7. This Act applies to every worker to whom an industrial accident happens in Québec or who contracts an occupational disease in Québec and whose employer, when the accident happens or the disease is contracted, has an establishment in Québec.
If the employer has no establishment in Québec when the accident happens or the disease is contracted, this Act applies under the conditions and to the extent provided by an agreement made under the first paragraph of section 170 of the Act respecting occupational health and safety (chapter S-2.1).