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***This resource is current to August 2009.
For information on the latest OHS requirements, visit OHS website.***

Guidelines for minimizing asbestos exposure associated with brake maintenance and repair.

PUBLISHED: August 2009

***This resource is current to August 2010.
For information on the latest OHS requirements, visit OHS website.***

Outlines safe work procedures for preparing hydrocarbon-containing vessels, tanks or piping systems for hot work, confined space entry or hydrocarbon removal.

PUBLISHED: August 2010

Summarizes the course content, worker re-certification and administrative procedure requirements for agencies approved to deliver the “Occupational Health and Safety for the Asbestos Worker” course.

UPDATED: April 2021

***This resource is current to November 2009.
For information on the latest OHS requirements, visit OHS website.***

Lists health risks associated with the use of silica, suggested substitutions and controls.

PUBLISHED: November 2009

Incident notice: A cut-off wheel on an air-powered grinder fractured, fatally injured worker. Incident description, causes and safety recommendations.

PUBLISHED: September 2000

***This resource is current to July 2017.
For information on the latest OHS requirements, visit OHS website.***

Information on the health risk of cyotoxic drug exposure to healthy human cells and suggested protective controls.

PUBLISHED: July 2017

(ENGLISH TITLE: Right to refuse dangerous work)

Explica los procesos que deben seguirse cuando un trabajador ejerce su derecho a rechazar un trabajo peligroso. Información para empleadores y trabajadores.

ACTUALIZADO: diciembre de 2021

Considerations when determining the size of an access opening.

PUBLISHED: October 2007

Explains the disciplinary action complaint process Alberta Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) follows. Includes what complaints OHS can accept, steps in the process and how to file a complaint.

UPDATED: February 2022

Poster overview of a worker's right to refuse work that is a serious and immediate threat to health and safety. Introduces workers to key steps in the work refusal process. Size 11" x 17".

UPDATED: November 2024

This bulletin provides information about domestic violence as a workplace hazard.

UPDATED: March 2025

Addresses some of the hazards associated with domestic work and the obligations of employers and workers under Alberta OHS legislation.

UPDATED: April 2022

***This resource is current to October 2010.
For information on the latest OHS requirements, visit OHS website.***

Information on legal obligations, setting up a safe driving program and investigating incidents.

PUBLISHED: October 2010

This bulletin outlines some common driving hazards and controls to help address those hazards.

UPDATED: August 2022

(ENGLISH TITLE: Right to refuse dangerous work)

Explique les processus impliqués lorsqu'un travailleur exerce son droit de refuser un travail dangereux. Informations destinées aux employeurs et aux travailleurs.

Publié : Juillet 2022

***This resource is current to June 2010.
For information on the latest OHS requirements, visit OHS website.***

Health risks associated with perchloroethylene or "perc" exposure and suggested controls.

PUBLISHED: June 2010

This is an example of an emergency contact list template. If you choose to use this template, make sure you customize it to your work and work site.

PUBLISHED: September 2024

This is one example of a document you can use to build your emergency response planning team. If you choose to use this template, make sure you customize it to your work site's emergency response planning requirements.

PUBLISHED:September 2024

This is an example of an emergency response drill record template. If you choose to use this template, make sure you customize it to your work and work site.

PUBLISHED: September 2024

This is one example of an emergency response plan. If you choose to use this template, make sure you customize it to suit your work site's emergency response planning requirements.

UPDATED: April 2025

This eLearning resource introduces emergency response planning requirements for Alberta employers. It also gives an example of a step-by-step emergency response planning process.

Note that this eLearning resource is for awareness only. It is not a training course, and doesn't test for competency or provide a completion certificate.

PUBLISHED: March 2024

This is an example of an emergency response planning checklist template. If you choose to use this template, make sure you customize it to your work and work site.

PUBLISHED: September 2024

This kit gives employers information about some key occupational health and safety requirements related to emergency response planning. The kit also provides a step-by-step approach to planning that employers can customize to their own work site. Size 8.5" x 11".

UPDATED: September 2024

These are Microsoft Word template versions of the sample forms in the "Emergency response planning: an occupational health and safety tool kit" pdf. Employers can customize these templates to suit their work site.

UPDATED: September 2024

This is an example of an emergency response training record template. If you choose to use this template, make sure you customize it to your work and work site.

PUBLISHED: September 2024

Summarizes key rights of employers in relation to Alberta OHS regulatory compliance.

PUBLISHED: April 2022

***This resource is current to February 2017.
For information on the latest OHS requirements, visit OHS website.***

This publication provides direction on how to complete a worker exposure assessment to determine compliance with the Alberta occupational exposure limit (OEL) for silica.

PUBLISHED: February 2017

This bulletin provides information to employers on engaging workers in slip, trip, and fall safety.

