Workplace Health and Safety Regulations

1. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations Gregory Green, PEng Director Investigations, Technical and Internal Services OHS Division

2. Overview • Consolidation of Regulations • Reference to Standards • Specific Changes 2013 • Fall Protection • Scaffolding and Other Platforms • Work Requiring Rope Access • Temporary Workplace on Highways • Occupational Health • Beyond 2013

3. Consolidation of Regulations • Currently 3 Acts/13 Regulations • Many are out-of-date or need revision • Consider interactive nature of regulations • Cognizant of volume/extent of regulations • Electronic media vs paper • Ease of access

4. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations • New title to reflect the inclusion of OH Regs • Establish a new document to allow a logical and progressive migration of OSGR and stand alone regulations into one place • Revised numbering scheme to allow easier modification in the future • Place holders for new and revised regs to be added over the next few years.

5. Reference to Standards • Take advantage of body of expert knowledge • Employer/Employee/Regulator/Manufacturer • Standardize regulations • Equipment procurement/certification • Cross border commerce • Regular review and update (5 year) • Public review process • Deviation for unique situations

6. Application of Standards • What version applies? • The most recent version published • Why ? • maintain currency with technology and methodology • keep pace with other jurisdictions • ensure consistency between regulations • What about equipment? • meet standard in force at time of manufacture • What will they affect? • New equipment • Procedures

7. OSGR Housekeeping • “To do” list • address items that have arisen since last review • Update references to new/revised standards or relevant legislation, e.g. Fire Safety Act • Knock-on effects from review of other regulations, e.g. Fall Protection • Clarification of language

8. Fall Protection • Complete review • New and updated CSA Standards • Add • Fall Protection Plan: 7.5m • Exemption for emergency services (1.16) • Safe Work Procedure: 3 – 7.5 m • Formal training requirements • Records • Remove • specific roofing regulations • risk of drowning

9. Work Requiring Rope Access • New Regulation • Code of Practice • International Rope Access Trade Assoc (IRATA)

10. Scaffolding and Other Platforms • Complete Review • CSA Z 797 – “Code of Practice for Access Scaffold” • Update CSA references for other platforms • Inspection and Tagging • Training • Prohibited equipment (e.g. ladderjack)

11. Temporary Workplace on Highways • Temporary Workplace Traffic Control • Construction, Maintenance or Utility • TIR Manual or Code of Practice • Other Work on Highways • Highway public and private designed and accessible to public for motor vehicle traffic • Safe Work Practice • Employees on foot • Exemptions - Police & emergency svcs

12. Occupational Health • Migrate from Health Act to OHS Act • Administrative change • no change to spirit of requirements • Clarification of application of TLV booklet • Chemical • Physical (acoustic, electromagnetic, ergonomic, mechanical, thermal) • Biological Exposure Limits

13. Awareness • Order in Council signed March 12, 2013 • Changes effective June 12, 2013 • Access to new regulations • CD in delegate packages • On-line access through OHS and Dept Justice websites • Communications • e-newsletter/electronic distribution list • Safety and Business Associations • Town-hall presentations • Requests • YOU!!

14. Beyond 2013 • Coordinated Review of other Regulations • Introduction • JOHSC • OHS Training • Continue migration to WHSR • Improve access to information thru website • Enhance consultation • Communications

15. WHSR Phase 2 - 2014 • Administrative Penalties (WSS item) • Appeals • Occupational Health • Exposure limits, temperature stress, noise, OSGR items • First Aid • Blasting Safety • Occupational Diving • OSGR items • Excavation and trenching, Surface Mining,

16. Questions??