OHS Guidelines: Standards for respirators and safety headgear

Guidelines — Occupational Health and Safety Regulation

The following guidelines were revised or retired consequential to amendments to the OHS Regulation in effect on April 1, 2026.

• Part 8: Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment — Safety Headgear
  • G8.12/8.13 Use of safety headgear for workers on ATVs similar equipment in agricultural operations (revised)
  • G8.13 Use of safety headgear with bicycles and skates (revised)

• Part 8: Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment — Respirators
  • G8.33-1 Respiratory protection - Selection (revised)
  • G8.33(1) Selection of respiratory protection – Alternate standard (retired)
  • G8.34-3 Maximum use concentration and IDLH (revised)
  • G8.40 Respiratory protection - Fit test (revised)
  • G8.41 User seal check - Alternate standard (retired)
  • G8.44 Records (retired)
  • G8.45 Maintenance and inspection of self-contained breathing apparatus (revised)

• Part 31: Firefighting — Respirators
  • G31.26 Maintenance and inspection of self-contained breathing apparatus (revised)