Chemical Hazards, Biological Hazards, and Harmful Substances

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1 TM 67 Provisions of the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Code and The Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Regulation Equipment REGULATION 12.2 If a worker is required under the Act to use or wear specific equipment, the employer must ensure that the worker uses or wears the equipment at the work site. Confined Spaces 47.1 Entry Permit System A person must not enter a confined space at a work site without a valid entry permit. Chemical Hazards, Biological Hazards, and Harmful Substances Emergency baths, showers, eye wash equipment If a worker is present at a work site where chemicals harmful to the eyes or skin are used, the employer must ensure that the worker has immediate access at the work site to emergency baths, showers, eye wash equipment or other equipment appropriate for the potential level of exposure. Codes of Practice An employer must have a code of practice governing the storage, handling, use and disposal of a substance listed in Schedule 1, Table 1 that is present at a work site (a) as pure substance in an amount exceeding 10 kilograms, or (b) in a mixture in which the amount of the substance is more than 10 kilograms and at a concentration of 0.1 percent by weight or more. Cranes, Hoists and Lifting Devices Rated Load Capacity Rated Load Capacity lifting device has a plate or weatherproof label permanently secured to it that legibly shows (a) the manufacturer s rated load capacity, (b) the manufacturer s name, and (c) the model, serial number and year of manufacture or shipment date. If a lifting device is not commercially manufactured, an employer must ensure that it has a plate or weatherproof label permanently secured to it that legibly shows the rated load capacity according to the professional engineer s certification.

2 Cranes, Hoists and Lifting Devices Rider Restriction Rider Restriction Safe Use and Design A person must not ride on a material hoist. worker does not ride on a material hoist. A person must not use roofing materials as a counterweight. 90 Counterweights and Outriggers If outriggers are installed on a mobile crane or boom truck, the employer must ensure the outriggers are extended and supported by solid footings before being used. Entrances, Walkways, Stairways and Ladders Stairways Stairways Prohibition An employer must ensure that (a) a stairway with 5 or more risers has the appropriate handrail required by this Code, and (b) a stairway with open sides has a handrail An employer must ensure that temporary stairs are at least 600 millimetres wide. A worker must not perform work from either of the top two rungs, steps or cleats of a portable ladder unless the manufacturer s specifications allow the worker to do so. 136 Securing and Positioning A worker must ensure that (a) a portable ladder is secured against movement and placed on a base that is stable, (b) the base of an inclined portable ladder is no further from the base of the wall or structure than one quarter of the distance between the base of the ladder and the place where the ladder contacts the wall, and (c) the side rails of a portable ladder extend at least 1 metre above a platform, landing or parapet if the ladder is used as a means of access to the platform, landing or parapet.

3 Fall Protection General Protection Full Body Harness On Vehicles and Loads A worker must use or wear the fall protection system the employer requires the worker to use or wear in compliance with this Code. A worker using a personal fall arrest system must wear and use a full body harness. A worker must not climb onto a load if the load is not secured against movement Control Zones If a control zone is used, an employer must ensure that it (a) is only used if a worker can fall from a surface that has a slope of no more than 4 degrees toward an unguarded edge or that slopes inwardly away from an unguarded edge, and (b) is not less than 2 metres wide when measured from the unguarded edge. Fire and Explosion Hazards (5) 170.1(6) Prohibitions Spray Operations Spray Operations A person must not smoke in a work area where a flammable substance is stored, handled, processed or used. An employer must provide a nozzle guard for use with airless spray machinery. The worker operating airless spray machinery must ensure that the nozzle guard of airless spray machinery is in place at all times when the machinery is being operated.

4 General Safety Precautions (1) Housekeeping work site is kept clean and free from materials or equopment that could cause workers to slip or trip. Placement of roofing materials An employer must ensure that supplies and roofing materials stored on the roof of a residential building under construction are located not less than 2 metres from a roof edge Vehicle Traffic Control Vehicle Traffic Control worker on foot and exposed to traffic wears a highly visible piece of clothing. A worker on foot and exposed to traffic must wear a highly visible piece of clothing. Personal Protective Equipment 170.1(6) Footwear worker uses footwear that is appropriate to the hazards associated with the work being performed and the work site Bicycles and Skates worker who is riding a bicycle or using in line skates or a similar means of transport wears a safety helmet (a) that is approved to one of the following standards for bicycle safety helmets if the helmet was manufactured on or after July1, 9: (i) CSA CAN/CSA D113.2 M89 (R4), Cycling Helmets; Compliance with Standards If a worker s eyes may be injured or irritated at a work site, an employer must ensure that the worker wears properly fitting eye protection equipment that (a) is approved to (i) CSA Standard Z , Eye and Face Protectors, (ii) CPSC, Title 16 Code of U.S. Federal Regulations Part 1203, Safety Standard for Bicycle Helmets; (iii) Snell Memorial Foundation B 90A, 1998 Standard for Protective Headgear for Use with Bicycles; (iv) Snell Memorial Foundation B 95A, 1998 Standard for Protective Headgear for Use with Bicycles; (v) Snell Memorial Foundation N 94, 1994 Standard for Protective Headgear in Non Motorized Sports; (ii) CSA Standard Z , Eye and Face Protectors, or (iii) CSA Standard Z , Industrial Eye and Face Protectors, and (b) is appropriate to the work being done and the hazard involved. (vi) ASTM F , Standard Specification for Helmets Used in Recreational Bicycling or Roller Skating; (vii) Repealed; (viii) Repealed; (ix) Repealed; (x) Repealed; and (b) that is free of damage or modification that would reduce its effectiveness.

