Welcome to Nova SAFE

Nova SAFE is a new Safety Branch resource that offers a modern and convenient way for Nova Scotian employers, supervisors, and workers to access important safety information on regulatory requirements for a variety of Occupational Health and Safety and Technical Safety topics. It provides clear plain language summaries with helpful definitions, direct links to relevant sections in our legislation, and additional resources that help make it easier to achieve compliance with our Acts and Regulations.

Remember to check back to Nova SAFE often for updates and new additions to our safety topics and resources. If you have any questions or feedback you would like to share, please contact us by email at SafetyBranch@novascotia.ca or call 1-800-9LABOUR.

Work safe. Home safe. Everyday!

Find topics sorted A-Z

A
- Accident Investigations
- Asbestos in the Workplace
B
- Boilers and Pressure Equipment (General)
- Boilers and Pressure Equipment: Permits, Licences, and Certificates
C
- Confined Spaces
- Cranes
D
- Demolition
E
- Electrical Safety - General
- Elevators and Lifts
- Emergency Eyewash and Showers
- Emergency Planning
- Employee Rights
- Excavation and Trenching
F
- Fall Protection
- Fire Extinguishers
- Fuel Safety Section
H
- Harassment and Violence
- Hoist and Mobile Equipment
- Hot Work
I
- Internal Responsibility System
J
- Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committee / Health and Safety Representative
L
- Ladders
- Lock-out
P
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Posting Requirements
R
- Record Keeping
- Responsibilities - General Contractors and Subcontractors
S
- Safety Program
- Sanitation and Accommodation
- Scaffolding
T
- Temporary Workplaces on Highways
- Tools, Grinders, and Wheels