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

Regulations are current to 2013-05-26 and last amended on 2012-12-07. Previous Versions

10.6 A report referred to in section 10.5 shall be kept by the employer for a period of thirty years after the date on which the qualified person signed the report.

  • SOR/88-68, s. 14;
  • SOR/96-294, s. 2.

Medical Examinations

  • 10.7 (1) Where a report referred to in section 10.5 recommends a medical examination for the employees likely to be exposed to a hazardous substance, the employer shall consult a physician to ascertain the necessity for that medical examination.

  • (2) The employer, having consulted a physician pursuant to subsection (1) who has confirmed the necessity for a medical examination, shall not permit an employee to handle the hazardous substance in the work place unless a physician acceptable to the employee has examined the employee and declared the employee fit, or fit with specified restrictions, to handle the hazardous substance.

  • (3) Where the physician examining an employee pursuant to subsection (2) declares the employee fit with specified restrictions to handle the hazardous substance, the employer shall not permit the employee to handle the hazardous substance in the work place except in accordance with the specified restrictions.

  • (4) Where an employer consults a physician pursuant to subsection (1), the employer shall keep a copy of the physician’s decision with the report referred to in section 10.5.

  • (5) The cost of a medical examination referred to in subsection (2) shall be borne by the employer.

  • SOR/88-68, s. 14;
  • SOR/96-294, s. 2;
  • SOR/2002-208, s. 43(F).

Storage, Handling and Use

10.8 Every hazardous substance stored, handled or used in a work place shall be stored, handled or used in a manner whereby the hazard related to that substance is reduced to a minimum.

  • SOR/88-68, s. 14;
  • SOR/96-294, s. 2;
  • SOR/2002-208, s. 43(F).

10.9 Where a hazardous substance is stored, handled or used in a work place, any hazard resulting from that storage, handling or use shall be confined to as small an area as is practicable.

  • SOR/88-68, s. 14;
  • SOR/94-263, s. 32(F);
  • SOR/96-294, s. 2;
  • SOR/2002-208, s. 43(F).

10.10 Every container for a hazardous substance that is used in a work place shall be so designed and constructed that it protects the employees from any health or safety hazard that is caused by the hazardous substance.

  • SOR/88-68, s. 14;
  • SOR/88-632, s. 42(F);
  • SOR/94-263, s. 33;
  • SOR/96-294, s. 2;
  • SOR/2002-208, s. 17.

10.11 The quantity of a hazardous substance for use or processing in a work place shall, to the extent that is practicable, be limited to the quantity required for one work day.

  • SOR/88-68, s. 14;
  • SOR/96-294, s. 2;
  • SOR/2002-208, s. 43(F).

  • 10.12 (1) Where, in a work place, a hazardous substance is capable of combining with another substance to form an ignitable combination and there exists a hazard of ignition of the combination by static electricity, the employer shall implement the standards set out in the United States National Fire Protection Association, Inc. publication NFPA 77, Recommended Practice on Static Electricity, dated 1988, as amended from time to time.

  • (2) For the purpose of interpreting the standards referred to in subsection (1), “acceptable” means “appropriate”.

  • SOR/88-68, s. 14;
  • SOR/88-632, s. 43;
  • SOR/94-263, s. 34;
  • SOR/96-294, s. 2;
  • SOR/2002-208, s. 43(F).