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Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.05
12.05 (1) All protection equipment that is provided by an employer must (a) be properly stored and be maintained, inspected and, if applicable, tested by a qualified person in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions to ensure that it is in good operating condition; (b) in the case of equipment that is worn by a person, (i) be safely and properly fitted to each user by a qualified person in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions, and (ii) if necessary to prevent a health hazard, be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition by a qualified person in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions; (c) in the case of any component of the equipment that requires installation and dismantling, be installed and dismantled by a qualified person in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions; and (d) in the case of equipment that is used in a fall-protection system, be used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. (2) In the case of equipment that is used in a fall-protection system, if there are no instructions from the manufacturer with respect to the storage, maintenance, inspection, testing, fitting, installation, use or dismantling referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (d), the equipment must be stored, maintained, inspected, tested, fitted, installed, used or dismantled in accordance with the fall-protection plan. SOR/2019-243, s. 4
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.06
12.06 (1) If there is a risk of injury due to falling in any of the circumstances described in paragraphs 12.07(1)(a), (b) or (c) in a work place, the employer must, before any work activities begin, (a) develop a fall-protection plan in consultation with the work place committee or the health and safety representative; and (b) ensure that a copy of the fall-protection plan is readily available at the work place for consultation. (2) The fall-protection plan must specify (a) the hazards that have been identified for each work area and each activity to be carried out at the work place; (b) the fall-protection systems that have been chosen to protect against the identified hazards; (c) if a personal fall-protection system is used, the anchorage to be used during the work; (d) if a fall-arrest system is used, the clearance distance below each work area; (e) if there are no manufacturer’s instructions with respect to the storage, maintenance, inspection, testing, fitting, installation, use or dismantling of equipment that is used in a fall-protection system and that is provided by an employer, the procedures to be followed for the purposes of paragraphs 12.05 (1)(a) to (d); and (f) the rescue procedures to be followed if a person falls. (3) The fall-protection plan must include, in annex, a copy of any manufacturer’s instructions with respect to the storage, maintenance, inspection, testing, fitting, installation, use or dismantling of equipment that is used in a fall-protection system and that is provided by an employer. (4) The fall-protection systems referred to in paragraph (2)(b) are to be chosen in consultation with the work place committee or the health and safety representative, as appropriate for the work area and activity in question, taking into account the following order of priority: (a) passive fall-protection system; (b) fall-restraint system; (c) fall-arrest system; and (d) fall hazard zone system. (5) The clearance distance referred to in paragraph (2)(d) must be sufficient to prevent a person from hitting the ground or an object or surface below the work area during a fall. SOR/2019-243, s. 4
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.07
12.07 (1) Subject to subsection (2), an employer must provide or put in place a fall-protection system if work is to be performed (a) from a structure or on a vehicle at a height of 3 m or more; (b) from a ladder at a height of 3 m or more if, because of the nature of the work, the person performing it is unable to use at least one hand to hold onto the ladder; or (c) at a height of less than 3 m if the surface onto which the person might fall would present a greater risk of injury than a solid, flat surface. (2) If an employee is required to work on a vehicle and it is not feasible to provide or put in place a fall-protection system, an employer must (a) in consultation with the policy committee or, if there is no policy committee, the work place committee or the health and safety representative, (i) perform a job safety analysis to eliminate or minimize the need for the employee to climb onto the vehicle or its load, and (ii) provide every employee who could be required to climb onto the vehicle or its load with instruction and training by a qualified person on the safe method of climbing onto it and working there; (b) make a report in writing to the Head of Compliance and Enforcement setting out the reasons why it is not feasible to provide or put in place a fall-protection system and include in that report the job safety analysis and a description of the instruction and training referred to in paragraph (a); and (c) provide a copy of the report referred to in paragraph (b) to the policy committee or, if there is no policy committee, the work place committee or the health and safety representative. (3) The job safety analysis, instruction and training referred to in paragraph (2)(a) must be reviewed every two years in consultation with the policy committee or, if there is no policy committee, the work place committee or the health and safety representative. SOR/2019-243, s. 4 SOR/2021-118, s. 6
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.08
