Worker Education

   6.  (1)  An employer shall ensure that a worker who works with or in proximity to a controlled product A product, material or substance determined in accordance with Part IV of the Controlled Products Regulations (Canada) to be included in a class listed in Schedule II of the Hazardous Products Act (Canada) received from a supplier is informed about all hazard information Information on the proper and safe use, storage and handling of a controlled product and includes information relating to the toxicological properties of the controlled product the employer receives from the supplier concerning the controlled product and all further hazard information of which the employer is or ought to be aware concerning its use, storage and handling.

   (2)  An employer who produces In relation to the production of a controlled product does not include the production of a fugitive emission or of intermediate products undergoing reaction within a reaction vessel or process vessel a controlled product in a workplace shall ensure that every worker who works with or in proximity to the controlled product is informed about all hazard information of which the employer is or ought to be aware concerning the controlled product and its use, storage and handling.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 860, s. 6.

   7.  (1)  An employer shall ensure that every worker who works with or in proximity to a controlled product is instructed in,

   (a)  the contents required on a supplier label In respect of a controlled product, a label provided by a supplier disclosing the information and displaying the hazard symbols referred to in paragraph 13 (b) of the Hazardous Products Act (Canada) and workplace label Includes a mark, sign, device, stamp, seal, sticker, ticket, tag or wrapper , and the purpose and significance of the information contained on the labels;

   (b)  the contents required on a material safety data sheet A document that meets the requirements of, (a) subsection 17 (2) if it is a supplier material safety data sheet, and (b) subsection 18 (3) if it is prepared by an employer and the purpose and significance of the information contained on a material safety data sheet;

   (c)  procedures for the safe use, storage, handling and disposal of a controlled product;

   (d)  procedures for the safe use, storage, handling and disposal of a controlled product when it is contained or transferred in,

           (i)  a pipe,

           (ii)  a piping system including valves,

          (iii)  a process vessel,

          (iv)  a reaction vessel, or

           (v)  a tank car, a tank truck, an ore car, a conveyor belt or a similar conveyance;

   (e)  procedures to be followed when fugitive emissions A gas, liquid, solid, vapour, fume, mist, fog or dust that escapes from process equipment, from emission control equipment or from a product are present; and

    (f)  procedures to be followed in case of an emergency involving a controlled product.

   (2)  An employer shall ensure that the program of worker education required by subsection (1) is developed and implemented for the employer’s workplace and is related to any other training, instruction and prevention programs at the workplace.

   (3)  An employer shall ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the program of worker instruction required by subsection (1) results in the workers being able to use the information to protect their health and safety.  R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 860, s. 7.