141.5 (1) Before a suspended work platform system or boatswain’s chair is put into service for the first time on a project, the employer shall ensure that a competent person, (a) prepares written procedures for the rescue of workers from a suspended work platform system or boatswain’s chair in an emergency; (b) conducts a risk assessment of the work to be undertaken to identify hazards that may arise from use of the suspended work platform system or boatswain’s chair with reference to the nature of the workplace, the type of work and the conditions of work; and (c) prepares a written, site-specific work plan that complies with subsection (2) and, if it is a work plan respecting a suspended work platform system, also complies with subsection (3). O. Reg. 242/16, s. 11. (2) A site-specific work plan for a suspended work platform system or boatswain’s chair shall include, at a minimum, (a) measures and procedures to protect the health and safety of workers using the suspended work platform system or boatswain’s chair; (b) procedures to install, move and dismantle the suspended work platform system or boatswain’s chair; (c) an assessment as to whether the suspended work platform system or boatswain’s chair can be installed according to a generic installation drawing or whether it must be installed according to a site-specific installation drawing; (d) the rated platform capacity of the suspended work platform, suspended work platform module or boatswain’s chair; (e) the weight of all materials, tools and equipment allowed to be on the suspended work platform or boatswain’s chair; (f) how all suspension lines and lifelines are to be attached to the fixed supports shown in any roof plan required under section 141.2; (g) an identification of the hazards related to material hoisting, cutting, grinding and sandblasting associated with the work; (h) an identification of all electrical hazards, including minimum distances when approaching electrical conductors; (i) protection for the public and workers who may be below the suspended work platform or boatswain’s chair; (j) overhead protection for workers on a suspended work platform or boatswain’s chair from any work being conducted above the suspended work platform or boatswain’s chair; (k) measures to be taken to protect workers using a suspended work platform system or boatswain’s chair from weather and other conditions that may endanger them; (l) a copy of the written procedures for the emergency rescue of workers from a suspended work platform or boatswain’s chair in an emergency established under clause (1) (a); (m) the maximum number of workers allowed on a suspended work platform, suspended work platform module or boatswain’s chair; (n) information about methods of fall protection, including installation, that may be used for the protection of workers using a suspended work platform or boatswain’s chair; and (o) information about ready access to a two-way communication system, such as radio, telephone or other similar means, to be provided to a worker using a suspended work platform system or boatswain’s chair. O. Reg. 242/16, s. 11. (3) In addition to the elements described in subsection (2), a site-specific plan for a suspended work platform system shall include, at a minimum, (a) how the work platform is to be arranged in any location at which the platform is to be used on the project; (b) a weight distribution plan to ensure loading across the work platform or suspended work platform module surface does not exceed the design capacity; (c) the maximum amount or weight of debris, grit and other materials allowed to accumulate on the suspended work platform, and their permissible locations on the work platform; and (d) an assessment as to whether a device may be used to transfer material to and from the work platform and, if it may, directions on how it is to be used. O. Reg. 242/16, s. 11. (4) The employer shall keep at the project, and make available to an inspector on request, the site-specific work plan. O. Reg. 242/16, s. 11. (5) The employer shall, (a) ensure that the site-specific work plan is implemented at the project; and (b) before a worker begins installing or using a suspended work platform system or boatswain’s chair at the project, provide the worker with a copy of the site-specific work plan and review it with the worker. O. Reg. 242/16, s. 11.