Thursday, January 03, 2002

NEW LEGISLATION FOR ONTARIO

ATTENTION:   CUSTOMER

**CSA STANDARDS MUST BE MET FOR ALL PROTECTIVE HEADWEAR TO REPLACE ANSI COMPLIANT HARD HATS.

NEW REGULATION AS PER HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT

Section 22 of Ontario Regulation 213/91 is revoked and the following substituted:

Headwear

22. (1) Protective headwear shall he readily available for the personal use of each worker on a project

(2) Every worker who may be exposed to a hazard to his or her head while on a project shall wear protective headwear.

(3) Protective headwear shall meet the requirements for Class E protective headwear under the standard, CAN/CSA-Z94.1-92 (R]998) Industrial Protective Headwear”, or it shall meet the requirements of another standard that affords at least equal protection for the health and safety of workers.

Niagara Plumbing Supply and Millen Marine & Industrial Supply are stocking distributors for "North Protective headwear" which meets all requirements as designated by this new regulation. All Protective headwear must be Class E Approved.

Please contact your sales representative for further information.