CINXE.COM
Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada - Canada.ca
<!doctype html> <html class="no-js" dir="ltr" lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head prefix="og: http://ogp.me/ns#"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"/> <meta charset="utf-8"/> <title>Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada - Canada.ca</title> <meta content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1" name="viewport"/> <link rel="schema.dcterms" href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"/> <link rel="canonical" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/occupational-health-and-safety-tribunal-canada.html"/> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="en" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/occupational-health-and-safety-tribunal-canada.html"/> <link rel="alternate" hreflang="fr" href="https://www.canada.ca/fr/tribunal-de-sante-et-securite-au-travail-canada.html"/> <meta name="description" content="Appeals Officers in occupational health and safety, designated by the Minister of Labour and grouped under an administrative structure known as the Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada (Tribunal), exercise the functions of an administrative tribunal. To offer the best services to Canadians, the Tribunal is located in the National Capital Region."/> <meta name="keywords" content="Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada"/> <meta name="author" content="Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada"/> <meta name="dcterms.title" content="Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada"/> <meta name="dcterms.description" content="Appeals Officers in occupational health and safety, designated by the Minister of Labour and grouped under an administrative structure known as the Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada (Tribunal), exercise the functions of an administrative tribunal. To offer the best services to Canadians, the Tribunal is located in the National Capital Region."/> <meta name="dcterms.creator" content="Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada"/> <meta name="dcterms.language" title="ISO639-2/T" content="eng"/> <meta name="dcterms.subject" title="gccore" content="Health and Safety"/> <meta name="dcterms.issued" title="W3CDTF" content="2020-12-04"/> <meta name="dcterms.modified" title="W3CDTF" content="2023-02-23"/> <meta name="dcterms.spatial" content="Canada"/> <meta name="dcterms.type" content="navigation page - institutional profile"/> <meta name="dcterms.identifier" content="Occupational_Health_and_Safety_Tribunal_Canada"/> <meta prefix="fb: https://www.facebook.com/2008/fbml" property="fb:pages" content="378967748836213, 160339344047502, 184605778338568, 237796269600506, 10860597051, 14498271095, 209857686718, 160504807323251, 111156792247197, 113429762015861, 502566449790031, 312292485564363, 1471831713076413, 22724568071, 17294463927, 1442463402719857, 247990812241506, 730097607131117, 1142481292546228, 1765602380419601, 131514060764735, 307780276294187, 427238637642566, 525934210910141, 1016214671785090, 192657607776229, 586856208161152, 1146080748799944, 408143085978521, 490290084411688, 163828286987751, 565688503775086, 460123390028, 318424514044, 632493333805962, 370233926766473, 173004244677, 1562729973959056, 362400293941960, 769857139754987, 167891083224996, 466882737009651, 126404198009505, 135409166525475, 664638680273646, 169011506491295, 217171551640146, 182842831756930, 1464645710444681, 218822426028, 218740415905, 123326971154939, 125058490980757, 1062292210514762, 1768389106741505, 310939332270090, 285960408117397, 985916134909087, 655533774808209, 1522633664630497, 686814348097821, 230798677012118, 320520588000085, 103201203106202, 273375356172196, 61263506236, 353102841161, 1061339807224729, 1090791104267764, 395867780593657, 1597876400459657, 388427768185631, 937815283021844, 207409132619743, 1952090675003143, 206529629372368, 218566908564369, 175257766291975, 118472908172897, 767088219985590, 478573952173735, 465264530180856, 317418191615817, 428040827230778, 222493134493922, 196833853688656, 194633827256676, 252002641498535, 398018420213195, 265626156847421, 202442683196210, 384350631577399, 385499078129720, 178433945604162, 398240836869162, 326182960762584, 354672164565195, 375081249171867, 333050716732105, 118996871563050, 240349086055056, 119579301504003, 185184131584797, 333647780005544, 306255172770146, 369589566399283, 117461228379000, 349774478396157, 201995959908210, 307017162692056, 145928592172074, 122656527842056"> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.canada.ca/public/2638385e40e5637a73786685a4729cdd129476e35554" ></script><script src="//assets.adobedtm.com/be5dfd287373/abb618326704/launch-3eac5e076135.min.