Carbon monoxide exposure control plan template
A complete written plan for protecting workers from carbon monoxide, the gas with no colour, smell or taste that fuel-burning engines, heaters and fires give off, in 14 editions: one for each province and territory and one for federally regulated workplaces. It covers propane forklifts and floor machines, temporary heat, generators, ice resurfacers, parkades and docks, furnaces and kilns, and fire scenes, with fixed and personal detectors, two alarm levels and what everyone does when one sounds. Each edition sets out the law that applies there, with pinpoint citations. Every purchase includes all 14, in English and in French: 28 editable Word files you make your own.
A look inside
Sample pages from the plan, marked and cut short. Your copy has no watermark.
What’s in the plan
1. Purpose, scope and the law
The fuel-burning equipment and work the plan covers, including diesel exhaust and the nitrogen dioxide the same controls deal with, the law that applies in your jurisdiction with pinpoint citations (section 1.3), and how the plan fits your program.
2. Responsibilities
The employer, the plan administrator, the person who assesses and monitors, supervisors, everyone who does the work, maintenance staff and service providers, the committee or representative, and contractors, owners and other employers.
3. The hazard
What carbon monoxide is, how it harms the body, its effects at different levels, signs and symptoms, people at higher risk, the related hazards of fuel-burning work, the work where exposure occurs, and your inventory of sources.
4. Risk assessment
When and how areas and tasks are assessed and who assesses them, the limits, our design target and our low and high alarm levels, four risk categories that set the controls, and when you reassess.
5. Controls
The hierarchy of controls, from electric and battery equipment to exhaust capture and ventilation, maintenance and emission checks, running-time and no-idling rules, and PPE, the limits of the controls, and the controls for each task.
6. Safe work procedures
Rules for all work with fuel-burning equipment and 12 procedures: responding to a carbon monoxide alarm, fuel-powered tools indoors, propane forklifts and floor machines, temporary heat in construction, portable generators, ice resurfacing and edging, parkades, loading docks and vehicle bays, hot work and cutting in enclosed areas, furnaces, boilers, kilns and heaters, fire scenes, entering spaces where carbon monoxide may build up, and a suspected poisoning.
7. Respiratory protection and PPE
Why filters do not work for carbon monoxide, choosing respiratory protection, supplied-air and escape respirators, fit testing and a clean seal, inspection and care, and other protective equipment.
8. Hygiene facilities and decontamination
Rest, eating and warming areas, fire scenes and smoke, cleaning breathing apparatus, and smoking.
9. Gas detection and exposure monitoring
What is measured and why, fixed detection systems, personal and portable detectors, bump tests and calibration, exposure monitoring, and acting on, sharing and keeping the results.
10. Health monitoring
Where the law requires it, fitness to wear breathing apparatus, checks after an exposure, workers at higher risk, carbon monoxide in the breath or blood, and privacy of health records.
11. Education and training
Who is trained and when, what the training covers, refreshers and drills, and training records.
12. Emergencies and exposure incidents
What counts as an exposure incident, immediate steps, rescue, first aid, control failures, reporting and investigation.
13. Records, communication, consultation and review
The records you keep, sharing the plan, consulting your committee or representative, and reviewing the plan.
Appendix A. Regulatory cross-reference
Every provision of your jurisdiction’s law the plan is written to meet, in plain words, with the section that meets it and whether an inspector will also want your records. Each entry links to its section.
Appendix B. Forms
8 print-ready forms, each with a form code: the carbon monoxide source inventory, the task risk assessment, the engine and appliance emission and maintenance log, the gas detector bump test and calibration log, the carbon monoxide monitoring record, the training and drill record, the alarm and incident report and the plan review record.
One plan, 14 editions
Each plan is written once and fitted to the law of each of Canada’s 14 jurisdictions: the ten provinces, the three territories and federally regulated workplaces under the Canada Labour Code. Each edition takes the name its law gives the document, and its own limits, terms and citations.
Every purchase includes all 14, each in English and in French: 28 Word files. The French editions follow the English section for section and form for form, and their cross-reference matches row for row. Laws published only in English keep their English titles.
