OHS Act, Regulation and Code

Rules governing health and safety in Alberta’s workplaces fall under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Regulation and Code. The OHS Code Explanation Guide helps explain the rules of the Code in plain, easy-to-understand language.

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OHS Act

• Occupational Health and Safety Act
  

  Official on-line version of the Act.

• Highlights of Changes to the Act
  

  (LI020)

OHS Regulation

• Occupational Health and Safety Regulation
  

  Official on-line version of the Regulation.

• Blasters and Mining Professionals

OHS Code and Explanation Guide

• Occupational Health and Safety Code (2009)
• Explanation Guide (2009)
  

  Copies of this publication may be ordered from the Alberta Queen’s Printer.

• CSA Standards Referenced in the OHS Code
  

  View online the CSA Standards Referenced in the OHS Code.

Review of the Regulation

• Review of the OHS Regulation
  
  OHS Regulation is currently under review.

Review of the Code

• Changes to the Code
  

  Human Services has revised its process for changing content of the Code.

• Review of Part 36 - Mining
  

  A review of Part 36 (Mining) of the Code is underway.

Related Links

• Farming and Ranching Exemption Regulation (AR 27/95)
  

  This Regulation is made for the purposes of section 1(s) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act to specify the farming and ranching operations that are excluded from the definition of “occupation” under the Act.

• Work Sites Requiring a Joint Work Site Health and Safety Committee
  

  Work sites that are required to have a JWSHSC by Ministerial Order under Section 31 of the Act.

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