SAFETY ACT CONSOLIDATION OF GENERAL SAFETY REGULATIONS R.R.N.W.T. 1990,c.S-1 (Current to: April 1, 2010) AS AMENDED BY NORTHWEST TERRITORIES REGULATIONS: R.R.N.W.T. 1990,c.S-1(Supp.) In force September 15, 1992: SI-013-92 R-028-93 R-096-93 R-072-95 R-135-98 AS AMENDED BY NUNAVUT REGULATIONS: R-021-2000 In force December 1, 2000 This consolidation is not an official statement of the law. It is an office consolidation prepared for convenience only. The authoritative text of regulations can be ascertained from the Revised Regulations of the Northwest Territories, 1990 and the monthly publication of Part II of the Northwest Territories Gazette (for regulations made before April 1, 1999) and Part II of the Nunavut Gazette (for regulations made on or after April 1, 1999). A copy of a regulation of Nunavut can be obtained from the Territorial Printer at the address below. The Nunavut Gazette and this consolidation are also available online at http://www.justice.gov.nu.ca/english/legislation.html but are not official statements of the law. Any registered regulations not yet published in the Nunavut Gazette can be obtained through the Registrar of Regulations at the address below. Territorial Printer Legislation Division Department of Justice Government of Nunavut Tel.: (867) 975-6305 P.O. Box 1000, Station 550 Fax: (867) 975-6189 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 Email: [email protected] R.R.N.W.T. 1990,c.S-1 GLOSSARY OF TERMS USED IN CONSOLIDATIONS Miscellaneous c. means "chapter". CIF means "comes into force". NIF means "not in force". s. means "section" or "sections", "subsection" or "subsections", "paragraph" or "paragraphs". Sch. means "schedule". Citation of Acts R.S.N.W.T. 1988,c.D-22 means Chapter D-22 of the Revised Statutes of the Northwest Territories, 1988. R.S.N.W.T. 1988,c.10(Supp.) means Chapter 10 of the Supplement to the Revised Statutes of the Northwest Territories, 1988. (Note: The Supplement is in three volumes.) S.N.W.T. 1996,c.26 means Chapter 26 of the 1996 Annual Volume of the Statutes of the Northwest Territories. S.Nu. 2002,c.14 means Chapter 14 of the 2002 Annual Volume of the Statutes of Nunavut. Citation of Regulations and other Statutory Instruments R.R.N.W.T. 1990,c.A-1 means Chapter A-1 of the Revised Regulations of the Northwest Territories, 1990. R-005-98 means the regulation registered as R-005-98 in 1998. (Note: This is a Northwest Territories regulation if it is made before April 1, 1999, and a Nunavut regulation if it is made on or after April 1, 1999 and before January 1, 2000.) R-012-2003 means the regulation registered as R-012-2003 in 2003. (Note: This is a Nunavut regulation made on or after January 1, 2000.) SI-005-98 means the instrument registered as SI-005-98 in 1998. (Note: This is a Northwest Territories statutory instrument if it is made before April 1, 1999, and a Nunavut statutory instrument if it is made on or after April 1, 1999 and before January 1, 2000.) SI-012-2003 means the instrument registered as SI-012-2003 in 2003. (Note: This is a Nunavut statutory instrument made on or after January 1, 2000.) R.R.N.W.T. 1990,c.S-1 General Safety Regulations, Consolidation of Current to: 2010-04-01 GENERAL SAFETY REGULATIONS INTERPRETATION 1. (1) In these regulations, "Act" means the Safety Act; (Loi) "approved" means approved by the Chief Safety Officer or by a testing agency acceptable to the Chief Safety Officer; (approuvé) "confined space" means a bin, pipeline, pit, sewer, silo, tank, tunnel, utilities vault, vat, vessel or other enclosed or partially enclosed space having restricted access and egress and which, owing to its design, construction, location, atmosphere, the materials or substances in it or other conditions, is or may become immediately dangerous to the life or health of a worker required to enter it; (espace restreint) "construction site" means a work site where a building or structure is being erected, altered, repaired, wired, fitted with pipes, painted, dismantled or demolished, or a work site where land is being cleared, graded, excavated, trenched, drilled or blasted, or covered with tarmac or cement; (chantier de construction) "contaminant" means any gas, fumes, smoke, vapour, dust or other substance in a work site that is in a concentration in excess of the occupational exposure limits set out in Tables 2 and 3 of Schedule A; (polluant) "domestic help" means household help, babysitters and casual labourers employed by private citizens; (aide domestique) "dressing station" means a room or part of a room set aside for the storage of first aid supplies and the treatment of workers; (poste de premiers soins) "first aid attendant" means a person who holds a current certificate of qualification in advanced first aid issued by the Priory of