Log, registered plants
37. (1) Every user of a plant shall keep in the plant a log in the form of a book or electronic log. O. Reg. 219/01, s. 37 (1). (2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the logbook shall be bound and constructed so that the pages are numbered and cannot be removed and shall be large enough to accommodate all the required entries. O. Reg. 219/01, s. 37 (2). (3) Where a user keeps an electronic log, the user shall ensure that a dated paper print-out of the log is created at the end of each shift, is entered into the logbook and signed by the chief operating engineer or chief operator the next business day. O. Reg. 219/01, s. 37 (3). (4) An electronic log shall include information relating to equipment used, information produced, form produced, back up ability, ambient operating limits, and authorized pass code entry by only the chief engineer, chief operator, shift engineer or shift operator, and shall be kept so that any substations have read-only ability. O. Reg. 219/01, s. 37 (4). (5) The names of the chief operating engineer, chief operator, relief chiefs, shift engineers and shift operators and their sample signatures shall be entered on the logbook’s signature page. O. Reg. 219/01, s. 37 (5). (6) No person except the chief operating engineer, chief operator, a shift engineer or a shift operator may make an entry in or sign the logbook. O. Reg. 219/01, s. 37 (6). (7) Standing orders that are to be routinely followed shall be clearly documented in a location that is known and available to the persons to whom they apply and supplementary logs shall be registered in the log. O. Reg. 219/01, s. 37 (7). (8) Shift entries to the log shall include, (a) the date, the shift and the times at which the shift begins and ends; (b) the names of all shift engineers, shift operators, assistant shift engineers, assistant shift operators, other staff and operating assistants or trainees on a shift and their periods of duty on the shift; (c) any instructions for the shift operation or for staff, along with the name of the person giving the instructions; (d) any change from normal operating procedure and the time of such change; (e) any unusual or abnormal conditions observed in the plant and the time they were observed; (f) the starting or stopping times of primary equipment not recorded in other logs; (g) documentation of any repairs or maintenance, including that required under subsection 39 (9), to any part of the plant, the times the repair or maintenance took place, if they were completed and who attended at the repair or maintenance; (h) any malfunction of any item or equipment, the time of the occurrence and any remedial action taken to correct the malfunction; (i) any work performed by plant operating personnel outside the plant, the time spent and who attended at the work; (j) the entry of any unauthorized person to the plant, together with the purpose of the entry and the time of entry and leaving; (k) primary shift functions, including the times of at least the following functions: (i) boiler blow down, (ii) water column blow down, (iii) controls tests, (iv) safety valve tests, (v) sootblower operation, and (vi) water sampling and chemical treatment. O. Reg. 219/01, s. 37 (8). (9) All logbook entries shall be in ink and any corrections shall not be erased but crossed out, corrected and initialled. O. Reg. 219/01, s. 37 (9). (10) No person shall deface, damage, destroy or, without the permission of the owner or user, remove the logbook from the plant. O. Reg. 219/01, s. 37 (10). (11) The chief operating engineer or chief operator shall read and sign the log at least once each business day. O. Reg. 219/01, s. 37 (11). (12) The user shall ensure that the logbook is kept accessible in the plant for at least three years after the last entry is made and shall produce the logbook for examination upon the request of an inspector and, where an electronic log is kept by the user, the user shall retain the electronic log or hard copies for at least three years. O. Reg. 219/01, s. 37 (12).