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Emergency response planning : an occupational health and safety tool kit

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Provides employers with information about some key occupational health and safety requirements related to emergency response planning. The kit also provides a step-by-step approach to planning,... More ≫

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Provides employers with information about some key occupational health and safety requirements related to emergency response planning. The kit also provides a step-by-step approach to planning, that employers can customize to their own work site.

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Planification des interventions d’urgence : une boîte à outils sur la santé et la sécurité au travail

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Fournit aux employeurs des renseignements sur certaines exigences clés en matière de SST liées à la planification des interventions d’urgence. La trousse propose également une approche de... More ≫

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Fournit aux employeurs des renseignements sur certaines exigences clés en matière de SST liées à la planification des interventions d’urgence. La trousse propose également une approche de planification étape par étape que les employeurs peuvent adapter à leur propre lieu de travail.

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Hazard assessment and control : a handbook for Alberta employers and workers [2022 to current]

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Presents information on how to carry out hazard assessments and to control workplace hazards to meet legislated requirements. The hazard assessment and control process provides a consistent... More ≫

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Presents information on how to carry out hazard assessments and to control workplace hazards to meet legislated requirements. The hazard assessment and control process provides a consistent approach for employers and workers to identify and control hazards in the workplace, allowing all parties to focus their efforts in the right areas, and to develop worker training, inspections, emergency response plans, etc., specific to the hazards at their work sites.

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Évaluation et contrôle des risques : manuel pour les employeurs et la main-d’œuvre en Alberta

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Ce guide des pratiques exemplaires donne une approche étape par étape de l’évaluation officielle des risques que les employeurs peuvent personnaliser en fonction de leurs activités commerciales.... More ≫

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Ce guide des pratiques exemplaires donne une approche étape par étape de l’évaluation officielle des risques que les employeurs peuvent personnaliser en fonction de leurs activités commerciales. Il introduit également des exigences en matière d’évaluation, d’élimination et de contrôle des dangers dans le Code de la santé et la sécurité au travail .

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Potentially serious incidents surveillance program guide

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This guide outlines the parameters of Alberta’s Potentially Serious Incident (PSI) Surveillance program, which is established under the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act. The OHS Act places... More ≫

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This guide outlines the parameters of Alberta’s Potentially Serious Incident (PSI) Surveillance program, which is established under the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act. The OHS Act places an obligation on the prime contractor, or if there is no prime contractor, the employer to investigate PSIs and submit these investigation reports. The guide explains how to submit a PSI investigation report, including the role of the Government of Alberta staff within the process.

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Hazard assessment and control : a handbook for Alberta employers and workers [2020]

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Presents how to carry out hazard assessments and control workplace hazards to meet legislated requirements.

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Joint work site health and safety committee/health and safety representative training agency standard

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This standard outlines the criteria for agencies to be approved to deliver Joint Work Site Health and Safety Committee/Health and Safety representative training that meets the requirements of the... More ≫

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This standard outlines the criteria for agencies to be approved to deliver Joint Work Site Health and Safety Committee/Health and Safety representative training that meets the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulation and Code.

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Health and safety committee / health and safety representative training agency standard : prescribed criteria for designated training agencies

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This standard outlines the criteria for agencies to be approved to deliver Joint Work Site Health and Safety Committee/Health and Safety representative training that meets the requirements of the... More ≫

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This standard outlines the criteria for agencies to be approved to deliver Joint Work Site Health and Safety Committee/Health and Safety representative training that meets the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulation and Code.

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WHMIS 2015 : information for employers [2018]

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Covers a detailed explanation of WHMIS for employers. WHMIS, which stands for Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, is Canada's national hazard communication system for hazardous... More ≫

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Covers a detailed explanation of WHMIS for employers. WHMIS, which stands for Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System, is Canada's national hazard communication system for hazardous products in the workplace. It applies to suppliers, importers, and distributors of hazardous products that are sold in or imported into Canada and intended for use, handling or storage in Canadian workplaces, as well as to the employers and workers who use those products.

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Integrity in enforcement professionalism in the workplace : a staff guide for Occupational Health and Safety & Employment Standards employees

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The purpose of this guide is to provide direction for Safe, Fair and Healthy Workplaces staff who work in delivering Employment Standards services and Occupational Health and Safety services,... More ≫

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The purpose of this guide is to provide direction for Safe, Fair and Healthy Workplaces staff who work in delivering Employment Standards services and Occupational Health and Safety services, particularly those who interact with Albertans and Alberta businesses.

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