Publications
Acts and related materials
Regulations and related materials
CSA standards
Draft regulations
Codes of practice
Guidelines
Supporting documentation
Acts and related materials
Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Occupational Health and Safety Act (PDF 365KB)
- Posting Requirements for Occupational Health and Safety Act/Regulations and Smoke Free Places (PDF 93KB)
Smoke-free Places Act
Regulations and related materials
Blasting Safety Regulations
- Application Form for Specialized Blasting (or a Special Case Blast) and Written Work Procedure (PDF 355KB)
- Blasting Safety Regulations
Disclosure of Information Regulations
Occupational Diving Regulations
Occupational Safety General Regulations
- Engineering references in the Occupational Safety General Regulations (PDF)
- Info-Sheet R-4:Rollover Protective Structures on Tractors
- List of Standards Referenced in the Regulations
- Occupational Safety General Regulations
Smoke-free Places Regulations
Underground Mining Regulations
Violence in the Workplace Regulations
- Additional Workplace Violence Resources
- Assessing the Risk of Workplace Violence (PDF)
- Assessing the Risk of Workplace Violence: French (PDF)
- Preventing Violence Robbery and Theft (PDF234 KB)
- Violence Risk Assessment Form (PDF)
- Violence Risk Assessment Form: French (PDF)
- Workplace Violence Regulations
Workplace Health and Safety Regulations
- Administrative Penalties Guidelines (PDF 138KB) (for issuing penalties - contains schedule of High Risk Sections)
- Administrative Penalties: What you need to Know (PDF 164KB)
- Engineering References in Workplace Health and Safety Regulations (PDF)
- WHMIS.org - Canada's National WHMIS Portal
- WHMIS.org - Canada's National WHMIS Portal: French
- Workplace First Aid
- Workplace First Aid - A Guide for Employers and First Aiders (PDF 260KB)
- Workplace First Aid - A Guide for Employers and First Aiders: French (PDF 492KB)
- Workplace First Aid - Revisions 2024 (PDF)
- Workplace First Aid - Revisions 2024: French (PDF)
- Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System
- Workplace Health and Safety Regulations
CSA Standards
Draft regulations
Codes of practice
- Code of Practice Content
- Lead in the Workplace: A Guide to Working with Lead (PDF 241 KB)
- Managing Asbestos in the Workplace (PDF 261 KB)
- Preventing Workplace Violence: Codes of Practice
- Removal of friable asbestos containing material (PDF 244 KB)
Guidelines
- Carbon Monoxide: English (PDF 342KB)
- Carbon Monoxide: French (PDF 382KB)
- Cold Stress Guidelines (PDF 990KB)
- Dosimeter Information Sheet for Nova Scotia Dental Offices (PDF 338KB)
- Emergency Responders Traffic Management Guidelines (PDF 8.5MB)
- Employers' Guide for Communicable Disease (PDF 203KB)
- Healthcare Blitz – Long Term Care Report 2016 (PDF 136KB)
- Health and Safety Guide: For New Retail Workers (PDF 275KB)
- Heat Stress Guidelines (PDF 405KB)
- How does the Stronger Workplaces for Nova Scotia Act affect you? (PDF 148KB)
- Hygiene Consultant Reports: What to Expect a guideline document prepared by the NS OH&S Division (PDF 218KB)
- JOHSC / Health and Safety Representative guide (PDF)
- JOHSC / Health and Safety Representative guide: French (PDF)
- Listing of Definitions Used in Laws administered by the Occupational Health and Safety Division
- OHS Stakeholder Engagement Summary Summer 2016 (PDF 871KB)
- Process Safe: A Handbook for Seafood Processing (PDF 3.1MB)
- Safety Manual for Businesses (PDF 426KB)
- Safety Manual for Businesses: French (PDF 482KB)
- Screen Based Production Industry Guidelines (PDF)
- Small Business Occupational Health and Safety Checklist (PDF 267KB)
- Summary of Engagement Session on Engineering Requirements for Hoists (PDF 381KB)
- Summary of Engagement Session on Engineering Requirements for Hoists: French (PDF 561KB)
- The Forest Professional - Guidelines for the Stewards of Tomorrow's Forests (5th Ed) (PDF 1.1MB)
- Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases (PDF)
- Ticks and Tick Borne Diseases: French (PDF)
- Tree Care Guidelines (PDF 99KB)
- What We Heard Engagement on Preventing Workplace Harassment (PDF 664KB)
- What We Heard Engagement on Preventing Workplace Harassment French (PDF 636KB)
Supporting documentation
- Health and Safety Card (PDF 104KB)
- OHS Internal Responsibility System Brochure (PDF)
- OHS Internal Responsibility System Brochure: French (PDF)
- OHS Policy and Program Brochure (PDF)
- OHS Policy and Program Brochure: French (PDF)
- OHS Rights and Responsibilities Brochure (PDF)
- OHS Rights and Responsibilities Brochure: French (PDF)
- OHS Workplace Visits Brochure (PDF)
- OHS Workplace Visits Brochure: French (PDF)