HEALTH AND SAFETY PROGRAM MANUAL
NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA

An organization’s occupational health and safety program contains the elements that make it possible to realize its policy objectives. Each program will be unique to the company that develops it, but some elements are needed to make them comply with the laws and to meet general health and safety standards in Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotia Department of Labour and Workforce Development adheres to a policy it calls the Internal Responsibility System, which means that, while managers and supervisors have significant responsibility for workplace safety, individual employees also share in that responsibility.

The Nova Scotia Occupational Health and Safety Act states that employers, contractors, and constructors who regularly employ five or more people must develop an occupational health and safety policy.An organization regularly employing 20 or more employees must develop an written occupational health and safety program. 

What type of safety program will your business need?

​LARGE EMPLOYER SAFETY PROGRAMS
20 OR MORE EMPLOYEES

Nova Scotia OHS Act & Regulation
Act Section 13 to 18

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​​What will be included in the content of your custom Nova Scotia health and safety program manual?

Based on your industry and whether your business will need an informal (small) or formal (large) safety program, we will develop your company a custom written health and safety program manual which may include any of the following topics:
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​OHS & ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
EMPLOYER & EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES
EMPLOYER & SUPERVISOR DUE DILIGENCE
REGULAR WORKPLACE INSPECTIONS
​SAFE WORK PROCEDURES
INCIDENT INVESTIGATIONS
RECORDS & STATISTICS    
​EMPLOYEE & MANAGEMENT TRAINING
NEW EMPLOYEES SAFETY ORIENTATIONS
CONTRACTOR SAFETY ORIENTATIONS
​PRIME CONTRACTOR REQUIREMENTS
OCCUPATIONAL FIRST AID PROCEDURES
​EMERGENCY RESPONSE PLANNING​
​ELECTRICAL SAFETY
​TRAFFIC CONTROL

BULLYING AND HARASSMENT
EXCAVATION SAFETY
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
FIRE PREVENTION
RISK ASSESSMENTS
JOINT HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMITTEE
SCAFFOLDING SAFETY
LOCK OUT / TAG OUT
CONFINED SPACE ENTRY
WHMIS 2015 GHS
CHEMICAL SPILL REPONSE
WORKING ALONE
WORKPLACE VIOLENCE
ERGONOMICS (MSI)

RISK CONTROL PROCESSES
NO SMOKING
STORAGE RACKING
​RESPIRATORY PROTECTION
FIT TEST PROCEDURES
TOOLS, MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT
CREW TOOL BOX TALKS
​MANAGEMENT MEETINGS
DISCIPLINARY ACTION
HAZARD RECOGNITION
LEAD EXPOSURE CONTROL PLANS
ASBESTOS EXPOSURE CONTROL PLANS
CO EXPOSURE CONTROL PLANS
​SILICA EXPOSURE CONTROL PLANS
FALL PROTECTION

HEARING CONSERVATION
SANITATION & INFECTION CONTROL
HAZARD REPORTING & WORKER RIGHTS
LADDER SAFETY
DRUG & ALCOHOL USE
FIELD HAZARD ASSESSMENTS
MOBILE EQUIPMENT 
VEHICLE OPERATIONS
MACHINERY GUARDING
SAFETY REPRESENTATIVES
BLOOD BORNE PATHOGENS
OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE
SAFE SHARPS DISPOSAL
CLAIMS MANAGEMENT
ANNUAL PROGRAM REVIEW

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