Create a safe work procedure for working at heights

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view annually or more frequently, if required by a change in work conditions or in the fall protection field, the training provided to employees concerning fall pro -tection to determine if retraining is necessary. 2010-159; 2022-27 ## Inspections of fall-protection system components - 50.4 (1) An owner of a place of employment, an em -ployer and a contractor shall each ensure that each com -ponent of a fall-protection system is inspected as follows to determine whether there are any defective or inade -quate components: - (a) visually by the employee before use during a shift; and - (b) by a competent person before initial use and pe -riodically as recommended by the manufacturer, in -staller or an engineer. - 50.4 (2) If the inspection reveals a defect or inade -quacy, no one shall use the fall-protection system and no owner of a place of employment, employer or contractor shall permit its use until the defect or inadequacy has been eliminated. - 50.4 (3) An owner of a place of employment, an em -ployer and a contractor shall each ensure that all compo -nents of a fall-protection system are compatible with one another, the work environment and the type of work be -ing done. 2010-159 ## Inspections of personal fall-protection system components 50.5 (1) An employer and an employee shall each en -sure that each component of a personal fall-protection system is inspected as follows to determine whether there are any defective or inadequate components: - (a) by the employee prior to each use; and - (b) periodically as recommended by the manufac -turer's specifications. 50.5 (2) If the inspection reveals a defect or inade -quacy, no one shall use the personal fall-protection sys - revoie chaque année la formation quant à la prévention des chutes ou plus fréquemment si un changement des conditions de travail ou en matière de protection contre les chutes le justifie afin de déte…

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## Safe work practices - 811 An employer must develop and implement safe work practices that include - (a) the assessment of hazards at the work site in accordance with Part 2, - (b) worker training, including hazard recognition and the selection, limitation, operation, inspection and maintenance of equipment and personal protective equipment, - (c) the use of work positioning systems and fall protection systems, and - (d) the rescue procedures to be used in case of equipment and personal protective equipment malfunction, a fall or injury that leaves a worker suspended and requiring rescue. ## Instruction of workers - 812 An employer must ensure that a worker is trained in the rope access safe work plan, the safe work practices and the safe use of the rope access system before allowing the worker to work in an area where a rope access system is to be used. ## Tools and equipment - 813 (1) An employer must ensure that equipment to be used by a worker during occupational rope access work activities is not suspended from the worker's working line or safety line. - 813 (2) An employer must ensure that equipment weighing more than 8 kilograms and to be used by a worker during occupational rope access work activities is suspended from a separate line secured to a suitable anchorage. ## Equipment compatibility 814 An employer must ensure that all components of an occupational rope access system are compatible with one another and with the environment in which they are used. ## Inspection and maintenance - 815 An employer must ensure that the components of an occupational rope access system are - (a) inspected by the worker as required by the manufacturer before the system is used on each work shift, - (b) kept free from substances and conditions that could contribute to their deterioration, and - (c) re-certified as specified by the manufacturer. ## Low stretch (static) and high stretch (dynamic) rope - 816 An employer must ensure that the working line and safet…

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- (d) that clearance distances below the work area, if applicable, have been confirmed as sufficient to prevent a worker from striking the ground or an object or level below the work area, - (e) the procedures used to assemble, maintain, inspect, use and disassemble the fall protection system, where applicable, and - (f) the rescue procedures to be used if a worker falls and is suspended by a personal fall arrest system or safety net and needs to be rescued. - 140 (3) The employer must ensure that the fall protection plan is available at the work site and is reviewed with workers before work with a risk of falling begins. - 140 (4) The employer must ensure that the plan is updated when conditions affecting fall protection change. ## Instruction of workers 141 (1) An employer must ensure that a worker is trained in the safe use of the fall protection system before allowing the worker to work in an area where a fall protection system must be used. - 141 (2) The training referred to in subsection (1) must include the following: - (a) a review of current Alberta legislation pertaining to fall protection; - (b) an understanding of what a fall protection plan is; - (c) fall protection methods a worker is required to use at a work site; - (d) identification of fall hazards; - (e) assessment and selection of specific anchors that the worker may use; - (f) instructions for the correct use of connecting hardware; - (g) information about the effect of a fall on the human body, including - (i) maximum arresting force, - (ii) the purpose of shock and energy absorbers, - (iii) swing fall, and - (iv) free fall; - (h) pre-use inspection; - (i) emergency response procedures to be used at the work site, if necessary; - (j) practice in - (i) inspecting, fitting, adjusting and connecting fall protection systems and components, and - (ii) emergency response procedures. 141 (3) In addition to the training described in subsection (2), an employer must ensure that a worker is made awar…