12.08 (1) A fall hazard zone must be at least 2 m wide and extend the entire length of the unguarded edge. (2) A fall hazard zone must only be established on a surface that has a slope of five degrees or less. (3) If a person needs to carry out an activity in a fall hazard zone or cross a fall hazard zone to get to or from a work area, (a) the employer must ensure the presence of a fall hazard zone monitor whose exclusive duties are to (i) supervise the fall hazard zone whenever an activity is being carried out there, and (ii) ensure that the requirements of the fall-protection plan are respected; (b) the employer must install, along the border between the fall hazard zone and any other work area, a raised demarcation line at a height of not less than 900 mm but not more than 1 100 mm; and (c) the employer must ensure that a personal fall-protection system is used. (4) If a fall hazard zone system has been established in a work place, the employer must ensure that every person who is granted access to the work place is informed of the fall hazard zone system’s existence and is familiar with the procedures to be followed for accessing, performing work in and leaving the fall hazard zone. SOR/2019-243, s. 4
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.09
12.09 (1) If there is a risk of injury due to falling in a work place and the fall-protection plan requires that a personal fall-protection system be used, the employer must provide such a system to every person — other than a person who is installing or dismantling a fall-protection system — who is granted access to the work place. (2) A personal fall-protection system must meet the requirements set out in the following CSA Group standards: (a) Z259.16, Design of active fall-protection systems ; and (b) Z259.17, Selection and use of active fall-protection equipment and systems . (3) The components of a personal fall-protection system must meet the requirements set out in the following CSA Group standards: (a) Z259.1, Body belts and saddles for work positioning and travel restraint ; (b) Z259.2.2, Self-retracting devices ; (c) Z259.2.3, Descent devices ; (d) Z259.2.4, Fall arresters and vertical rigid rails ; (e) Z259.2.5, Fall arresters and vertical lifelines ; (f) Z259.10, Full body harnesses ; (g) Z259.11, Personal energy absorbers and lanyards ; (h) Z259.12, Connecting components for personal fall-arrest systems (PFAS) ; (i) Z259.13, Manufactured horizontal lifeline systems ; (j) Z259.14, Fall restrict equipment for wood pole climbing ; and (k) Z259.15, Anchorage connectors . (4) The components of a personal fall-protection system must be compatible and must be used in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. (5) If more than one personal fall-protection system is secured to an anchorage, a separate anchorage connector must be used for each personal fall-protection system. (6) The employer must ensure that a person who is using a personal fall-protection system wears and uses a full body harness. (7) The employer must ensure that, before each work shift, every employee inspects their personal fall-protection system in accordance with the fall-protection plan. (8) The employer must ensure that a person who works on an aerial device, boom-type elevating platform, scissor lift platform, forklift truck platform or any similar personnel lifting equipment in the circumstances described in subsection 12.07 (1) uses a fall-restraint system that is connected to (a) an anchorage that is specified in the instructions of the manufacturer of the lifting equipment; or (b) if no anchorage is specified by the manufacturer, an anchorage that is certified by a person who is authorized to exercise the profession of engineering in Canada and that meets the requirements set out in CSA Group Standard Z259.16, Design of active fall-protection systems . (9) If the use of a fall-restraint system would prevent the person referred to in subsection (8) from carrying out their work, the employer must ensure that a fall-arrest system is used. SOR/2019-243, s. 4
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.1
12.1 (1) Subject to subsection (2), if there is a risk of head injury in a work place, the employer must ensure that protective headwear that meets the requirements set out in CSA Group Standard Z94.1, Industrial protective headwear — Performance, selection, care, and use , or in ANSI Standard Z89.1, American National Standard for Industrial Head Protection , is worn. (2) If the employer, in consultation with the policy committee or, if there is no policy committee, the work place committee or the health and safety representative, determines that the protective headwear referred to in subsection (1) does not eliminate or reduce the risk of injury, the employer must ensure that appropriate protective headwear selected by the employer, in consultation with the policy committee or, if there is no policy committee, the work place committee or the health and safety representative, is worn. SOR/94-263, s. 44(F); SOR/95-533, s. 2(F); SOR/2002-208, s. 39 SOR/2019-243, s. 4
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.11
12.11 (1) Subject to subsection (3), if there is a risk of foot injury or electric shock in a work place, the employer must ensure that protective footwear that meets the requirements set out in CSA Group Standard Z195, Protective footwear is worn. (2) If the employer, in consultation with the policy committee or, if there is no policy committee, the work place committee or the health and safety representative, determines that the protective footwear referred to in subsection (1) does not eliminate or reduce the risk of injury, the employer must ensure that appropriate protective footwear selected by them, in consultation with the policy committee or, if there is no policy committee, the work place committee or the health and safety representative, is worn. (3) If there is a risk of injury due to slipping in a work place, the employer must ensure that slip-resistant footwear is worn. SOR/88-632, s. 51(F) SOR/2019-243, s. 4
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.12
12.12 (1) If there is a risk of injury to the eyes or face in a work place, the employer must provide every person who is granted access to the work place with eye or face protection equipment that is selected by the employer in accordance with Annex A of CSA Group Standard Z94.3, Eye and face protectors , and that meets the requirements set out in that standard. (2) If there is routine exposure to irritating airborne chemical agents, intense heat, liquid splashes, molten metals or similar agents in a work place, contact lenses must not be worn. SOR/2002-208, s. 27 SOR/2019-243, s. 4
