4 PUBH 5135 Occupational Health and Safety Regulation

David MacNeil

Topic 1: Types of Occupational Health & Safety Jurisdictions in Canada

      • Historical Backgrounds
      • How Power is Divided
      • Federal Powers
      • Amending Powers
      • Provincial Powers
      • Crossover Powers
      • Equalization and Natural Resources
      • Federal-Provincial Tension
  • Introduction (CCOHS)
      • Federal coverage of work types
  • How you could follow the appropriate regulations?
    1. Define your nature of work – within federal or provincial jurisdiction?
    2. Select appropriate legislation – Act or regulation, by-law or guidelines
    3. Meet the legal requirement (establish committees) and formulate OHS policies and programs

 

Topic 2: Various types of Occupational Health & Safety Legislation

 

Topic 3: Nova Scotia Health & Safety Act

 

Topic 4: Canadian Occupational Health & Safety Regulation XV/Federal Hazardous Occurrence Investigation, Recording and Reporting

 

Topic 5: Work Refusals

 

Topic 6: What is meant by Due Diligence & How it is used by the employer as a defense in court

 

Topic 7: Incident/Accident Investigation Procedures

 

Topic 8: WHMIS

Exercises

 

Topic 9: Federal OHS Regulation Part VI Lighting

 

Topic 10: Federal Regulation VII Levels of Sound

 

Topic 11: Westray Bill (Bill C-45)

  • What is more?
    • Underground Mining Regulations
      • The provincial governments are responsible for regulating mining within their jurisdictions
      • NS Underground Mining Regulations (made under Section 82 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act)

 

Topic 12: Various Types of Inspection in the workplace

 

Topic 13:   Confined Spaces Federal OHS Regulation Part XI

 

Topic 14: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the workplace

  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (Government of Canada)
  • Personal Protective Equipment (CCOHS)
    • Body Belts, Harnesses, and Lanyards
    • Chemical Protective Clothing – Glove Selection
    • Designing an Effective PPE Program
    • Eye and Face Protectors
    • Fall Protection – Travel Restraint System
    • Foot Comfort and Safety at Work
    • Footwear – Assessment Checklist
    • Headwear, Care of
    • Hearing Protectors
    • High-Visibility Safety Apparel
    • Personal Protective Clothing – Trade Names, Manufacturers
    • Protection Against Drowning
    • Respirators – Respirator Care
    • Respirators – Respirator Selection
    • Respirators – Respirators Versus Surgical Masks Versus Non-medical Masks
    • Respirators – Wearing a Respirator
    • Safety Footwear
    • Who Pays for PPE?
  • Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) (Infrastructure Health & Safety Association)
  • Canada Legislative Requirements:
    • Federal
      • Canada Labour Code, Part II
        • Subsection 122.2: Follow the Hierarchy of Control
        • Section 125: limit the access and safety equipment by the employers
        • Section 126: Employee has the responsibility to put on PPE and safety equipment provided by the employer.
    • Provincial (NS)
      • The Legislation:
      • Personal Protective Equipment: A guide to Part 3 of the Occupational Safety General Regulations (PDF) (NS Labour and Workforce Department)
          • What is Personal Protective Equipment? (P.3)
          • Who is responsible for buying this equipment? (P.3)
          • Where do I find the requirements for personal protective equipment in regulations? (P.3)
          • How do I know when personal protective equipment is to be used? (Section 9) (P.4)
          • Is having the equipment enough? (Section 9) (P.4)
          • Hazards to eyes, face and neck (Section 10) (P.5)
          • Hazards to Head (Section 11) (P.5)
          • Hazard to Foot or Skin (Section 12) (P.7)
          • Respiratory Hazard (Section 13) (P.8)
          • Drowning Hazard (Section 14) (P.10)
          • Work Clothes (Section 22(2)(a)) (P.11)
          • Rechargeable Storage Batteries (Section 43 (2)(a)) (P.12)
          • Energized electrical installations – Section 123(1) (P.12)
          • Personal Protective Equipment for Energized Electrical Installations (P.13)
          • Confined Space Entry – Section 130(4), Section 134 and 135(1)(a) (P.15)

   Photo sourced from Wikimedia Commons

Exercises

 

Topic 15: Federal OHS Regulation II Permanent Structures

 

Topic 16: Fall Protection/ Nova Scotia OHS Regulation 21

 

Topic 17: New Federal Harassment & Violence Protection Regulation

 

Topic 18: Federal OHS Regulation XIV Materials Handling

 

Topic 19: Joint Health and Safety Committees & Health & Safety Representatives

More Related Topics:

 

 

 

    • OSHA
    • NIOSH (CDC)
    • CSA
      • a global organization for safety, social good and sustainability. They develop standatds in Testing, Inspection and Certification around the world including Canada, the U.S., Europe and Asia.
    • ANSI
      • The American National Standards Institute oversees Standatds and Conformity Assessment Activities in the U.S.
    • NFPA
      • National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, MA of USA.
    • ACGIH
      • American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, ACGIH, a charitable scientific organization aimed to advance occupational and environmental health. TLVs® and BEIs® book and work practice guides are their publications.

 

  • Global Perspectives

    • EU-OSHA (Strategic framework 2021-27, EU directive, EU guidelines, EU standards, National legislation, OSH strategies)
      • The Strategic Framework
        1. Strategic framework 2021-27
        2. EU OSH Strategic framework (OSH Wiki, EU)
      • European directives
        1. European directives on safety and health at work
          • It is a form of the legislation basing on the legal foundation established in Article 153 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
        2. The most important legal act: European Framework Directive (1989/391/EEC)
          • It establishes general principles for managing safety and health
          • Directives per topic:
            • The OSH Framework Directive
            • Workplaces, equipment, signs, personal protective equipment
            • Exposure to chemical agents and chemical safety
            • Exposure to physical hazards
            • Exposure to biological agents
            • Provisions on workload, ergonomical and psychosocial risks
            • Sector specific and worker related provisions
      • European guidelines
        1. non-binding documents aiming to facilitate the implementation of European directives.
        2. Guidelines per topic
          • The OSH Framework Directive
          • Workplaces, equipment, signs, personal protective equipment
          • Exposure to chemical agents and chemical safety
          • Exposure to physical hazards
          • Exposure to biological agents
          • Provisions on workload, ergonomic and psychosocial risks
          • Sector specific and worker related provisions
      • European standards
        1. a standard adopted by European Committee for Standardization (CEN), European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) and European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), on request from European Commission.
      • National legislation on safety and health at work
        1. European directives set out the minimum standards for safety and health in the workplace. The EU directives are implemented through the national legislation of Member States.
      • OSH strategies
        1. National strategies consolidation and coordination is the first and foremost key strategic objectives in the EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2014 – 2020. The European Commission invited Member States to review their national strategies in consultation with their relevant stakeholders.

 

 

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