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installation, use or dismantling of equipment that is used in a fall-protection system and that is provided by an employer. - (4) The fall-protection systems referred to in paragraph ( 2 )(b) are to be chosen in consultation with the work place committee or the health and safety representative, as appropriate for the work area and activity in question, taking into account the following order of priority: - (a) passive fall-protection system; - (b) fall-restraint system; - (c) fall-arrest system; and - (d) fall hazard zone system. - (5) The clearance distance referred to in paragraph ( 2 )(d) must be sufficient to prevent a person from hitting the ground or an object or surface below the work area during a fall. SOR/2019-243, s. 4. ## Fall-protection Systems - 12.07 (1) Subject to subsection ( 2 ), an employer must provide or put in place a fall-protection system if work is to be performed - (a) from a structure or on a vehicle at a height of 3 m or more; - (b) from a ladder at a height of 3 m or more if, because of the nature of the work, the person performing it is unable to use at least one hand to hold onto the ladder; or - (c) at a height of less than 3 m if the surface onto which the person might fall would present a greater risk of injury than a solid, flat surface. - (2) If an employee is required to work on a vehicle and it is not feasible to provide or put in place a fall-protection system, an employer must - (a) in consultation with the policy committee or, if there is no policy committee, the work place committee or the health and safety representative, - (i) perform a job safety analysis to eliminate or minimize the need for the employee to climb onto the vehicle or its load, and l'essai, l'ajustement, l'installation, l'utilisation, le démontage et le maintien dans un état de propreté et de salubrité de l'équipement utilisé dans un dispositif de protection contre les chutes fourni pa…

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## Hoisting apparatus used to raise materials to roof 2022-79 - 110 An employer shall ensure that guardrails, or a safety fence manufactured as part of a hoisting appara -tus, are installed in perimeter travel areas on a roof near the hoist areas and the dumping areas. 96-60; 2022-79 ## Openings ## Openings and fall prevention 111 (1) An owner of a place of employment, an em -ployer and a contractor shall each ensure that an opening on a work surface into which an employee may fall is guarded as follows: - (a) on all exposed sides by a guardrail; or - (b) by a protective covering that - (i) completely covers the opening, - (ii) is securely fastened, - (iii) is made from material adequate to support all loads to which the covering may be subjected, and - (iv) is marked as covering an opening. 111 (2) Despite subsection (1), if an opening is a hatch -way, chute, pit or trap-door the owner of the place of employment, an employer and the contractor shall each ensure that openings are guarded as follows: - (a) on all exposed sides by guardrails that are re -movable on not more than two sides and that are fixed on the other exposed sides; or - (b) by a flush hinged protective covering that - (i) completely covers the opening, - (ii) is securely fastened, - (iii) is of adequate strength, ## Appareils de levage pour monter des matériaux sur un toit 2022-79 110 L'employeur doit s'assurer que les garde-corps, ou une barrière de sécurité faisant partie d'un appareil de levage, sont installés dans les secteur du périmètre de dé -placement sur un toit près des secteurs de levage et de déversement. 96-60; 2022-79 ## Ouvertures ## Ouverture et prévention des chutes 111 (1) Le propriétaire d'un lieu de travail, l'em -ployeur et l'entrepreneur s'assurent chacun qu'une ou -verture sur une surface de travail à travers laquelle un salarié peut tomber est protégée par l'un des moyens sui -vants : - a) un gard…

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(including perimeter safety cable systems), personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems, fall restraint systems, safety net systems, and other protection to be used; - (iii) The correct procedures for erecting, maintaining, disassembling, and inspecting the fall protection systems to be used; - (iv) The procedures to be followed to prevent falls to lower levels and through or into holes and openings in walking/working surfaces and walls; and - (v) The fall protection requirements of this chapter. - (C) Falling object or falling or flying load hazard training. The employer shall provide a training program for all employees exposed to falling object or falling or flying load hazards or both. The program shall include training and instruction in the following areas: - (i) How to recognize falling/flying objects hazards in the work area; - (ii) The consequences, including the likely injuries, from being hit or struck by falling/flying objects or loads; - (iii) What means, methods, or protective systems or combination will be used to provide protection from falling/flying objects or loads; - (iv) The employees' specific responsibilities with respect to identifying hazards, identifying when protective systems have been compromised, and what actions to

