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the safety and health program without fear of reprisal and provide a mechanism to ensure timely and appropriate responses to correct these conditions. - (ix) Provide a mechanism to investigate accidents and "near miss" incidents, so that the root cause and means for preventing a recurrence are identified. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "accident" means any unexpected happening that interrupts the work sequence or process and that may result in injury, illness, or property damage. - (x) Provide a means to review injury and illness trends over time, so that patterns with common causes can be identified and eliminated. - (xi) Establish a mechanism for the employer to conduct ongoing, periodic in-house safety and health inspections so that new or previously missed hazards or failures in controls are identified. Inspections shall be conducted with a frequency necessary to be effective but in no event with less frequency than that established in section [redacted postal code]-3. - (xii) Address the impact of emergency situations and develop written plans and procedures to insure employee safety during emergencies. For the purpose of this standard, the term "emergency situation" means an unforeseen single event or combination of events that calls for immediate action to prevent, control, or

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- (c) The use of any machinery, tool, material, or equipment that is not in compliance with any applicable requirement of the standards of part 3 of this subtitle is prohibited. The machine, tool, material, or equipment shall either be: - (1) Identified as unsafe by tagging or locking the controls to render it inoperable; or - (2) Removed from its place of operation. - (d) The employer shall permit only those employees qualified by training or experience to operate equipment and machinery. - (e) Accidents shall be reported in accordance with chapter 12-52.1. - (f) Prime contractor and subcontractor responsibilities. - (1) By contracting for full performance of a contract, the prime contractor assumes all obligations prescribed as employer responsibilities under the law, whether or not any part of the work is subcontracted. - (A) Where one contractor is selected to execute the work of a project, that contractor shall ensure compliance with the requirements of the standards of part 3 of this subtitle from the contractor's own employees as well as from all subcontractor employees on the project. - (B) Where the owner-builder, acting as the general contractor, selects another person or persons to perform the work of a project, the owner-builder shall be responsible, or shall designate one person to be responsible, for providing the general safeguarding as well as gaining compliance with the requirements of the standards of part 3 of this subtitle from all other persons engaged in the operation of the project. - (2) Independent of any prime contractor's responsibilities, the subcontractor has

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decanted products, 400-401 hazardous waste, 396 health and safety representative, training role, 397(2) joint health and safety committee, training role, 397(2) label required, 398-403 laboratory samples, 403 emergencies, 403(2) exemptions, 403(1), 403(4)-(6) label information, 403(2) manufacturers of hazardous products label requirement, 399(1) laboratory samples, 403 training in safe procedures, 397(1)(d) placards conditions for use, 398(5), 401(1) content and location, 401 transfer of hazardous products, 402 safety data sheets, 404-407 availability, 407 confidential business information, 408-414 employer's data sheet, 405, 406 exemptions, 404(1)-(2), 405(2) significant new data, updates, 406 supplier's data sheet, 404, 406 training in, 397(1)(b) supplier labels, 398-402 arrival of product without label, requirement for label, 398(6)-(7) not to remove, modify or alter, 398(2) replacement of illegible or missing label, 398(4) requirement for, 399-403 significant new data, label updates, 398(3) storage without label, conditions, 398(5), 402 training in content and significance, 397(1)(a), 398(5)(c) training, 397 emergencies, 397(1)(f), 397(1)(g), 398(5)(c) fugitive emissions, 397(1)(f), 398(5)(c) hazardous waste, 396 health and safety representatives and committee, 397(2) identification methods for transfer of hazardous products, 397(1)(e) safe manufacturing, 397(1)(d) safe storage, use and handling, 397(1)(c) safety data sheets, 397(1)(b) supplier labels, 397(1)(a), 398(5)(c) work site labels, 397(1)(a), 398(5)(c) transfer of hazardous products, 402 work site labels, 398-402

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- correction of unsafe performance, and, if necessary, through a clearly defined and communicated disciplinary system. inspections so that new or previously missed - (3) Periodic inspections. The employer shall conduct periodic in-house safety and health hazards or failures in engineering, work practice, and administrative controls are identified. The in-house inspections will be conducted by individuals who are trained to recognize hazardous conditions, as members of the safety and health committee or a person designated and trained by the employer for the facility's safety and health program. - (4) Safety and health training. - (A) The employer shall develop and institute a safety and health-training program for all employees so they have an understanding of the hazards to which they may be exposed, and the procedures or practices needed to protect them from these hazards. - (B) In addition, supervisors and managers shall be trained in the elements of the employer's safety and health program and in the specific responsibilities assigned to them under the program. - (C) The employer shall ensure that the supervisors and managers understand their responsibilities under the safety and health program and their importance to the safety and health of the workplace. In particular, the training for managers and supervisors shall enable them to: - (i) Recognize potential hazards; (ii) Maintain safety and health protection in the work area; and - (iii) Reinforce employee training on the nature of the potential hazards and required protective measures.

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## Part 12 General Safety Precautions ## Housekeeping 185 An employer must ensure that a work site is kept clean and free from materials or equipment that could cause workers to slip or trip. ## Lighting 186 (1) An employer must ensure that lighting at a work site is sufficient to enable work to be done safely. 186 (2) An employer must ensure that a light source above a working or walking surface is protected against damage. - 186 (3) An employer must ensure that there is emergency lighting at a work site if workers are in danger if the normal lighting system fails. - 186 (4) Emergency lighting must generate enough light so that workers can - (a) leave the work site safely, - (b) start the necessary emergency shut-down procedures, and - (c) restore normal lighting. ## Pallets and storage racks 187 (1) An employer must ensure that pallets used to transport or store materials or containers are loaded, moved, stacked, arranged and stored in a manner that does not create a danger to workers. - 187 (2) An employer must ensure that racks used to store materials or equipment - (a) are designed, constructed and maintained to support the load placed on them, and - (b) are placed on firm foundations that can support the load. - 187 (3) A worker must report any damage to a storage rack to an employer as quickly as practicable. - 187 (4) The employer and the workers at a work site must take all reasonable steps to prevent storage racks from being damaged to the extent that their integrity as structures is compromised. ## Placement of roofing materials - 187.1 (1) 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. - 187.1 (2) An employer must ensure that the weight of supplies and roofing materials referred to in subsection (1) is uniformly distributed.