Ontario. Occupational Health and Safety Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Occupational Health and Safety Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Occupational Health and Safety Branch

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      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1991-

      History

      This branch was created in 1991 as one of the two branches of the newly established Operations Division and assumed the functions of the former Occupational Health and Safety Division.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The function of this branch is to coordinate the programs and services that administer the Occupational Health and Safety Act and its regulations. It aims to foster a healthy and safe working environment and to encourage cooperation between employers and workers in identifying and controlling health and safety hazards.

      The branch operates the following programs: Professional and Specialized Services, Industrial Health and Safety Program, Construction Health and Safety Program, Mining Health and Safety Program, Mine Rescue Program, Regulation Development Unit, Health and Safety Studies Unit (amalgamated with Professional and Specialized Services in 1996-97), Occupational Health Laboratory Services, Materials Testing Laboratory, Radiation Protection Services. The services are provided in the Area, District and Satellite Offices across the province.

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      General context

      Relationships area

      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. Occupational Health and Safety Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1991-

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Occupational Health and Safety Division (1976-1991)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1738

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Occupational Health and Safety Division is the predecessor of Ontario. Occupational Health and Safety Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

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      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1796

      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 Government Services 1997; RG 7 inventory

          KWIC Index to Services, 2002.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          John Dirks; Juanita Rossiter