2024 OHS Legislation Updates
These three Code Parts saw updates in 2024.
What are Parts 27: Violence and Harassment, 33: Explosives, and 37: Oil and Gas Wells?
Buckle up Buttercup! Forget your seatbelt when operating this piece of equipment and you may find yourself with a $200 ticket.
What is powered mobile equipment?
This is the maximum fine amount per contravention per day.
What is $10,000?
This person should be consulted when a multiple worksite SWO is being considered according to OP 004-4.
Who is your manager?
ESO
What is the Employee Safety Office?
This new requirement was added to section 391, Training of Workers.
What is training when revisions have been made?
Fail to ensure a worker uses the required PPE and you may find yourself paying this amount as an employer or supervisor.
What is $500?
This is achieved when there is an impartial decision maker, reasonable notice, clear decision-making criteria and an opportunity for all parties to have their views considered.
What is Administrative Fairness?
OP 005-1 Appeals states this board is responsible for handling OHS order, AP and DAC appeals.
What is the Alberta Labour Relations Board?
FLHA
What is a Field Level Hazard Assessment?
This section in Part 27 was repealed.
What is section 389?
These need to be readily available at a work site under Part 29 WHMIS or you may be facing a $500 fine.
What are Safety Data Sheets?
What is 1 year?
This OP, OP 006-3 deals with areas around a work site that may be affected by hazards originating from the work site.
What is the In The Vicinity OP?
DASH
What is Data and Statistical Hub?
These definitions are new and apply to Part 27.
What are "retail fuelling outlet" and "convenience store?"
These two ticketable provisions deal with portable ladders.
What is failure to secure/position a ladder as required (s.136) and working from the top two rungs(s.133(1))?
These 5 WSPs can have APs levied against them.
Who are prime contractors, contractors, employers, suppliers and workers?
The RPE OP (OP 007-6) which acts as our RPE COP requires these three things of an officer before they use respiratory protective equipment.
What is be fit tested/medically approved, clean shaven and trained?
YODA
What is Your Online DASH Advisor?
This new definition means the part of a drilling rig that applies torque to a drill pipe.
What is a "rotary table?"
Tickets were introduced in Alberta OHS legislation on this date.
What is January 1, 2014?
These 5 elements will be utilized to organize AP evidence in the folder system for the DASH AP record.
What is CORES search, CRs/NTPs/Demands, Photos and Measurements, Officer Notes and Other.
These 5 obligated parties are involved in the work refusal process according to OP 002-4.
Who are the worker, supervisor, employer, HSC/HSR and OHS.
HPA (Inspector)
What is the Hazardous Products Act?