New Brunswick Legislation
Newfoundland Code of Practice for Working Alone
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REGULATION 92-133 under the OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT (O.C. 92-801)
Under section 51 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the Lieutenant-Governor in Council makes the following Regulation:
1. This Regulation may be cited as the Code of Practice for Working Alone Regulation – Occupational Health and Safety Act.
2. An employer shall establish a code of practice to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of an employee who works alone at any time at a place of employment from risks arising out of, or in connection with, the work assigned.
3. An employer shall ensure that the code of practice referred to in section 2 includes, without being limited to, the following information:
(a) the name, address, location and telephone number of the place of employment;
(b) the name, address, location and telephone number of the employer;
(c) the nature of the business conducted at the place of employment;
(d) identification of the possible risks to each employee who works alone that arise out of or in connection with the work assigned;
(e) the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the risks identified in paragraph (d); and
(f) details of the means by which an employee who works alone can secure emergency assistance and the employer can provide emergency assistance in the event of injury or other circumstances which may endanger the health or safety of the employee.