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［ ## 1.2.2 PROTECTION TOOLS ## PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT Wear fitted clothing and protective gears. - · Wear clothing not exposing your skin a lot. - · Always change any clothing that has become contaminated with oil, fuel or other flammable substances. - · Do not wear loose fitting clothing, jewelry or any accessory and restrain long hair that can get caught in moving parts or that can catch on controls and result in unintended movement of the machine or the attachment /equipment. - · Always wear the proper personal protective equipment for the task you will be performing. This - may include a hard hat, safety shoes, safety glasses, face shield, respirator, and/or a reflective vest. Consult with your supervisor to confirm you have the proper personal protective equipment for the task. - · Use ear protection when operating in noisy areas. Prolonged exposure to loud noises can cause hearing damage and even total hearing loss. - · Inspect all personal protective equipment for damage prior to use. If any personal protective equipment is damaged, or past its expiration date, do not use the equipment and contact your supervisor to obtain a replacement before operating machine. - • - Other personnel working in the vicinity of the machine, including the signal person, should also wear the proper personal protective equipment appropriate for the worksite and for the task. This may include a hard hat, safety shoes, safety glasses, face shield, respirator, gloves, ear protection, and/or a - reflective vest. Consult with your supervisor to confirm that personnel working in the vicinity of the machine have the proper personal protective equipment for the worksite and the task. <!-- image --> ## PREPARE FOR EMERGENCY In case of emergency, know where the fire extinguishers and the first aid kit are located. - · Know how to use a fire extinguisher. - · Inspect and maintain the fire extinguishers in compliance with your local/national regulations. - · Determine what eme…

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## S-15.1 REG 10 ## OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, 2020 'pendant' means a portable control device that permits an operator to control a robot from within the work envelope of the robot; 'presence-sensing device' means a device that is designed, constructed and installed to create a sensing field or area and that detects an intrusion into the field or area by workers, robots or other objects and stops all motion of the robot when the presence-sensing device is activated; 'restricted work envelope' means the portion of a work envelope to which a robot is restricted by limiting devices that establish limits that cannot be exceeded if the robot or the robot's controls fail; - 'robot' means a reprogrammable multi-functional manipulator designed to move material, parts, tools or specialized devices through variable programmed motions to perform a variety of tasks; 'robot system' means a robot and all the accessories required for the robot's operation, including end-effectors, pendants, devices, sensors, safeguards, power and control panels and communication interfaces to sequence and monitor the robot; 'slow speed' means a mode of operation in which the speed of any part of a robot does not exceed 250 millimetres per second; 'teach' means to generate and store a series of positional datapoints by moving a robot arm through a path of intended motions; 'work envelope' means the volume of space enclosing the maximum designed reach of a robot, including the end-effector, and the material, part, tool or specialized device that the robot is designed to manipulate. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s15-1. ## Application of Part 15-2 This Part applies to the installation, operation, teaching and maintenance of robots and robot systems, but does not apply to personal robots, automatic guided vehicle systems, automated storage and retrieval systems, automatic conveyor and shuttle systems, mobile robots or numerically controlled machine tools. 31 Dec 2020 c S-…

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## 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA) - (iv) Safety systems and their functions. - (2) Operating procedures shall be readily accessible to employees who work in or maintain a process. - (3) The operating procedures shall be reviewed as often as necessary to assure that they reflect current operating practice, including changes that result from changes in process chemicals, technology, and equipment, and changes to facilities. The employer shall certify annually that these operating procedures are current and accurate. - (4) The employer shall develop and implement safe work practices to provide for the control of hazards during operations such as lockout/tagout; confined space entry; opening process equipment or piping; and control over entrance into a facility by maintenance, contractor, laboratory, or other support personnel. These safe work practices shall apply to employees and contractor employees. - (g) Training -(1) Initial training. (i) Each employee presently involved in operating a process, and each employee before being involved in operating a newly assigned process, shall be trained in an overview of the process and in the operating procedures as specified in paragraph (f) of this section. The training shall include emphasis on the specific safety and health hazards, emergency operations including shutdown, and safe work practices applicable to the employee's job tasks. - (ii) In lieu of initial training for those employees already involved in operating a process on May 26, 1992, an employer may certify in writing that the employee has the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to safely carry out the duties and responsibilities as specified in the operating procedures. - (2) Refresher training. Refresher training shall be provided at least every three years, and more often if necessary, to each employee involved in operating a process to assure that the employee understands and adheres to the current operating procedures of the process. The employer, in consultatio…