PUBLISHED: May 2022

***This resource is current to October 2014.
For information on the latest OHS requirements, visit OHS website.***

Discusses health effects associated with nanomaterials, legislation, hazard assessment and suggested controls.

PUBLISHED: October 2014

This eLearning resource provides information on ergonomics in the workplace. It includes best practices for lifting or handling loads and setting up office workstations, and information about ergonomics-related requirements in Alberta’s occupational health and safety legislation.

Note that this eLearning resource is for awareness only. It is not a training course, and doesn't test for competency or provide a completion certificate.

PUBLISHED: October 2023

An overview on manual handling hazards and suggestions on how to address them.

PUBLISHED: June 2021

Discusses musculoskeletal injuries (MSIs), what they are, how to identify them, and suggested controls.

PUBLISHED: June 2021

Ergonomics training requirements for MSI hazard control.

PUBLISHED: June 2021

This resource provides information about the hazards associated with hand/arm and whole body vibration, OHS requirements related to workplace vibration, and best-practice controls.

UPDATED: February 2024

(ENGLISH TITLE: Ergonomics in the workplace: MSI prevention training)

Exigences de formation en ergonomie pour le contrôle des risques liés aux BMS.

Publié : Juin 2021

(ENGLISH TITLE: Ergonomics in the workplace: Identifying and controlling MSI hazards)

Discute les blessures musculo-squelettiques (BMS), de ce qu'elles sont, de la manière de les identifier et des contrôles suggérés.

Publié : Juillet 2021

(ENGLISH TITLE: Ergonomics in the workplace: Identifying and controlling manual handling hazards)

Une vue d'ensemble des risques liés à la manutention manuelle et des suggestions sur la manière de les aborder.

Publié : Juillet 2021

(ENGLISH TITLE: Hazard assessment and control: a handbook for Alberta employers and workers)

Ce guide de bonnes pratiques décrit chacune des étapes de l'évaluation formelle des risques que les employeurs peuvent adapter à leurs activités. Il présente également les exigences du code de la santé et de la sécurité au travail en matière d'évaluation, d'élimination et de maîtrise des risques.

MISE À JOUR : Octobre 2023

(ENGLISH TITLE: Hazard assessment and control: a handbook for Alberta employers and workers: template package)

Ce fichier auto-décompressable (fichier zip) contient un modèle formel de rapport d'évaluation et de contrôle des dangers, ainsi qu'un modèle d'évaluation et de contrôle des dangers spécifiques au lieu de travail. Si vous choisissez d'utiliser ces modèles, veillez à les adapter à vos fonctions et à votre lieu de travail. (Format Microsoft Word.)

Mise à jour : octobre 2023

(ENGLISH TITLE: Site-specific hazard assessment (template))

Cette évaluation des dangers spécifiques au lieu de travail fait partie du manuel d'évaluation et de contrôle des dangers. Si vous choisissez d'utiliser ce modèle, veillez à l'adapter à vos fonctions et à votre lieu de travail (format Microsoft Word).

MISE À JOUR : octobre 2023

(ENGLISH TITLE: Psychosocial hazards in the workplace: Assessment and control)

Renseignements sur les entraves à la santé et à la sécurité psychologiques en milieu de travail.

MISE À JOUR : septembre 2022

This resource is one example of a safety checklist that could be used at an excavation work site. If you choose to use this checklist, make sure to customize it to your own work site.

PUBLISHED: June 2023

This resource, part of a series of bulletins on excavations, provides information and legislative requirements pertaining to cutting back walls.

PUBLISHED:June 2023

This resource, part of a series of bulletins on excavations, provides information and legislative requirements pertaining to locating buried facilities.

PUBLISHED: June 2023

This resource, part of a series of bulletins on excavations, provides information and legislative requirements pertaining to temporary protective structures and soil stabilization for excavations.

PUBLISHED: June 2023

Information on propane cylinder and propane-fueled boiler safety requirements.

PUBLISHED: March 2009

(ENGLISH TITLE: Asbestos exposure in demolition and renovation)

Brinda información para quienes realizan la limpieza de escombros y la demolición de estructuras involucradas en incendios forestales.

ACTUALIZADO: marzo de 2023

***This resource is current to June 2012.
For information on the latest OHS requirements, visit OHS website.***

Discusses hazards that could cause eye damage and lists controls to protect the eyes.

PUBLISHED: June 2012

(ENGLISH TITLE: Impairment in the workplace)

Ce document d’information traite de certaines des causes possibles et de certains signes courants d’affaiblissement des facultés. Il fournit des exemples de la manière dont les obligations générales de l'employeur, du superviseur et du travailleur en vertu de la loi sur la santé et la sécurité au travail s'appliquent à l’affaiblissement des facultés, ainsi que certaines bonnes pratiques connexes.

MISE À JOUR : Août 2023

This resource provides information about occupational health and safety fall protection plans and their legal requirements.

UPDATED: February 2023