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.15.4/css/all.css" integrity="sha256-mUZM63G8m73Mcidfrv5E+Y61y7a12O5mW4ezU3bxqW4=" crossorigin="anonymous"/> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/etc/designs/canada/wet-boew/css/theme.min.css"/> <link href="/etc/designs/canada/wet-boew/assets/favicon.ico" rel="icon" type="image/x-icon"/> <noscript><link rel="stylesheet" href="/etc/designs/canada/wet-boew/css/noscript.min.css"/></noscript> <script>!function(a){var e="https://s.go-mpulse.net/boomerang/",t="addEventListener";if("False"=="True")a.BOOMR_config=a.BOOMR_config||{},a.BOOMR_config.PageParams=a.BOOMR_config.PageParams||{},a.BOOMR_config.PageParams.pci=!0,e="https://s2.go-mpulse.net/boomerang/";if(window.BOOMR_API_key="KBFUZ-C9D7G-RB8SX-GRGEN-HGMC9",function(){function n(e){a.BOOMR_onload=e&&e.timeStamp||(new Date).getTime()}if(!a.BOOMR||!a.BOOMR.version&&!a.BOOMR.snippetExecuted){a.BOOMR=a.BOOMR||{},a.BOOMR.snippetExecuted=!0;var i,_,o,r=document.createElement("iframe");if(a[t])a[t]("load",n,!1);else if(a.attachEvent)a.attachEvent("onload",n);r.src="javascript:void(0)",r.title="",r.role="presentation",(r.frameElement||r).style.cssText="width:0;height:0;border:0;display:none;",o=document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0],o.parentNode.insertBefore(r,o);try{_=r.contentWindow.document}catch(O){i=document.domain,r.src="javascript:var d=document.open();d.domain='"+i+"';void(0);",_=r.contentWindow.document}_.open()._l=function(){var a=this.createElement("script");if(i)this.domain=i;a.id="boomr-if-as",a.src=e+"KBFUZ-C9D7G-RB8SX-GRGEN-HGMC9",BOOMR_lstart=(new Date).getTime(),this.body.appendChild(a)},_.write("<bo"+'dy onload="document._l();">'),_.close()}}(),"".length>0)if(a&&"performance"in a&&a.performance&&"function"==typeof a.performance.setResourceTimingBufferSize)a.performance.setResourceTimingBufferSize();!function(){if(BOOMR=a.BOOMR||{},BOOMR.plugins=BOOMR.plugins||{},!BOOMR.plugins.AK){var e=""=="true"?1:0,t="",n="bdpnbetiiuxdgz2bkvjq-f-c3b24e87a-clientnsv4-s.akamaihd.net",i="false"=="true"?2:1,_={"ak.v":"39","ak.cp":"368225","ak.ai":parseInt("231651",10),"ak.ol":"0","ak.cr":4,"ak.ipv":4,"ak.proto":"http/1.1","ak.rid":"8df8961","ak.r":23331,"ak.a2":e,"ak.m":"dscb","ak.n":"essl","ak.bpcip":"8.222.208.0","ak.cport":37866,"ak.gh":"184.86.250.132","ak.quicv":"","ak.tlsv":"tls1.2","ak.0rtt":"","ak.0rtt.ed":"","ak.csrc":"-","ak.acc":"reno","ak.t":"1732334931","ak.ak":"hOBiQwZUYzCg5VSAfCLimQ==whlcX6bCBj5A5EJZNvUjECPVNSKoFnMxCzxl3jHdoslmIwqcvzRA+YieIFcvHAFkgUHehq+hDL7PQpr9yc+v4PJQtOJ8ATEyV3sg/9CgDQqtlFZDCM9cb+cBgrUv13Rqm8u7iWYfiPP8AvrPscqBveMD8b9G2qJb3yiuvK410eefH2dE8YGXg9QV/hT3nQ87XQLffchSRl/pTUAXx4W4IOnraE4PvRfMMGWyVBb2LEGiVNKhEYenQHr85k7IFdaMf2sGf5F/ZlLHVJSMIyGtw7sfbG8SOEnTc71gaNff/U2ohQV+OaB6LXSiXLSAesNe+IhaPI4NwEVTpci5m4GI61fVVdiAfBWO5ZUNh+EVyZr37GL36QNGIPOL6Wwoz6SlOoqjyRqwFn5uqlcdRabEOAGEmb1XI1kkWFTziHc1Iv4=","ak.pv":"790","ak.dpoabenc":"","ak.tf":i};if(""!==t)_["ak.ruds"]=t;var o={i:!1,av:function(e){var t="http.initiator";if(e&&(!e[t]||"spa_hard"===e[t]))_["ak.feo"]=void 0!