Lead Abatement
An excerpt from the Occupational Health and Safety Act (the OHSA)
The OHSA sets out, in very general terms, the duties of employers and others to protect workers from health and safety hazards on the job. These duties include:
• taking all reasonable precautions to protect the health and safety of workers [clause 25(2)(h)]
• ensuring that equipment, materials and protective equipment are maintained in good
condition [clause 25(1)(b)]
• providing information, instruction and supervision to protect worker health and safety [clause 25(2)(a)]
• acquainting a worker or a person in authority over a worker with any hazard in the work and in the handling, storage, use, disposal and transport of any article, device, equipment or a biological, chemical or physical agent [clause 25(2)(d)].
Occupational Health and Safety Act
R.R.O. 1990, REGULATION 843
Designated Substance - Lead
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Excerpt from the Ontario Ministry of Labour - Guidelines for Lead on Construction Projects
(2) In causing the assessment to be made, the employer shall consider and take into account such matters as,
(a) the methods and procedures used or to be used in the processing, use, handling or storage of lead;
(b) the extent and potential extent of the exposure of a worker to the inhalation, ingestion or absorption of lead; and
(c) the measures and procedures necessary to control such exposure by means of engineering controls, work practices and hygiene practices and facilities. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 843, s. 6 (2).
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Excerpt from Health Canada's Newsletter "It's Your Health" February 2003
Many older homes in Canada are decorated with lead-based paint. Removing or disturbing this paint as part of a renovation project could expose people in the home to serious health risks.
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