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Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
occupational health and safety program means the occupational health and safety program referred to in section 205.02 of the Act. ( programme de santé et de sécurité au travail )
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piping system means an assembly of pipes, pipe fittings, valves or other control or safety devices, pumps, compressors and other fixed equipment. ( réseau de canalisations )
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
professional engineer means a competent person who is registered or licensed to engage in the practice of engineering under the laws of the province in which they practise. ( ingénieur )
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rated capacity means the maximum load that equipment can handle or support safely, including, if applicable, in a given operational position or configuration, without regard to environmental conditions. ( capacité nominale )
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safety data sheet has the same meaning as in section 2 of the Hazardous Products Act . ( fiche de données de sécurité )
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specialized dive physician means a physician who is licensed to practise medicine in Canada and (a) meets the competencies of a Level 3 Physician set out in CSA Group standard Z275.4, Competency standard for diving, hyperbaric chamber, and remotely operated vehicle operations ; or (b) possesses a diploma in hyperbaric medicine with a focus on diving medicine from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and has completed training in saturation diving medicine that is recognized by that College. ( médecin de plongée spécialisé )
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standard first aid certificate means a certificate evidencing the holder’s successful completion of a training program whose curriculum conforms to the curriculum for intermediate first aid set out in CSA Group standard Z1210, First aid training for the workplace – Curriculum and quality management for training agencies or, in the case of marine crew on a vessel, whose curriculum conforms to Chapter 3 of Department of Transport publication TP 13008, Training Standards for Marine First Aid and Marine Medical Care . ( certificat en secourisme général )
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
threshold limit value means the threshold limit value established for a substance or agent by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists in its publication TLVs and BEIs: Based on the Documentation of the Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents & Biological Exposure Indices . ( valeur limite d’exposition )
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
work area means the specific area in which an employee carries out their tasks. ( espace de travail )
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
work permit means a permit referred to in section 53 . ( permis de travail )
Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — Canada–Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
diving operation means any work or activity related to a dive — including any work or activity involving a diver or carried out by a person assisting a diver — that takes place from the start of pressurization or descent to the end of depressurization or ascent. ( opération de plongée )
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incident means an event that resulted in any of the following occurrences or in which any of the following occurrences was narrowly avoided: (a) death; (b) serious injury within the meaning of subsection 205.017(5) of the Act; (c) missing person; (d) fire or explosion; (e) collision; (f) exposure to a hazardous substance in excess of the threshold limit value or biological exposure index for that substance; (g) impairment of any structure, facility, equipment or system critical to the safety of persons; or (h) implementation of emergency response procedures. ( événement )
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Incorporation by reference 2 (1) In these Regulations, any incorporation by reference of a document is an incorporation by reference of that document as amended from time to time. Bilingual documents (2) Despite subsection (1), if a document that is incorporated by reference is available in both official languages, any amendment to it is incorporated only when the amended version is available in both official languages.
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Inconsistency or conflict 3 (1) In the event of any inconsistency or conflict among provisions of these Regulations, including those that incorporate documents by reference, the provision that imposes the most stringent requirement applies. Other regulations (2) In the event of any inconsistency between an obligation imposed by these Regulations and an obligation in respect of occupational health and safety that is imposed by the Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Installations Regulations or the Newfoundland Offshore Petroleum Drilling and Production Regulations , these Regulations prevail, regardless of whether the obligations are imposed on the same person.
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Occupational health and safety policy 4 The occupational health and safety policy referred to in section 205.011 of the Act must contain (a) the commitment of the operator to cooperate with any committee or coordinator, as the case may be, with regard to health and safety; and (b) an overview of the duties of all persons under Part III.1 of the Act.
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Occupational health and safety management system 5 (1) The occupational health and safety management system referred to in section 205.015 of the Act must set out procedures for (a) setting goals for the improvement of workplace health and safety, identifying specific targets against which the attainment of those goals is to be measured and reviewing those goals and targets at least annually; (b) ensuring that employees (i) are competent persons in respect of all tasks to be carried out by them, (ii) are kept aware of activities and occurrences that may have an impact on their health or safety at the workplace, and (iii) are supervised to ensure that they perform their duties safely; (c) ensuring that the most recent versions of all documents associated with the system are readily available to all persons at the workplace; (d) collecting, managing and analyzing data with respect to occupational health and safety, including hazards, occupational disease, accidents, incidents and other hazardous occurrences, and identifying trends in that data; and (e) keeping training and competency records in respect of employees, including workplace committee members. Auditing (2) The audit referred to in paragraph 205.015(2)(g) of the Act must be carried out at as soon as practicable after each of the following occurrences and, in any event, at least once every three years: (a) any change of circumstances that may affect the health and safety of persons at the workplace; (b) the provision by a health and safety officer to the operator of a report under subsection 205.074(1) of the Act indicating non-compliance with Part III.1 of the Act; and (c) the making by a health and safety officer of an order under section 205.092 or 205.093 of the Act in relation to the workplace. Improvements (3) The operator must implement any improvements identified during the audit referred to in paragraph 205.015(2)(g) of the Act as soon as practicable.