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(2) - contain injury or illness to person or damage to property. (xiii) Establish procedures for transmitting and enforcing safe work practices in the workplace through training, positive reinforcement, such as a reward system, public recognition, etc., correction of unsafe performance, and, if necessary, reinforcement of work practices through a clearly defined and communicated disciplinary system. - (C) The program shall be made available to the employees or their collective bargaining agent or both, upon request. Safe work practices. - (A) The employer shall eliminate or control all existing and potential hazards within the workplace in a timely manner, using one or more of the following: - (i) Engineering and work practice controls designed to control employee exposures to safety and health hazards by modifying the source to reduce exposure. - (ii) Administrative controls designed to control employee exposure to safety and health hazards. - (iii) Requirements for the distribution and proper use of personal protective equipment. - (iv) A program of medical examinations or evaluations conducted by a qualified physician or health practitioner when required by a standard. - (B) The employer shall ensure that practices are understood by all employees and are underscored through training, positive reinforcement,

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wood dust, OEL, Schedule 1, Table 2 See also saws and sawmills ## wood pole climbing in definition of fall restrict equipment, 1 fall restrict equipment, 149 ## work area defined, 1 See also workers work platforms See elevating platforms and aerial devices; platforms work platforms, temporary See temporary work platforms ## work positioning system defined, 1 adjustable lanyard, 148 fall restrict system with, 160.1 rope adjustment device, 148.1 tree care operations harness standards, 795 safe work practices, 793(1)(d), 794 work processes, hazards See fire and explosion hazards; hazard assessment, elimination and control work shoes See footwear work site and workers See workers work site first aid See first aid and first aiders work site hazards See fire and explosion hazards; hazard assessment, elimination and control work site health and safety committee See joint health and safety committee work site labels (WHMIS), 398-403 defined label, 394.1 significant new data, 394.1 work site label, 394.1 arrival of product without label, requirement for label, 398(6)-(7) confidential business information, 408-414 decanted products, 400-401 employer not to remove, modify or alter supplier labels, 398(2) laboratory samples, 403 manufacturer's requirement for label, 399 placards conditions for use, 398(5), 401(1) content and location, 401 transfer of hazardous products, 402 replacement of illegible or missing supplier label, 398(4) requirement for labels, 399-403 significant new data, updates, 398(3) scaffolds and storage without label, conditions, 401, 402 training in content and significance, 397(1)(a), 398(5)(c) transfer of hazardous products, 402 See also confidential business information (WHMIS); Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) ## work sites, first aid defined close work site, 1 distant work site, 1 isolated work site, 1 first aid requirements, 178, 181(1), Schedule 2, Tables 4-7 See also first a…

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## 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA) - (ii) Piping systems (including piping components such as valves); - (iii) Relief and vent systems and devices; - (iv) Emergency shutdown systems; - (v) Controls (including monitoring devices and sensors, alarms, and interlocks) and, - (vi) Pumps. - (2) Written procedures. The employer shall establish and implement written procedures to maintain the on-going integrity of process equipment. - (3) Training for process maintenance activities. The employer shall train each employee involved in maintaining the on-going integrity of process equipment in an overview of that process and its hazards and in the procedures applicable to the employee's job tasks to assure that the employee can perform the job tasks in a safe manner. - (4) Inspection and testing. (i) Inspections and tests shall be performed on process equipment. - (ii) Inspection and testing procedures shall follow recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices. - (iii) The frequency of inspections and tests of process equipment shall be consistent with applicable manufacturers' recommendations and good engineering practices, and more frequently if determined to be necessary by prior operating experience. - (iv) The employer shall document each inspection and test that has been performed on process equipment. The documentation shall identify the date of the inspection or test, the name of the person who performed the inspection or test, the serial number or other identifier of the equipment on which the inspection or test was performed, a description of the inspection or test performed, and the results of the inspection or test. - (5) Equipment deficiencies. The employer shall correct deficiencies in equipment that are outside acceptable limits (defined by the process safety information in paragraph (d) of this section) before further use or in a safe and timely manner when necessary means are taken to assure safe operation. - (6) Quality assurance. (i) In the construction o…