Ontario. Occupational Safety Branch

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Occupational Safety Branch

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Occupational Safety Branch

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1976-1978

      History

      The Occupational Safety Branch was a short lived branch which assumed the functions of the former Industrial Safety Branch and the Construction Safety Branch when they were merged and transferred to the jurisdiction of the Occupational Health and Safety Division in October 1976.

      This branch ceased to exist in August 1978 when it was divided into the Construction Health and Safety Branch and the Industrial Health and Safety Branch.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Occupational Safety Branch was responsible for protecting the health and safety of employees in industry (including the timber industry) and in construction (which included work on buildings, streets, sewes, watermains, underground work and work with compressed air. The Branch set and ensured standards, reviewed drawngs and plans, and provided educational and consultative services.

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      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 Safety Branch

      Dates of relationship

      1976-1978

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Construction Health and Safety Branch (1978-1991)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1727

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Construction Health and Safety Branch is the successor of Ontario. Occupational Safety Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Industrial Health and Safety Branch (1978-1991)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1731

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Industrial Health and Safety Branch is the successor of Ontario. Occupational Safety Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Construction Safety Branch (1963-1976)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1726

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Construction Safety Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Occupational Safety Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Industrial Safety Branch (1964-1976)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA1724

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Industrial Safety Branch is the predecessor of Ontario. Occupational Safety Branch

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA1795

      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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        Script(s)

          Sources

          KWIC Index to Government Services, 1977-1978; RG 7 inventory

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          John Dirks