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Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
personnel transfer means the transfer by crane of persons between a vessel and marine installation or structure, between vessels or between marine installations or structures. ( transfert du personnel )
Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
signaller means a person who directs, by means of visual or auditory signals, the safe movement and operation of materials handling equipment. ( signaleur )
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Lifting risks 115 (1) The risks associated with the use of materials handling equipment, including to lift persons or things, are prescribed risks for the purpose of paragraph 210.02(2)(a) of the Act and the occupational health and safety program in respect of a workplace at which materials handling equipment is to be used for lifting must (a) identify the types of lifts that are expected to be performed at the workplace; (b) set out criteria for classifying lifts by risk level, including criteria relating to the type of lift, its complexity, its physical elements, the expertise of those involved in carrying it out and the environmental conditions in which it is carried out; (c) set out procedures for the preparation and performance of lifts by type and risk level, including (i) communication requirements among all persons involved in the lifts, (ii) in the case of lifts of persons, the required use of personal protective equipment by the person being lifted, and (iii) in the case of lifts of persons over the water, the availability of fast rescue boats; (d) identify any operational limits on lifting operations and any environmental conditions, such as wind, sea state and temperature, that may affect those operations, including by reducing the load that the materials handling equipment is able to safely handle or support; (e) set out procedures for the maintenance, inspection, testing, repair and replacement of lifting equipment, fixed pad eyes and loose lifting gear; and (f) set out procedures for communicating the provisions of the program that relate to lifting operations to all persons who are involved in carrying them out and all other persons in the vicinity who may be affected by them. Personnel transfer risk (2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b), a personnel transfer must not be classified as a low risk lift.
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Work permit 116 A work permit is required for all lifts carried out at a workplace using materials handling equipment, except those classified under the occupational health and safety program as low risk.
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Prohibitions 117 It is prohibited for (a) any employee to use or attempt to use materials handling equipment at a workplace if they have reason to doubt they can do so safely; or (b) any signaller to direct any movement of materials handling equipment that would pose a risk to the health or safety of any person.
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Hazardous conditions 118 The employer must ensure that no person uses materials handling equipment at a workplace under its control in conditions in which that use presents a risk to the health or safety of any person unless necessary to prevent a greater risk to the health or safety of any person.
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Manual handling 119 Every employer must ensure that, if the manual handling of any thing may be hazardous to the health or safety of an employee, including because of its weight, size, shape or toxicity, that thing is, to the extent feasible, handled only using materials handling equipment.
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Rated capacity 120 (1) Every employer must ensure that a competent person who is independent of the operator and employer inspects and proof tests all materials handling equipment that is to be used at a workplace under the employer’s control if (a) the equipment is to be used at the workplace for the first time; (b) repairs or modifications have been made to the equipment’s load-carrying components; (c) the equipment has been in contact with an electric arc or current; or (d) there is any other reason to doubt that the rated capacity of the equipment that was most recently certified under subsection (2) or the limitations that were most recently indicated under that subsection continue to be accurate, including as a result of damage sustained by the equipment or modifications made to it. Certification (2) The employer must ensure that the competent person, on the basis of the inspection and proof test, certifies in writing the rated capacity of the equipment and indicates in writing any limitations that must be imposed on its use having regard to environmental conditions.
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as to its contents; and (z.3) the equipment is not used in an area in which it may come into contact with an electrical cable, pipe or other supply line, structure or other thing that could, if struck, constitute a hazard to the health or safety of persons unless the person operating the equipment and, if applicable, the signaller have been informed of (i) the hazard and its location, and (ii) the distance that must be maintained to avoid accidental contact with the thing that constitutes the hazard. Exception to rated or reduced capacity (2) Despite paragraph (1)(f), the materials handling equipment may be used to handle a load in excess of its rated capacity or reduced capacity for the purposes of testing and inspection. Protection against contact (3) If the employer is unable to determine with reasonable certainty the location of the hazard referred to in paragraph (1)(z.3) or the distance referred to in subparagraph (1)(z.3)(ii), or if it is necessary for the materials handling equipment to be used in closer proximity than that distance, the materials handling equipment may be used in the area only if (a) every electrical cable with which there is a risk of coming into contact is de-energized; (b) every pipe or other supply line containing a hazardous substance with which there is a risk of coming into contact has been shut down and drained; and (c) every other thing that could, if struck, pose a hazard is protected against impact from the equipment.
