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

AMENDMENTS NOT IN FORCE

• — SOR/2025-79, s. 28

  • 28 Section 1 of the Maritime Occupational Health and Safety RegulationsFootnote ⁴ is amended by adding the following in alphabetical order:

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    readily available

    readily available means, in respect of a document, present and easily accessible at the work place at all times. (facilement accessible)

• — SOR/2025-79, s. 29

  • 29 The definition readily available in section 243 of the Regulations is repealed.

• — SOR/2025-79, s. 30

  • 30 Subsection 255(6) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

    • (6) If a source of ignition may ignite an airborne chemical agent or combination of airborne chemical agents in a work place, the concentration of the chemical agent or the combination of chemical agents must not exceed 10% of the lower explosive limit of the chemical agent or combination of chemical agents.

• — SOR/2025-79, s. 31

  • 31 Subsection 279(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

    • • 279 (1) If the investigation referred to in section 276 discloses that a hazardous occurrence resulted in any of the following circumstances, the employer must, without delay after receiving the results of the investigation, make a report in writing that meets the requirements of subsections (1.1) and (1.2):

        • (a) the death of an employee;

        • (b) a missing employee;

        • (c) a disabling injury to an employee; or

        • (d) an employee’s loss of consciousness as a result of electric shock or exposure to a toxic or oxygen-deficient atmosphere.

      • (1.1) The report must contain the results of the investigation and the following information:

        • (a) the circumstance referred to in subsection (1) that was disclosed by the investigation;

        • (b) the employer’s name, mailing address, telephone number and business number, as defined in subsection 248(1) of the Income Tax Act;

        • (c) the date, time and site of the hazardous occurrence;

        • (d) the weather conditions at the time of the hazardous occurrence, if weather was a contributing factor in the occurrence;

        • (e) the names of any witnesses to the hazardous occurrence;

        • (f) the name of the employee’s supervisor at the time of the hazardous occurrence;

        • (g) the name of the vessel and its official number or ID Number;

        • (h) a description of the hazardous occurrence;

        • (i) a description of the property damage resulting from the hazardous occurrence, if any, and the estimated cost of repair;

        • (j) for each injured or ill employee,

          • (i) their name, age and gender,

          • (ii) their occupation and the number of years of experience they have in that occupation,

          • (iii) a description of their injury or illness,

          • (iv) the direct cause of their injury or illness, and

          • (v) a description of the training in accident prevention that they received in relation to their duties before the hazardous occurrence;

        • (k) the direct causes of the hazardous occurrence;

        • (l) a description of each measure taken or to be taken by the employer in accordance with paragraph 276(c) and the date of its implementation or, if measures are not to be taken, the reasons why measures are not necessary;

        • (m) a description of any other measure taken or to be taken by the employer for the purpose of preventing the recurrence of the hazardous occurrence;

        • (n) the name, title, telephone number and email address of

          • (i) the person appointed to investigate the hazardous occurrence, and

          • (ii) the work place committee member or health and safety representative who participated in the investigation of the hazardous occurrence; and

        • (o) the comments, if any, of the person referred to in subparagraph (n)(ii) in relation to the hazardous occurrence, the investigation, the corrective measures or the related facts.

      • (1.2) The report must be signed and dated by the person appointed to investigate the hazardous occurrence and the work place committee member or health and safety representative who participated in the investigation of the hazardous occurrence.

• — SOR/2025-79, s. 32

  • • 32 (1) Subsection 280(1) of the Regulations is replaced by the following:

      • • 280 (1) Every employer must, not later than March 1 in each year, submit to the Minister a written report that meets the requirements of subsections (1.1) and (2) regarding the accidents, occupational illnesses and other hazardous occurrences of which the employer is aware affecting any employee in the course of employment during the 12-month period ending on December 31 of the preceding year.

        • (1.1) The report must be signed and dated by the person who prepared it on behalf of the employer.

    • (2) Paragraphs 280(2)(b) to (m) of the Regulations are replaced by the following:

      • (b) the employer’s name, mailing address, telephone number and business number, as defined in subsection 248(1) of the Income Tax Act;

      • (c) for each of the employer’s work places,

        • (i) its address,

        • (ii) the number of employees and the total number of hours that they worked,

        • (iii) the number of office employees,

        • (iv) the number, respectively, of minor injuries, disabling injuries and deaths, and

        • (v) the number of hazardous occurrences other than those referred to in subparagraph (iv); and

      • (d) the name, job title, telephone number and email address of the person who prepared the report on behalf of the employer.

• — SOR/2025-79, s. 33

  • 33 The English version of the Regulations is amended by replacing “disease” with “illness” in the following provisions:

    • (a) the portion of the definition disabling injury in section 1 before paragraph (b);

    • (b) section 274;

    • (c) the portion of section 276 before paragraph (a); and

    • (d) the portion of section 277 before paragraph (a).

• — SOR/2025-79, s. 34

  • 34 The French version of the Regulations is amended by replacing “malaise” with “maladie” in the following provisions:

    • (a) paragraph 109(a);

    • (b) paragraph 118(1)(a); and

    • (c) subparagraphs 119(1)(a)(i), (iii) and (iv).