reference to another publication in that standard is a reference to the publication as it read on October 30, 1987.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 1.6
1.6 Except as otherwise provided in these Regulations and despite any provision in any standard incorporated by reference in them, a reference to another publication in that standard is a reference to the publication as it read on October 30, 1987.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 28
28 The heading before section 11.1 of the French version of the Regulations is replaced by the following: Définitions et interprétation
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 29
29 Section 11.1 of the Regulations is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order: engineered nanomaterials means materials that are designed for a specific purpose or function and that have at least one external dimension in the nanoscale or an internal structure or surface structure in the nanoscale; ( nanomatériaux d’ingénierie ) thermal stress means all of the adverse health effects experienced by an employee as a result of their exposure to hot or cold working conditions; ( stress thermique )
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engineered nanomaterials means materials that are designed for a specific purpose or function and that have at least one external dimension in the nanoscale or an internal structure or surface structure in the nanoscale; ( nanomatériaux d’ingénierie )
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thermal stress means all of the adverse health effects experienced by an employee as a result of their exposure to hot or cold working conditions; ( stress thermique )
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 30
30 The Regulations are amended by adding the following after section 11.1: 11.1.1 Section 1.6 does not apply in respect of any publication that is referred to in a standard that is incorporated by reference in this Part.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 11.1.1
11.1.1 Section 1.6 does not apply in respect of any publication that is referred to in a standard that is incorporated by reference in this Part.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 31
31 The Regulations are amended by adding the following before the heading “Hazard Investigation” before section 11.3: Records of Hazardous Substances 11.2.1 (1) Every employer must keep a record of each hazardous substance that is used, produced or handled in the work place by the employer, employees or contractors or that is stored in the work place by the employer, employees or contractors for use in the work place. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the employer may keep the record in the work place or may keep a centralized record in one work place in respect of several work places where the hazardous substance is used, produced, handled or stored. (3) The employer must keep each record referred to in subsection (1) for a period of 30 years after the day on which the substance that is the subject of the record is last used, produced, handled or stored.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 11.2.1
11.2.1 (1) Every employer must keep a record of each hazardous substance that is used, produced or handled in the work place by the employer, employees or contractors or that is stored in the work place by the employer, employees or contractors for use in the work place. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the employer may keep the record in the work place or may keep a centralized record in one work place in respect of several work places where the hazardous substance is used, produced, handled or stored. (3) The employer must keep each record referred to in subsection (1) for a period of 30 years after the day on which the substance that is the subject of the record is last used, produced, handled or stored.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 32
32 Section 11.5 of the Regulations is replaced by the following: 11.5 The report referred to in section 11.4 must be kept by the employer at the work place to which it applies for a period of 30 years after the date on which the qualified person signed the report.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 11.5
11.5 The report referred to in section 11.4 must be kept by the employer at the work place to which it applies for a period of 30 years after the date on which the qualified person signed the report.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 33
33 Section 11.6 of the Regulations is replaced by the following: 11.6 (1) A hazardous substance must not be used in a work place if a non-hazardous substance can be used instead. (2) If a non-hazardous substance cannot be used in place of a hazardous substance, the substance that is the least hazardous that can be used must be used.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 11.6
11.6 (1) A hazardous substance must not be used in a work place if a non-hazardous substance can be used instead. (2) If a non-hazardous substance cannot be used in place of a hazardous substance, the substance that is the least hazardous that can be used must be used.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 34
34 Section 11.11 of the Regulations is replaced by the following: 11.11 If a hazardous substance is stored, handled or used in a work place, any hazard resulting from that storage, handling or use must be confined to as small an area as feasible.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 11.11
11.11 If a hazardous substance is stored, handled or used in a work place, any hazard resulting from that storage, handling or use must be confined to as small an area as feasible.
Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations — 35
35 Section 11.14 of the Regulations is replaced by the following: 11.14 If a hazardous substance is present in a work place and there is a possibility that a fire or explosion may occur due to static electricity, the employer must implement the practices set out in the United States National Fire Protection Association publication NFPA 77, entitled Recommended Practice on Static Electricity , as amended from time to time.