Canada of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, commonly known as St. John Ambulance, or an equivalent certificate of qualification acceptable to the Chief Safety Officer; (préposé aux premiers soins) "first aider" means a person who holds a certificate of qualification in standard first aid issued by the Priory of Canada of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem, or an equivalent certificate of qualification acceptable to the Chief Safety Officer; (secouriste) "first aid kit" means an approved container with approved first aid supplies; (trousse de premiers soins) 1 R.R.N.W.T. 1990,c.S-1 General Safety Regulations, Consolidation of Current to: 2010-04-01 "general ventilation" means the removal by mechanical means of gas, vapour, mist, fumes, smoke or dust from a general area and replacement with fresh air; (ventilation générale) "guardrail" means a secure and substantial structure, consisting of both a horizontal top rail and an intermediate rail, that is erected at or near the edge of a floor or platform or around an opening or excavation to prevent a person from falling over the edge; (garde-corps) "handrail" means a secure and substantial railing on a stairway; (main courante) "inert dust" or "nuisance dust" means dust or particles that occur in a working environment that ordinarily produce no specific effects with prolonged inhalation; (poussière inerte) "local ventilation" means the removal by mechanical means of gas, vapour, mist, fumes, smoke or dust at their source of origin; (ventilation locale) "locked out" means a condition that prevents movement of control devices to the "operating" or "on" position; (verrouillé) "lockout device" means a mechanism or arrangement that will hold and maintain a control device in an inoperable or "off" position; (dispositif de verrouillage) "logging site" means a work site where a logging operation is in progress; (chantier d’abattage) "nurse" means a person who holds a subsisting certificate of registration issued under the Nursing Profession Act; (infirmière) "personal protective equipment" means clothing, a device or other article required to be worn or used by a worker to prevent injury; (accessoires protecteurs) "point of operation" means that point at which cutting, shaping, boring or forming is accomplished on material; (point d’intervention) "powered mobile equipment" means a self-propelled device that is designed to carry, push, pull, lift or stack material or provide an approved working platform for personnel; (matériel mobile motorisé) "professional engineer" means a person who is a member or licence holder in good standing of the Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of the Northwest Territories; (ingénieur) "project" means a structure that is being constructed, repaired, altered, demolished or removed and includes a trench or excavation that is being dug or backfilled and a street or 2 R.R.N.W.T. 1990,c.S-1 General Safety Regulations, Consolidation of Current to: 2010-04-01 highway that is being built, altered, paved or demolished and includes work being carried on in an area where so designated by the Chief Safety Officer; (ouvrage) "settlement" means a community and includes a temporary or permanent camp; (collectivité) "standard height" means, for general ventilation purposes, a height of 3.7 m (12 ft.) when computing the volume of a work place for the required number of air changes each hour except in (a) operations where workers may be engaged in or on towers, platforms, mezzanine floors or overhead cranes that are not provided with a separate ventilating system, and (b) paint spray and sandblasting rooms where the actual height of the room shall be used for calculation of the required air flow rate; (hauteur standard) "structure" means any building, plant, machinery, equipment, storage tank, storage place or fixture erected or placed on, in, over or under an area of land or water; (structure) "supervisor" means a worker who has one or more workers under his or her control or supervision. (superviseur) (2) Except as otherwise provided, words and expressions used in these regulations have the meanings commonly ascribed to them by the industries to which these regulations apply. R-028-93,s.2. PART I APPLICATION 2. These regulations do not apply to (a) a mine within the meaning of the Mine Health and Safety Act; or (b) employers employing domestic help. R-021-2000,s.2. ACCIDENT PREVENTION Organization 3. Subject to section 4, an employer shall (a) initiate an accident prevention program and direct effective ways and means of preventing work injuries including the promotion of relations between management and the employees that will encourage attitudes and desires favourable to an accident-free operation; 3 R.R.N.W.T.