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## Part 39 Tree Care Operations ## Application 792 This Part applies to arboriculture activities that involve pruning, repairing, maintaining or removing trees or cutting brush if a worker works at height and depends on the tree for support. ## Safe work practices 793 (1) An employer must develop and implement safe work practices and procedures that include - (a) the assessment of hazards at the work site, - (b) worker training, including hazard recognition, - (c) the selection, limitation, operation and maintenance of equipment and personal protective equipment, - (d) the use of work positioning systems and fall protection systems, and - (e) emergency rescue. 793 (2) If reasonably practicable, an employer must involve affected workers in the development and implementation of the safe work practices and procedures. ## Fall protection and work positioning 794 (1) If it is not reasonably practicable to comply with the fall protection requirements of section 139, an employer must ensure that a worker uses a work positioning system. 794 (2) A worker must use or wear the work positioning or fall protection system the employer requires the worker to use or wear. ## Harness standards 795 (1) An employer must ensure that a harness manufactured on or after March 31, 2023 and used as part of a work positioning system is approved to - (a) NFPA Standard 1983, Standard on Fire Service Life Safety Rope and System Components , 2006 Edition, as a Class II or Class III life safety harness, - (b) CEN Standard EN 813: 1997, Personal protective equipment for prevention of falls from a height - Sit harnesses , - (c) CSA Standard Z259.10-18, Full body harnesses , - (d) ANSI/ASSE Standard Z359.1-2007, Safety requirements for personal fall arrest systems, subsystems and components , or - (e) CEN Standard EN 361: 2007, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height Full body harnesses . 795 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to harnesses in use before April 30, 2004. …

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- (i) Z 259.13, Manufactured horizontal lifeline systems ; - (j) Z 259.14, Fall restrict equipment for wood pole climbing ; and - (k) Z 259.15, Anchorage connectors . - (4) The components of a personal fall-protection system must be compatible and must be used in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. - (5) If more than one personal fall-protection system is secured to an anchorage, a separate anchorage connector must be used for each personal fall-protection system. - (6) The employer must ensure that a person who is using a personal fall-protection system wears and uses a full body harness. - (7) The employer must ensure that, before each work shift, every employee inspects their personal fall-protection system in accordance with the fall-protection plan. - (8) The employer must ensure that a person who works on an aerial device, boom-type elevating platform, scissor lift platform, forklift truck platform or any similar personnel lifting equipment in the circumstances described in subsection 12.07 1 ( ) uses a fall-restraint system that is connected to - (a) an anchorage that is specified in the instructions of the manufacturer of the lifting equipment; or - (b) if no anchorage is specified by the manufacturer, an anchorage that is certified by a person who is authorized to exercise the profession of engineering in Canada and that meets the requirements set out in CSA Group Standard Z 259.16, Design of active fallprotection systems . - (9) If the use of a fall-restraint system would prevent the person referred to in subsection ( 8 ) from carrying out their work, the employer must ensure that a fall-arrest system is used. SOR/2019-243, s. 4. - g) la norme Z 259.11 intitulée Absorbeurs d'énergie individuels et cordons d'assujettissement ; - h) la norme Z 259.12 intitulée Composants de raccordement pour les systèmes individuels d'arrêt de chute ; - i) la norme Z 2…

