Public naming of employers for contraventions and violations under the Canada Labour Code and related regulations

AMP issued: October 16, 2024

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(t) and COHSR, paragraph 13.13(1)(b): Every machine that has exposed moving, rotating, electrically charged or hot parts or that processes, transports or handles material that constitutes a hazard to an employee shall be equipped with a machine guard that prevents access by the employee to the area of exposure to the hazard during the operation of the machine.

AMP issued: November 5, 2024

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(x): Every employer shall, in respect of every work place controlled by the employer and, in respect of every work activity carried out by an employee in a work place that is not controlled by the employer, to the extent that the employer controls the activity, comply with every oral or written direction given to the employer by the Head or the Board concerning the health and safety of employees.

AMP issued: September 19, 2024

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(t) and COHSR, subsection 13.13(2): If feasible, a machine guard referred to in subsection (1) shall not be removable.

AMP issued: September 19, 2024

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(t) and COHSR, subsection 13.13(3): A machine guard shall be so constructed, installed and maintained that it meets the requirements of subsection (1).

AMP issued: September 3, 2024

CLC, section 176: Non-compliance with the conditions of a permit issued under section 176 of Part III of the Canada Labour Code.

AMP issued: May 31, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(n) and COHSR, section 6.6: The average level of lighting in an area set out in Column I of an item of Schedule III, other than an area referred to in section 6.7 or 6.9, shall not be less than the level set out in Column II of that item.

AMP issued: May 31, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(q) and COHSR, paragraph 14.23(3)(b): An employer shall ensure that every operator of manual materials handling equipment receives on-the-job training by a qualified person on the procedures to be followed for its safe and proper use, in accordance with any instructions of the manufacturer and taking into account the conditions of the work place in which the operator will operate the manual materials handling equipment and the operator's physical capabilities.

AMP issued: May 31, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(q) and COHSR, paragraph 14.23(1)(c): Every employer shall ensure that every operator of motorized materials handling equipment has been instructed and trained in the procedures to be followed for its safe and proper use, in accordance with any instructions provided by the manufacturer and taking into account the conditions of the work place in which the operator will operate the materials handling equipment.

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Alberta

AMP issued: February 7, 2024

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(t) and COHSR, paragraph 13.13(1)(b): Every machine that has exposed moving, rotating, electrically charged or hot parts or that processes, transports or handles material that constitutes a hazard to an employee shall be equipped with a machine guard that prevents access by the employee to the area of exposure to the hazard during the operation of the machine.

AMP issued: February 7, 2024

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(q): Every employer shall, in respect of every work place controlled by the employer and, in respect of every work activity carried out by an employee in a work place that is not controlled by the employer, to the extent that the employer controls the activity, provide, in the prescribed manner, each employee with the information, instruction, training and supervision necessary to ensure their health and safety at work.

AMP issued: February 7, 2024

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(s): Every employer shall, in respect of every work place controlled by the employer and, in respect of every work activity carried out by an employee in a work place that is not controlled by the employer, to the extent that the employer controls the activity, ensure that each employee is made aware of every known or foreseeable health or safety hazard in the area where the employee works.

AMP issued: March 12, 2024

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(x): Every employer shall, in respect of every work place controlled by the employer and, in respect of every work activity carried out by an employee in a work place that is not controlled by the employer, to the extent that the employer controls the activity, comply with every oral or written direction given to the employer by the Head or the Board concerning the health and safety of employees.

AMP issued: March 12, 2024

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(z.163) and WPHVPR, subsection 12(5): An employer must ensure that the designated recipient is provided with the training before assuming their duties under these Regulations and at least once every three years after that.

AMP issued: March 12, 2024

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(z.161) and WPHVPR, paragraph 12(4)(a): An employer must ensure that an employee is provided with the training within three months after the day on which their employment begins or, in the case of an employee whose employment began before the day on which these Regulations come into force, within one year after the day on which these Regulations come into force.

AMP issued: March 12, 2024

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(c) and WPHVPR, paragraph 34(a): For every occurrence for which notice is provided under subsection 15(1), an employer or designated recipient must provide monthly updates regarding the status of the resolution process to the principal party, beginning on the first month after the month in which the notice is provided and ending on the month in which the resolution process is completed.

