On Board Trains Occupational Safety and Health Regulations (SOR/87-184)

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

• (a) where the airborne hazardous substance is a chemical agent, the concentration of the airborne hazardous substance does not exceed the values and percentages referred to in sections 7.20 and 7.21; and

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

7.8 Every hazardous substance stored, handled or used in a work place shall be stored, handled or used in a manner whereby the hazard related to that substance is reduced to a minimum.

7.9 Subject to subsection 7.11, where a hazardous substance is stored, handled or used in a work place, any hazard resulting from that storage, handling or use shall be confined to as small an area as practicable.

7.10 The quantity of a hazardous substance used or processed in a work place shall, to the extent that is practicable, be limited to the quantity required for use or processing in the work place in one work day.

7.11 Where 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 in a work place, the employer shall adopt and implement the standards set out in the United States National Fire Prevention Association Inc. publication NFPA 77-1983, Recommended Practice on Static Electricity, dated 1983.

7.12 to 7.14 [Repealed, SOR/88-200, s. 7]

7.15 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 shall be

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

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

• (c) adequate for its intended purpose having regard to the corrosiveness, pressure, temperature and other properties of the hazardous substance transferred therein.

• 7.16 (1) Every employer shall, in consultation with the safety and health committee or the safety and health representative, if either exists, develop and implement an employee education program with respect to hazard prevention and control at the work place.

• (2) The employee education program referred to in subsection (1) shall 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 label,

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

    • (iv) the observations referred to in paragraph 7.4(a),

    • (v) the information disclosed on the material safety data sheet referred to in section 7.25 and the purpose and significance of that information, and

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

  • (b) the instruction and training of each employee who operates, maintains or repairs an assembly of pipes referred to in section 7.15 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; and

  • (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 7.8, 7.9 and 7.11, 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.

• (3) Every employer shall, in consultation with the safety and health committee or the safety and health representative, if either exists, 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 work place; and

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