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## endanger a person. Subsection 82(1) replaced: O.I.C. 2013-65, N.S. Reg. 53/2013. - (1A) Where a lift truck is propelled by an internal combustion engine in a building or other enclosed structure, the employer must ensure adequate ventilation, monitoring and record keeping practices are carried out to ensure exposure from exhaust gases does not exceed the occupational exposure limit for the gas under Part 2: Occupational Health, of the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations made under the Act. Subsection 82(1A) added: O.I.C. 2013-65, N.S. Reg. 53/2013. - (2 ) An employer shall ensure that where a lift truck is operated - (a) in a one-way aisle, the width of the aisle equals at least the width of the vehicle or load being carried, whichever is wider, plus 600 mm; and - (b) in a two-way aisle, the width of the aisle equals at least twice the width of the vehicle or load being carried, whichever is wider, plus 900 mm. Subsection 82(2) amended: O.I.C. 2013-65, N.S. Reg. 53/2013. - (3) An employer must ensure that a lift truck that is propelled by propane has all engine and fuel components designed, assembled, examined, inspected, operated and maintained in accordance with the latest version of CSA standard CSA B149.2, 'Propane Storage and Handling Code'. Subsection 82(3) replaced: O.I.C. 2013-65, N.S. Reg. 53/2013. Section 83 repealed: O.I.C. 2013-65, N.S. Reg. 53/2013. ## Part 8 - Mechanical Safety ## General provisions 84 - (1) An employer shall ensure that a machine that may be a hazard to the health or safety of a person at the workplace is erected, installed, assembled, started, operated, used, handled, stored, stopped, inspected, serviced, tested, cleaned, adjusted, maintained, repaired and dismantled in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications, or, where there are no manufacturer's specifications, the specifications certified by an engineer. Subsection 84(1) amended: O.I.C. 2000-130, N.S. Reg. 52/2000. - (2) An employer shall ensure that…

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129.1 (5) Despite subsection (4), if it is not practical to install guardrails when an employee is required to work from a moving forklift platform, the employer shall pro -vide and the employee shall use a travel restraint system or fall-arresting system attached to an anchor point pro -vided by the manufacturer or approved by an engineer. 129.1 (6) When a fall-arresting system is used, the em -ployer shall ensure that the fall-arresting system does not interfere with the raising and lowering of the platform. 2001-33; 2010-159; 2022-27 ## Forklift platforms 129.2 A person who operates an industrial lift truck with a forklift platform shall, if the platform is elevated more than 1.2 m and there is a person on the platform, - (a) not move the truck, and - (b) remain at the controls of the truck. 2001-33 ## Forklift platforms 129.3 (1) An employee shall not work on a forklift platform unless - (a) the industrial lift truck is on a firm flat surface, and - (b) the platform is equipped with guardrails or a travel restraint system or fall-arresting system. 129.3 (2) Repealed: 2010-159 2001-33; 2010-159 ## Elevating Work Platforms 2001-33 ## Elevating work platforms 130 (1) An employer shall ensure that an elevating work platform is designed, constructed, erected, main -tained, inspected, monitored and used in accordance with the following CSA standards, where applicable: - (a) CAN/CSA-B354.1-04 (R2016), Portable elevat -ing work platforms or a standard offering equivalent or better protection; 129.1 (5) Malgré le paragraphe (4), lorsqu'il n'est pas pratique d'installer des garde-corps et que le salarié est tenu de travailler sur une plate-forme de chariot éléva -teur à fourche en mouvement, l'employeur fournit et le salarié utilise un système de limitation du déplacement ou un système d'arrêt des chutes relié à un point d'ancra -ge que le fabricant fournit ou que l'ingénieur approuve. 129.1 (6) Lorsq…