==a.aFeoApplied?1:0,BOOMR.addVar(_)},rv:function(){var a=["ak.bpcip","ak.cport","ak.cr","ak.csrc","ak.gh","ak.ipv","ak.m","ak.n","ak.ol","ak.proto","ak.quicv","ak.tlsv","ak.0rtt","ak.0rtt.ed","ak.r","ak.acc","ak.t","ak.tf"];BOOMR.removeVar(a)}};BOOMR.plugins.AK={akVars:_,akDNSPreFetchDomain:n,init:function(){if(!o.i){var a=BOOMR.subscribe;a("before_beacon",o.av,null,null),a("onbeacon",o.rv,null,null),o.i=!0}return this},is_complete:function(){return!0}}}}()}(window);</script></head> <body vocab="http://schema.org/" typeof="WebPage" resource="#wb-webpage"> <div class="newpar new section"> </div> <div class="par iparys_inherited"> <div class="global-header"><nav><ul id="wb-tphp"> <li class="wb-slc"><a class="wb-sl" href="#wb-cont">Skip to main content</a></li> <li class="wb-slc"><a class="wb-sl" href="#wb-info">Skip to "About government"</a></li> </ul></nav> <header> <div id="wb-bnr" class="container"> <div class="row"> <section id="wb-lng" class="col-xs-3 col-sm-12 pull-right text-right"> <h2 class="wb-inv">Language selection</h2> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-12"> <ul class="list-inline mrgn-bttm-0"> <li> <a lang="fr" href="/fr/tribunal-de-sante-et-securite-au-travail-canada.html"> <span class="hidden-xs" translate="no">Français</span> <abbr title="Français" class="visible-xs h3 mrgn-tp-sm mrgn-bttm-0 text-uppercase" translate="no">fr</abbr> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> <div class="brand col-xs-9 col-sm-5 col-md-4" property="publisher" resource="#wb-publisher" typeof="GovernmentOrganization"> <a href="/en.html" property="url"> <img src="/etc/designs/canada/wet-boew/assets/sig-blk-en.svg" alt="Government of Canada" property="logo"/> <span class="wb-inv"> / <span lang="fr">Gouvernement du Canada</span> </span> </a> <meta property="name" content="Government of Canada"/> <meta property="areaServed" typeof="Country" content="Canada"/> <link property="logo" href="/etc/designs/canada/wet-boew/assets/wmms-blk.svg"/> </div> <section id="wb-srch" class="col-lg-offset-4 col-md-offset-4 col-sm-offset-2 col-xs-12 col-sm-5 col-md-4"> <h2>Search</h2> <form action="/en/sr/srb.html" method="get" name="cse-search-box" role="search"> <div class="form-group wb-srch-qry"> <label for="wb-srch-q" class="wb-inv">Search Canada.ca</label> <input id="wb-srch-q" list="wb-srch-q-ac" class="wb-srch-q form-control" name="q" type="search" value="" size="34" maxlength="170" placeholder="Search Canada.ca"/> <datalist id="wb-srch-q-ac"> </datalist> </div> <div class="form-group submit"> <button type="submit" id="wb-srch-sub" class="btn btn-primary btn-small" name="wb-srch-sub"><span class="glyphicon-search glyphicon"></span><span class="wb-inv">Search</span></button> </div> </form> </section> </div> </div> <hr/> <div class="container"><div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8"> <nav class="gcweb-menu" typeof="SiteNavigationElement"> <h2 class="wb-inv">Menu</h2> <button type="button" aria-haspopup="true" aria-expanded="false"><span class="wb-inv">Main </span>Menu <span class="expicon glyphicon glyphicon-chevron-down"></span></button> <ul role="menu" aria-orientation="vertical" data-ajax-replace="/content/dam/canada/sitemenu/sitemenu-v2-en.html"> <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/services/jobs.html">Jobs and the workplace</a></li> <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/services/immigration-citizenship.html">Immigration and citizenship</a></li> <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="https://travel.gc.ca/">Travel and tourism</a></li> <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/services/business.html">Business and industry</a></li> <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits.html">Benefits</a></li> <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/services/health.html">Health</a></li> <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/services/taxes.html">Taxes</a></li> <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment.html">Environment and natural resources</a></li> <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/services/defence.html">National security and defence</a></li> <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/services/culture.html">Culture, history and sport</a></li> <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/services/policing.html">Policing, justice and emergencies</a></li> <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/services/transport.html">Transport and infrastructure</a></li> <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/index.aspx?lang=eng">Canada and the world</a></li> <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/services/finance.html">Money