Construction

***This resource is not yet updated with the current legislation. For information on the latest requirements, visit OHS legislation changes.***

Outlines how to select the most appropriate technique for safe abatement of asbestos-containing materials. Discusses health effects, legislation, personal protective equipment, sampling and analysis.

UPDATED: August 2019

Gives information for those performing debris clean-up and demolition of structures involved in wildfires.

UPDATED: March 2023

***This resource is current to November 2007.
For information on the latest OHS requirements, visit OHS website.***

Lists possible airborne hazardous materials and an employer's responsibilities to protect workers from exposure.

PUBLISHED: November 2007

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

UPDATED: February 2023

Fall protection plan information sheet for residential roofing. Contains a fall protection plan template.

UPDATED: February 2023

A list of OHS resources for Alberta employers, prime contractors and workers involved in residential hail damage repairs.

UPDATED: June 2022

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

Best practices handbook to help employers fulfill their obligation to protect the health and safety of workers who operate or work around forklifts.

PUBLISHED: September 2014

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

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 best practice handbook gives a step-by-step approach to formal hazard assessment that employers can customize to suit their business operations. It also introduces hazard assessment, elimination and control requirements in the OHS Code. Size 8.5" x 11".

UPDATED: April 2025