Glossary
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Reprisal Action
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Reprisal Action
In this Part, “reprisal action” means an action that adversely affects an employee with respect to terms or conditions of employment or any opportunity for employment or promotion and includes dismissal, layoff, suspension, demotion, transfer of job or location, change in hours of work, coercion, intimidation, imposition of any discipline, reprimand or other penalty including reduction in wages, salary or other benefits, or the discontinuation or elimination of the job of the employee. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsRegularly Employed
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Regularly Employed
“Regularly employed” includes seasonal employment with a predictably recurring period of employment that exceeds four weeks, unless otherwise ordered by a safety officer. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsReadily Available
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Readily Available
“Readily available” means present in an appropriate place in a physical copy form that can be handled. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. Regulations Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsProgram
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Program
“Program” means an occupational health and safety program required pursuant to paragraph 4.1(4)(c) of these Requirements, unless the context otherwise requires. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsProfessional Engineer
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Professional Engineer
“Professional engineer” has the same meaning as in the Engineering Profession Act (Nova Scotia). Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsProduct Identifier
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Product Identifier
“Product identifier” means, in respect of a hazardous substance, the brand name, code name or code number specified by the supplier or employer or the chemical name, common name, generic name or trade name. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. Regulations Source: Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations, SOR/87-612, Canada, current to April 29, 2013. RegulationsPressure System
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Pressure System
System of vessels, pipes, and other equipment operating with an internal pressure exceeding atmospheric.
Source: API STD 521, Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems, Sixth Edition, January 2014. Global StandardsPressure System
“Pressure system” means a boiler, pressure vessel, pump, compressor and the piping system connected thereto that contains or is intended to contain a gas, vapour or at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure. Source: Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Occupational Health & Safety Requirements, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Canada, December 2000. RegulationsPiping System
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Piping System
Interconnected piping subject to the same set or sets of design conditions.- Note: 1 to entry: The piping system also includes pipe supports, but does not include support structures.
Piping System
An assembly of interconnected pipe that typically are subject to the same (or nearly the same) process fluid composition and/or design conditions.- NOTE: Piping systems also include pipe-supporting elements (e.g. springs, hangers, guides, etc.) but do not include support structures, such as structural frames, vertical and horizontal beams and foundations.