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Wire rope clips 123 Every employer must ensure that any wire rope clips used at a workplace under its control are (a) of sufficient strength to withstand the full weight that the wire rope with which they are used is capable of supporting; and (b) made from a material that is suitable for the environmental conditions to which they are exposed.
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Mobile equipment 124 (1) Every employer must ensure, with respect to all mobile equipment that is used at a workplace under its control, that (a) it is equipped with seat belts, a rear-view mirror and operating and warning lights; (b) it is used only in areas in which the overhead and side clearances are sufficient to permit the equipment and its load to be manoeuvred safely; (c) while it is in motion, (i) no person gets on or off it except in the case of an emergency, and (ii) nothing is picked up from or placed on it unless expressly permitted by the manufacturer’s instructions; and (d) any load that is transported by it while raised or suspended is carried as close to the floor as feasible and, in any case, not in a manner that renders the equipment unstable. Blind corners (2) The employer must ensure that mirrors are installed at all blind corners that may be taken by mobile equipment to permit the person operating that equipment to see any approaching person or equipment. Guards (3) If mobile equipment is used on the deck of a marine installation or structure or on an elevated area, the employer must ensure that guards sufficient to prevent the equipment from falling over the edge are installed at the edge of the deck or area. Forklift load (4) The employer must ensure that (a) any unitized load that is transported on a forklift projects a distance no greater than half the height of the load above the top of the fork carriage, back rest or back rest extension of the forklift; and (b) no part of a load that is transported on a forklift and consists of loose objects projects above the top of the fork carriage, back rest or back rest extension of the forklift.
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Additional standards 125 (1) Every employer must ensure, at each workplace under its control, that (a) the design, use, maintenance, inspection and testing of overhead, jib and gantry cranes, monorails and hoists conform to CSA Group standard B167, Overhead cranes, gantry cranes, monorails, hoists, and jib cranes ; (b) the design, construction, installation, use, maintenance and inspection of conveyors, cableways or other similar materials handling equipment conform to ASME standard B20.1, Safety Standard for Conveyors and Related Equipment ; and (c) the design, construction, use, maintenance and inspection of forklifts conform to CSA Group standard B335, Safety standard for lift trucks . Loose lifting gear (2) Every employer must ensure that the construction, use, maintenance, inspection and testing of all loose lifting gear used at a workplace under its control conforms to the following standards, as applicable: (a) ASME standard B30.9, Slings ; (b) ASME standard B30.10, Hooks ; (c) ASME standard B30.20, Below-the-Hook Lifting Devices ; and (d) ASME standard B30.26, Rigging Hardware .
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Personnel transfer 126 (1) Every employer must ensure, with respect to every personnel transfer at, to or from a workplace under its control, that (a) the loading and landing areas are clear of all obstacles; (b) the personnel transfer device is raised and lowered, to the extent feasible, over water; (c) there is continuous communication between both points of transfer; (d) a fast rescue boat and crew are available nearby and prepared to launch if needed; (e) each person assigned to plan, manage, participate in or supervise the personnel transfer has been trained or instructed on the procedures applicable to their role in the transfer, including with respect to the use of any equipment; (f) the personnel transfer device is (i) non-collapsible, (ii) made of corrosion-resistant material suitable for use in the environmental conditions in which it is used, (iii) designed to be buoyant, (iv) designed to protect the persons being transferred in it from falling and landing impact, (v) designed to allow persons to ride securely inside of it, either standing or seated, (vi) large enough to accommodate a person on a medical stretcher and one other person, and (vii) used only for carriage of persons and, if designed for that purpose, their personal baggage; and (g) the safety devices referred to in subparagraph 121 (1)(a)(ii) with which the crane used to carry out the transfer is equipped include a retention device installed from above the load block to the upper master link of the sling assembly. Availability of personnel transfer devices (2) Every employer must ensure that at least two personnel transfer devices that meet the requirements set out in paragraph (1)(f) are available at all times at each workplace under its control that is a marine installation or structure used for drilling or production or as a living accommodation. Personal protective equipment (3) The personal protective equipment that every employer must provide to a person who is being transferred by personnel transfer includes either a helicopter passenger transportation suit system that conforms to the Airworthiness Manual published by the Department of Transport or a properly fitted immersion suit that conforms to paragraph 46 (b).