5 General Safety Precautions All-Terrain Vehicles, snow vehicles, motorcycles Abrasive Blasting Operations worker riding an all terrain vehicle, snow vehicle, motorized trail bike or motorcycle or, subject to subsection (2), a small utility vehicle at a work site wears a safety helmet approved to one of the following standards: (a) U.S.A. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard FMVSS 218, Motorcycle Helmets 1993 OCT; (b) BSI Standard BS 6658: 05, Specification for Protective Helmets for Vehicle Users; (c) Snell Memorial Foundation Standard M5, 5 Helmet Standard for Use in Motorcycling, if the safety helmet was manufactured on or after July1, 9. If a worker is performing abrasive blasting, the employer must ensure that the worker wears a hood specifically designed for abrasie blasting, supplied with air that is at a positive pressure of not more than 140 kilopascals Powered Mobile Equipment Operator Responsibilities The operator of powered mobile equipment must (a) report to the employer any conditions affecting the safe operation of the equipment, (b) operate the equipment safely, (c) maintain full control of the equipment at all times, (d) use the seat belts and other safety equipment in the powered mobile equipment, (a) U.S.A. Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard FMVSS 218, Motorcycle Helmets 1993 OCT; (b) BSI Standard BS 6658: 05, Specification for Protective Helmets for Vehicle Users; (c) Snell Memorial Foundation Standard M5, 5 Helmet Standard for Use in Motorcycling, if the safety helmet was manufactured on or after July1, 9. Refuelling worker does not (a) smoke within 7.5 metres of a vehicle while it is being refuelled, (b) refuel a vehicle when there is a source of ignition within 7.5 metres of that vehicle, or (c) dispense flammable fuels into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle or watercraft while its engine is running Riding on Loads Riding on Loads A person must not ride on top of a load that is being moved. A person must not (a) smoke within 7.5 metres of a vehicle while it is being refuelled, (b) refuel a vehicle when there is a source of ignition within 7.5 metres of that vehicle, or (c) dispense flammable fuels into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle or watercraft while its engine is running.

6 Rigging Synthetic fibre slings synthetic fibre web sling is permanently removed from service if it is damaged or worn as follows: (a) the length of the edge cut exceeds the web thickness; (b) the depth of an abrasion is more than 15 percent of the webbing thickness, taken as a proportion of all plies; (c) the total depth of the abrasion on both sides of the webbing is more than 15 percent of the webbing thickness, taken as a proportion of all plies; (d) the depth of the warp thread damage is up to 50 percent of the webbing thickness and the damage (i) is within 25 percent of the sling width of the edge, or (ii) covers 25 percent of the sling width, (e) the warp thread damage is as deep as the sling is thick (i) in an area that is within 25 percent of the sling width of the edge, or (ii) over an area that is more than 12.5 percent of the width of the sling; Occupational Health and Safety Code 9 Part 21-6 (f) weft thread damage allows warp threads to separate over an area that is wider than 25 percent of the sling width and longer than twice the sling width Synthetic fibre slings An employer must ensure that a synthetic fibre web sling is permanently removed from service if (a) part of the sling is melted, charred or damaged by chemicals, (b) stitches in load bearing splices are broken or worn, or (c) end fittings are excessively pitted or corroded, cracked, distorted or broken. Wire Rope running wire rope is permanently removed from service (a) if six or more randomly distributed wires are broken in one rope lay, or (b) if three or more wires are broken in one strand in one rope lay Wire Rope Metal Mesh Slings stationary wire rope such as a guy line is permanently removed from service (a) if three or more wires are broken in one rope lay in sections between end connections, or (b) if more than one wire is broken within one rope lay of an end connection. metal mesh sling is removed from service if (a) there is a broken weld or a broken brazed joint along the sling edge, (b) a wire in any part of the mesh is broken, (c) corrosion has reduced a wire diameter by 15 percent, (d) abrasion has reduced a wire diameter by 25 percent, (e) there is a loss of flexibility because the mesh is distorted, (f) the depth of the slot is increased by more than 10 percent because the choker fitting is distorted, (g) the width of the eye opening is decreased by more than 10 percent because either end fitting is distorted, (h) the original cross sectional area of metal is reduced by 15 percent or more at any point around the hook opening or end fitting, (i) either end fitting is distorted, or (j) an end fitting is cracked.

