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OHS & Workers’ Comp Workplace Posting Requirements Checklist ? Qu‚bec

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.

 

INFORMATION

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Names + numbers of employer personnel responsible for health + safety matters (OHS Act, Sec. 51(2))
All OHS info transmitted by CNESST + physician in charge (OHS Act, Sec. 51(10))
Names of JHSC members (OHS Act, Sec. 80)
Notice of meeting to nominate JHSC members (at least 5 days before meeting) (JHSC Regs., Sec. 13)
Notice of vote to elect JHSC members (at least 5 days before vote) (JHSC Regs., Sec. 13)
Copy of remedial orders issued to company (OHS Act, Sec. 183)
Notice of exposure to hazardous sound levels indicating hearing protection is required (near room or work station where worker is assigned with characters at least 30-mm-high) (OHS Gen. Regs., Sec. 138)
Poster requiring vehicle motors to be turned off + banning smoking during fueling (near gasoline pumps) (OHS Gen. Regs., Sec. 336)
Copy of any notice to correction made by employer after CNESST inspection at construction project (if there’s no JHSC’otherwise, employer can give notice to JHSC), (Safety Code for Const. Industry, Sec. 2.2.4.)
Copy of water rescue procedures for work above water (Safety Code for Const., Sec. 11.1.)
Notice saying employer has provided CNESST wage statements + reports required by Workers’ Comp Act (Workers’ Comp Act, Sec. 89)
Warning indicating type of danger at all entrances where a gaseous state toxic substance is stored (OHS Gen. Regs., Sec. 95)
Name, work location + job of all first aiders in workplace (First Aid Min. Stds. Regs., Sec. 13)
Signs indicating how to access first aid kits + emergency communication system (First Aid Minimum Stds. Regs., Sec. 13)
Rated load of a hoisting apparatus posted on apparatus (Safety Code for Const., Sec. 2.15.2.)
Yellow sign at entrance of each moderate risk work area that’s 500 mm high by 350 mm wide + lists in black letters of the size specified below the following information in the following order:

  • ASBESTOS 50 mm
  • DANGER 40 mm
  • Do not breathe dust 15 mm
  • Protective equipment must be worn 15 mm
  • No admittance 15 mm
  • Inhaling asbestos dust may be harmful to your health 10 mm (Safety Code for Const., Sec. 3.23.15.(11))
Warning sign on machinery used to lift a load and capable of vertical, lateral or rotational motion, reading: DANGER ‘ N’APPROCHEZ PAS DES LIGNES ELECTRIQUES, in letters at least 12 mm high (Safety Code for Const., Sec. 5.3.1.)
Legible copy of standard signals + standardized signals if need be, in full view of the hoisting operator + all locations where signals may be given or received (Safety Code for Const., Sec. 8.11.5.)
Signs may be used in lieu of WHMIS workplace labels to communicate required information about a hazardous product (Hazardous Products Info. Reg., Sec. 25)
No-smoking signs (Tobacco Control Act, Sec. 2.1)

JHSC: Joint Health + Safety Committee
Safety Rep: Workplace Health + Safety Representative
DSR: Designated Smoking Room