Saskatchewan COR safety manual template
A complete written occupational health and safety program for Saskatchewan construction employers, laid out element by element on the Saskatchewan Construction Safety Association (SCSA) COR audit and written to The Saskatchewan Employment Act and The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020. It arrives as an editable Word file you make your own: your name, your logo, your job titles and your work.
A look inside
Sample pages from the manual, marked and cut short. Your copy has no watermark.
What’s in the manual
1. Safety and health policy
A signed, dated policy covering what the audit checks, a yearly review, and written responsibilities and accountability for senior management, managers, supervisors, workers, contractors and visitors.
2. Hazard assessment, analysis and control
Formal and site-specific hazard assessments, the 5 × 5 risk matrix, critical tasks, controls in order, telling workers about the controls, and management review.
3. Safe work practices
Twelve starter practices for common construction work: site conduct, ladders, working at heights, tools, lifting, mobile equipment, silica, working alone, heat and cold, WHMIS, temporary power and excavations, each ending with the Saskatchewan legislation that applies.
4. Safe job procedures
Step-by-step procedures for six critical tasks, from lockout and fall arrest to entering a trench and hoisting, and a table of the written plans the Regulations require, such as the fall protection plan at 3 m.
5. Company safety rules
Written company and site rules and a progressive discipline process that is applied the same way every time and never used against a worker for exercising their rights.
6. Personal protective equipment
How PPE is chosen, fit, care and use of harnesses, respirators and hearing protection, training and inspection.
7. Preventative maintenance program
An equipment inventory, maintenance to manufacturer and Regulation standards, maintenance records, who may do the work, and tagging defective equipment out of service.
8. Training and communication
Orientation for new, young and returning workers before they start, confirming required training, job-specific and supervisor training, competency checks, safety meetings and toolbox meetings.
9. Inspections
What is inspected, how often and by whom, the forms and pre-use checklists used, and correcting what inspections find.
10. Incident investigation and reporting
What must be reported to the Ministry and when, including deaths, 72-hour hospital stays and dangerous occurrences, reporting to the WCB, near misses, investigations, corrective action and management review.
11. Emergency preparedness
Emergency plans for each site, equipment, training and roles, drills, a fire response plan, and first aid to Part 5 of the Regulations and CSA Z1220-17.
12. Statistics, records and documentation
Document control and records retention, leading and lagging indicators, year-over-year trends, first aid records and audit action plans.
13. Legislation
Written so workers and supervisors can answer the auditor’s interview questions: the law on site, the three basic rights, refusing unusually dangerous work, reporting to the Ministry, and the policies Saskatchewan law requires on violence, working alone and impairment.
14. Procurement and contractor management
Choosing and monitoring contractors and service providers, coordinating several employers on one site, and buying products safely.
SS1. Physical conditions
Washrooms and sanitation, lighting, ventilation and temperature, housekeeping, access and exits: what the auditor will look for on site.
SS2. Harassment
The written harassment policy Saskatchewan law requires, how it is posted and shared, and how complaints are reported and investigated.
SS3. Occupational health committee or representative
Which one you need at your size, membership, meetings, training, recommendations and responses, and duties.
Appendix A. COR and SECOR cross-reference
Every one of the 83 documentation questions in the SCSA COR audit, what it looks for in plain words, the section that answers it, and whether the auditor will also want your records. A second table maps all 95 questions of SCSA’s small employer audit, SECOR. Each entry links to its section.
Appendix B. Forms
28 print-ready forms that match the manual, each on one page with a form code: policy review, hazard assessments, critical tasks, procedures, discipline, PPE, maintenance, orientation, training, meetings, inspections and pre-use checklists, incidents, investigations, emergencies, statistics, work refusals, contractors, products and committee recommendations.
Built around the SCSA COR audit
The manual follows the SCSA COR audit (the 2023 COR Harmonized National Audit Tool, Questions and Guidelines, Version 1.0) in the same order: the 14 national elements, then Saskatchewan’s three of its own, physical conditions, harassment, and the occupational health committee or representative. Each has its own section.
The audit scores documents, interviews and observations. This manual answers each of the 83 documentation questions in writing, and Appendix A shows where. The 62 interview questions and 36 observations are passed by your people doing what the manual says, which is why element 13, Legislation, is written for workers to read.
No template can guarantee a certificate on its own, and we don’t claim to. What it gives you is a complete, audit-shaped program to put in place.
Written to Saskatchewan law as it stands
Every requirement is cited to The Saskatchewan Employment Act (Part III), The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020 or The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013, checked against the official text in September 2026. That includes the harassment policy every employer has needed since May 2023, and the violence policy statement and prevention plan every employer has needed since May 2024.
Where the law sets no number, such as the age up to which a worker counts as young, the manual says so and gives you a highlighted default to set yourself. The Ministry is reviewing the Regulations; when a change takes effect, we update the template and you get the new edition free.
Who it is for
Saskatchewan construction employers working toward COR or SECOR with SCSA. SECOR is SCSA’s audit for the smallest companies, and its size limit counts owners, staff and subcontractors, so confirm your eligibility with SCSA. The same manual serves both, with a cross-reference for each. It is also the written program the law requires of a construction employer with 10 or more workers.
If you are certified through another safety association, such as the Heavy Construction Safety Association of Saskatchewan, check the manual against that association’s own audit tool.
Lifetime updates
When legislation or the audit changes, we publish a new edition and email everyone who bought the template. Every update is free, for as long as we publish it.
Version 1.0 September 30, 2026
- First edition, laid out on the SCSA COR audit (2023 COR Harmonized National Audit Tool, Questions and Guidelines, Version 1.0), with the SECOR audit cross-referenced.
- Written to The Saskatchewan Employment Act, The Occupational Health and Safety Regulations, 2020 and The Workers’ Compensation Act, 2013 as published in September 2026.
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Questions
What format is the manual in?
An editable Microsoft Word (.docx) file on US Letter pages. It works best in desktop Word for Windows or Mac. It also opens in Google Docs and Word on the web, where you use Find and replace to put your company name in.
Will this manual get us COR?
It gives you the written program the COR audit reviews, laid out on the SCSA audit, with every documentation question answered and cross-referenced. Certification also depends on your records, worker interviews and what the auditor observes on site, so no template can promise a pass. If you want help putting it in place, or a gap analysis before your audit, our team does that too.
Does it work for SECOR?
Yes. SECOR is a separate SCSA audit with its own 95 questions, judged almost entirely from your documents. Appendix A has a table of its own that shows the section of the manual answering each one.
Do I need a written health and safety program in Saskatchewan?
The Saskatchewan Employment Act requires a written program at the places of employment the Regulations list, which include building construction and road construction and earthwork, once there are 10 or more workers. It must be reviewed at least every 3 years. The director of occupational health and safety can also order any employer to have one. COR and SECOR require a documented program whatever your size.
How do I get the file after I pay?
Your download is on the confirmation page the moment payment goes through, and we email you a download link as well.
What happens when the legislation or the audit changes?
We update the template, and you get every update free for as long as we publish it: lifetime updates at no extra charge. We email you when a new edition is ready, with what changed and a link to download it.
Does it work with TruStar Connect?
Yes. The manual rates risk on the same 5 × 5 matrix TruStar Connect uses for its hazard register and investigations, so if you run your program in Connect, your ratings, bands and actions carry straight over.
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.
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