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# OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION (cont.) ## Instruction (cont.) B.C. Reg. 296/97 WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATION Part 9 - Confined Spaces (b) the precautions identified in written procedures to properly perform their duties. # Hazard Assessment and Work Procedures ## Hazard assessment - 9.9 (1) A hazard assessment must be conducted for each (a) confined space, or each group of confined spaces which share similar characteristics, and (b) work activity, or group of work activities which present similar hazards, to be performed inside a confined space. (2) The hazard assessment required by subsection (1) must consider (a) the conditions which may exist prior to entry due to the confined space's design, location or use, or which may develop during work activity inside the space, and (b) the potential for oxygen enrichment and deficiency, flammable gas, vapour or mist, combustible dust, other hazardous atmospheres, harmful substances requiring lockout and isolation, engulfment and entrapment, and other hazardous conditions. ## Procedures 9.10 Written procedures specifying the means to eliminate or minimize all hazards likely to prevail must be developed, based on the hazard assessment required by section 9.9. ## Qualifications - 9.11 (1) The hazard assessment and written confined space entry procedures must be prepared (a) by a qualified person who has adequate training and experience in the recognition, evaluation and control of confined space hazards, and (b) in consultation with the person assigned overall responsibility for adminis- tration of the confined space entry program and with the joint committee or the worker health and safety representative, as applicable. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) (a) qualifications which are acceptable as evidence of adequate training and experience include (a) certified industrial hygienist (CIH), registered occupational hygienist (ROH), certi…

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# Subcontractor Worker Coverage (cont.) ## Actions to Achieve Desired Outcomes (cont.) a. Company and key subcontractors, when considering new equipment, chemicals, facilities, or significantly different operations or procedures, will continue to conduct a pre-use analysis (defined in Tier One) to review the potential safety and health impact on the workers at a level of detail appropriate considering the perceived risk and the number of people who may be affected. b. Company develops and begins implementing a plan for how to integrate this practice into the procurement/design phase to maximize the opportunity for proactive hazard controls and requires that key subcontractors adopt and implement the company or an equivalent plan. C. Company and key subcontractors take proactive steps to ensure that pre-use analysis continues to be integrated into the procurement/design phase. 5. Industrial Hygiene program. Company and key subcontractors continue implementing the IH programs to identify, analyze, and control health hazards to prevent occupational disease. 6. Routine self-inspections. a. Company and subcontractors continue implementing the documented system for routinely scheduled self- inspections of the workplace developed in Tier One. b. Company and subcontractors continue conducting self-inspections by designated safety and health staff, with the participation of other non-supervisory employees. c. Company and subcontractors take proactive steps to ensure that self-inspections are routinely conducted and the entire work site is covered at least weekly. 7. Hazard-reporting system. Company and key subcontractors continue implementing the hazard-reporting systems and encourage more active reporting. Implement program improvements as needed. Ensure regular feedback to all employees on the status of hazards reported (e.g., through meetings, newsletters, e-mail messages, bulletin board postings, Intranet postings, etc.). Take proactive steps to en…