PART I GENERAL — Interpretation
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(1) In these regulations
2(a)
"accident" includes
2(i)
an event occasioned by a physical or natural cause, or (ii) disablement arising out of and in the course of employment; qualified because of that person's knowledge, training and experience to do the assigned work in a manner that ensures the health and safety of every person in the workplace, and (ii) knowledgeable about the provisions of the Act and these regulations that apply to the assigned work, and about potential or actual danger to health or safety associated with the assigned work; "construction" means building, erection, excavation, alteration, repair, renovation, dismantling, demolition, structural maintenance, painting, moving, land clearing, earth moving, grading, street and highway building, concreting, equipment installation and alteration and the structural installation of construction components and materials in any form or for any purpose, and work in connection with it; an injury as a result of a chance event occasioned by a physical or natural cause, (ii) an injury as a result of wilful and intentional act, not being the act of the worker, (iii) disablement, (iv) occupational disease, or
2(b)
"ACGIH" means the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists;
2(c)
"Act" means the Occupational Health and Safety Act ;
2(d)
"administrative controls" means the provision, use and scheduling of work activities and resources in the workplace, including planning, organizing, staffing and coordinating, for the purpose of controlling risk;
2(e)
"ASHRAE" means the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers;
2(f)
"authorized" means, in reference to a person, a qualified person designated by an employer to carry out specific functions;
2(g)
"commission" means the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission continued under the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act, 2022;
2(h)
"competent" means a person who is
2(j)
" CSA " means the Canadian Standards Association;
2(k)
"engineering controls" means the physical arrangement, design or alteration of workstations, equipment, materials, production facilities or other aspects of the physical work environment, for the purpose of controlling risk;
2(l)
"hazardous health occupation" means an occupation from which an occupational disease may arise;
2(m)
"hot work" means work which involves burning, welding, cutting, grinding, using fire or spark producing tools or other work that produces a source of ignition;
2(n)
"injury" means
2(v)
death as a result of an injury arising out of and in the course of employment and includes a recurrence of an injury and an aggravation of a pre-existing condition but does not include stress other than stress that is an acute reaction to a sudden and unexpected traumatic event; "proof test" means a test applied to a product to determine material or manufacturing defects;
2(o)
"ISO" means the International Organization for Standardization;
2(p)
"mine" means mine as defined in the Mining Act ;
2(q)
"occupation" means an employment, business, calling or pursuit but does not include an endeavour that is not included in one of the classes of occupations in the current National Occupational Classification List developed by the Department of Human Resources and Social Development Canada in collaboration with Statistics Canada;
2(r)
"occupational disease" means a disease prescribed by regulations under the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Act, 2022 and another disease peculiar to or characteristic of a particular industrial process, trade or occupation;
2(s)
"occupational health service" means a service established in or near a workplace to maintain and promote the physical and mental well-being of workers and may include personnel, equipment, transportation, supplies and facilities;
2(t)
"plant" means buildings, equipment and facilities where a worker or self-employed person is engaged in an occupation;
2(u)
"professional engineer" means a person who holds a certificate of registration to engage in the practice of engineering under the Engineers and Geoscientists Act ;
2(w)
"qualified" means being knowledgeable of the work, the hazards involved and the means to control the hazards, by reason of education, training, experience or a combination of them;
2(x)
"TLV" means the documentation of threshold limit values for chemical substances and physical agents in the work environment published annually or more frequently by the ACGIH; and
2(y)
"work platform" means an elevated or suspended temporary work base for workers.
2(2)
In these regulations, a reference to a code or guideline, unless otherwise stated, includes amendments to that code or guideline and a reference shall be presumed to be a reference to the most current code or guideline.
2(3)
Where there is a conflict between a standard established by these regulations or a code or standard adopted by these regulations, the more stringent standard applies.
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