Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 73
Minimum levels 73 Every employer must, in respect of each workplace under its control, ensure that (a) all persons at the workplace have sufficient lighting — in terms of both quantity and quality — to perform all of their tasks safely; and (b) if the workplace is a marine installation or structure, the average level of lighting at a work position or in an area referred to in column 1 of the following table is not less than that set out in column 2 when the workplace’s primary lighting system is operational. TABLE Item Column 1 Column 2 Work Position or Area Minimum Average Level (in lx) 1 Office areas: (a) work positions at which cartography, drafting, plan reading or other tasks requiring high visual precision are performed 800 (b) work positions at which business machines are operated or prolonged reading or writing tasks are performed 500 (c) other areas 50 2 Laboratories: (a) work positions at which instruments are read or hazardous substances are handled, if errors in such reading or handling may be hazardous to the health or safety of an employee 800 (b) work positions at which close or prolonged attention is given to laboratory work 500 (c) other areas 50 3 Workshops and garages: (a) work positions at which fine or medium bench, machine or repair work is performed 500 (b) work positions at which rough bench, machine or repair work is performed 300 (c) other areas 50 4 Process areas: (a) work positions in major control rooms or rooms with dial displays at which tasks essential to the control of equipment or machinery that may be hazardous to the safety of employees are performed 800 (b) work positions at which a hazardous substance is used, stored or handled 500 (c) work positions at which gauges and meters that are not self-illuminating are located 50 (d) other areas 20 5 Loading platforms and warehouses: (a) work positions at which packages or goods are checked or sorted 150 (b) work positions at which loading or unloading work is frequently performed 100 6 Storage areas: (a) areas in which there is a high level of activity 50 (b) other areas 20 7 Derricks, drill floors and moon pools: (a) work positions at which there is a high level of activity 100 (b) other areas 20 8 Entrances, exits, elevators, corridors, aisles and stairways: (a) areas in which there is a high level of activity or where there is a high frequency of traffic 100 (b) other areas 50 9 Medical rooms: (a) work positions at which first aid or medical care is rendered or examinations are conducted or at which other tasks essential to the health or safety of an employee are performed 1000 (b) other areas 500 10 Food preparation areas: (a) work positions at which prolonged cutting or preparation tasks are performed 1000 (b) other areas 300 11 Dining areas and recreation areas 200 12 Sleeping quarters 100 13 Washrooms and showers 200 14 Boiler, engine, ballast control and generator rooms 200 15 Rooms in which principal heating, ventilation or air-conditioning equipment is installed 70 16 Emergency shower facilities, emergency equipment locations, muster stations, temporary refuge areas and lifeboat and life raft locations 50