Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (SOR/86-304)

12.21 (1) An employer must keep a record of all of the protection equipment that is provided by them other than disposable equipment.

(2) The record must contain the following information:

• (a) a description of the equipment and the date of its acquisition by the employer;

• (b) the date and result of each inspection and test of the equipment;

• (c) the date and nature of any maintenance work performed on the equipment since its acquisition by the employer; and

• (d) the name of the person who performed the inspection, test or maintenance of the equipment.

(3) The record must be kept at the work place where the protection equipment is located and must continue to be kept there for a period of two years beginning on the day on which the equipment is permanently removed from service or, if a standard referred to in this Part requires that records be kept in respect of that equipment for a longer period, for that longer period.