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

11.37 (1) Subject to sections 11.39 to 11.41, each controlled product, other than a controlled product referred to in paragraph 11.33(c), in a work place and each container in which such a controlled product is contained in a work place shall, if the controlled product or the container was received from a supplier,

• (a) in the case of a controlled product that was received in a bulk shipment, be accompanied by a supplier label;

• (b) in the case of an employer who has undertaken in writing to the supplier to apply a label to the inner container of the controlled product, have applied

  • (i) to the outer container a supplier label, and

  • (ii) as soon as possible after the controlled product is received from the supplier, to the inner container a supplier label; and

• (c) in any other case, have applied to it a supplier label.

(2) Subject to sections 11.39 to 11.41 and 11.44, where a controlled product, other than a controlled product referred to in paragraph 11.33(c), is received from a supplier and an employer places the controlled product in the work place in a container, other than the container in which it was received from the supplier, the employer shall apply to the container a supplier label or a work place label that discloses the information referred to in paragraphs 11.38(1)(a) to (c).

(3) Subject to sections 11.43 and 11.44, no person shall remove, deface, modify or alter the supplier label applied to

• (a) a controlled product that is in the work place; or

• (b) a container of a controlled product that is in the work place.

11.38 (1) Subject to section 11.40, where an employer produces a controlled product, other than a fugitive emission, in a work place or imports into Canada a controlled product and brings it into a work place, and the controlled product is not in a container, the employer shall disclose the following information on a work place label applied to the controlled product or on a sign posted in a conspicuous place in the work place:

• (a) the product identifier;

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

• (c) a statement indicating that a work place material safety data sheet for the controlled product is available in the work place.

(2) Subject to sections 11.39 to 11.41, where an employer produces a controlled product, other than a fugitive emission, in a work place, or imports into Canada a controlled product and brings it into a work place, and places the controlled product in a container, the employer shall apply to the container a work place label that discloses the information referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c).

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply in respect of a controlled product that is

• (a) intended for export; or

• (b) packaged in a container for sale in Canada, if the container is or is in the process of being appropriately labelled for that purpose.