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## Full body harness - 142 (1) An employer must ensure that - (a) a full body harness manufactured on or after March 31, 2023 is approved to - (i) CSA Standard Z259.10-18, Full body harnesses , - (ii) ANSI/ASSE Standard Z359.1-2007, Safety requirements for personal fall arrest systems, subsystems and components , or - (iii) CEN Standard EN 361:2007, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height - Full body harnesses , ## and - (b) a worker using a personal fall arrest system wears and uses a full body harness. - 142 (2) A worker using a personal fall arrest system must wear and use a full body harness. AR 191/2021 s142;242/2022 ## Body belt - 142.1 An employer must ensure that - (a) a body belt manufactured on or after July 1, 2009 is approved to - (i) CSA Standard Z259.1-05, Body belts and saddles for work positioning and travel restraint , - (ii) ANSI/ASSE Standard A10.32-2004, Fall Protection Systems - American National Standard for Construction and Demolition Operations , or - (iii) CEN Standard EN 358: 2000, Personal protective equipment for work positioning and prevention of falls from a height - Belts for work positioning and restraint and work positioning lanyards , and - (b) a worker uses a body belt only as part of a travel restraint system or as part of a fall restrict system. ## Lanyard 142.2 (1) An employer must ensure that a lanyard manufactured on or after March 31, 2023 is approved to - (a) CSA Standard Z259.11-17, Personal energy absorbers and lanyards , - (b) ANSI/ASSE Standard Z359.1-2007, Safety requirements for personal fall arrest systems, subsystems and components , or - (c) CEN Standard EN 354:2002, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height Lanyards . 142.2 (2) An employer must ensure that a lanyard used by a worker is made of wire rope or other material appropriate to the hazard if a tool or corrosive agent that could sever, abrade or burn a lanyard is used in the work area.

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142.2 (3) Despite subsection (2), if a worker works near an energized conductor or in a work area where a lanyard made of conductive material cannot be used safely, the employer must ensure that the worker uses another effective means of fall protection. AR 191/2021 s142.2;242/2022 ## Shock absorber 142.3 (1) An employer must ensure that if a shock absorber or shock absorbing lanyard is used as part of a personal fall arrest system, it is approved to one of the following standards if manufactured on or after March 31, 2023: - (a) CSA Standard Z259.11-17, Personal energy absorbers and lanyards ; - (b) ANSI/ASSE Standard Z359.1-2007, Safety requirements for personal fall arrest systems, subsystems and components ; - (c) CEN Standard EN 355:2002, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height Energy absorbers . - 142.3 (2) An employer must ensure that a personal fall arrest system consists of a full body harness and a lanyard equipped with a shock absorber or similar device. - 142.3 (3) Despite subsection (2), a shock absorber or similar device is not required if the personal fall arrest system is used in accordance with section 151. - 142.3 (4) Despite subsection (2), a shock absorber is required with a fixed ladder fall arrest system only if it is required by the manufacturer of the system. AR 191/2021 s142.3;242/2022 ## Connectors, carabiners and snap hooks - 143 (1) An employer must ensure that connecting components of a fall arrest system consisting of carabiners, D-rings, O-rings, oval rings, self-locking connectors and snap hooks manufactured on or after March 31, 2023 are approved, as applicable, to - (a) CSA Standard Z259.2.5-17, Fall arresters and vertical lifelines , - (b) ANSI/ASSE Standard Z359.1-2007, Safety requirements for personal fall arrest systems, subsystems and components , - (c) CEN Standard EN 362:2004, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height Connectors , or - (d) CEN Standard [redacted postal code]:1998, Moun…

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referred to in paragraphs ( 1 )(a) to (d), the equipment must be stored, maintained, inspected, tested, fitted, installed, used or dismantled in accordance with the fallprotection plan. SOR/2019-243, s. 4. ## Fall Protection ## Fall-protection Plan - 12.06 (1) If there is a risk of injury due to falling in any of the circumstances described in paragraphs 12.07 1 ( )(a), (b) or (c) in a work place, the employer must, before any work activities begin, - (a) develop a fall-protection plan in consultation with the work place committee or the health and safety representative; and - (b) ensure that a copy of the fall-protection plan is readily available at the work place for consultation. - (2) The fall-protection plan must specify - (a) the hazards that have been identified for each work area and each activity to be carried out at the work place; - (b) the fall-protection systems that have been chosen to protect against the identified hazards; - (c) if a personal fall-protection system is used, the anchorage to be used during the work; - (d) if a fall-arrest system is used, the clearance distance below each work area; - (e) if there are no manufacturer's instructions with respect to the storage, maintenance, inspection, testing, fitting, installation, use or dismantling of equipment that is used in a fall-protection system and that is provided by an employer, the procedures to be followed for the purposes of paragraphs 12.05 1 ( )(a) to (d); and - (f) the rescue procedures to be followed if a person falls. - (3) The fall-protection plan must include, in annex, a copy of any manufacturer's instructions with respect to the storage, maintenance, inspection, testing, fitting, d'installation, d'utilisation, de démontage et de maintien dans un état de propreté et de salubrité prévues aux alinéas ( 1 )a) à d) sont exécutées conformément au plan de protection contre les chutes. DORS/2019-243, a…