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PART 9Sanitation (continued)

Sleeping Quarters

  •  (1) In any living accommodation provided as sleeping quarters for employees,

    • (a) a separate bed or bunk that is not part of a unit that is more than double-tiered and is so constructed that it can be easily cleaned and disinfected must be provided for each employee;

    • (b) mattresses, pillows, sheets, pillow cases, blankets, bed covers and sleeping bags must be kept in a clean and sanitary condition; and

    • (c) a storage area fitted with a locking device must be provided for each employee.

  • (2) Sufficient individual sleeping quarters in a field accommodation are provided such that the maximum number of employees sleeping in one room is not more than

    • (a) 2 for a production facility; and

    • (b) 4 for any other marine installation or structure.

Preparation, Handling, Storage and Serving of Food

  •  (1) Each food handler must be instructed and trained in food handling practices that prevent the contamination of food.

  • (2) A person who is suffering from a communicable disease must not work as a food handler.

 If food is served in a workplace, the employer must adopt and implement a food safety program that is in accordance with the Guide to Food Safety published by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

  • SOR/2017-118, s. 18
  •  (1) Foods that require refrigeration to prevent them from becoming hazardous to health must be maintained at a temperature of 4°C or lower.

  • (2) Foods that require freezing must be maintained at a temperature of -11°C or lower.

 All equipment and utensils that come into contact with food must be

  • (a) designed to be easily cleaned;

  • (b) smooth and free from cracks, crevices, pitting or unnecessary indentations; and

  • (c) cleaned and stored to maintain their surfaces in a sanitary condition.

 A person must not eat, prepare or store food

  • (a) in an area where a hazardous substance may contaminate food, dishes or utensils;

  • (b) in a personal service room that contains a toilet, urinal or shower; or

  • (c) in any other area where food is likely to be contaminated.

Food Waste and Garbage

  •  (1) Food waste and garbage must be removed daily from personal service rooms and food preparation areas.

  • (2) Food waste and garbage must be disposed of by a sanitary drainage system, held in a garbage container or incinerated.

  • (3) Every employer must adopt and implement a procedure that requires that combustible garbage not be incinerated unless precautions have been taken to ensure that the fire does not endanger employees, the safety of the workplace or the integrity of any equipment.

 Garbage containers must be

  • (a) maintained in a clean and sanitary condition;

  • (b) cleaned and disinfected in an area separate from personal service rooms and food preparation areas;

  • (c) if there may be internal pressure in the container, so designed that the pressure is relieved by controlled ventilation;

  • (d) constructed of a non-absorbent material and provided with a tight-fitting top;

  • (e) located in an area that is inaccessible to animals; and

  • (f) if liquids, wet materials or food waste are disposed of in them, leakproof.

Dining Areas

 Every dining area provided by the employer must be

  • (a) of sufficient size to allow seating and table space for the employees who normally use the dining area at any one time;

  • (b) provided with non-combustible covered receptacles for the disposal of food waste or garbage; and

  • (c) separated from any place where a hazardous substance may contaminate food, dishes or utensils.

Ventilation

 The intake or exhaust duct for a ventilation system must be so located that no employee may be exposed to any hazardous substance drawn in or exhausted through the duct.

Clothing Storage

 Clothing storage facilities must be provided by the employer for the storage of overcoats and other clothes not worn by employees while they are working.

  •  (1) A change room must be provided by the employer if

    • (a) the nature of the work engaged in by an employee makes it necessary for the employee to change from street clothes to work clothes for health or safety reasons; or

    • (b) an employee is regularly engaged in work in which his work clothing becomes wet or contaminated by a hazardous substance.

  • (2) If wet or contaminated work clothing referred to in paragraph (1)(b) is changed, it must be stored in such a manner that it does not come in contact with clothing that is not wet or contaminated.

  • (3) An employee must not leave the workplace wearing clothing contaminated by a hazardous substance.

  • (4) Every employer must supply facilities for the drying or cleaning of wet or contaminated clothing referred to in paragraph (1)(b).

