Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations (SOR/87-612)

Regulations are current to 2013-04-29

Ventilation

 The intake or exhaust duct for a ventilation system shall be so located that no employee may be exposed to any hazardous substance drawn in or exhausted through the duct.

  • SOR/94-165, s. 34.

Clothing Storage

 Clothing storage facilities shall be provided by the employer for the storage of overcoats and other clothes not worn by employees while they are working.

  •  (1) A change room shall be provided by the employer where

    • (a) the nature of the work engaged in by an employee makes it necessary for the employee to change from street clothes to work clothes for safety or health reasons; or

    • (b) an employee is regularly engaged in work in which his work clothing becomes wet or contaminated by a hazardous substance.

  • (2) Where wet or contaminated work clothing referred to in paragraph (1)(b) is changed, it shall be stored in such a manner that it does not come in contact with clothing that is not wet or contaminated.

  • (3) No employee shall leave the work place wearing clothing contaminated by a hazardous substance.

  • (4) Every employer shall supply facilities for the drying or cleaning of wet or contaminated clothing referred to in paragraph (1)(b).

  • SOR/88-199, s. 19.

PART XI

HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

[SOR/88-199, s. 19]

Interpretation

 In this Part,

“hazard information”

“hazard information” means, in respect of a hazardous substance, information on the proper and safe storage, handling and use of the hazardous substance, including information relating to its toxicological properties; (renseignements sur les dangers)

“lower explosive limit”

“lower explosive limit” means the lower limit of flammability of a chemical agent or a combination of chemical agents at ambient temperature and pressure, expressed

  • (a) for a gas or vapour, as a percentage per volume of air, and

  • (b) for dust, as the weight of dust per volume of air; (limite explosive inférieure)

“product identifier”

“product identifier” means, in respect of a hazardous substance, the brand name, code name or code number specified by the supplier or employer or the chemical name, common name, generic name or trade name; (identificateur du produit)

“supplier”

“supplier” means a person who is a manufacturer, processor or packager of a hazardous substance or a person who, in the course of business, imports or sells a hazardous substance. (fournisseur)

  • SOR/88-199, s. 4.