Maritime Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (SOR/2010-120)

Supplier Safety Data Sheets

• 262 (1) If a hazardous product, other than a hazardous product referred to in paragraph 261(c), is received by an employer on board a vessel, the employer must, at the time the hazardous product is received, obtain a supplier safety data sheet in respect of the hazardous product from the supplier, unless the employer is already in possession of a supplier safety data sheet that

  • (a) is for a hazardous product that both has the same product identifier and is from the same supplier;

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

  • (c) was prepared and dated less than three years before the day on which the hazardous product is received.

• (2) If the supplier safety data sheet in respect of a hazardous product on board a vessel is three years old or more, the employer must, if feasible, obtain from the supplier a current supplier safety data sheet.

• (3) If it is not feasible for an employer to obtain a current supplier safety data sheet, the employer must update the hazard information on the most recent supplier safety data sheet that the employer has received, on the basis of the ingredients disclosed on that supplier safety data sheet and on the basis of any significant new data that the employer is aware.

• (4) The employer is exempt from the requirements of subsection (1) if a laboratory sample of a hazardous product is received on board a vessel from a supplier who is exempted by the Hazardous Products Regulations from the requirement to provide a safety data sheet for that product.

Work Place Safety Data Sheets

• 263 (1) Subject to section 271, if an employer produces on board a vessel a hazardous product other than a fugitive emission or an intermediate product undergoing reaction within a reaction or process vessel, the employer must prepare a work place safety data sheet in respect of the hazardous product.

• (2) Subject to section 271, if an employer receives a supplier safety data sheet, the employer may prepare a work place safety data sheet to be used on board a vessel in place of the supplier safety data sheet if

  • (a) the work place safety data sheet discloses at least the information disclosed on the supplier safety data sheet;

  • (b) the information disclosed on the work place safety data sheet does not disclaim or contradict the information disclosed on the supplier safety data sheet;

  • (c) the supplier safety data sheet is readily available for examination by employees on board the vessel in any form, as determined in consultation with the policy committee or, if there is no policy committee, the work place committee or the health and safety representative; and

  • (d) the work place safety data sheet discloses that the supplier safety data sheet is available on the vessel.

• (3) An employer must review the accuracy of the information disclosed on a work place safety data sheet referred to in subsection (1) or (2) and update it as soon as feasible after new hazard information or significant new data becomes available to the employer.

• (4) If the information required to be disclosed on the work place safety data sheet is not available or not applicable to the hazardous product, the employer must, in place of the information, insert the words “not available” or “not applicable”, as the case may be, in the English version and the words “non disponible” or “sans objet”, as the case may be, in the French version, of the work place safety data sheet.

Availability of Safety Data Sheets

• 264 (1) Every employer must, in any work place in which an employee is likely to handle or be exposed to a hazardous product, keep readily available a copy of the work place safety data sheet or the supplier safety data sheet, as the case may be, in English and in French for examination by employees.

• (2) The work place safety data sheet and supplier safety data sheet must be made available in any form, as determined in consultation with the policy committee or, if there is no policy committee, the work place committee or the health and safety representative.

Labels

• 265 (1) Subject to sections 266 to 268, each hazardous product, other than a hazardous product referred to in paragraph 261(c), that is on board a vessel and is intended for use on that vessel and each container in which the hazardous product is contained on board a vessel must, if the hazardous product or the container is received from a supplier, have applied to it a supplier label.

• (2) Subject to sections 266 to 268 and 271, if a hazardous product, other than a hazardous product referred to in paragraph 261(c), is received from a supplier and an employer places the hazardous product on board a vessel in a container other than the container in which it was received from the supplier, the employer must apply to the container a supplier label or work place label that discloses the following information:

  • (a) the product identifier;

  • (b) the hazard information in respect of the hazardous product; and

  • (c) a statement indicating that a safety data sheet for the hazardous product is on board the vessel.

• (3) Subject to sections 266 to 268, if an employer produces on board a vessel a hazardous product, other than a fugitive emission, and the hazardous product is not in a container, the employer must disclose the following information on a work place label applied to the hazardous product or on a sign posted in a conspicuous place in the work place:

  • (a) the product identifier;

  • (b) the hazard information in respect of the hazardous product; and

  • (c) a statement indicating that a work place safety data sheet for the hazardous product is on board the vessel.

• (4) Subject to sections 266 to 268, if an employer produces on board a vessel a hazardous product, other than a fugitive emission, and places the hazardous product in a container, the employer must apply a work place label to the container that discloses the information referred to in paragraphs (3)(a) to (c).

• (5) Subject to sections 270 and 271, a person must not remove, deface, modify or alter the supplier label applied to

  • (a) a hazardous product that is on board a vessel; or

  • (b) the container of a hazardous product that is on board a vessel.

Portable Containers

266 If an employer stores a hazardous product on a vessel in a container that has applied to it a supplier label or a work place label, a portable container filled from that container does not have to be labelled in accordance with section 265 if

• (a) the hazardous product is required for immediate use; or

• (b) the following conditions apply in respect of the hazardous product:

  • (i) it is under the control of and used exclusively by the employee who filled the portable container,

  • (ii) it is used only during the work shift in which the portable container was filled, and

  • (iii) it is clearly identified by a work place label applied to the portable container that discloses the product identifier.

Special Cases

267 An employer must, in a conspicuous place near a hazardous product, post a sign in respect of the hazardous product that discloses the product identifier if the hazardous product is

• (a) in a process, reaction or storage vessel;

• (b) in a continuous-run container;

• (c) a bulk shipment that is not placed in a container on the vessel; or

• (d) not in a container and stored in bulk.

