Strikethrough and Explanatory Notes – Part 20 – responsibilities of employers, owners and abatement contractors to ensure safe containment or removal of hazardous materials

At its October 2014 meeting, WorkSafeBC’s Board of Directors approved amendments to the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation. These amendments will become effective on February 1, 2015.

This is a strikethrough version of the amendments with explanatory notes on Part 20, Construction, Excavation and Demolition – relating to clarifying the responsibilities of employers, owners and abatement contractors to ensure the safe containment or removal of hazardous materials.

Deletions in the regulatory amendments are identified with a strikethrough and additions are in bold text and highlighted in yellow.