7 Safeguards Building shafts An employer must ensure that if there is no work platform at a doorway or opening to a building shaft (a) the doorway or opening is enclosed, (b) the enclosure is not less than 2 metres high, and (c) there is an access door opening out from the enclosed area. Covering Openings If a person removes a cover, guardrail or toe board, or any part thereof, protecting an opening or hole for any reason, an employer must ensure a temporary cover or other means of protection replaces it immediately. Protection from Falling Objects An employer must ensure that workers in a work area where there may be falling objects are protected from the falling objects by an overhead safeguard. Scaffolds and Temporary Work Platforms Design Despite subsection (1)(c), an employer must ensure that hoarded masonry walk through scaffold frames are (a) anchored by not less than one tie in for each 9 square metres of hoarding surface area, and (b) have vertical tie ins spaced at least 2 metres apart but not more than 3 metres apart. Vertical Ladder on Scaffold vertical ladder that gives access to a working level of a scaffold is used by a worker only to move up or down between levels of the scaffold. Vertical Ladder on Scaffold Workers moving between levels of a scaffold on a vertical ladder (a) must not extend a part of their body, other than an arm, beyond the side rails of the ladder, and (b) must maintain a three point stance on the ladder at all times Working From a Ladder An employer must ensure that no worker performs work from a ladder that is used to give access to the working levels of a scaffold. Working From a Ladder A worker must not perform work from a ladder that is used to give access to the working levels of a scaffold. Free-standing or Rolling Scaffolds A worker must not remain on a rolling scaffold while it is being moved unless (a) the height of its work platform is not more than twice its smallest base dimension, and (b) the surface over which it travels is firm, level and free of hazards that may cause the scaffold to topple.

8 Scaffolds and Temporary Work Platforms Free-standing or Rolling Scaffolds A worker using a rolling scaffold must engage the wheel locking devices or block the scaffold against movement while the scaffold is stationary and a worker is working from the scaffold. Fork-Mounted Work Platforms An employer must ensure that the operator of the powered mobile equipment remains at the controls while a worker is on the elevated forkmounted work platform. Fork-Mounted Work Platforms A person must not be on a fork mounted work platform while the powered mobile equipment to which the platform is attached is moving horizontally. Tools, Equipment and Machinery Operator Responsibilities While operating machinery, an operator must ensure that its operation will not endanger the operator or another worker. Actuated Fastening Tools A worker must not permit the trigger of an actuated fastening tool to be mechanically held in the ON position unless the manufacturer s specifications permit the tool to be used that way. Grinders An employer must ensure that the guard of a hand held grinder covers the area of the grinder accessory contained within an arc of at least 120 degrees of the accessory s circumference. WHMIS Explosives Forestry Availability of MSDS Burning Material Partially Cut Trees An employer must ensure that the material safety data sheet required by this Part is readily available at a work site to workers who may be exposed to a controlled product and to the joint work site health and safety committee if there is one. A person must not smoke tobacco or burn material within 15 metres of an explosive. An employer must ensure that a partially cut tree is not left standing.

9 Health Care and Industries with Biological Hazards Sharps Containers Sharps Containers An employer must provide sharps containers and ensure that they are located as close as is reasonably practicable to where sharps are used. A worker must use the sharps container provided. Mining Restriction on Open Flames A worker must not smoke tobacco or have an open flame or smouldering substance within 8 metres of a vehicle transporting explosives. Ignition Precautions A worker must not smoke tobacco or allow an open flame or other possible means of ignition within 8 metres of a blast area Means of Ignition Means of Ignition Workers must not have in their possession, or otherwise transport, smoking materials, matches or other means of ignition when they enter a mine. A worker must not use smoking materials, matches or other means of ignition in a mine. Oil and Gas Wells Tree Care Operations Log Book An employer must ensure that the log book is available at the work site for review by an officer. Fall Protection and Work Positioning A worker must use or wear the work positioning or fall protection system the employer requires the worker to use or wear.

10 Work Requiring Rope Access Rope Access Safe Work Plan n occupational rope access safe work plan is available at the work site before work with a risk of falling begins. Worker's Personal Logbook The worker must ensure that the personal logbook is current and available at the worksite for inspection by an officer.