Ontario. Mining Health and Safety Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Mining Health and Safety Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Mining Health and Safety Branch

    Other form(s) of name

    • Ontario. Mines Engineering Branch

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    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1976-1991

    History

    Known as the Mines Engineering Branch following its transfer from the Ministry of Natural Resources in October of 1976, the Mining Health and Safety Branch fell under the jurisdiction of the Occupational Health and Safety Division until 1991.

    In 1991 that Division reverted to a branch level (Occupational Health and Safety Branch) and the Mining Health and Safety Branch became the Mining Health and Safety Program within that Branch.

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    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Mining Health and Safety Branch was responsible for adminstering the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Regulations for Mines and Mining Plants.

    Branch personnel performed periodic inspections of mines, quarries, open pits, metallurgical operations, sand, clay, shale and gravel pits, aggregate plant, peat working and diamond drilling operations to control health and safety hazards.

    The Branch also carried out air sample testing to ensure a safe working environment, and investigated deaths, serious accidents and refusals to perform unsafe work. It consulted with organized labour and management to increase their involvement in identifying and eliminating occupational health and safety hazards. Construction plans were also reviewed by the Branch for occupational health and safety.

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    Related entity

    Ontario. Ministry of Labour (1972-)

    Identifier of related entity

    AA43

    Category of relationship

    hierarchical

    Type of relationship

    Ontario. Ministry of Labour controls Ontario. Mining Health and Safety Branch

    Dates of relationship

    1977-1991

    Description of relationship

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    Authority record identifier

    CA1807

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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        Sources

        KWIC INdex to Governement Services 1990, 2001; RG 7 inventory

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        John Dirks