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The duty to post notices, information and other materials at your workplace for your employees comes in 2 basic kinds.
Use this checklist to ensure your organization has the required postings.
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| Reports on compliance with improvement or stop work orders (Workplace Safety & Health Act, Sec. 35(1)(d)) | |||
| Names of JHSC members (WSH Act, Sec. 40(9)) | |||
| Date each JHSC member’s term expires (WSH Regs., Sec. 3.11(2)(a)(i)) | |||
| Scheduled dates of JHSC meetings (WSH Regs., Sec. 3.11(2)(a)(ii)) | |||
| Agenda for each JHSC meeting (WSH Regs., Sec. 3.11(2)(a)(iii)) | |||
| Minutes of each JHSC meeting (signed by co-chairs + remains posted until all issues in meeting resolved) (WSH Regs., Sec. 3.11(2)(a)(iv)) | |||
| Name of safety rep for workplace (WSH Act, Sec. 41(3)) | |||
| Scheduled dates of safety rep meetings (WSH Regs., Sec. 3.11(2)(b)) | |||
| Agenda of each safety rep meeting (WSH Regs., Sec. 3.11(2)(b)) | |||
| Improvement orders issued or recommended by govt. OHS officer for workplace (WSH Regs., Sec. 3.11(2)(c)) | |||
| Orders issued by Director for site (WSH Regs., Sec. 3.11(2)(d)) | |||
| List of names + work locations of each first aider (WSH Regs., Sec. 5.5(4)(b)(ii)) | |||
| Copy of working alone safe work procedure (WSH Regs., Sec. 9.9(3)) | |||
| Copy of harassment prevention policy (WSH Regs., Sec. 10.3) | |||
| Copy of violence prevention policy (WSH Regs., Sec. 11.5(1)(a)) | |||
| Written report on noise exposure assessment (WSH Regs., Sec. 12.2) | |||
| WHMIS placard instead of a WHMIS label OK if it’s posted near a hazardous product that: (a) is not in a container; (b) is in a form intended for export; (c) is in a container intended to contain it for sale or distribution and will be appropriately labelled in the normal course of the employer’s business and without undue delay; provided that placard: (A) contains the info required for a workplace label; and (B) is of such size that the information on it is clearly legible to workers (WSH Regs., Sec. 35.10) | |||
| Warning signs at or near areas that are unsafe to use due to slipping + tripping hazards from floors, platforms, walkways, ramps or stairs (Workplace Safety & Health Regs., Sec. 4.5(2)(b)) | |||
| Toilet facilities must have sign listing sex of persons who can use them (WSH Regs., Sec. 4.8(3)) | |||
| Warning signs indicating that a flagperson is present that:
(a) have reflective surfaces; + |
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| Warning signs in a roped-off work area below a suspended work platform advising persons of the overhead hazard (WSH Regs., Sec. 28.31) | |||
| Placard identifiers providing hazard information about a hazardous product may be used in lieu of a WHMIS workplace label (WSH Regs., Sec. 35.10(1)) | |||
| Employer + owner must ensure a warning sign is posted where high voltage switch gear or transformers are located in a workplace (WSH Regs., Sec. 38.12) | |||
No smoking signs at each entrance and inside workplace that:
(Smoking & Vapour Products Control Reg., Sec. 7) |
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JHSC: Joint Health + Safety Committee
Safety Rep: Workplace Health + Safety Representative
DSR: Designated Smoking Room
