Categorization of industrial operations
 18. (1) The following fire risk categories are established for industrial operations, each category indicating a different level of risk of industrial operations causing a fire to ignite in a forest area: 1. Very high fire risk operations. 2. High fire risk operations. 3. Moderate fire risk operations. 4. Low fire risk operations. O. Reg. 332/15, s. 6. (2) The fire risk category for an industrial operation depends on the type of work being carried out at the worksite and on whether the worksite has a stony surface. O. Reg. 332/15, s. 6. (3) For the purposes of this section, a worksite is considered to have a stony surface if 15 per cent or more of the worksite, (a) is covered by stones or boulders that are 25 centimetres in diameter or greater at or just below the surface of the soil; or (b) contains more than one outcropping of bedrock. O. Reg. 332/15, s. 6. (4) Subject to subsection (6), an industrial operation described in Column 2 of the Table to this section that is carried out on a worksite that does not have a stony surface is categorized as falling in the fire risk category set out in Column 1 of the Table opposite the industrial operation. O. Reg. 332/15, s. 6. (5) Subject to subsection (6), an industrial operation described in Column 3 of the Table to this section that is carried out on a worksite with a stony surface is categorized as falling in the fire risk category set out in Column 1 of the Table opposite the industrial operation. O. Reg. 332/15, s. 6. (6) Any industrial operation that is listed as a very high fire risk operation, a high fire risk operation or a moderate fire risk operation under the Table to this section shall be categorized as a low fire risk operation for purposes of this Regulation if, (a) in the case of an industrial operation other than hot work, the operation is carried out on a road or any other surface composed exclusively of mineral soil, clay or gravel where there is no forest fuel or other continuous flammable material; or (b) in the case of hot work, the operation is carried out on a surface composed exclusively of mineral soil, clay or gravel where there is no forest fuel or other continuous flammable material within 11 metres of the hot work operation and there is no risk of sparks or embers from the operation extending beyond the area. O. Reg. 332/15, s. 6. Table   Fire Risk Categories for Industrial Operations Column 1   Fire Risk Category   Column 2   Industrial operations carried out on worksite without stony surface   Column 3   Industrial operations carried out on worksite with stony surface 

  Very high fire risk operations   Not applicable     1. Operation that uses heavy machinery equipped with metal parts that may come into contact with rocks or similar material in the normal course of operation and cause a spark.   2. Stripping of the surface vegetation and forest floor with heavy machinery. 

  High fire risk operations     1. Hot work.   2. Rail production grinding.   3. Operation that uses heavy machinery equipped with metal parts that may come into contact with rocks or similar material in the normal course of operation and cause a spark;   4. Switch crossing grinding.   5.  Revoked: O. Reg. 94/18, s. 1 (1).     1. Hot work.   2. Rail production grinding.   3. Blasting of rock or soil without use of blasting mats.   4. Switch crossing grinding.   5. Operations using a channel saw where the surface vegetation and forest floor have not been removed up to a distance of at least three metres from the place where the channel saw is being operated on the worksite.   6.  Revoked: O. Reg. 94/18, s. 1 (2). 

  Moderate fire risk operations     1. Blasting of rock or soil without use of blasting mats.   2. Delimbing or slashing felled trees with heavy machinery.   3. Slash piling.   4. Using a portable saw mill.   5. Stripping of the surface vegetation and forest floor with heavy machinery.   6. Drilling operation that does not use water as a coolant or flushing agent and that is carried out in an area that has not been cleared of the surface vegetation and forest floor.    7. Induced polarization surveys using a power generator.     1. Delimbing or slashing felled trees with heavy machinery.   2. Using a portable saw mill.   3. Slash piling.   4. Building, spreading or shaping the sub-grade with a back hoe or excavator.   5. Operation using three or more brush saws.   6. Operation using heavy machinery with rubber tires and no chains.   7. Drilling operation that does not use water as a coolant or flushing agent and that is carried out in an area that has not been cleared of the surface vegetation and forest floor.   8. Induced polarization surveys using a power generator. 

  Low fire risk operations     1. Building, spreading and shaping subgrade with back hoe, excavator or bulldozer.   2. Gravelling and grading roads.   3. Stream work: water crossing installation and repairs, bridge work and stream rehabilitation.   4. Portable chipping.   5. Loading wood or gravel and hauling.   6. Operation using chainsaws or brush saws.   7. Blasting with mats.   8. Operation using all-terrain vehicles (whether equipped with wheels or rubber tracks).   9. Operation using heavy machinery with rubber tires and no chains.  10. Manual industrial operations such as tree planting and tending, claim staking, line locating, surveying and manual stripping.  11. Pitting and trenching with mechanical equipment, including the use of a channel saw, where the surface vegetation and forest floor have been removed up to at least three metres from the site.  12. Drilling operation that uses water as a coolant or flushing agent or that is carried out in an area that has been cleared of the surface vegetation and forest floor.  13. The following railway operations: surfacing, tie installation, undercutting, gauging, spiking and gophering.  14. Induced polarization surveys using a battery.  15. Electromagnetic surveys using either a power generator or battery.     1. Gravelling and grading roads.   2. Bulldozer flattening of sub-grade (mineral soil).   3. Stream work: water crossing installation and repairs, bridge work and stream rehabilitation.   4. Portable chipping.   5. Loading wood or gravel and hauling.   6. Operation using chainsaws or no more than two brush saws.   7. Blasting with mats.   8. Operation using all-terrain vehicles (whether equipped with wheels or rubber tracks).   9. Manual industrial operations such as tree planting and tending, claim staking, line locating, surveying and manual stripping.  10. Pitting and trenching with mechanical equipment, including the use of a channel saw, where the surface vegetation and forest floor have been removed up to at least three metres from the site.  11. Drilling operation that uses water as a coolant or flushing agent or that is carried out in an area that has been cleared of the surface vegetation and forest floor.  12. The following railway operations: surfacing, tie installation, undercutting, gauging, spiking and gophering.  13. Induced polarization surveys using a battery.  14. Electromagnetic surveys using either a power generator or battery. O. Reg. 332/15, s. 6; O. Reg. 94/18, s. 1.