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

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Regulations are current to 2021-03-23 and last amended on 2021-01-01. Previous Versions

PART XIXHazard Prevention Program (continued)

19.7 (1) The employer shall evaluate the effectiveness of the hazard prevention program, including its ergonomics-related components, and, if necessary, revise it
- (a) at least every three years;
- (b) whenever there is a change in conditions in respect of the hazards; and
- (c) whenever new hazard information in respect of a hazard in the work place becomes available to the employer.
(2) The evaluation of the effectiveness of the prevention program shall be based on the following documents and information:
- (a) conditions related to the work place and the activities of the employees;
- (b) any work place inspection reports;
- (c) any hazardous occurrence investigation reports;
- (d) any safety audits;
- (e) first aid records and any injury statistics, including records and statistics relating to ergonomics-related first aid and injuries;
- (f) any observations of the policy and work place committees, or the health and safety representative, on the effectiveness of the prevention program; and
- (g) any other relevant information.

19.8 (1) If a program evaluation has been conducted under section 19.7, the employer shall prepare a program evaluation report.
(2) The employer shall keep readily available every program evaluation report for six years after the date of the report.