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Workplace committee 7 (1) A workplace committee that establishes rules of procedure must include among them (a) the quorum required for committee meetings; (b) the manner in which the committee will address complaints or concerns of employees, work refusals, occupational diseases, accidents, incidents and other hazardous occurrences that are reported to it; (c) a rule whereby a complaint or concern raised with any committee member is to be considered a complaint or concern raised with the committee as a whole; and (d) the time and manner in which complaints and concerns are to be responded to and recommendations made under paragraph 205.043(5)(d) of the Act. Minutes (2) Every workplace committee must, for the purpose of paragraph 205.043(4)(d) of the Act, provide a copy of the minutes of its committee meetings to any employee on request.
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Record keeping 8 All records that are required under the Act to be kept must be maintained in a manner that ensures their accessibility.
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Posting of documents 9 (1) The period for which an operator or employer, as the case may be, must ensure that a document is posted under paragraph 205.097(4)(a) of the Act is at least 45 days. Appeal (2) If a decision or order is appealed under subsection 205.1(1) of the Act, the operator or employer, as the case may be, must ensure that all related documents referred to in paragraphs 205.097(1)(a) to (d) of the Act remain posted until the 45th day after the day on which the decision or order is revoked, confirmed or varied under subsection 205.1(6) of the Act.
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Report to supervisor or employer 10 An employee who becomes aware of an occupational disease or an accident, incident or other hazardous occurrence at the workplace must, without delay, report it to their supervisor or their employer, orally or in writing.
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Report to employer with control 11 A supervisor to whom or employer to which — if that employer does not have control over the workplace — an occupational disease, accident, incident or other hazardous occurrence is reported under section 10 must, without delay, report it to the employer with control over the workplace, orally or in writing.
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Employer obligations 12 An employer that becomes aware of an occupational disease or an accident, incident or other hazardous occurrence at a workplace under its control must, without delay, (a) take all measures necessary to ensure the health and safety of all persons at the workplace; and (b) provide to the operator, in writing, a brief description of the occupational disease, accident, incident or other hazardous occurrence, including the name of any affected persons and, if applicable, the date on which and the time and location at which it occurred.
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Notification of Chief Safety Officer 13 An operator that is required under subsection 205.017(1) of the Act to notify the Chief Safety Officer of an occupational disease, accident, incident or other hazardous occurrence must do so in writing.
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Investigation 14 (1) An operator that is required, under subsection 205.017(2) of the Act, to investigate an occupational disease, accident, incident or other hazardous occurrence must obtain, within 14 days after the day on which it becomes known to the operator, a report, prepared by a competent person and accompanied by supporting documentation, that sets out, in respect of the disease, accident, incident or other occurrence and to a level of detail that is proportional to its actual or potential severity, (a) in the case of an accident, incident or other hazardous occurrence, the date on which and the time and location at which it occurred; (b) the name of the affected employee, if any; (c) a description of it and of any resulting symptoms or injury; (d) a description of the treatment provided, if any; (e) its causal factors and root causes; (f) other information relevant to its nature or impact; and (g) corrective and preventive measures that could be taken to prevent a similar situation from reoccurring. Report (2) The operator must submit a copy of the report and supporting documentation without delay to (a) the workplace committee or the coordinator, as the case may be; and (b) the Chief Safety Officer. Material change (3) If the operator becomes aware of new information that may result in a material change to the report, the operator must obtain an updated report and supporting documentation and submit a copy without delay to the persons referred to in paragraphs (2)(a) and (b). Records (4) For the purpose of subsection 205.017(2) of the Act, (a) the records that every operator must keep include all reports obtained under subsection (1) or (3) and their supporting documentation; and (b) the period for which each record must be retained is (i) 40 years from the day on which it is made, if it relates to an occupational disease or exposure or potential exposure to a hazardous substance in excess of the threshold limit value or biological exposure index for that substance, (ii) 10 years from the day on which it is made, if it relates to an incident other than the exposure or potential exposure referred to in subparagraph (i), or (iii) five years from the day on which it is made, if it relates to any other accident or hazardous occurrence.
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Provision of general training 15 The training that every employer must provide to each of its employees includes, (a) before the employee is first transported to a workplace and then as necessary to ensure the training remains valid for the duration of the employee’s employment at the workplace, (i) an offshore survival training program appropriate to the workplace location and to the means of transportation to be used to transport the employee to and from the workplace, (ii) training on the legislation applicable to occupational health and safety, including the rights of employees and the duties of operators, employers, supervisors and employees, and (iii) training on hydrogen sulfide safety, if hydrogen sulfide may be present at the workplace; and (b) without delay on the employee’s arrival at a workplace at which they have not been present in the previous six months and before they perform any work there, (i) an orientation to the hazards and emergency procedures at the workplace, (ii) training in respect of any emergency duties that may be assigned to them at that workplace, and (iii) if the workplace is a marine installation or structure that is equipped with lifeboats, practice in boarding a lifeboat and securing themselves on a seat.
