Belte r r a Cor p or at ion S afety M an ual D oc I D C H S M BE L 2 0 1 7 Pa g e 2 70 of 53 8 90 HE ALT H SAF E T Y ISS UE A w orke r c ompl e ti ng 16 hour wor k shi ft ma y ha v e onl y 4 5 hour s for sle e p onc e tra v e l ea ti n g a nd soc ial ti me is t a ke n int o a c c ount bef o re the y r e turn to t he wor k si te a g a in B ra nc h man a g e rs must be a wa r e of the f a c tors influ e nc in g wor ke r pe r for man c e wor k sit e p roduc ti vit y a nd methods of pre ve nti n g or r e duc in g th e li ke li ne ss of pr oblems Th e s e m et h o d s s h o u l d i n c l u d e w o r k s i t e a cco m m o d a t i o n t o e l i m i n a t e t r a v el t i m e W he n c onsi de ring e x tende d wor k hour s a wor ke rs e x posure to che mi c a l an d ph y sica l h a z a rd s mus t be mi nim iz e d E x posure to haz a rds suc h a s noi se vibra ti on c he mi c a ls and e x tre me te mper a tur e s must be take n int o c onsi de ra ti on whe n e x tending h ours of wor k P e rsona l protec ti ve e quipm e nt such a s re spir a tors or spe c ializ e d he a v y o r b ulk y c lot hin g ma y test the lim it s of e ndura nc e o f some wor ke rs Th e c rite ria use d in se lec ti ng P P E must take i nto ac c ount t he e quipm e nts e x tende d hour s of use a nd the e ff e c ts on wor ke rs w e a rin g su c h e q uipm e nt P e e r pr e ssu re or w o rkpla c e c ult ure c a n c ontribut e to a sit ua ti on whe re a n e mpl o y e e ga ins s tanding a mong his he r p e e rs b y be ing will in g to wor k ve r y lon g hour s r e g a rdl e ss of f a ti g ue W hil e B e lt e rr a hig hl y va lues stron g wo r k e thi c the c onse qu e nc e s of w orkin g throu g h e x tre me f a ti g ue puts the wor ke r a nd his pe e rs a t a hig h risk of ge tt ing inj ure d B ra n c h mana ge rs w il l e x a mi ne these be ha viors c a re full y a nd take a pprop ria te a c ti ons a c c ordin g l y 100 HO UR S OF WORK PER P ROVIN CE 101 ONT AR IO The max im um num be r of hour s mos t emplo y e e s c a n be re qui re d to wor k in a we e k is 4 8 hour s Th e we e kl y max im um ca n be e x c e e de d onl y if the r e is a w ritten a g r e e ment b e twe e n the e mpl o y e e a nd t he a pprov a l for th e e mpl o y e e s to work the e x c e ss ho urs ha s be e n g iv e n b y the Dire c tor of Empl o y ment S tanda rds B e lt e r ra will a ppl y for a n a pprov a l fr om t he Dire c tor of Empl o y ment S tand a rds inc ludi ng h a vin g wor ke rs si g n off on a n a gre e ment g r a nti ng c onse nt to wor k up to 60 hours a we e k This a pprov a l i s va li d for thre e y e a rs a nd is appli c a ble to a ll bra nc he s withi n Onta rio Huma n R e sourc e de pa rtme nt wil l assis t i n the r e ne wa l of the a pprov a l a s re quire d Doc u m e n t Identif icat ion S E L 037 P age Nu m b e r 6 of 7 Doc u m e n t C r e ation Dat e J a nua r y 31 2016 Im p le m e n tat ion Dat e Apr il 8 2016 The a pprov a l once r e c e ived must be post e d in a c onspi c uous pl a c e in e a c h bra nc h in Onta rio The Ne w Hire Or ient a ti on pa c ka ge will include the a g re e me nt t o wor k up to 60 hours a we e k for Onta rio