Quick Links
- View CSA Standards referenced in OHS Regulation New!
- WorkSafeBC Store
- Library Services
- Workers Compensation Act
- Hazardous Products Act
- Quick Reference Guide: Hazardous Products Act
- Controlled Products Regulations
- Notice of Project
- Variances to the OHS Regulation
- Research
- Order printed copy of OHS Regulation from Crown Publications
Customer Centres
Part 9 Confined Spaces
Responsibilities
9.6 Administration
The employer must assign overall responsibility for administration of the confined space entry program to a person or persons adequately trained to do so.
9.7 Supervision
(1) The employer must assign responsibility for supervision to a person who is adequately trained to supervise the job before any worker enters a confined space.
(2) The responsible supervisor must ensure that
(a) pre-entry testing and inspection is conducted based on the written procedures,
(b) the precautions identified in the written procedures and the precautions required by this Regulation or which are otherwise necessary for the health and safety of workers are followed, and
(c) only authorized workers enter a confined space.
9.8 Instruction
Each person who is assigned duties or responsibilities related to entry into a confined space must be adequately instructed and trained in
(a) the hazards of the space, and
(b) the precautions identified in written procedures to properly perform their duties.
You can return to the Top of this page
Disclaimer: WorkSafeBC ("Workers' Compensation Board of B.C.") publishes the online version Occupational Health and Safety Regulation ("OHS Regulation") in accordance with its mandate under the Workers Compensation Act to provide information and promote public awareness of occupational health and safety matters. The online OHS Regulation is not the official version of the OHS Regulation, which may be purchased from Crown Publications.
WorkSafeBC endeavours to update the online OHS Regulation as soon as possible following any legislative amendments. However, WorkSafeBC does not warrant the accuracy or the completeness of the online OHS Regulation, and neither WorkSafeBC nor its board of directors, employees or agents shall be liable to any person for any loss or damage of any nature, whether arising out of negligence or otherwise, arising from the use of the online OHS Regulation.
Employers are legally obligated to make a copy of the Workers' Compensation Act and the OHS Regulation readily available for review by workers. The circumstances under which WorkSafeBC may consider an employer's providing access to electronic versions of the Act and OHS Regulation to have satisfied this obligation are described in Guideline G-D3-115(2)(f).