and finances</a></li> <li role="presentation"><a role="menuitem" tabindex="-1" href="https://www.canada.ca/en/services/science.html">Science and innovation</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div></div> <nav id="wb-bc" property="breadcrumb"><h2 class="wb-inv">You are here:</h2><div class="container"><ol class="breadcrumb"> <li><a href='/en.html'>Canada.ca</a></li> </ol></div></nav> </header> </div> </div> <main property="mainContentOfPage" resource="#wb-main" typeof="WebPageElement" class="container"> <div class="mwstitle section"> <h1 property="name" id="wb-cont" dir="ltr"> Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada</h1> </div> <div class="mwsgeneric-base-html parbase section"> <div class="alert alert-info"> <h2 class="h3">Important notice</h2> <p>Effective July 29, 2019, appeals that were previously filed with the Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada must now be filed with the Canada Industrial Relations Board.</p> <p>For more visit the <a href="http://www.cirb-ccri.gc.ca/eic/site/047.nsf/eng/h_00221.html">Canada Industrial Relations Board.</a></p> </div> <p>The Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada is a federal institution that is part of the <a href="/en/employment-social-development.html">Employment and Social Development Canada portfolio</a>.</p> <p>The Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada provides administrative and legal support to appeals officers designated under Part II of the Canada Labour Code. Appeals officers hear and decide on appeals of decisions that a danger does not exist and directions issued regarding occupational health and safety pursuant to the Canada Labour Code.</p> <div class="row"> <section class="col-md-8 pull-left"> <h2>Services and information</h2> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-6"> <section> <h3 class="h5"><a href="/en/occupational-health-and-safety-tribunal-canada/services/appeal.html">Right to appeal</a></h3> <p>Learn about your right to appeal a decision that a danger does not exist rendered by an official delegated by the Minister of Labour.</p> </section> <section> <h3 class="h5"><a href="/en/occupational-health-and-safety-tribunal-canada/services/appeal/application.html" rel="external">File an appeal</a></h3> <p>File an appeal with the Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal of Canada.</p> </section> </div> <div class="col-md-6"> <section> <h3 class="h5"><a href="/en/occupational-health-and-safety-tribunal-canada/services/upcoming-appeals.html">Upcoming appeals</a></h3> <p>View a listing of upcoming appeals and cases currently on hold.</p> </section> <section> <h3 class="h5"><a href="/en/occupational-health-and-safety-tribunal-canada/programs/decisions.html">Decisions</a></h3> <p>Read past decisions made by the Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada.</p> </section> </div> </div> </section> <div class="col-md-4 pull-right"> <h2>Most requested</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/en/occupational-health-and-safety-tribunal-canada/services/appeal/application.html">File an appeal</a></li> <li><a href="/en/occupational-health-and-safety-tribunal-canada/programs/decisions/2016.html">2016 decisions</a></li> <li><a href="/en/occupational-health-and-safety-tribunal-canada/services/appeal-guide.html">Procedural guide for appeals</a></li> <li><a href="/en/occupational-health-and-safety-tribunal-canada/services/upcoming-appeals.html">Upcoming appeals</a></li> </ul> <h2 class="mrgn-tp-lg">Contact us</h2> <p>Occupational Health and Safety Tribunal Canada<br> C.D. Howe Building<br> 240 Sparks Street, 4th floor West<br> Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0X8 <br> Toll free:<strong> </strong>1-800-575-9696 <br> Email: <a href="mailto:OccHealth-Santetrav@tribunal.gc.ca">OccHealth-Santetrav@tribunal.gc.ca</a></p> </div> </div> <section> <h2>What we are doing</h2> <div class="row wb-eqht"> <section class="col-md-4"> <h3>Laws and regulations</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/L-2/index.html">Canada Labour Code</a></li> <li><a