Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations

11.34 (1) Where a controlled product, other than a controlled product referred to in paragraph 11.33(c), is received by an employer, the employer shall, at the time the controlled product is received in the work place, obtain from the supplier of the controlled product a supplier material safety data sheet, unless the employer has in his possession a supplier material safety data sheet that

• (a) is for a controlled product that has the same product identifier;

• (b) discloses information that is current at the time that the controlled product is received; and

• (c) was prepared and dated not more than three years before the date that the controlled product is received.

(2) Where there is a controlled product in a work place and the supplier material safety data sheet pertaining to the controlled product is three years old, the employer shall, where possible, obtain from the supplier an up-to-date supplier material safety data sheet.

(3) Where it is not possible for an employer to obtain an up-to-date supplier material safety data sheet referred to in subsection (2), the employer shall update the hazard information on the most recent supplier material safety data sheet that he has received on the basis of the ingredients disclosed in that supplier material safety data sheet.

(4) Where a controlled product is received in a work place that is a laboratory, the employer is excepted from the requirements of subsection (1) if the controlled product

• (a) originates from a laboratory supply house;

• (b) is intended for use in a laboratory;

• (c) is packaged in a container in a quantity of less than 10 kg; and

• (d) is packaged in a container that has applied to it a supplier label.