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Hazard Prevention Program Guide

Notice to the Reader

Part II of the Canada Labour Code deals with occupational health and safety, and its purpose is to “prevent accidents and injury to health arising out of, linked with or occurring in the course of employment”.

This guide is designed jointly to assist you as an employer, as a member of a policy or work place committee, or as a health and safety representative to develop a hazard prevention program that complies with Part XIX of the Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (COHSR). It suggests a simple, practical procedure to be followed with a view to supporting you in developing, implementing and controlling the application of the prescribed program for the prevention of hazards in the work place, including the employee education program on occupational health and safety.

Part XIX of the Regulations, entitled Hazard Prevention Program, covers obligations concerning the identification of hazards, the assessment of those hazards, the choice of preventive measures, and employee education.

The following pages contain a decision-making framework and sample work sheets to help you better understand the regulatory requirements. To facilitate understanding, section 19.2 dealing with the implementation of preventive measures is not presented at the beginning of the guide but rather between the sections on employee education and program evaluation.

The sample work sheets in this guide illustrate certain steps in the program development process. The guide and the work sheets do not form part of the Regulations and are therefore not compulsory.

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Date Modified:
2012-05-01