href="http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-86-304/index.html">Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations</a></li> </ul> </section> <section class="col-md-4"> <h3>Reports and publications</h3> <ul> <li><a href="/en/occupational-health-and-safety-tribunal-canada/services/appeal-guide.html">Procedural guide for appeals</a></li> <li><a href="/en/occupational-health-and-safety-tribunal-canada/services/mediation.html">Mediation</a></li> </ul> </section> </div> </section> <section> <h2>Corporate information</h2> <ul> <li><a href="/en/occupational-health-and-safety-tribunal-canada/corporate/mandate.html">Mandate</a></li> <li><a href="/en/employment-social-development/corporate/transparency.html">Transparency</a></li> </ul> </section> </div> <section class="pagedetails"> <h2 class="wb-inv">Page details</h2> <dl id="wb-dtmd"> <dt>Date modified:</dt> <dd><time property="dateModified">2023-02-23</time></dd> </dl> </section> </main> <div class="newpar new section"> </div> <div class="par iparys_inherited"> </div> <div class="newpar new section"> </div> <div class="par iparys_inherited"> <div class="global-footer"> <footer id="wb-info"> <h2 class="wb-inv">About this site</h2> <div class="gc-main-footer"> <div class="container"> <nav> <h3>Government of Canada</h3> <ul class="list-unstyled colcount-sm-2 colcount-md-3"> <li><a href="/en/contact.html">All contacts</a></li> <li><a href="/en/government/dept.html">Departments and agencies</a></li> <li><a href="/en/government/system.html">About government</a></li> </ul> <h4><span class="wb-inv">Themes and topics</span></h4> <ul class="list-unstyled colcount-sm-2 colcount-md-3"> <li><a href="/en/services/jobs.html">Jobs</a></li> <li><a href="/en/services/immigration-citizenship.html">Immigration and citizenship</a></li> <li><a href="https://travel.gc.ca/">Travel and tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/en/services/business.html">Business</a></li> <li><a href="/en/services/benefits.html">Benefits</a></li> <li><a href="/en/services/health.html">Health</a></li> <li><a href="/en/services/taxes.html">Taxes</a></li> <li><a href="/en/services/environment.html">Environment and natural resources</a></li> <li><a href="/en/services/defence.html">National security and defence</a></li> <li><a href="/en/services/culture.html">Culture, history and sport</a></li> <li><a href="/en/services/policing.html">Policing, justice and emergencies</a></li> <li><a href="/en/services/transport.html">Transport and infrastructure</a></li> <li><a href="https://international.gc.ca/world-monde/index.aspx?lang=eng">Canada and the world</a></li> <li><a href="/en/services/finance.html">Money and finance</a></li> <li><a href="/en/services/science.html">Science and innovation</a></li> <li><a href="/en/services/indigenous-peoples.html">Indigenous peoples</a></li> <li><a href="/en/services/veterans-military.html">Veterans and military</a></li> <li><a href="/en/services/youth.html">Youth</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="gc-sub-footer"> <div class="container d-flex align-items-center"> <nav> <h3 class="wb-inv">Government of Canada Corporate</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/social.html">Social media</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/mobile.html">Mobile applications</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/government/about.html">About Canada.ca</a></li> <li><a href="/en/transparency/terms.html">Terms and conditions</a></li> <li><a href="/en/transparency/privacy.html">Privacy</a></li> </ul> </nav> <div class="wtrmrk align-self-end"> <img src="/etc/designs/canada/wet-boew/assets/wmms-blk.svg" alt="Symbol of the Government of Canada"/> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> </div> <script type="text/javascript">_satellite.pageBottom();</script> <script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.2.4/jquery.min.js" integrity="sha256-BbhdlvQf/xTY9gja0Dq3HiwQF8LaCRTXxZKRutelT44=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script src="/etc/designs/canada/wet-boew/js/ep-pp.min.js"></script> <script src="/etc/designs/canada/wet-boew/js/wet-boew.min.js"></script> <script src="/etc/designs/canada/wet-boew/js/theme.min.js"></script> </body> </html>