Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations — 122
Cranes and hoists 122 (1) Every employer must ensure, with respect to each lift by a crane or hoist that is carried out at a workplace under its control, that (a) a competent person inspects the load before the lift to ensure that it is adequately secured by means of appropriate loose lifting gear; (b) tag lines or similar devices are used to control the load’s swing unless their use poses a hazard to the safety of any person; (c) the person operating the crane or hoist does not leave the load suspended from the equipment while they are not at the controls; (d) the load is safely landed and stabilized before being detached; and (e) only persons who are essential to the conduct, supervision or safety of the lift are, while it is in progress, in the area in which it is being carried out. Area marked and secured (2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(e), the employer must ensure that all approaches to the area in which the lift is being carried out are posted with universally recognized warning signs prohibiting access by unauthorized persons and are secured to prevent inadvertent access. Presence of non-essential persons (3) A person who operates a crane or hoist must not start a lift if a non-essential person is in the area in which the lift is being carried out. If such a person enters that area while a lift is in progress, the person operating the crane or hoist must immediately take measures to mitigate the risk to all persons, discontinue the lift as soon as it is safe to do so and not resume the lift until the area is cleared of non-essential persons. Crane near helicopter deck (4) Every employer must ensure that, when a helicopter is landing or taking off, any crane at a workplace under its control that could pose a physical or visual hazard to the helicopter or its crew remains stationary and, if feasible, has its boom stowed. Offshore pedestal crane (5) Every employer must ensure that every offshore pedestal crane used at a workplace under its control (a) is equipped with (i) appropriate travel limiting devices for its boom, hoist, blocks and slewing mechanism, (ii) a device for measuring and indicating the weight of its load, (iii) a device for measuring and indicating its boom extension or load radius, if its rated capacity varies on that basis, (iv) a device for accessing anemometer readings, if the load that it is able to safely handle or support is susceptible to being reduced by wind, and (v) a gross overload protection system, if it is used to move persons or things to or from a supply vessel; and (b) has posted conspicuously and, if feasible, inside the crane control cab, the location of all approved laydown areas and restricted areas, the limitations indicated under subsection 120 (2) and the chart referred to in paragraph 121 (1)(d). Manually operated hoist (6) Every employer must ensure, with respect to any manually operated hoist used at a workplace under its control, that (a) it is equipped with a mechanism to hold the load at the desired height; and (b) if it is equipped with a crank handle and not equipped with automatic load brakes, (i) it is equipped with a means of preventing the crank handle from slipping off the crank shaft while in use, and (ii) no load is lowered on it unless the crank handle has been removed from the shaft or the hoist has otherwise been designed to eliminate the risk of a person being struck by the handle.