Regulation update

Occupational Health and Safety Regulation

The links below are to the named sections of the Regulation. Strikethrough versions of the amendments with explanatory notes are also available online. All amendments are B.C. Reg. 9/2017, effective May 1, 2017.

• Part 1 - Definitions
  • Section 1.1, new definitions for "combustible liquid," "flammable liquid," "B.C. Electrical Code" [Amended]
• Part 4 - General Conditions
  • Work Area Guards and Handrails
    Section 4.56 Exceptions [Amended]
  • Environmental Tobacco Smoke and E-Cigarette Vapour
    Section 4.80.1 Definitions [Enacted] 
    Section 4.81 Controlling exposure [Enacted] 
    Section 4.82 Designated areas [Enacted] 
• Part 5 - Chemical Agents and Biological Agents
  • Flammable and Combustible Substances
    Section 5.27 Ignition sources [Amended]
  • Ventilation
    Section 5.71 Flammable air contaminants [Amended]
• Part 6 - Substance Specific Requirements
  • Asbestos - General Requirements
    Section 6.4 Inventory [Amended]
    Section 6.5 Identification [Amended]
    Section 6.6 Assessment and classification [Amended]
  • Asbestos - Documentation
    Section 6.32 Retention of records [Enacted] 
  • Lead
    Section 6.58.1 Definitions [Enacted] 
    Section 6.59 Application [Enacted] 
    Section 6.59.1 Risk assessment [Enacted] 
    Section 6.60 Exposure control plan [Enacted] 
    Section 6.60.1 Elimination or control of exposure [Enacted] 
    Section 6.61 Air monitoring for lead [Enacted] 
    Section 6.61.1 Exceptions to air monitoring requirement [Enacted] 
    Section 6.62 Warning signs [Enacted] 
    Section 6.63 Personal hygiene [Amended]
    Section 6.64 Housekeeping [Enacted] 
    Section 6.65 Prohibited cleaning methods [Enacted] 
    Section 6.66 Instruction and training [Enacted] 
  • Respirable Crystalline Silica and rock Dust
    Section 6.110 Definitions [Enacted] 
    Section 6.111 Application [Enacted] 
    Section 6.112 Risk assessment [Enacted] 
    Section 6.112.1 Exposure control plan [Enacted] 
    Section 6.112.2 Elimination or control of exposure [Enacted] 
    Section 6.112.3 Air monitoring for RCS dust [Enacted] 
    Section 6.112.4 Exceptions to monitoring requirement [Enacted] 
    Section 6.112.5 Blasting enclosures [Enacted] 
    Section 6.112.6 Housekeeping [Enacted] 
    Section 6.112.7 Instruction and training [Enacted] 
    Section 6.114 Crushing plants [Amended]
    Section 6.115.1 Application of RCS dust provisions [Enacted] 
• Part 12 - Tools, Machinery and Equipment
  • Miscellaneous Equipment
    Section 12.83.1 Chassis dynamometers - motor vehicle testing [Enacted] 
• Part 13 - Ladders, Scaffolds and Temporary Work Platforms
  • Work Platforms
    Section 13.11 Engineering required [Amended]
• Part 14 - Cranes and Hoists
  • Definitions and Application
    Section 14.1, repealed definitions of "miscellaneous material hoist" and "safe working load" [Amended]
    Section 14.2 Standards [Amended]
    Section 14.5 Rated capacity indication [Amended]
    Section 14.11 Support structure [Amended]
  • Tower Cranes
    Section 14.81 Limit devices [Amended]
• Part 20 - Construction, Excavation and Demolition
  • General Requirements
    Section 20.2 Notice of project [Enacted] 
    Section 20.2.1 Notice of project - hazardous substances [Enacted] 
• Part 22 - Underground Workings
  • Definitions
    Section 22.1, new definition for "underground working supervisor" [Amended]
  • Supervision of Workers
    Section 22.12 Appointment of underground working supervisor [Enacted] 
    Section 22.12.1 Role of underground working supervisor [Enacted] 
  • Ground Control
    Section 22.63 During excavation [Amended]
  • Drilling
    Section 22.67 Connecting to existing workings [Amended]
• Part 26 - Forestry Operations and Similar Activities
  • Definitions
    Section 26.1, new definition for "mobile equipment" [Amended]
  • Equipment Operation
    Section 26.13.4 Saw chain shot [Enacted] 
• Part 28 - Agriculture
  • Division 1 - General Conditions
    Section 28.9 Control of environmental tobacco smoke and e-cigarette vapour exception [Amended]