AMP issued: March 12, 2024

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(z.16) and WPHVPR, subsection 23(1): An employer or designated recipient, the principal party and, if contacted under section 22, the responding party, must make every reasonable effort to resolve an occurrence for which notice is provided under subsection 15(1) and those efforts must begin no later than 45 days after the day on which that notice is provided. However, if the occurrence is also investigated, it cannot be resolved under this section after the investigator has provided their report under subsection 30(1).

AMP issued: September 26, 2023

COHSR, subsection 13.16(1): Where it is necessary to remove a machine guard from a machine in order to perform repair or maintenance work on the machine, no person shall perform the repair or maintenance work unless the machine has been locked out in accordance with a written lock out procedure provided by the employer.

AMP issued: August 16, 2023

CLC, subsection 128(7.1): The employer shall, immediately after being informed of a refusal under subsection (6), investigate the matter in the presence of the employee who reported it. Immediately after concluding the investigation, the employer shall prepare a written report setting out the results of the investigation.

AMP issued: March 27, 2024

CLC, section 124: Every employer shall ensure that the health and safety at work of every person employed by the employer is protected.

AMP issued: May 10, 2023

COHSR, subsection 12.07(1): An employer must provide or put in place a fall-protection system.

AMP issued: August 22, 2023

COHSR, subsection 19.5(1): The employer shall, in order to address identified and assessed hazards, including ergonomics-related hazards, take preventive measures to address the assessed hazard.

AMP issued: February 14, 2024

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(q): Every employer shall provide, in the prescribed manner, each employee with the information, instruction, training and supervision necessary to ensure their health and safety at work.

AMP issued: June 7, 2024

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(x): Every employer shall comply with every oral or written direction given to the employer by the Head or the Board concerning the health and safety of employees.

AMP issued: April 2, 2024

CLC, paragraph 145(1)(a): If the Head is of the opinion that a provision of this Part is being contravened or has recently been contravened, the Head may direct the employer or employee concerned, or both, to terminate the contravention within the time that the officer may specify.

AMP issued: January 11, 2024

CLC, section 251.06: Non-compliance with a compliance order issued under section 251.06 of Part III of the Canada Labour Code.

AMP issued: November 8, 2023

CLC, section 251.06: Non-compliance with a compliance order issued under section 251.06 of Part III of the Canada Labour Code.

AMP issued: November 12, 2023

CLC, section 251.06: Non-compliance with a compliance order issued under section 251.06 of Part III of the Canada Labour Code.

AMP issued: June 23, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(z.13) and COHSR, paragraph 12.06(1)(a): If there is a risk of injury due to falling in any of the circumstances described in paragraphs 12.07(1)(a), (b) or (c) in a work place, the employer must, before any work activities begin, develop a fall-protection plan in consultation with the work place committee or the health and safety representative.

April 4, 2023

Although the employer has come into compliance, a notice of violation was served due to the severity of the event.

AMP issued: June 23, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(b) and COHSR, subsection 2.5(1): Where an employee has access to a wall opening from which there is a drop of more than 1.2 metres or to a floor opening, highly visible guardrails shall be fitted around the wall opening or floor opening or it shall be covered with material capable of supporting all loads that may be brought to bear on it.

April 4, 2023

Although the employer has come into compliance, a notice of violation was served due to the severity of the event.

AMP issued: July 26, 2023

CLC, subsection 135(1): For the purposes of addressing health and safety matters that apply to individual work places, and subject to this section, every employer shall, for each work place controlled by the employer at which twenty or more employees are normally employed, establish a work place health and safety committee and, subject to section 135.1, select and appoint its members.

April 14, 2023

Although the employer has come into compliance, a notice of violation was served due to the severity of the event.

AMP issued: July 26, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(z.03) and COHSR, paragraph 19.1(1)(a): Every employer shall develop, implement and monitor, in consultation with the policy committee or, if there is no policy committee, with the work place committee or the health and safety representative, a prescribed program for the prevention of hazards in the work place appropriate to its size and the nature of the hazards in it that also provides for the education of employees in health and safety matters.

April 20, 2023

Although the employer has come into compliance, a notice of violation was served due to the severity of the event.

