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Health & Safety Responsibilities

Everyone in the workplace has a responsibility to keep themselves and others safe. This includes employers, employees, supervisors, self-employed people, contractors and owners. Everyone has a duty to know and understand health and safety rules and to follow those rules.

Knowing Your Responsibilities

As a worker, you must follow health and safety rules. These rules can be found in the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations. They deal with many things, such as:

  • prohibiting smoking in enclosed areas of the workplace
  • rules around wearing protective equipment such as hard hats
  • rules about using lifelines and harnesses

Workers have the responsibility to:

  • take reasonable care to protect the health and safety of themselves and others
  • not cause or participate in harassment of other workers
  • not cause or participate in any violent acts towards other workers
  • cooperate with health and safety investigations
  • use safeguards and safety equipment in accordance with the regulations
  • follow safe work practices and procedures developed in accordance with the regulations

Visit the workplace safety page of the Occupational Health & Safety Division for more information.

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