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Competent person 16 Every employer must ensure that all instruction and training that it is required to provide under the Act is developed by and, if applicable, delivered by a competent person.
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Records 17 Every employer must retain records of all instruction and training provided under the Act for (a) at least five years after the day on which the person to whom the instruction or training is provided ceases to be employed at any of the employer’s workplaces; or (b) if the person to whom the instruction or training is provided is not an employee of the employer, at least five years after the instruction or training is provided.
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Posting of information 19 Every employer must ensure that the following items are posted in the specified locations, separately from the emergency response plan, at each workplace under its control that is a marine installation or structure: (a) a station bill containing the information referred to in subsection 7(1) of the Fire and Boat Drills Regulations as well as a description of any additional alarm signals, the membership of all emergency response teams and the location of all evacuation stations (i) in conspicuous places on every deck, and (ii) on the bridge, if the workplace is a vessel, or at the location where the installation manager referred to in section 193.2 of the Act is expected to be during an emergency, if the workplace is not a vessel; (b) the personnel on board list referred to in paragraph 18 (2)(c), at the applicable location referred to in subparagraph (a)(ii); and (c) a drawing identifying all emergency escape routes from the location at which it is posted (i) at conspicuous locations around the workplace, and (ii) in every person’s sleeping quarters.
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Instruction and training 20 The instruction and training that every employer must provide to each of its employees includes (a) training in the procedures to be followed by the employee in the event of an emergency; and (b) instruction on the location of any emergency and fire protection equipment that the employee may be reasonably expected to use and training in the use of that equipment.
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Means of evacuation 21 Every employer must ensure, with respect to each workplace under its control that is a marine installation or structure, that (a) all muster stations, escape routes, exits, stairways and any other means of evacuation are maintained in serviceable condition and, to the extent feasible, are accessible and ready for use at all times; (b) all exits to the exterior, muster stations and evacuation stations are clearly identified by illuminated signs or otherwise clearly visible in all conditions; and (c) all escape routes are clearly identified with light-reflecting or illuminated markings.
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Emergency equipment 22 (1) Every employer must ensure that the location of all equipment to be used or worn in implementing emergency response procedures at each workplace under its control is clearly identified with light-reflecting or illuminated signs. Grab bags (2) Every employer must provide, in all sleeping quarters at a workplace under its control, a readily available grab bag for each person assigned to the sleeping quarters containing a smoke hood, heat-resistant gloves and a portable light source to enable the person to reach muster stations, temporary refuge areas and evacuation stations in conditions of fire, intense heat or smoke. Emergency escape breathing devices or respirators (3) Every employer must ensure that the emergency escape breathing devices or respirators that it provides in accordance with paragraph 46 (a) are provided in appropriate quantities and at appropriate locations at the workplace to facilitate escape, having regard to (a) the maximum number of persons who may be at the workplace; (b) how those persons are generally distributed among various areas at the workplace; and (c) the configuration of the workplace and the potential for a person’s ability to move within it to be impeded by hazards arising from the situation that requires escape or from the escape itself. Immersion suits (4) Every employer must ensure that the immersion suits that it provides in accordance with paragraph 46 (b) are provided in appropriate quantities and sizes and at appropriate locations at the workplace to facilitate abandonment, having regard to (a) the maximum number of persons who may be at the workplace; (b) how those persons are generally distributed among various areas at the workplace; (c) those persons’ sizes; and (d) the configuration of the workplace and the potential for a person’s ability to move within it to be impeded by hazards arising from the situation that requires abandonment or from the abandonment itself. Minimum number required (5) Despite subsection (4), the employer must provide the following minimum number of immersion suits: (a) in the case of a workplace that is a marine installation or structure used for drilling or production or as a living accommodation, (i) if it is normally attended, two immersion suits for each person at the workplace, including one in the person’s sleeping quarters, and (ii) if it is normally unattended, one immersion suit for each person at the workplace; (b) in the case of a workplace that is a marine installation or structure used for construction, diving or geotechnical or seismic work, one immersion suit for each person at the workplace, plus two additional suits in each of the bridge and the engine control room; and (c) in the case of any other workplace, one immersion suit for each person at the workplace.
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Emergency alert system 23 Every employer must ensure that each workplace under its control that is a marine installation or structure is equipped with a public address and alarm system that is audible or visible, as the case may be, in all areas of the workplace where a person may be present and is to be used to warn persons if (a) the workplace has to be evacuated; (b) a fire is detected; (c) there is a malfunction of a mechanical ventilation system provided for an area where toxic or combustible gases may accumulate to hazardous levels; (d) there is a person overboard; or (e) there is any other threat to the health or safety of persons at the workplace.
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Emergency power source 24 Every employer must ensure that each workplace under its control that is a marine installation or structure is equipped with an emergency power source that is sufficient to operate the following to the degree necessary to allow for safe occupancy of or egress from the workplace in the case of a failure of the main power system: (a) the public address and alarm system; (b) the emergency lighting system; (c) internal and external communications systems; and (d) light and sound signals marking the location of the workplace.