PART 10Hazardous Substances

Interpretation

 The following definitions apply in this Part.

hazard information

hazard information means, in respect of a hazardous substance, information on the proper and safe storage, handling and use of the hazardous substance, including information relating to its toxicological properties. (renseignements sur les dangers)

lower explosive limit

lower explosive limit means the lower limit of flammability of a chemical agent or a combination of chemical agents at ambient temperature and pressure, expressed

  • (a) for a gas or vapour, as a percentage per volume of air, and

  • (b) for dust, as the weight of dust per volume of air. (limite explosive inférieure)

product identifier

product identifier means, in respect of a hazardous substance, the brand name, code name or code number specified by the supplier or employer or the chemical name, common name, generic name or trade name. (identificateur du produit)

supplier

supplier means a person who is a manufacturer, processor or packager of a hazardous substance or a person who, in the course of business, imports or sells a hazardous substance. (fournisseur)

Application

 This Part does not apply to the transportation or handling of dangerous goods to which the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act and regulations made under it apply.

DIVISION 1General

Hazard Investigation

  •  (1) If there is a likelihood that the health or safety of an employee in a workplace is or may be endangered by exposure to a hazardous substance or by insufficient lighting, the employer must, without delay,

    • (a) appoint a qualified person to carry out an investigation; and

    • (b) notify the committee or coordinator of the proposed investigation and of the name of the qualified person appointed to carry out that investigation.

  • (2) In the investigation , the following criteria must be taken into consideration:

    • (a) the chemical, biological and physical properties of the hazardous substance;

    • (b) the routes of exposure of the hazardous substance;

    • (c) the effects on health and safety of exposure to the hazardous substance;

    • (d) the state, concentration and quantity of the hazardous substance handled;

    • (e) the manner in which the hazardous substance is handled;

    • (f) the control methods used to eliminate or reduce exposure;

    • (g) the possibility that the concentration of the hazardous substance to which an employee is likely to be exposed exceeds a value or percentage referred to in section 135 or 136;

    • (h) the possibility that the level of lighting in the workplace is less than the level prescribed in Part 6; and

    • (i) the possibility that the level of sound in the workplace is greater than the level prescribed in Part 7.

 On completion of the investigation referred to in subsection 118(1) and after consultation with the committee or the coordinator, the qualified person must set out in a written report signed by the qualified person

  • (a) the qualified person’s observations respecting the criteria considered in accordance with subsection 118(2); and

  • (b) the qualified person’s recommendations respecting the manner of compliance with sections 121 to 140.

 The report referred to in section 119 must be kept by the employer at the workplace to which it applies for one year after the date on which the qualified person signed the report.

Substitution of Substances

  •  (1) A hazardous substance must not be used for any purpose in a workplace if it is reasonably practicable to substitute for that substance a substance that is not a hazardous substance.

  • (2) If a hazardous substance is required to be used for any purpose in a workplace and an equivalent substance that is less hazardous is available to be used for that purpose, the equivalent substance must be substituted for the hazardous substance if it is reasonably practicable to do.

Ventilation

 Every ventilation system used to control the concentration of an airborne hazardous substance must be so designed, constructed and installed that

  • (a) if the hazardous substance is a chemical agent, the concentration of the chemical agent does not exceed the values, levels and percentages prescribed in sections 135 and 136; and

  • (b) if the hazardous substance is not a chemical agent, the concentration of the hazardous substance is not hazardous to the health or safety of employees.

Air Pressure

  •  (1) Subject to subsection (2), if there is a likelihood that explosive or toxic vapours may enter an enclosed workplace or living accommodation, the air pressure in the workplace or living accommodation must, if reasonably practicable, be maintained positive in relation to the air pressure in the surrounding area.

  • (2) If there is a source of explosive or toxic vapours at a workplace, the air pressure in the area of the source must be maintained negative with respect to any adjacent enclosed area.