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Forklifts - 11-16 (1) An employer, contractor or supplier shall ensure that every forklift: - (a) is provided with a durable and clearly legible load rating chart that is readily available to the operator; and - (b) is equipped with a seat-belt for the operator if the forklift is equipped with a seat. - (2) An employer or contractor shall ensure that the operator of a forklift uses the seat-belt required by clause (1) (b). 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s11-16. ## Scaffolds, Aerial Devices, Elevating Work Platforms and Temporary Supporting Structures Definitions for Part 12-1 In this Part: 'aerial device' means a vehicle-mounted telescoping or articulating unit that is used to position a worker at an elevated worksite, and includes a work basket or bucket, an aerial ladder, an extendable and articulating boom platform, a vertical tower and any combination of those devices; 'base plate' means a device that is attached to the base of a scaffold upright and that is used to distribute the vertical load over a larger area of the sill; 'bearer' means a horizontal scaffold member on which the platform rests and that may be supported by ledgers, and includes transoms and joists; 'brace' means a scaffold member fastened diagonally to the uprights across the vertical faces of the scaffold to provide stability against lateral movement of the scaffold; 'bracket scaffold' means a platform that is supported by 2 or more triangular brackets projecting out from a structure to which the brackets are securely fastened; 'double-pole scaffold' means a platform that is supported by bearers attached to a double row of braced uprights; 'elevating work platform' means a work platform that can be self-elevated to overhead worksites, and includes an elevating rolling work platform, a self-propelled elevating work platform and a boom-type elevating work platform;

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ture is provided with seat belts or restraining devices that meet the requirements of subsection 221(1) and shall en -sure that an operator of an industrial lift truck uses the seat belts and restraining devices while the industrial lift truck is in motion. ## Seats belts or restraining devices 216 (6) An operator of an industrial lift truck shall use the seat belts or restraining devices referred to in subsec -tion (5) while the industrial lift truck is in motion. 2001-33; 2020-35; 2022-79 ## Precautions when hoisted by hoisting apparatus 2022-79 216.01 (1) An employer shall ensure that an industrial lift truck that is raised from the ground by means of a hoisting apparatus is adequately blocked. 216.01 (2) An employer shall ensure that an employee does not work under or go under the raised parts of an industrial lift truck unless the parts are adequately blocked, and no employee shall work under or go under the raised parts unless the parts are adequately blocked. 2022-79 ## Pedestrian and equipment traffic 2022-79 216.02 (1) If the circumstances permit, an employer shall provide designated pedestrian walkways to separate pedestrian traffic from areas in which industrial lift trucks are in operation. 216.02 (2) If the circumstances do not permit an em -ployer to provide designated pedestrian walkways, an employer shall implement at least one of the following safe work procedures to minimize the possibility of col -lision: - (a) the use of a traffic control system; - (b) the enforcement of speed limits for industrial lift trucks; or - (c) a requirement for a pedestrian and an industrial lift truck operator to acknowledge each other's pres -ence before the pedestrian proceeds through the area. contre le capotage est muni de ceintures de sécurité ou de harnais qui satisfont aux exigences que prévoit le pa -ragraphe 221(1) et que son conducteur utilise la ceinture de sécurité ou le harnais lorsque le chariot se …

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- (a) the inspections referred to in subsections (3), (5) and (7); and Clause 80(9)(a) amended: O.I.C. 2004-14, N.S. Reg. 4/2004. - (b) any repairs to rigging hardware. - (10) The record referred to in subsection (9) shall include the date, time, nature and results of the inspection or repair and the name of the person who performed the inspection or repair. - (11) An employer shall identify the safe lifting capacity of rigging hardware on the device in a permanent and clearly legible manner. - (12) An employer shall ensure that a person using rigging hardware receives adequate training and other information sufficient to ensure that they are knowledgeable about the capacity of the rigging hardware. - (13) An employer shall designate a competent person to use rigging hardware. - (14) Before a load is raised by a hoist, an employer shall ensure that a competent person ensures that the load is secured to the hoist in an adequate manner by means of appropriate rigging hardware. Section 80 replaced: O.I.C. 2000-130, N.S. Reg. 52/2000. ## Lift trucks 81 - (1) An employer must ensure that a lift truck is designed, constructed, maintained, inspected, and operated in accordance with the latest version of the applicable standard listed below: - (a) CSA standard CSA B335, 'Safety standards for lift trucks'; - (b) ANSI standard ANSI/ITSDF B56.1, 'Safety Standard for Low Lift and High Lift Trucks'; - (c) ANSI standard ANSI/ITSDF B56.6, 'Safety Standard for Rough Terrain Forklift Trucks'. - (2) An employer must ensure that every supervisor and operator of a lift truck has been provided with the necessary information, instruction, training, supervision, facilities, and equipment required for the safe operation of the equipment in accordance with the standards in subsection (1), as applicable. Section 81 replaced: O.I.C. 2013-65, N.S. Reg. 53/2013. - 82 (1 ) An employer must ensure that a lift truck is operated in a manner that will not \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\…