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Signalling 127 (1) Every employer must ensure, before any materials handling equipment is used at a workplace under its control, that (a) all persons at the workplace know the hand signal for “emergency stop”; and (b) if the equipment is to be used in circumstances that will require the use of a signaller, (i) a code of hand signals is established, and (ii) every signaller and every person operating the equipment is instructed in the use of that code. Emergency stop signal (2) Every person who operates materials handling equipment at a workplace must obey the signal for “emergency stop” given by any person. Other means of communication (3) If it is not feasible for a signaller to use hand signals to communicate to a person operating materials handling equipment, including due to the distance between them, the employer must ensure that (a) the signaller and the person operating the equipment are provided with a primary and backup telephone, radio or other device that provides the signaller with a continuous means of communicating with the person operating the equipment while the equipment is in use; (b) any radio codes used by the signaller to communicate with the person operating the equipment are included in the code referred to in paragraph (1)(b); and (c) if the signalling is to be done by means of a two-way radio system, it is operated on a dedicated radio channel. Copy of code (4) The employer must ensure that a copy of the code referred to in paragraph (1)(b) is kept readily available for examination by all persons at the workplace. Signaller not understood (5) Any person who does not understand a direction given to them by a signaller must consider it to be a direction to stop.
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Inspection 128 (1) The competent person who carries out the thorough safety inspection referred to in subparagraph 87 (1)(e)(ii) in respect of materials handling equipment must be independent of the operator and the employer. Increased frequency (2) Every employer must ensure, despite subparagraph 87 (1)(e)(ii), that (a) the thorough safety inspection referred to in that subparagraph is also carried out in respect of materials handling equipment (i) before the equipment is used at the workplace for the first time, (ii) before it is returned to service after repairs or modifications have been made to its load carrying components, and (iii) before it is returned to service after being in contact with an electric arc or current; and (b) all loose lifting gear, personnel transfer devices and safety devices that are used in conjunction with personnel transfer devices are subject to the thorough safety inspection referred to in that subparagraph at least once every six months. Identification system (3) The employer must implement, at every workplace under its control, a system that facilitates the identification of materials handling equipment that is due for inspection.
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Instruction and training 129 The instruction and training that every employer must provide to an employee who uses materials handling equipment in the course of their work includes instruction and training on the effects of environmental conditions on the equipment’s safe and proper use.
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Evaluation 130 (1) The risks to which a person in a confined space is exposed are prescribed risks for the purpose of paragraph 210.02(2)(a) of the Act and every employer must ensure that, before any work begins at a workplace under its control, a competent person evaluates the workplace and makes a record of all confined spaces in it. Re-evaluation (2) The employer must ensure that each workplace is re-evaluated by a competent person at least once every three years, as well as on the creation or elimination of a confined space, and that the competent person records any changes in respect of the confined spaces at the workplace from the last evaluation. Identification (3) Every employer must ensure that each confined space at a workplace under its control, other than a confined space that has been made inaccessible with bolted blind flanges, is visibly identified at each point of access as (a) being a confined space; (b) being a space to which access is restricted to authorized persons; and (c) containing a danger.
