Combining 11 OH&S regulations into a single regulation as part of effort to reduce workplace injuries 40 per cent by 2004
The Alberta government has streamlined 11 occupational health and safety regulations into a single regulation in an effort to make the rules easier to understand and faster to update.
The updated Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulation replaces the administrative and policy provisions of the 11 existing regulations.
The administrative requirements, which include matters such as application for permits and certificates, posting of orders and notices and availability of documents will come into effect on March 31, 2003.
“To be effective, safety regulations must be current and relevant,” said Clint Dunford, Alberta’s Human Resources and Employment Minister. “This new regulation will give employers one set of rules to follow on administrative matters. The next stage will be replacing the existing 11 safety regulations with a new OHS code that will make safety requirements simpler to understand and quicker to update.”
The changes are part of the government’s Work Safe Alberta program, designed to reduce workplace injuries by 40 per cent by the end of 2004.
The regulation, and a bulletin that tells workers and employers what all the changes are and how to comply with them, can be downloaded from the Workplace Health and Safety Web site at www.worksafely.org.
The updated Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulation replaces the administrative and policy provisions of the 11 existing regulations.
The administrative requirements, which include matters such as application for permits and certificates, posting of orders and notices and availability of documents will come into effect on March 31, 2003.
“To be effective, safety regulations must be current and relevant,” said Clint Dunford, Alberta’s Human Resources and Employment Minister. “This new regulation will give employers one set of rules to follow on administrative matters. The next stage will be replacing the existing 11 safety regulations with a new OHS code that will make safety requirements simpler to understand and quicker to update.”
The changes are part of the government’s Work Safe Alberta program, designed to reduce workplace injuries by 40 per cent by the end of 2004.
The regulation, and a bulletin that tells workers and employers what all the changes are and how to comply with them, can be downloaded from the Workplace Health and Safety Web site at www.worksafely.org.