Warnings

 If reasonably practicable, automated warning and detection systems must be provided by the employer when the seriousness of any exposure to a hazardous substance so requires.

Storage, Handling and Use

 Every hazardous substance stored, handled or used in a workplace must be stored, handled and used in a manner in which the hazard related to that substance is reduced to a minimum.

 Subject to section 129, when a hazardous substance is stored, handled or used in a workplace, any hazard resulting from that storage, handling or use must be confined to as small an area as reasonably practicable.

  •  (1) Every container for a hazardous substance that is used in a workplace must be so designed and constructed that it protects the employees from any health or safety hazard that is created by the hazardous substance.

  • (2) If a container referred to in subsection (1) is emptied and is not to be refilled with the hazardous substance, it must be completely cleaned of the hazardous substance that was stored in it before being reused and the label identifying the hazardous substance must be removed.

 The quantity of a hazardous substance used or processed in a workplace must, as far as reasonably practicable, be kept to a minimum.

 If a hazardous substance is capable of combining with another substance to form an ignitable combination and a hazard of ignition of the combination by static electricity exists, the employer must adopt and implement the standards set out in the United States National Fire Protection Association publication NFPA 77, Recommended Practice on Static Electricity.

  • SOR/2017-118, s. 19

Warning of Hazardous Substances

  •  (1) If a hazardous substance is stored in a workplace, signs must be posted in conspicuous places warning of the presence of the hazardous substance.

  • (2) Hazard information in respect of hazardous substances that are, or are likely to be, present in a workplace must be readily available for examination at the workplace.

Assembly of Pipes

 Every assembly of pipes, pipe fittings, valves, safety devices, pumps, compressors and other fixed equipment that is used for transferring a hazardous substance from one location to another must be

  • (a) labelled to identify the hazardous substance transferred there;

  • (b) fitted with valves and other control and safety devices to ensure its safe operation;

  • (c) inspected by a qualified person before it is placed in service and once a year after that; and

  • (d) maintained and repaired by a qualified person.

Employee Education

  •  (1) Every employer must, in consultation with the committee or the coordinator, develop and implement an employee education program with respect to hazard prevention and control at the workplace.

  • (2) The employee education program referred to in subsection (1) must include

    • (a) the instruction of each employee who handles or is exposed to or is likely to handle or be exposed to a hazardous substance with respect to

      • (i) the product identifier of the hazardous substance,

      • (ii) all hazard information disclosed by the supplier of the hazardous substance or by the employer on a material safety data sheet or on a label,

      • (iii) all hazard information of which the employer is aware or ought reasonably to be aware,

      • (iv) the observations referred to in paragraph 119(a),

      • (v) the information disclosed on the material safety data sheet referred to in section 142 and the purpose and significance of that information,

      • (vi) in respect of controlled products in the workplace, the information required to be disclosed on a material safety data sheet and on a label under Division III and the purposes and significance of that information, and

      • (vii) the information referred to in subsection 130(2);

    • (b) the instruction and training of each employee who operates, maintains or repairs an assembly of pipes referred to in section 131 with respect to

      • (i) every valve and other control and safety device connected to the assembly of pipes, and

      • (ii) the procedures to follow for the proper and safe use of the assembly of pipes;

    • (c) the instruction and training of each employee referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) with respect to

      • (i) the procedures to follow to implement the provisions of sections 125, 126 and 129, and

      • (ii) the procedures to follow for the safe storage, handling, use and disposal of hazardous substances, including procedures to be followed in an emergency involving a hazardous substance; and

    • (d) if the employer makes a computerized version of a material safety data sheet available in accordance with subsection 148(2), the training of each employee in accessing that material safety data sheet.

  • (3) Every employer must, in consultation with the committee or the coordinator, review the employee education program referred to in subsection (1) and, if necessary, revise it

    • (a) at least once a year;

    • (b) whenever there is a change in conditions in respect of the hazardous substances in the workplace; and

    • (c) whenever new hazard information in respect of a hazardous substance in the workplace becomes available to the employer.

 

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