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Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
product identifier , in respect of a hazardous substance, including a hazardous product, means its brand name, chemical name, common name, generic name or trade name. ( identificateur de produit )
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Occupational health and safety program 155 (1) Exposure to hazardous substances is a prescribed risk for the purpose of paragraph 210.02(2)(a) of the Act and the associated control measures set out in the occupational health and safety program must be commensurate to the risks associated with each hazardous substance present at the workplace. Contents (2) Every occupational health and safety program must set out procedures for (a) managing the introduction of new hazardous substances into the workplace; (b) identifying and substituting, to the extent feasible, non-hazardous or less hazardous substances for more hazardous substances used at the workplace; (c) ensuring that all safety data sheets and other documents containing hazard information with respect to hazardous substances at the workplace are kept up to date; (d) developing and implementing any medical monitoring program that may be required under paragraph 156 (1)(c); (e) identifying and implementing means, potentially including protective reassignment, of eliminating all workplace exposure to a respiratory sensitizer or skin sensitizer , as those terms are defined in section 8.4 of the Hazardous Products Regulations , for any employee who is or is likely to be sensitized to that substance; (f) informing employees of the hazards posed by any substance that is a germ cell mutagen , as defined in section 8.5 of the Hazardous Products Regulations , or toxic to reproduction , as defined in section 8.7 of those Regulations, to which they may be exposed at the workplace; and (g) determining levels of safe exposure to the substances referred to in paragraph (f) for persons who are pregnant or breastfeeding or intend to conceive a child and identifying and implementing means, potentially including protective reassignment, of ensuring that those levels are not exceeded in respect of any employee who has advised the employer that they are such a person.
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Identification 158 (1) For the purpose of paragraph 210.022(c) of the Act, any container that contains a hazardous substance — other than a hazardous product — is to be clearly marked with the substance’s generic name and hazardous properties. Hazard information (2) If a safety data sheet or other document that identifies, and sets out hazard information in respect of, a hazardous substance — other than a hazardous product — that is stored, handled or used at a workplace may be obtained from the supplier by the employer with control over the workplace, the employer must obtain that document and make it available to every employee at the workplace.
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Hazardous products — safety data sheets 160 (1) Paragraph 210.022(e) of the Act does not apply in respect of (a) a manufactured article , as defined in section 2 of the Hazardous Products Act ; (b) wood or any product made of wood; (c) the following hazardous products, if the employer makes available a document containing the product identifier and detailed, up-to-date hazard information in respect of the product: (i) a product listed in Schedule 1 to the Hazardous Products Act , or (ii) a nuclear substance , as defined in section 2 of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act ; (d) a hazardous product that is produced at the workplace and is a fugitive emission or an intermediate product undergoing reaction within a process or reaction vessel; (e) hazardous waste; or (f) any hazardous product for which the employer is actively seeking the document referred to in that paragraph, as long as any label affixed to, printed on or attached to the product or container that contains information about the product is not removed, defaced, modified or altered. Information required (2) The information that must be disclosed for the purpose of subparagraph 210.022(e)(v) of the Act is all information not referred to in subparagraphs 210.022(e)(i) to (iv) of the Act that is required to be included on a safety data sheet under the Hazardous Products Regulations .
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Exemption from requirement to disclose 161 (1) Subject to subsection (2), if an employer has filed a claim under subsection 11(2) of the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act for an exemption from a requirement under the Act to disclose information, it must disclose in place of that information on any safety data sheet or other document, label or sign (a) if there has been no final determination in respect of the claim, the date on which the claim for exemption was filed and the registry number assigned to the claim under section 10 of the Hazardous Materials Information Review Regulations ; or (b) if the final determination in respect of the claim is that the claim is valid, a statement that an exemption has been granted and the date on which the exemption was granted. Product identifier (2) If the claim for exemption is in respect of a product identifier, the employer must disclose, in place of the product identifier on any safety data sheet or other document, label or sign, a code name or code number assigned by the employer to identify the hazardous product.
