Table 1
Low hazard work
“Low hazard work” means work at
(a) administrative sites where the work performed is clerical or administrative in nature;
(b) dispersal sites
(i) where a worker is based,
(ii) where a worker is required to report for instruction, and
(iii) from which a worker is transported to a work site where the work is performed
Table 2
Medium hazard work
“Medium hazard work” means any work that is neither low hazard work nor high hazard work.
Table 3
High hazard work
“High hazard work” means work involving
(a) construction or demolition, including (i) industrial and commercial process facilities, (ii) pipelines and related gas or oil transmission facilities,
(iii) commercial, residential and industrial buildings,
(iv) roads, highways, bridges and related installations,
(v) sewage gathering systems,
(vi) utility installations, and
(vii) water distribution systems;
(b) operation and maintenance of (i) food packing or processing plants,
(ii) beverage processing plants, (iii) electrical generation and distribution systems, (iv) foundries,
(v) industrial heavy equipment repair and service facilities,
(vi) sawmills and lumber processing facilities, (vii) machine shops, (viii) metal fabrication shops,
(ix) gas, oil and chemical process plants, (x) steel and other base metal processing plants, and (xi) industrial process facilities not elsewhere specified;
(c) woodlands operations; (d) gas and oil well drilling and servicing operations; (e) mining and quarrying operations;
(f) seismic operations; (g) detonation of explosives.
Table 4
First aid room requirements
[See section 178]
(1) If an employer is required to provide a first aid room by Part 11, the employer must ensure that it is
(a) located near the work area or areas it is to serve,
(b) easily accessible to workers at all times,
(c) able to accommodate a stretcher,
(d) close to bathroom facilities,
(e) of adequate size,
(f) kept clean and sanitary,
(g) provided with adequate lighting, ventilation and heating,
(h) designated as non-smoking,
(i) under the supervision of an advanced first aider or an advanced care paramedic,
(j) clearly identified as a first aid facility and appropriately marked with how and where to access
the first aider,
(k) used only to administer first aid or health related services, and
(l) equipped with
(i) a communication system,
(ii) a permanently installed sink with hot and cold potable running water,
(iii) a cot or bed with a moisture protected mattress and 2 pillows,
(iv) 6 towels and 3 blankets,
(v) eye wash equipment,
(vi) a shower, or is close to a shower facility if it is a work site described in section 24, and
(vii) a CSA Standard Z1220-17 Type 2 Basic Large First Aid Kit.
(2) A first aid room must contain the following:
(a) the supplies of a CSA Standard Z1220-17 Type 2 Basic Medium First Aid Kit;
(b) space blanket;
(c) hot and cold packs;
(d) spine board and straps;
(e) adjustable cervical collar or set of different sized cervical collars;
(f) stretcher;
(g) splint set;
(h) waterproof waste bag;
(i) sphygmomanometer (blood pressure cuff);
(j) stethoscope;
(k) disposable drinking cups;
(l) portable oxygen therapy unit consisting of a cylinder(s) containing compressed oxygen, a
pressure regulator, pressure gauge, a flow meter and oxygen delivery equipment;
(m) flashlight;
(n) bandage scissors.