Aviation Occupational Health and Safety Regulations

5.24 (1) Subsections (2) to (4) do not apply in respect of a hazardous product that is

• (a) a hazardous product, other than wood or a product made of wood, that is listed in Schedule 1 to the Hazardous Products Act; or

• (b) a nuclear substance, as defined in section 2 of the Nuclear Safety and Control Act, that is radioactive.

(2) If a hazardous product is received on board an aircraft by an employer, the employer shall, without delay, obtain a supplier safety data sheet in respect of the hazardous product from the supplier, unless the employer is already in possession of a supplier safety data sheet that

• (a) is for a hazardous product that both has the same product identifier and is from the same supplier;

• (b) discloses information that is current at the time that the hazardous product is received; and

• (c) was prepared and dated less than three years before the day on which the hazardous product is received.

(3) If the supplier safety data sheet in respect of a hazardous product on board an aircraft is three years old or more, the employer shall, if feasible, obtain from the supplier a current supplier safety data sheet.

(4) If it is not feasible for an employer to obtain a current supplier safety data sheet, the employer shall update the hazard information on the most recent supplier safety data sheet that the employer has received, on the basis of the ingredients disclosed on that supplier safety data sheet and on the basis of any significant new data that becomes available to the employer.