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Instruction and training 162 The instruction and training that every employer must provide to its employees includes (a) if the employee is likely to handle or be exposed to a hazardous substance, training with respect to the content required on labels and safety data sheets and the purpose and significance of that content; (b) if the employee installs, operates, maintains or repairs a piping system that contains a hazardous substance, or any component of such a system, training with respect to the significance of the colour-coding, signage or other markings referred to in subparagraph 157 (1)(q)(iii); and (c) if the employee is one referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), instruction with respect to procedures for the safe storage, handling, use and disposal of the hazardous substances to which they may be exposed, including procedures to be followed in an emergency involving a hazardous substance or when a fugitive emission is present.
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Provision of information in emergency 163 For the purpose of subsection 210.023(1) of the Act, a medic is a prescribed medical professional.
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Definitions 164 The following definitions apply in this Part. decompression table means a table or set of tables that shows a schedule of rates for safe descent and ascent and decompression stop times, having regard to the breathing mixture to be used by a diver during a dive. ( table de décompression ) dive contractor means an employer that exercises direction and control over diving operations at a workplace. ( entrepreneur en plongée ) dive team means all divers, standby divers, dive support personnel and dive supervisors on a dive project. ( équipe de plongée ) dive safety specialist means a person designated under subsection 168 (1). ( spécialiste de la sécurité en plongée )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
decompression table means a table or set of tables that shows a schedule of rates for safe descent and ascent and decompression stop times, having regard to the breathing mixture to be used by a diver during a dive. ( table de décompression )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
dive contractor means an employer that exercises direction and control over diving operations at a workplace. ( entrepreneur en plongée )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
dive team means all divers, standby divers, dive support personnel and dive supervisors on a dive project. ( équipe de plongée )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
dive safety specialist means a person designated under subsection 168 (1). ( spécialiste de la sécurité en plongée )
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Prohibitions 166 It is prohibited to carry out the following diving activities at or from any workplace: (a) diving using a self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA); and (b) surface-supplied diving using a breathing mixture that contains helium.
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Instruction 167 The instruction that every dive contractor must provide to all dive team members includes instruction on the hazards of diving in cold water and the appropriate emergency response to any loss of heating to a diver, their breathing mixture or their equipment.
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Dive safety specialists 168 (1) The operator of a workplace from which a dive project is to be carried out and the dive contractor that exercises direction and control over the diving operations at that workplace must each designate in writing a competent person as a dive safety specialist, to be present at the workplace for the duration of the dive project and be available during all dives to advise on any matter related to the safety of the project Requirements (2) Each dive safety specialist must (a) conform to the competencies set out for offshore dive safety specialists in CSA Group standard Z275.4, Competency standard for diving, hyperbaric chamber, and remotely operated vehicle operations ; and (b) have no other duties that will interfere with their ability to provide prompt advice. Independence (3) The dive safety specialist designated by the operator must be independent of the dive contractor and the dive safety specialist designated by the dive contractor must be independent of the operator. Different persons (4) The same person may not be designated as a dive safety specialist by both the operator and dive contractor in respect of the same dive project.
