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O. Reg. 386/00: DESIGNATED SUBSTANCE - ASBESTOS
filed June 26, 2000 under Occupational Health and Safety Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.1
Skip to contentONTARIO REGULATION 386/00
made under the
occupational health and safety act
Made: June 21, 2000
Filed: June 26, 2000
Amending Reg. 837 of R.R.O. 1990
(Designated Substance — Asbestos)
1. Subsections 4 (1), (2) and (3) of Regulation 837 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 are revoked and the following substituted:
(1) Every employer shall take all necessary measures and procedures by means of engineering controls, work practices and hygiene
practices and facilities to ensure that the time–weighted average exposure of a worker to any of the forms of airborne asbestos, individually or collectively, is reduced to the lowest practical level and in any case shall not exceed 0.1 fibres per cubic metre of air.
2. Subsection 5 (2) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “dated the 19th day of July, 1982” and substituting “dated June 30, 2000”.
3. Section 11 of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
11. The procedures for monitoring, sampling and determining the concentrations of airborne asbestos in the atmosphere of a workplace and a worker’s exposure to airborne asbestos shall be in accordance with standard methods for workplace air sampling and analysis.
4. Paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Regulation is amended by striking out “as set out in the Code mentioned in section 11” and substituting “in accordance with standard methods for workplace air sampling and analysis”.
5. This Regulation comes into force on September 30, 2000.