Written to the law where you work
Section 1.3 of each edition sets out the law that applies there, with pinpoint citations: what that law calls the plan, the exposure limit and any short-term or ceiling limit, and what the law adds, such as rules for engines and heaters indoors, ventilation, gas detection, confined spaces or mines. Appendix A lists every provision the plan is written to meet, in plain words, with the section that meets it and whether an inspector will also want to see your records. Each entry links to its section.
Every legal reference was checked against the official texts between October 5 and October 6, 2026, and each edition lists its sources and the date each was checked. A template can’t make you compliant on its own, and we don’t claim it does: the plan works once a qualified person adapts it to your work.
Who it is for
Employers whose workers run or work near fuel-burning engines, heaters and appliances indoors or in enclosed areas: warehouses and distribution centres, construction sites with temporary heat, arenas, parkades, garages and loading docks, building maintenance and heating service, foundries and kilns, and fire services.
You list your own work and sites in section 1.2 and delete the procedures you never need. A Tailor note shows how to add a procedure for a task that isn’t there, under the same headings.
Lifetime updates
When the law changes, we publish a new edition and email everyone who bought the template, on its own or in the Autobody and automotive repair exposure control plan pack and 2 other bundles. Every update is free, for as long as we publish it.
Version 1.1 October 6, 2026
- Prince Edward Island and Quebec: section 1.3 now names the fire and fuel-burning appliance codes that apply to heaters and fuel storage, and Quebec’s Fire Safety Act.
- Ontario, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador: section 1.3 now names who certifies gas fitters and the law that requires a certified person to install or service gas and propane heaters and appliances; Quebec names the contractor licence and certificate.
Version 1.0 October 6, 2026
- First edition, in 14 jurisdiction editions (one for each province and territory, and one for federally regulated workplaces), each in English and French.
- Every legal reference checked against the official texts between October 5 and October 6, 2026. Each edition lists its sources and the date each was checked.
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Questions
Which edition do I use?
The one for the law that covers the workplace: the province or territory where the work is done, or the federal edition if your business is federally regulated under Part II of the Canada Labour Code (for example, interprovincial trucking, airlines, railways, banks and telecommunications). If you are not sure which law covers you, confirm it with your regulator before you rely on an edition. All 14 come with every purchase, in English and French, so you never pay twice for the right one.
Is this legal advice? Will it make us compliant?
No. It is a template, not legal advice: a complete plan written to the law with every requirement cited, as a starting point. The plan only works once a qualified person adapts it to your work (your tasks, your materials and the exposure your own assessment finds) and you put it in place and follow it, so no template can promise compliance. If you want help with that, our team does it too.
Does it cover my province’s own rules?
Yes. Section 1.3 of each edition sets out the law that applies there, with pinpoint citations: what that law calls this document, the exposure limit, and what the law adds to the plan, such as monitoring, health checks, notices, records or training. Where the law changes something in the plan’s general text, section 1.3 says what and where. Appendix A then lists every provision the plan is written to meet, with the section of the plan that meets it.
What if we work in more than one province?
Use the edition for each place you work: every purchase includes all 14. Each edition is complete on its own, and they share the same sections and form codes, so crews moving between provinces work to the same plan and only what the law changes is different.
What format is it in, and can I edit it?
Editable Microsoft Word (.docx) files on US Letter pages: 28 of them, one for each of the 14 jurisdictions in English and in French. Type your company name once and desktop Word puts it on the cover, in every header and through the text. Shaded “Tailor” notes say what to check or change in each section, and highlighted placeholders mark every name, date and place you fill in. The files also open in Google Docs and Word on the web, where you use Find and replace to put your company name in.
What happens when the law changes?
We update the plan, and you get every update free for as long as we publish it: lifetime updates at no extra charge, for all 14 editions in both languages. We email you when a new edition is ready, with what changed and a link to download it.
Can I use it for more than one company?
Each purchase is licensed to one company. Consultants setting up programs for several clients should contact us.
Want it built for you?
Our safety advisors assess the hazards in your work and help you tailor the plan to it, from the risk assessment to the procedures your crews follow and the controls behind them.
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