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Emergency response plan 169 (1) The emergency response plan developed under section 18 in respect of a workplace from which a dive project is carried out must include provisions developed by the dive contractor — in consultation with the dive safety specialists for the project and, as the case may be, the installation manager referred to in section 198.2 of the Act or the offshore construction manager and dive vessel master — that (a) set out procedures for responding to all vessel or dive system emergencies that have the potential to compromise divers’ safety; (b) set out procedures for responding to chamber system emergencies, including fire, loss of pressure, atmospheric contamination and life-support system malfunction; (c) set out procedures to be followed in the case of any loss of communication; (d) set out procedures for ensuring that any emergency at the workplace does not impede the provision of life support to divers, including during evacuation, recovery, decompression and observation for decompression sickness; (e) set out procedures in relation to the rescue of a diver; (f) if the dive project involves saturation diving, set out procedures (i) for locating and recovering a lost diving bell, (ii) for responding to the loss of atmospheric pressure within a diving bell, and (iii) in relation to emergency hyperbaric evacuation, including the recovery and transport to a hyperbaric reception facility of self-propelled hyperbaric lifeboats, their reception at that facility and the replenishment of resources on the lifeboats; and (g) address any other matters that are necessary for preparing for and responding to emergencies that have the potential to compromise divers’ safety. Procedures (2) The dive contractor must ensure that detailed emergency response procedures covering all reasonably foreseeable emergencies are readily available to all persons at the workplace who may have a role in carrying them out. Availability of plan (3) In addition to conforming to subsection 18 (3), every dive contractor must ensure that the emergency response plan for the workplace from which the dive project for which it exercises direction or control over diving operations is carried out is made readily available to all persons, including those not at the workplace, who may have a role in responding to a dive emergency.
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Emergency drills and exercises 170 The plan established under section 30 for any workplace from which a dive project is carried out must include provisions, developed by the dive contractor, requiring the conduct of exercises and drills with respect to all reasonably foreseeable dive emergencies, including (a) diver evacuation drills — including, if the dive project involves saturation diving, drills involving the boarding of a self-propelled hyperbaric lifeboat — to be conducted prior to the first dive being carried out under the dive project and then at least once a month; (b) exercises involving the simulation by the members of the dive team of the procedures for dealing with a diver who has suffered injury or decompression sickness, including communication with a specialized dive physician, to be conducted at least once a month; (c) if the dive project involves the use of dynamic positioning equipment, drills completed on the diving vessel simulating the loss of dynamic positioning capability, to be conducted at least once a month; (d) if the dive project involves saturation diving, (i) drills involving the location and recovery of a lost diving bell, to be conducted prior to the first dive being carried out under the dive project and then at least once every three months, and (ii) drills involving the launch and manoeuvring of self-propelled hyperbaric lifeboats, to be conducted at least once every six months; and (e) drills or exercises in respect of all other reasonably foreseeable diving emergencies, to be conducted at least once a month.
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ception of breaks, during which one supervisor may be replaced at the dive control station by another competent person; (b) sufficient dive support personnel to support the divers and operate and maintain all equipment; and (c) in the case of surface-supplied diving, sufficient divers to ensure the availability of standby divers who satisfy the requirements set out in paragraph 172 (2)(c). Means of communication (3) All means of communication referred to in paragraph (1)(n) must be dedicated and continuous and, if used between a dive supervisor and diver, must (a) have sufficient sound quality to permit breathing and speech to be clearly heard without distortion; (b) if the diver is using a breathing mixture that contains a substance that distorts the voice, be equipped with a voice descrambler; and (c) be equipped with a recording device that continuously records all transmissions while a dive is in progress.
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go decompression at any one time, as well as all other persons needing to be in the chamber with the divers to carry out the decompression procedures or provide medical care to them, are available at the workplace to allow for decompression in accordance with the applicable decompression table identified in the dive project plan; and (f) if diving occurs from a light dive craft, the time needed to transport a diver from the surface to the deck compression chamber or medical room on the primary vessel from which the light dive craft is deployed does not exceed 15 minutes. Saturation diving (3) If the diving operation involves saturation diving, the dive contractor must also ensure that (a) each diver holds a valid diving medical technician certificate; (b) medical checks are carried out by a member of the dive team who holds a diving medical technician certificate, or by a medic under the direction of the specialized dive physician, on each diver immediately before they enter the compression chamber and immediately after they exit it after decompression; (c) at least two diving bells are available, each of which (i) is capable of sustaining the lives of the divers in it and protecting them against hypothermia for at least 24 hours, (ii) is equipped with an emergency locating device whose signals the marine installation or structure from which the dive operation is carried out, and all rescue vessels on standby, are equipped to receive and interpret, (iii) has suitable protective devices fitted to its main umbilical to control loss of atmospheric pressure in the diving bell if any of the components in the umbilical are ruptured, and (iv) has its internal atmosphere continuously monitored for contaminants and oxygen and carbon dioxide levels by both a primary and secondary monitoring system for the duration of each dive, with the data displayed both in the diving bell and at the dive control station, and the oxygen and carbon dioxide levels being recorded at least hourly; (d) the relative humidity in all living chambers is maintained between 40% and 60% at all depths, regardless of the number of divers in the chamber; (e) no pressurization is scheduled to last more than 28 days; and (f) a hyperbaric evacuation system that includes the following is readily available for the evacuation and reception of all divers: (i) a hyperbaric reception facility, and (ii) self-propelled hyperbaric lifeboats that are equipped with a life support package sufficient to sustain the lives of the divers and for which a mating trial with the reception facility has been conducted.
