safety work protocols

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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…

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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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- (b) the procedures to be followed while performing the work must be in writing and available to workers before the work begins, - (c) the work is carried out in such a way that minimizes the number of workers exposed to a fall hazard while work is performed, - (d) the work is limited to light duty tasks of limited duration, - (e) the worker performing the work is competent to do it, - (f) when used for inspection, investigation or assessment activities, these activities take place prior to the actual start of work or after work has been completed, and - (g) the procedures do not expose a worker to additional hazards. ## Work positioning - 160 (1) An employer must ensure that if a worker uses a work positioning system, the worker's vertical free-fall distance in the event of a fall is restricted by the work positioning system to 600 millimetres or less. - 160 (2) If the centre of gravity of a worker using a work positioning system extends beyond an edge from which the worker could fall or if the work surface presents a slipping or tripping hazard because of its state or condition, an employer must ensure that the worker uses a back-up personal fall arrest system in combination with the work positioning system. - 160 (3) A worker must use a back-up personal fall arrest system in combination with the work positioning system if the worker's centre of gravity extends beyond an edge from which the worker could fall or if the work surface presents a slipping or tripping hazard because of its state or condition. ## Control zones - 161 (1) If a control zone is used, an employer must ensure that it - (a) is only used if a worker can fall from a surface that has a slope of no more than 4 degrees toward an unguarded edge or that slopes inwardly away from an unguarded edge, and - (b) is not less than 2 metres wide when measured from the unguarded edge. - 161 (2) An employer must not use a control zone to protect workers from falling from a skeletal structure that is a work…

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the safety and health program without fear of reprisal and provide a mechanism to ensure timely and appropriate responses to correct these conditions. - (ix) Provide a mechanism to investigate accidents and "near miss" incidents, so that the root cause and means for preventing a recurrence are identified. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "accident" means any unexpected happening that interrupts the work sequence or process and that may result in injury, illness, or property damage. - (x) Provide a means to review injury and illness trends over time, so that patterns with common causes can be identified and eliminated. - (xi) Establish a mechanism for the employer to conduct ongoing, periodic in-house safety and health inspections so that new or previously missed hazards or failures in controls are identified. Inspections shall be conducted with a frequency necessary to be effective but in no event with less frequency than that established in section [redacted postal code]-3. - (xii) Address the impact of emergency situations and develop written plans and procedures to insure employee safety during emergencies. For the purpose of this standard, the term "emergency situation" means an unforeseen single event or combination of events that calls for immediate action to prevent, control, or

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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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alternative work procedures, 310(4)-(5) locking out and tagging, 311(4) machine failure, 317 no safeguards, 312 personal protective equipment, 312(2) push stick or block to feed machinery, 319 removing safeguards, 311 toe boards around top of pit with machine, 321(4) when safeguards are needed, 310(2)-(3) warning signs and alarms for automatic starts, sign, 310(6) starting machinery, alarm, 365 See also conveyors; hazardous energy control; robots; saws and sawmills; vehicles magazines See explosives, handling and storage magnesium light metal alloys in underground mines, prohibition, 693.1 man baskets See personnel baskets and man baskets manholes fixed ladders in, 131 See also buried or concrete-embedded facilities; confined and restricted spaces manual lifting and handling See lifting and handling loads Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada , 194(7)(i) ## Manually Propelled Elevating Aerial Platforms (ANSI), 347(4) ## manufactured article defined, 394.1 WHMIS not to apply, 395(3)(d) ## manufacturer specifications in definition of specifications, 1 See also specifications, certifications and standards manufacturers of hazardous products See Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) manufacturer's rated capacity defined, 1 See also specifications, certifications and standards ## marl in definition of pit, 1 ## masonry walls stabilization, 192 Mast Climbing Work Platforms (ANSI), 347(6) ## mast-climbing elevating platforms standards, 347(6) See also elevating platforms and aerial devices material hoists, 81-87 defined, 1 braking system, 86 gate interlocks, 83 location protected, 87 operator responsibilities, 84 rider restriction, 82 safety codes, 81 signal systems, 85 buildings more than 20 metres high, 85(2) electrical or mechanical systems, 85 operator and signaller communication, 85 See also hoists ## material-lifting aerial devices on motor vehicle, standards, 347(5) See also elevati…