Aviation Occupational Health and Safety Regulations

5.13 (1) Every employer shall, in consultation with the policy committee or, if there is no policy committee, the work place committee or the health and safety representative, develop and implement an employee education program with respect to hazard prevention and control on board an aircraft, including with respect to hazardous substances.

(2) The employee education program shall include

• (a) the instruction of each employee who is likely to handle or be exposed to a hazardous substance with respect to

  • (i) the product identifier of the hazardous substance,

  • (ii) all hazard information disclosed by the supplier or by the employer on a material safety data sheet or label,

  • (iii) all hazard information of which the employer is aware or ought reasonably to be aware,

  • (iv) the observations referred to in subparagraph 5.5(a)(i),

  • (v) the information disclosed on a material safety data sheet referred to in section 5.21 and the purpose and significance of that information, and

  • (vi) in respect of controlled products on board an aircraft, the information required to be disclosed on a material safety data sheet and on a label under Division 3 and the purpose and significance of that information;

• (b) the instruction and training of each employee referred to in paragraph (a) on

  • (i) the procedures to follow in order to implement sections 5.8 and 5.9, and

  • (ii) the procedures to follow for the safe storage, handling, use and disposal of hazardous substances, including procedures to be followed in an emergency involving a hazardous substance; and

• (c) if the employer keeps an electronic version of a material safety data sheet available to employees in accordance with subsection 5.26(2), instruction on how to access the material safety data sheet.

(3) Every employer shall, in consultation with the policy committee or, if there is no policy committee, the work place committee or the health and safety representative, review the employee education program and, if necessary, revise it,

• (a) at least once a year;

• (b) whenever there is a change in condition in respect of the hazardous substances on board an aircraft; and

• (c) whenever new hazard information in respect of a hazardous substance on board an aircraft becomes available to the employer.