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.13.1
12.13.1 The employer must ensure that air that is supplied by means of respiratory protective equipment referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (2)(a), and the system that supplies the air, including its cylinders, meet the requirements set out in CSA Standard Z180.1, Compressed breathing air and systems . SOR/2022-94, s. 4
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.14
12.14 (1) If there is a risk of injury or disease to or transmitted through the skin in a work place, the employer must provide every person who is granted access to the work place with (a) a shield or screen; (b) a cream or other product to be applied to the skin; or (c) appropriate protective clothing. (2) If sunscreen is provided by the employer, the sunscreen must be broad-spectrum and have a minimum sun protection factor of 30. SOR/88-632, s. 53(F) SOR/2019-243, s. 4
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.15
12.15 (1) If there is a risk of drowning in a work place, the employer must (a) provide every person who is granted access to the work place with (i) a life jacket that meets the requirements set out in the Canadian General Standards Board Standard 65.7, Life Jackets , in its 2007 version, as it existed before its withdrawal in November 2016, published on the Government of Canada website publications.gc.ca, (ii) a personal flotation device or buoyancy aid that has a level 70 performance within the meaning of UL Standard 12402-5, Personal flotation devices — Part 5: Buoyancy aids (level 50) — Safety requirements , when tested in accordance with UL Standard 12402-9, Personal Flotation Devices — Part 9: Test Methods , or (iii) a safety net or a personal fall-protection system; (b) provide emergency equipment and ensure that it is in good operating condition and readily available; (c) ensure that a qualified person is available on site to operate the emergency equipment; (d) if appropriate, provide a power boat and ensure that it is in good operating condition and readily available; and (e) prepare written emergency procedures that contain (i) a full description of the procedures to be followed and the responsibilities of all persons who are granted access to the work place, and (ii) the location of any emergency equipment. (2) If the work place is a wharf, dock, pier, quay or similar structure, a ladder that extends at least two rungs below water level must be installed on the face of the structure every 60 m along its length. SOR/2019-243, s. 4
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.16
12.16 If there is a risk of injury in a work place that is due to loose clothing, long hair, jewellery or similar items, the employer must ensure that, if those items are worn, they are tied, covered or otherwise secured in order to eliminate or reduce the risk of injury. SOR/2019-243, s. 4
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.17
12.17 If there is a risk of injury in a work place that is due to moving vehicles, the employer must provide every person who is granted access to the work place with high-visibility safety apparel that meets the requirements set out in CSA Group Standard Z96, High-visibility safety apparel . SOR/2019-243, s. 4
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.18
12.18 If an employee finds a defect in protection equipment that may render it unsafe, they must report the defect to their employer as soon as feasible. SOR/2019-243, s. 4
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.19
12.19 (1) An employer must remove from service any protection equipment that has a defect that may render it unsafe and must mark or tag that equipment to indicate that it is unsafe for use. (2) Protection equipment that has a defect that renders it unsafe may only be returned to service if it is restored to good operating condition by a qualified person in accordance with section 12.05 . SOR/2019-243, s. 4
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.2
12.2 (1) An employer must ensure that every person who is granted access to a work place and who uses protection equipment is provided with instruction by a qualified person in the use of that equipment. (2) The employer must ensure that, in addition to the instruction referred to in subsection (1), every employee who uses protection equipment is provided with instruction and training by a qualified person in the operation and maintenance of the equipment and training by a qualified person in its use. (3) If a fall-protection plan has been developed for a work place under paragraph 12.06 (1)(a), the employer must ensure that every employee is provided with training by a qualified person in respect of the fall-protection plan. (4) If there is a risk of drowning in a work place, the employer must ensure that every person who is granted access to the work place is provided with instruction by a qualified person in respect of the written emergency procedures referred to in paragraph 12.15 (1)(e). (5) The employer must ensure that the instruction and training referred to in subsections (1) to (4) is summarized in writing and must keep a copy of that summary readily available for consultation by every person who is granted access to the work place. SOR/2019-243, s. 4
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.21
12.21 (1) An employer must keep a record of all of the protection equipment that is provided by them other than disposable equipment. (2) The record must contain the following information: (a) a description of the equipment and the date of its acquisition by the employer; (b) the date and result of each inspection and test of the equipment; (c) the date and nature of any maintenance work performed on the equipment since its acquisition by the employer; and (d) the name of the person who performed the inspection, test or maintenance of the equipment. (3) The record must be kept at the work place where the protection equipment is located and must continue to be kept there for a period of two years beginning on the day on which the equipment is permanently removed from service or, if a standard referred to in this Part requires that records be kept in respect of that equipment for a longer period, for that longer period. SOR/2019-243, s. 4
