Contractor Coordination
Agenda
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Training Objectives
Definitions
Law and Regulatory Requirements
Responsibilities
Implementation
Scenarios
Training Objectives
• Attendees will:
• Be familiar with definitions
• Be familiar with legal and regulatory
requirements
• Understand duties and responsibilities
Training Objectives
• Attendees will – continued
• Know the requirements for contractor
coordination
• Know how to implement contractor
coordination
Definitions
• Multiple Employer Workplace
• Two or more employers working at the
same time
Definitions
• Single Employer Workplace
• Workers of only one employer
Definitions
• Workplace
• Any place a worker works
Definitions
• Construction project
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Alterations, Repairs, Dismantling
Demolition, Maintenance, Painting
Land clearing, Earth moving
Grading, Excavating, Trenching
Drilling, Drilling, Blasting
Installation of machinery
Definitions
• Owner
• Occupier of lands or premises
• Person who acts on behalf of an owner
Definitions
• Employer
• Person with one or more employees
Definitions
• Prime Contractor
• Entity who agrees to be Prime Contractor
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• Owner of the workplace
Definitions
• Qualified
• Knowledgeable of work and hazards
involved
• Able to control the hazards…
Definitions
• Qualified Coordinator (construction
sites)
• Appointed by the Prime Contractor
• Coordinates site health and safety
activities
Law and Regulation
1. The Criminal Code of Canada
2. The Workers’ Compensation Act
3. The WorkSafeBC Regulation
Criminal Code of Canada
• Section 217.1
• Amends the Criminal Code of Canada
• Establishes a legal duty
• Applies to contract workers and the public
Workers’ Compensation Act
• Sections:
• 115 – General Duties of Employers
• 118 – Coordination of Multiple Employer
Workplaces
• 119 – General Duties of Owner
• 121 – Duties of Directors and Officers
Workers’ Compensation Act
Section 115
• Employers must ensure health and
safety of:
• their workers
• other workers present in the workplace
Workers’ Compensation Act
Section 118
• Prime Contractor must:
• Coordinate OHS activities
• Establish and maintain compliance with the
Regulation
Workers’ Compensation Act
Section 118 – continued
• Employer must:
• Provide name of workplace supervisor to
Prime Contractor
Workers’ Compensation Act
Section 119
• Owner of a workplace must
• Maintain property to ensure safety of
persons
• Provide hazard information to the Prime
Contractor
Workers’ Compensation Act
Section 121
• Corporation leaders must ensure
compliance
WorkSafeBC Regulation
• WorkSafeBC Regulations:
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3.20 – Multiple Employer Workplaces
20.1 – Qualified Contractor
20.2 – Notice of Project
20.3 – Coordination of Multiple Employer
Workplaces
WorkSafeBC Regulation
Section 3.20
• Prime Contractor must:
• Conduct an assessment of the workplace
• Establish and maintain first aid
WorkSafeBC Regulation
Section 20.1
• Qualified Contractor
• The Prime Contractor must be qualified
WorkSafeBC Regulation
Section 20.2 - Notice of Project
• For construction, excavation and
demolition
• Prime contractor provides NOP to
WorkSafeBC
WorkSafeBC Regulation
Section 20.3 (1)
• Each employer must:
• Advise Owner or Prime Contractor if
creating a hazard
WorkSafeBC Regulation
Section 20.3 (2)
• If a work location has:
• Overlapping or adjoining work activities
• 2 or more employers that create a hazard
• Combined workforce is more than 5
WorkSafeBC Regulation
Section 20.3 (2) - continued
• The Owner or the Prime Contractor
must:
• Appoint a qualified coordinator
• Provide up-to-date information on site
WorkSafeBC Regulation
Section 20.3 (2) - continued
• Each employer must provide name of
qualified person
WorkSafeBC Regulation
Section 20.3 (3)
• Duties of qualified coordinator include:
• inform employers and workers of hazards
created
• ensure that hazards are addressed
WorkSafeBC Regulation
Section 20.3 (4)
• Information provided must include:
• the name of the qualified coordinator
• a site drawing
• construction procedures
Responsibilities
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Owner
Prime Contractor
Workplace Safety Coordinator
Contractors
Supervisors
Workers
Responsibilities
• Owner
• Maintain a safe workplace
• Provide health and safety information to
other employers
• Control health and safety issues
Responsibilities
• Prime Contractor
• Coordinate activities
• Ensure compliance with Act
Responsibilities
• Workplace Safety Coordinator
• A person designated by [Organization] on
multiple employer worksites that have no
Prime Contractor designated.
Responsibilities
• Contractors
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Obtain all health and safety information
Pass information
Comply with WorkSafeBC Regulation
If a Prime Contractor, coordinate and
ensure requirements are met
Responsibilities
• Supervisors
• Workers are aware of other employers on
site
• Workers not assigned duties to other
workplace
• Coordinate work if workplaces overlap
Responsibilities
• Workers
• Do not work in another employer’s
workplace
• Report to site supervisor when entering
workplace
Implementation
• For all contracted work:
• Identify and communicate hazards
• Determine number of employers on site
Implementation
• Single Employer Worksites
• Maintain the integrity as a single employer
worksite
Implementation
• Multiple Employer Worksites
• Who is responsible?
• Assign responsibility in writing
• Each employer appoints a safety
representative
Implementation
• Construction Sites
• Either owner or contractor is responsible
• Prime Contractor appoints a Qualified
Coordinator
• All contractors designate a Qualified
Person
• Workplace Safety Coordinator
Implementation
• Designating the Prime Contractor
• Workers’ Compensation Act defines
responsibilities
• Designation must be in writing
• Hazards must be communicated
• Provide name of Prime to other contractors
• Prime can be designated on single
employer workplace
Implementation
• On construction sites Prime Contractor
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Submit Notice of Project to WorkSafeBC
Post Notice of Project at site
Have a Qualified Coordinator
Maintain health and safety records
Implementation
• Owner must identify hazards such as:
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Lockout
Confined spaces
Mobile Equipment
Chemical exposures
Underground Services
Noise
Implementation
• Pre Contract Hazard Assessment
• Identify hazards
• Hazards provided in tender documents
• Employees tendering contracts must know
requirements
Implementation
• Day Labour
• Owner liability not eliminated
• WorkSafeBC orders may be written on
owner
Scenarios
What issues should you consider in the
following situations:
Scenarios
• Scenario 1
• Single contractor working for your
organization
• Location is remote – no other employers
• What are your responsibilities?
Scenarios
• Scenario 1 - Discussion
Scenarios
• Scenario 2
• 2+ contractors working at same time
• Office building
• What are your responsibilities?
Scenarios
• Scenario 2 – Discussion
Scenarios
• Scenario 3
• 2+ contractors working same area / same
time
• Construction project
• What are your responsibilities?
Scenarios
• Scenario 3 - Discussion
Summary
• What can go wrong?
• Hazards left for other employers
• Actions of one employer affect other
employers
• No coordination of emergencies
Summary
• Do not interfere with single employer
workplaces
• Define coordination at multiple employer
workplaces
• [Organization’s] workers must
coordinate with Prime Contractor
Questions