Here is the ergonomics legislation from
Grenada
The information here was collated from official online sources by Ergo Global ergonomists. All information is for general purposes and cannot be considered 1-to-1 legal advice. Ergo Global disclaim any liability relating to the information provided on this page.
To Note
Grenada mentions occupational health and safety regulations in its Employment Act Act No. 14 of 1999, but there are no regulations relating specificaly to ergonomics. Below are the general workplace responsibilities of employers and employees in Grenada.
Page last updated: 29/07/2026
The Duties of
The Employer
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Employers must
• Adhere to and implement OSH regulations.
• Create and adhere to OSH policies that are appropriate to their operations. Address environmental issues within their policies if these are facet of operations, noting that environmental impacts are not confined to the work place.
• Maintain a safety management system, including appropriate risk assessment and mitigation practices.
• Develop an OSH manual to guide their employees, to be provided to them at the commencement of employment.
• Consult with workers on health and safety issues.
• Ensure that the workplace has a joint OSH committee (or health and safety representative (HSR) depending on the number of employees) which will maintain communications at the internal level.
• Participate in workplace joint OSH committees or work along with the Health and Safety Representative on OSH related matters.
• Maintain records consistent with legislation and regulations, and report incidents and accidents to the Ministry of Labour.
• Provide workers with information, instruction, training and supervision to perform their jobs safely.
• Ensure the protection of the workforce, by providing workers with the appropriate PPE to assigned tasks such as reflective safety vests, harnesses or fall protection gears, dust masks, gloves, respirator filters, ear muffs for loud equipment, knee pads, rain gear, specialized welding gear and include other relevant PPE according to the nature of the task.
• Adapt work conditions and the working environment to suit worker needs and functions.
• Provide workers with safe systems of work including safe equipment and machinery.
• Provide workers with facilities for welfare at work, such as lunch rooms, toilets, first aid kits, etc, which are consistent with legislation and regulations.
• Monitor workers’ health through pre-employment health checks and health surveillanceas part of a workplace wellness programme and with the sole objective of identifying risks to health and improve wellbeing among staff.
The Duties of
The Employee
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Employees must
• Cooperate with the employer in their compliance with the OSH Act, regulations or policies.
• Take reasonable care and not recklessly endanger health and safety of themselves or others.
• Elect persons knowledgeable of relevant OSH issues to be their HSR.
• Report health and safety issues, including psychosocial factors and work-related stress, accidents, incidents or near misses to the elected HSR.
• Responsible for PPE that are of a personal nature such as inner-ear plugs, construction safety boots, water boots, respirators, eye goggles and hard hat. For hygienic purposes/concerns, these should not be re-issued to other workers for re-use.
• Develop and practice good habits of hygiene and housekeeping and make proper use of PPE.
• Participate in inspections and accident investigations and be informed of observations and recommendations made by the regulatory authority.
• Must be informed of inherent dangers in work processes and must be provided with appropriate training and PPE.
• Refuse to perform work that they reasonably think exposes them to risk that is serious and imminent without the risk of any punitive action being taken.
What's next?
Step 1
Run an ergonomics audit following these regulations.
Step 2
List out the gaps in your ergonomics policy.
Step 4
Contact Ergo Global for more support where needed.