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 12.3 to 12.9
12.3 to 12.9 [Repealed, SOR/2019-243, s. 4]
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 13.1
13.1 In this Part, explosive actuated fastening tool means a tool that, by means of an explosive force, propels or discharges a fastener for the purpose of impinging it on, affixing it to or causing it to penetrate another object or material. ( pistolet de scellement à cartouches explosives )
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 13.2
13.2 The exterior surface of any tool used by an employee in a fire hazard area shall be made of non-sparking material. SOR/88-632, s. 54
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 13.3
13.3 All portable electric tools used by employees shall meet the standards set out in CSA Standard CAN C22.2 No. 71.1-M89, Portable Electric Tools , the English version of which is dated September 1989 and the French version of which is dated February 1991. SOR/94-263, s. 48 SOR/2022-94, s. 5(F)
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 13.4
13.4 (1) Subject to subsection (2), all portable electric tools used by employees shall be grounded. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to tools that (a) are powered by a self-contained battery; (b) have a protective system of double insulation; or (c) are used in a location where reliable grounding cannot be obtained if the tools are supplied from a double insulated portable ground fault circuit interrupter of the class A type that meets the standards set out in CSA Standard C22.2 No. 144-1977, Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters , dated March, 1977. SOR/94-263, s. 49(F) SOR/2019-246, s. 83(F) SOR/2022-94, s. 5(F)
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 13.5
13.5 All portable electric tools used by employees in a fire hazard area shall be marked as appropriate for use or designed for use in the area of that hazard.
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 13.6
13.6 Where an air hose is connected to a portable air-powered tool used by an employee, a restraining device shall be attached (a) where an employee may be injured by the tool falling, to the tool; and (b) to all hose connections, in order to prevent injury to an employee in the event of an accidental disconnection of a hose.
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 13.7
13.7 (1) All explosive actuated fastening tools used by employees shall meet the standards set out in CSA Standard Z166-1975, Explosive Actuated Fastening Tools , dated June, 1975. (2) No employee shall operate an explosive actuated fastening tool unless authorized to do so by his employer. (3) Every employee who operates an explosive actuated fastening tool shall operate it in accordance with the CSA Standard referred to in subsection (1). SOR/2022-94, s. 5(F)
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 13.8
13.8 All chain saws used by employees shall meet the standards set out in CSA Standard CAN3-Z62.1-M85, Chain Saws , dated February, 1985. SOR/2022-94, s. 5(F)
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 13.9
13.9 If an employee finds any defect in a tool or machine that may render it unsafe for use, they shall report the defect to their employer as soon as feasible. SOR/2019-246, s. 84
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 13.10
13.10 An employer shall mark or tag as unsafe and remove from service any tool or machine used by his employees that has a defect that may render it unsafe for use. SOR/2019-246, s. 85(F)
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 13.11
13.11 Every employee shall be instructed and trained by a qualified person appointed by his employer in the safe and proper inspection, maintenance and use of all tools and machinery that he is required to use. SOR/2019-246, s. 85(F)
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 13.12
13.12 (1) Every employer shall maintain a manual of operating instructions for each type of portable electric tool, portable air-powered tool, explosive actuated fastening tool and machine used by his employees. (2) A manual referred to in subsection (1) shall be kept by the employer readily available for examination by an employee who is required to use the tool or machine to which the manual applies. SOR/88-632, s. 55(F) SOR/2019-246, s. 86(F)
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 13.13
13.13 (1) Every machine that has exposed moving, rotating, electrically charged or hot parts or that processes, transports or handles material that constitutes a hazard to an employee shall be equipped with a machine guard that (a) prevents the employee or any part of his body from coming into contact with the parts or material; (b) prevents access by the employee to the area of exposure to the hazard during the operation of the machine; or (c) makes the machine inoperative if the employee or any part of his clothing is in or near a part of the machine that is likely to cause injury. (2) If feasible, a machine guard referred to in subsection (1) shall not be removable. (3) A machine guard shall be so constructed, installed and maintained that it meets the requirements of subsection (1). SOR/94-263, s. 50(F) SOR/2019-246, s. 87
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 13.14
13.14 Machine guards shall be operated, maintained and repaired by a qualified person.
Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 13.15
13.15 Subject to section 13.16, where a machine guard is installed on a machine, no person shall use or operate the machine unless the machine guard is in its proper position. SOR/94-263, s. 51 SOR/2021-122, s. 7(F)