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182 The foundation of this Act is the Internal Responsibility System which(a) is based on the principle that(i) employers, contractors, constructors, employees and self-employed personsat a workplace, and (ii) the owner of a workplace, a supplier of goods or providerof an occupational health or safety service to a workplace or an architect orprofessional engineer, all of whom can affect the health and safety of persons atthe workplace, share the responsibility for the health and safety of persons atthe workplace;(b) assumes that the primary responsibility for creating and maintaining a safe andhealthy workplace should be that of each of these parties, to the extent of each party'sauthority and ability to do so;(c) includes a framework for participation, transfer of information and refusal of unsafework, all of which are necessary for the parties to carry out their responsibilitiespursuant to this Act and the regulations17 (1) Every employee, while at work, shall(a) take every reasonable precaution in the circumstances to protect the employee'sown health and safety and that of other persons at or near the workplace;(b) co-operate with the employer and with the employee's fellow employees to protectthe employee's own health and safety and that of other persons at or near theworkplace;(c) take every reasonable precaution in the circumstances to ensure that protectivedevices, equipment or clothing required by the employer, this Act or the regulations areused or worn;(d) consult and co-operate with the joint occupational health and safety committee,where such a committee has been established at the workplace, or the health andsafety representative, where one has been selected at the workplace;(e) co-operate with any person performing a duty or exercising a power conferred bythis Act or the regulations; and