Laboratories

• 268 (1) If a laboratory sample of a hazardous product is the subject of a labelling exemption under subsection 5(5) of the Hazardous Products Regulations, a label that is provided by the supplier and is affixed to, printed on or attached to the container of the sample received at the work place and that discloses the following information in place of the information required under paragraph 3(1)(d) of those Regulations is considered to comply with the requirements set out in section 265 with respect to a supplier label:

  • (a) if known by the supplier, the chemical name or generic chemical name of any material that is in the hazardous product and that is classified under the Hazardous Products Act and the Hazardous Products Regulations as a biohazardous infectious material; and

  • (b) the statement “Hazardous Laboratory Sample. For hazard information or in an emergency, call/Échantillon pour laboratoire de produit dangereux. Pour obtenir des renseignements sur les dangers ou en cas d’urgence, composez”, followed by an emergency telephone number for the purpose of obtaining the information that must be provided on the safety data sheet of a hazardous product.

• (2) If a laboratory sample of a hazardous product is the subject of a labelling exemption under subsection 5(6) of the Hazardous Products Regulations, a label that is provided by the supplier and is affixed to, printed on or attached to the container of the sample received at the work place and that discloses the following information in place of the information required under paragraph 3(1)(c) or (d) of those Regulations is considered to comply with the requirements set out in section 265 with respect to a supplier label:

  • (a) if known by the supplier, the chemical name or generic chemical name of any material or substance that is in the hazardous product and that is referred to in subsection 3(2) of Schedule 1 to the Hazardous Products Regulations; and

  • (b) the statement “Hazardous Laboratory Sample. For hazard information or in an emergency, call/Échantillon pour laboratoire de produit dangereux. Pour obtenir des renseignements sur les dangers ou en cas d’urgence, composez”, followed by an emergency telephone number for the purpose of obtaining the information that must be provided on the safety data sheet of a hazardous product.

• (3) If a hazardous product is in a container other than the container in which it was received from a supplier or is produced on board a vessel, the employer is exempt from the requirements set out in section 265 and subparagraph 266(b)(iii) if

  • (a) the employer has complied with subsection (4);

  • (b) employee education and training is provided as required by these Regulations; and

  • (c) the hazardous product

    • (i) is a laboratory sample,

    • (ii) is intended by the employer to be used solely for analysis, testing or evaluation in a laboratory, and

    • (iii) is clearly identified through any mode of identification visible to employees at the work place.

• (4) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(a), the employer shall ensure that the mode of identification used and the employee education and training provided enable the employees to readily identify and obtain either the information required on a safety data sheet or the information set out in subsections (1) and (2) with respect to the hazardous product or laboratory sample.

• (5) The employer is exempt from the requirements of section 265 if a laboratory sample of a hazardous product is received at the work place from a supplier who is exempted by the Hazardous Products Regulations from the requirement to provide a label for that product.

Signs

269 The information disclosed on a sign referred to in subsection 265(3), section 267 or paragraph 272(b) must be of a size that is clearly legible to the employees in the work place.

Replacing Labels

• 270 (1) If, on board a vessel, a label applied to a hazardous product or the container of a hazardous product becomes illegible or is removed from the hazardous product or the container, the employer must replace the label with a work place label that discloses the following information:

  • (a) the product identifier;

  • (b) the hazard information in respect of the hazardous product; and

  • (c) a statement indicating that a safety data sheet for the hazardous product is available on board the vessel.

• (2) An employer must review the accuracy of the information on a work place label and update it as soon as feasible after new hazard information or significant new data becomes available to the employer.

Exemptions from Disclosure

• 271 (1) Subject to subsection (2), if an employer has filed a claim for exemption from the requirement to disclose information on a safety data sheet or on a label under subsection 11(2) of the Hazardous Materials Information Review Act, the employer must disclose, in place of the information that the employer is exempt from disclosing,

  • (a) if there is no final disposition of the proceedings in relation to the claim, the date on which the claim for exemption was filed and the registry number assigned to the claim under section 10 of the Hazardous Materials Information Review Regulations; and

  • (b) if the final disposition of the proceedings in relation to the claim is that the claim is valid, a statement that an exemption has been granted and the date on which the exemption was granted.

• (2) If a claim for exemption is in respect of a product identifier, the employer must, on the safety data sheet or label of the hazardous product, disclose, in place of that product identifier, a code name or code number specified by the employer as the product identifier for that hazardous product.

Hazardous Waste

• 272 (1) If a hazardous product on board a vessel is hazardous waste, the employer must disclose the generic name and hazard information in respect of the hazardous product by

  • (a) applying a label to the hazardous waste or its container; or

  • (b) posting a sign in a conspicuous place near the hazardous waste or its container.

• (2) The employer must provide education and training to employees regarding the safe storage and handling of hazardous waste that is found in the work place.

Information Required in a Medical Emergency

273 For the purposes of subsection 125.2(1) of the Act, a medical professional is a nurse who is registered or licensed under the laws of a province.

PART 21Hazardous Occurrence Recording and Reporting

Interpretation

274 In this Part, minor injury means an employment injury or an occupational disease for which first aid or medical treatment is provided, other than a disabling injury.

Application

274.1 This Part does not apply in respect of occurrences of harassment and violence in the work place.

Employee Report

275 If an employee becomes aware of an accident or other hazardous occurrence arising in the course of or in connection with their work that has caused or is likely to cause injury to that employee or to any other person, the employee must, without delay, report the accident or occurrence to the employer.