AMP issued: July 26, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(z): Ensure that employees who have supervisory or managerial responsibilities are adequately trained in health and safety and are informed of the responsibilities they have under Part II of the Canada Labour Code where they act on behalf of their employer.

April 14, 2023

Although the employer has come into compliance, a notice of violation was served due to the severity of the event.

AMP issued: July 26, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(t) and COHSR, subsection 13.13(2): If feasible, a machine guard referred to in subsection (1) shall not be removable.

March 20, 2023

Although the employer has come into compliance, a notice of violation was served due to the severity of the event.

AMP issued: July 26, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(t) and COHSR, paragraph 13.13(1)(a): Every machine that has exposed moving, rotating, electrically charged or hot parts or that processes, transports or handles material that constitutes a hazard to an employee shall be equipped with a machine guard that prevents the employee or any part of his body from coming into contact with the parts or material.

March 20, 2023

Although the employer has come into compliance, a notice of violation was served due to the severity of the event.

AMP issued: July 26, 2023

CLC, section 124: Every employer shall ensure that the health and safety at work of every person employed by the employer is protected.

March 20, 2023

Although the employer has come into compliance, a notice of violation was served due to the severity of the event.

AMP issued: July 26, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(t) and COHSR, subsection 13.13(3): A machine guard shall be so constructed, installed and maintained that it meets the requirements of subsection (1)

March 20, 2023

Although the employer has come into compliance, a notice of violation was served due to the severity of the event.

AMP issued: August 15, 2023

CLC, section 176: Non-compliance with the conditions of a permit issued under section 176 of Part III of the Canada Labour Code.

AMP issued: October 12, 2022

CLC, section 167.1: Treating an employee as if they were not their employee, in order to avoid obligations under Part III of the Canada Labour Code or to deprive the employee of their rights under Part III of the Canada Labour Code.

AMP issued: March 13, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(z.12): Ensure that the work place committee or the health and safety representative inspects each month all or part of the work place, so that every part of the work place is inspected at least once each year.

AMP issued: March 13, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(o) and COHSR, subsection 17.3(1): Fire protection equipment shall be installed, inspected and maintained in every building in which there is a work place in accordance with the standards set out in Parts 6 and 7 of the National Fire Code.

AMP issued: March 13, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(o) and COHSR, paragraph 6.10(4)(a): Where a central storage battery system is used as a power source for emergency lighting or where emergency lighting is provided by a self-contained emergency lighting unit, the battery system or the unit shall be tested monthly by hand.

AMP issued: March 13, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(z.13) and COHSR, paragraph 12.06(1)(a): If there is a risk of injury due to falling in any of the circumstances described in paragraphs 12.07(1)(a), (b) or (c) in a work place, the employer must, before any work activities begin, develop a fall-protection plan in consultation with the work place committee or the health and safety representative.

AMP issued: March 13, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(z.03) and COHSR, subsection 19.5(1): The employer shall, in order to address identified and assessed hazards, including ergonomics-related hazards, take preventive measures to address the assessed hazard.

AMP issued: March 13, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(q) and COHSR, subsection 14.20(1): Before motorized or manual materials handling equipment is used for the first time in a work place, the employer shall set out in writing instructions on the inspection, testing and maintenance of that materials handling equipment.

AMP issued: March 13, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(z.01): Ensure that members of policy and work place committees and health and safety representatives receive the prescribed training in health and safety and are informed of their responsibilities under Part II of the Canada Labour Code.

AMP issued: March 13, 2023

CLC, paragraph 125(1)(z): Ensure that employees who have supervisory or managerial responsibilities are adequately trained in health and safety and are informed of the responsibilities they have under Part II of the Canada Labour Code where they act on behalf of their employer.

AMP issued: March 9, 2023

CLC, paragraph 142(a): The person in charge of a work place and every person employed at, or in connection with, a work place shall give all reasonable assistance to the Head to enable him or her to exercise his or her powers or to perform his or her duties or functions under Part II of the Canada Labour Code.

AMP issued: July 16, 2023

CLC, paragraph 142(a): The person in charge of a work place and every person employed at, or in connection with, a work place shall give all reasonable assistance to the Head to enable him or her to exercise his or her powers or to perform his or her duties or functions under Part II of the Canada Labour Code.