Guideline Update

Guidelines — Occupational Health and Safety Regulation

• Part 5 Chemical and Biological Agents
  • G5.97 Emergency procedures – Emergency plan (revised)
  • G5.99 Risk assessment (revised)
• Part 6 Substance Specific Requirements
  • G6.34-1 Exposure control plan (revised)
  • G6.34-6 Exposure control plan – Pandemic influenza (revised)
  • G6.89 Restricted entry intervals (revised)
  • G6.90 Authorization to enter – Restricted entry intervals on pesticide labels (revised)
• Part 7 Noise, Vibration, Radiation and Temperature – Noise Exposure
  • G7.2 Exposure limits (retired)
  • G7.3-1 Noise measurement – When required and performance (retired)
  • G7.4 Exemption (retired)
  • G7.5-1 Program – Education and training (retired)
  • G7.5-2 Annual program review (retired)
  • G7.6-1 Investigating controls (retired)
  • G7.6-2 Implementing controls (retired)
  • G7.7-1 Selection of hearing protection (retired)
  • G7.7-2 Warning signs and hearing protection (retired)
  • G7.8-1 Annual hearing tests (revised)
  • G7.8-2 Authorized hearing testers (revised)
  • G7.8-3 Hearing test results (revised)
  • G7.8-4 Construction industry (revised)
  • G7.9 Test records (revised)
• Part 9 Confined Spaces
  • G9.22 Alternative measures of control or isolation of adjacent piping – Making submissions (revised)
• Part 21 Blasting Operations
  • G21.5(1)-1 Scope of blasting certificates issued by WorkSafeBC (new)
    This guideline has been developed to outline the scope of work for each type of current blasting certificate issued by WorkSafeBC.
  • G21.5(1)-2 Authority to blast – Certificates acceptable to WorkSafeBC (revised)
• Part 30 Laboratories
  • G30.12 Biological safety cabinets (revised)

New and revised guidelines are posted for a 60-day preliminary period, during which time the stakeholder community may comment and request revisions.