Occupational Health & Safety

• Author: John Eaton; Denis Le May
• Profession: Librarian & Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba/Avocat, Barreau du Québec, Conseiller à la documentation en droit (1975?2006) et Chargé de cours, Faculté de droit, Université Laval
• Pages: 77-77

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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY

This area of the law, the intent of which is to protect Canadian workers from needless danger

in the workplace, is one of mixed federal and provincial jurisdiction. For the most part, provin-

cial health and safety legislation governs workplaces that are subject to provincial regulation,

while some specif‌ic federal statutes govern some industries (e.g., the Atomic Energy Control

Act, which applies in all workplaces involved in the provision of atomic energy). A major com-

ponent of this area of law is WHMIS (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System).

WHMIS is an initiative that was collaboratively undertaken by the federal government, the

provinces, and major labour unions to ensure that workers are aware of any and all hazardous

materials in their workplace and to keep current all information in the workplace about the

handling of hazardous materials. Related topics: EMPLOYMENT LAW, ENVIRONMENTAL

LAW, HUMAN RESOURCES LAW, LABOUR LAW, NUISANCE, TRANSPORTATION LAW.

SANTÉ ET SÉCURITÉ AU TRAVAIL

Vaste et important domaine du droit public et ADMINISTRATIF (par son côté organisationnel),

la SST appartient au droit du TRAVAIL, car le travail en fournit le contexte d’application. Il tient

cependant plutôt des régimes de sécurité sociale dont il est une espèce. Voir aussi : ACCI-

DENTS DU TRAVAIL ET MALADIES PROFESSIONNELLES.

Ferguson, Reg WHMIS Compliance Manual Crswl (LL)

Keith, Norman A. Canadian Health & Safety L aw: A Comprehensive

Guide to the Statutes , Policies, and Case L aw

CLB (LL)

Drapeau, Murielle Questions et réponses en santé et sécurité au travail CCH 2007

Québec Règlement annoté sur le barème des dommages

corporels

CSST 2006

Keith, Norman A. Workplace Health & Safety Cr imes LN/B 2004

Kell, Laura “Occupational Health & Safety” i n vol. 23, title 102.1

of the Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (Ontar io)

Crswl 1995

Simon, Paul L.S. Hazardous Products: Canada’s Right-to-Know Laws CCH Cdn

1987