Proposed changes to control of environmental tobacco smoke in the OHSR:

• Section 4.81, General Conditions: Controlling exposure and Section 4.82, General Conditions: Exceptions

New sections of the OHSR related to joint committees:

• 3.26, Rights and Responsibilities, evaluation for joint committees
• 3.27, Rights and Responsibilities, minimum training requirements for new joint committee members and worker health and safety representatives
• 3.28, Rights and Responsibilities, participation by employer or representative of employer and worker representative in employer investigations

WorkSafeBC Regulatory Practices has prepared a draft Joint Health and Safety Committee Evaluation Tool, for stakeholders to provide their written comments. The draft evaluation tool, and information on how to provide feedback, can be accessed through this link.

Other proposed changes to the OHSR:

• Section 1.1, Definitions, consequential amendments to definitions for combustible and flammable liquids
• Section 4.43.1, General Conditions, new section, storage racks
• Section 4.56, General Conditions, work area guards and handrails
• Section 5.71(2), Chemical Agents and Biological Agents, combustible or flammable air contaminants
• Section 6.4, Substance Specific Requirements, asbestos inventory
• Sections 6.58.1 to 6.69, Substance Specific Requirements, lead
• Sections 6.110 to 6.112.7, Substance Specific Requirements, respirable crystalline silica and rock dust
• Section 12.83.1, Tools, Machinery and Equipment, new section, chassis dynamometer
• Sections 13.11, 14.1 and 14.2, Cranes and Hoists, construction material hoists
• Section 14.5, Cranes and Hoists, rated capacity indication and Section 14.11, Cranes and Hoists, support structures
• Section 14.81, Cranes and Hoists, limit devices
• Section 20.2, Construction, Excavation and Demolition, notice of project
• Section 22.12(1) and (2), Underground Workings, underground supervisors
• Section 23.69, Oil and Gas, flow piping systems
• Section 26.13.4, Forestry Operations and Similar Activities, new section, saw chain shot

Written submissions were accepted until October 7, 2016.