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Dive record 173 (1) Every dive contractor must make and sign a record that sets out, in respect of each dive carried out under its direction or control, (a) the date and location of the dive; (b) the names of all divers, standby divers and dive supervisors; (c) the task carried out; (d) a list of the tools and equipment used that includes, in respect of each piece of equipment that is part of the diving apparatus, its type and serial number; (e) the breathing mixture used; (f) the time the diver began their descent from the surface; (g) the maximum depth attained; (h) the time spent at the maximum depth; (i) the time the diver began their ascent from the maximum depth; (j) the time the diver reached the surface; (k) the surface interval, in the case of a repetitive dive; (l) the type of decompression carried out and the decompression table used; (m) the environmental conditions during the dive; and (n) any remarks, including with respect to any unusual occurrences during the dive. Retention of record (2) The dive contractor must retain the record for five years after the day on which the dive is completed. Retention of recordings (3) The dive contractor must retain all recordings referred to in paragraphs 171 (3)(c) and 172 (1)(q) for 48 hours after the diver has returned to the surface or living chamber, as the case may be, or any longer period that is necessary to enable the operator to investigate an occupational disease, accident, incident or other hazardous occurrence under subsection 210.017(2) of the Act.
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January 1, 2022 176 These Regulations come into force on January 1, 2022, but if they are registered after that day, they come into force on the day on which they are registered.
Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations — a
Whereas, pursuant to subsection 332(1) a of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 b , the Minister of the Environment published in the Canada Gazette , Part I, on December 15, 2018 a copy of the proposed Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations , substantially in the annexed form, and persons were given an opportunity to file comments with respect to the proposed Regulations or to file a notice of objection requesting that a board of review be established and stating the reasons for the objection; a S.C. 2004, c. 15, s. 31 b S.C. 1999, c. 33
Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations — (a)
Therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of Canada in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of the Environment and the Minister of Health with respect to the provisions of the annexed Regulations other than section 82, and on the recommendation of the Minister of Transport with respect to that section 82, makes the annexed Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations pursuant to (a) subsections 93(1) and 102(1) and sections 191 and 286.1 c of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (1999) b ; c S.C. 2009, c. 14, s. 80 (b) subsection 120(1) d of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 e ; d S.C. 2018, c. 27, s. 694 e S.C. 2001, c. 26 (c) paragraph 109(b) of the Impact Assessment Act f ; and f S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 1 (d) subsection 5(1) of the Environmental Violations Administrative Monetary Penalties Act g . g S.C. 2009, c. 14, s. 126
Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations — (a)
(a) subsections 93(1) and 102(1) and sections 191 and 286.1 c of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (1999) b ; c S.C. 2009, c. 14, s. 80
Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations — (b)
(b) subsection 120(1) d of the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 e ; d S.C. 2018, c. 27, s. 694 e S.C. 2001, c. 26
Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations — (c)
(c) paragraph 109(b) of the Impact Assessment Act f ; and f S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 1
Cross-border Movement of Hazardous Waste and Hazardous Recyclable Material Regulations — (d)
(d) subsection 5(1) of the Environmental Violations Administrative Monetary Penalties Act g . g S.C. 2009, c. 14, s. 126