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Safety Log Seed Record

Portable ladder use

Before first use on each shift and whenever the ladder is moved, damaged, or exposed to a new hazard.

Portable ladder use

Fast-Fact Summary

  • Governing agency: Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development
  • Form, bylaw, or regulation: O. Reg. 213/91, ladder and access-equipment requirements
  • Effective/current anchor: Before first use on each shift and whenever the ladder is moved, damaged, or exposed to a new hazard.
  • Direct portal or source: https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/910213

Mandatory Scope

This safety-log record applies to constructors, employers, supervisors, and competent workers responsible for Portable ladder use. The log is intended to prove that the relevant hazard, equipment, or site condition was checked before exposure continued.

Deadlines & Administrative Windows

  • Required Timing: Before first use on each shift and whenever the ladder is moved, damaged, or exposed to a new hazard.
  • Supervisor Review: Assign a competent person or supervisor to review the entry before the next shift or before the controlled work resumes.
  • Change Trigger: Re-open the log when weather, equipment, excavation, access, crew, or work-method conditions change.

Financial & Legal Liability

Missing safety records can increase OHSA order, stop-work, prosecution, and project backcharge exposure. The record should be kept with the project safety file and be available when requested by the constructor, employer, client, or inspector.

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Step-by-Step Filing Instructions

  • Identify the Controlled Work: Record the site, date, crew, equipment, area, and trade activity.
  • Check the Hazard Controls: Confirm guards, access, PPE, training, permits, isolation, or inspection evidence required for the task.
  • Sign the Entry: Worker and supervisor acknowledgement recommended for each inspection entry.
  • Store the Record: Retain with the project safety file according to constructor recordkeeping requirements.

2026 Inspection Notes

For 2026 construction compliance context, pay close attention to working-at-heights training records, trenching and excavation controls, and training/competency documentation. Do not call this a named official blitz unless the supplied record or source says so.

Official Sources

Raw Fields

  • Regulation ReferenceO. Reg. 213/91, ladder and access-equipment requirements
  • Signature RequirementsWorker and supervisor acknowledgement recommended for each inspection entry.
  • Retention PeriodRetain with the project safety file according to constructor recordkeeping requirements.

Generation Status

Expansion seed record anchors the topic to Ontario construction safety law or related safety programme controls. Generated copy must describe log timing and recordkeeping without inventing a universal government form unless the supplied regulation says one exists.