Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations

10.31 (1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 10.42, every employer shall implement the provisions of sections 10.27 and 10.28 in respect of a hazardous product and may, in so doing, replace the generic name of the product with the brand name, chemical name, common name or trade name, if the hazardous product

• (a) is present in the work place;

• (b) was received from a supplier; and

• (c) is one of the following:

  • (i) a hazardous product, other than wood or a product made of wood, that is listed in Schedule 1 to the Hazardous Products Act,

  • (ii) a nuclear substance, as defined in section 2 of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, that is radioactive.

(2) An employer may store a hazardous product received from a supplier without having a supplier label on it, without having obtained a safety data sheet for it and without having conducted an employee education and training program with respect to the matters referred to in subparagraphs 10.14(2)(a)(ii) and (c)(ii)

• (a) while the employer is actively seeking a supplier label and a supplier safety data sheet for the hazardous product; and

• (b) if labelling affixed to the container of the hazardous product containing information on the hazardous product is not removed, defaced, modified or altered.