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Occupational health and safety program 131 Every occupational health and safety program must, with respect to the various confined spaces at the workplace and the types of work that could be carried out in them, (a) identify the personal protective equipment that is to be used or worn by employees in the confined space; (b) set out measures to be taken to prevent the entanglement of lifelines and other equipment used by employees in the confined space; (c) identify the atmospheric hazards that may be present in the confined space and the equipment to be used for atmospheric testing and monitoring in the confined space; (d) address the calibration and testing of the equipment referred to in paragraph (c) and the appropriate frequency of atmospheric testing; (e) set out a plan for responding to emergencies in the confined space that, among other things, (i) identifies the situations that would trigger emergency response procedures, (ii) identifies the equipment, including personal protective equipment, to be used or worn in carrying out those procedures, (iii) sets out procedures for ensuring the immediate evacuation of the confined space when an alarm is activated or if there is any potentially hazardous change in the atmospheric concentration of a hazardous substance, oxygen or another flammable, explosive or combustible substance, and (iv) sets out procedures for retrieving persons from the confined space, including alternate procedures that will ensure they can be retrieved safely if an obstruction or other condition makes the use of certain retrieval procedures or equipment unsafe for them or for those carrying out the retrieval; (f) identify the means by which persons inside and outside the confined space are to communicate among themselves, including in an emergency; (g) identify all resources necessary for ensuring the health and safety of employees in the confined space, including by setting out the manner of determining the number of attendants whose presence is necessary at the confined space; (h) set out the manner in which persons designated under paragraph 133 (1)(i) are to be notified of the time and location at which their assistance might be required; and (i) provide for the regular conduct of emergency response drills and exercises.
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Work permit 132 (1) A work permit is required for any occupation of a confined space at a workplace. Additional contents (2) In addition to the information that is required to be set out in a work permit under subsection 53 (1), the following information must be included in a work permit for the occupation of a confined space: (a) the method of entering and exiting the confined space; (b) the escape route from the confined space, which, if persons are required to use a self-contained breathing apparatus or airline respirator, must allow for escape before the air supply is expected to be exhausted; and (c) a record of all persons signing in and out of the confined space. Validity (3) A work permit for the occupation of a confined space ceases to be valid 12 hours after the most recent testing conducted under subsection 134 (2). Posting and updating (4) The employer must ensure that a copy of the work permit is posted at every entrance to the confined space for the duration of its occupation and is updated as new information referred to in paragraph (2)(c) or paragraph 53 (1)(i) becomes available.
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Entry and occupation requirements 133 (1) Every employer must ensure that no person enters or remains in a confined space at a workplace under its control unless (a) the person is knowledgeable about the provisions of the occupational health and safety program that pertain to confined spaces; (b) the person is wearing a full body harness to facilitate their retrieval or, if wearing the harness would pose a greater risk to them than not wearing one, measures are in place to ensure that the person can be retrieved safely in accordance with the alternate procedures referred to in subparagraph 131 (e)(iv); (c) the opening to be used for entry into and exit from the confined space is sufficiently large to allow safe passage of persons wearing personal protective equipment; (d) any mechanical and electrical equipment that is in the confined space but not required to carry out any work there is (i) disconnected from its energy source, and (ii) isolated, locked out and tagged in accordance with Part 27; (e) all sources of ignition are eliminated, if a flammable, explosive or combustible substance is present in the confined space; (f) any liquid in which a person may drown or free-flowing solid in which a person may become entrapped has been removed from the confined space; (g) engineering controls are in place to prevent any inadvertent discharge from any source, including a pipe or other supply line, that may be hazardous to the health or safety of any person in the confined space; (h) measures have been taken to ensure that, if an atmospheric hazard arises while the confined space is occupied, the confined space will be continuously ventilated; (i) persons have been designated to respond to any emergency that may arise in the confined space and have been notified of the time and location at which their assistance may be required; (j) sufficient equipment referred to in paragraph 131 (a) and subparagraph 131 (e)(ii) is provided as close as feasible to the entrance to the confined space for use by the persons referred to in paragraph (i); and (k) a drill has been completed simulating an emergency rescue from the confined space. Isolation of piping (2) The engineering controls referred to in paragraph (1)(g) must, with respect to a pipe containing a hazardous substance or a substance under pressure or at a high temperature, consist of a blank or blind in conjunction with valves or other blocking seals that are secured in the closed position — using a positive mechanical device that is designed to resist being opened inadvertently, other than as a result of excessive force — to prevent the substance from reaching the blank or blind. The employer must ensure that the pipe is clearly marked to indicate the location of the blank or blind and that the valves or seals are clearly marked as being closed. Unauthorized entry (3) The employer must ensure that adequate barriers are erected to prevent unauthorized entry to the confined space. Sign in and out (4) Every employer must ensure that every person entering and exiting a confined space signs in and out.