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# Part 5 Confined Spaces (cont.) ## Training (cont.) Section 47 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE Part 5 AR 191/2021 ## Entry permit system - 47(1) A person must not enter a confined space at a work site without a valid entry permit. - 47(2) An employer must establish an entry permit system for a confined space that (a) lists the name of each worker who enters the confined space and the reason for the worker's entry, (b) gives the location of the confined space, (c) specifies the time during which an entry permit is valid, (d) takes into account the work being done in the confined space, and (e) takes into account the code of practice requirements for entering, being in and leaving a confined space. - 47(3) An employer must ensure that, before a worker enters a confined space, an entry permit is properly completed, signed by a competent person and a copy kept readily available. 47(4) Based on a review of similar confined spaces, an employer may issue an entry permit that can be used for a number of similar confined spaces. ## Safety and protection - generally - 48(1) An employer must ensure that (a) if a lifeline is required in a confined space or a restricted space, it is used in a manner that does not create an additional hazard, (b) the safety and personal protective equipment required under this Code is available to workers entering a confined space or a restricted space, (c) a worker who enters, occupies or leaves a confined space or restricted space uses the safety and personal protective equipment, (d) the personal protective equipment and emergency equipment required under this Code is available to workers undertaking rescue operations in a confined space or restricted space, (e) equipment appropriate to the confined space or restricted space, including personal protective equipment, is available to perform a timely rescue, and (f) a communication system is established that is readily available to workers in a confined spac…

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# OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE (cont.) ## Part 12 General Safety Precautions (cont.) OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE AR 191/2021 # Part 15 Managing the Control of Hazardous Energy Machinery, Equipment or Powered Mobile Equipment <table><tr><th>212</th><th>Isolation re machinery, equipment or powered mobile equipment</th></tr><tr><td>213</td><td>Verifying isolation</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Securing Isolation</td></tr><tr><td>214</td><td>Assigning personal locks</td></tr><tr><td>214.1</td><td>Securing by individual workers</td></tr><tr><td>215</td><td>Securing by group control procedures</td></tr><tr><td>215.1</td><td>Securing by complex group control procedures</td></tr><tr><td>215.2</td><td>Securing remotely controlled systems</td></tr><tr><td>215.3</td><td>Returning to operation</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Piping or Pipelines</td></tr><tr><td>215.4</td><td>Isolation re piping or pipelines</td></tr><tr><td>215.5</td><td>Isolation requirements for piping or a pipeline</td></tr><tr><td>215.6</td><td>Pigging and testing of piping or pipelines</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Part 16</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Noise</td></tr><tr><td>216</td><td>Duty to reduce</td></tr><tr><td>217</td><td>Noise control design</td></tr><tr><td>218</td><td>Worker exposure to noise</td></tr><tr><td>219</td><td>Noise exposure assessment</td></tr><tr><td>220</td><td>Record of noise exposure assessment</td></tr><tr><td>221</td><td>Noise management program</td></tr><tr><td>222</td><td>Hearing protection</td></tr><tr><td>223</td><td>Audiometric testing</td></tr><tr><td>224</td><td>Deemed work time</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Part 17</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Overhead Power Lines</td></tr><tr><td>225</td><td>Safe limit of approach distance</td></tr><tr><td>226</td><td>Transported loads, equipment and buildings</td></tr><tr><td>227</td><td>Utility worker exemption</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Part 18 Personal Protective Equipment</td></tr><tr><td>228</td><td>Duty to use personal protective equi…

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# Part 14 Lifting and Handling Loads (cont.) ## Patient/client/resident handling (cont.) Section 210 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE Part 14 AR 191/2021 209.2(4) Workers must follow the safe handling program required by subsection (1). ## Assessing manual handling hazards 210(1) Before a worker manually lifts, lowers, pushes, pulls, carries, handles or transports a load that could injure the worker, an employer must perform a hazard assessment that considers (a) the weight of the load, (b) the size of the load, (c) the shape of the load, (d) the number of times the load will be moved, and (e) the manner in which the load will be moved. - 210(2) Before a worker performs any manual patient/client/resident handling activities, an employer must perform a hazard assessment that considers the worker's physical and mental capabilities to perform the work. - 210(3) If the hazard assessment required by section 7 and subsections (1) and (2) determines that there is a potential for musculoskeletal injury, an employer must ensure that all reasonably practicable measures are used to eliminate or reduce that potential in accordance with section 9. ## Musculoskeletal injuries - 211 If a worker reports to the employer what the worker believes to be work-related symptoms of a musculoskeletal injury, the employer must promptly (a) review the activities of that worker, and of other workers doing similar tasks, to identify work-related causes of the symptoms, if any, and (b) take corrective measures to avoid further injuries if the causes of the symptoms are work-related ## Training to prevent musculoskeletal injury 211.1(1) An employer must ensure that a worker who may be exposed to the possibility of musculoskeletal injury is trained in specific measures to eliminate or reduce that possibility. 211.1(2) An employer must ensure that the training referred to in subsection (1) includes (a) identification of factors that could lead to a musculoskeletal i…

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# Part 14 Lifting and Handling Loads (cont.) ## Training to prevent musculoskeletal injury (cont.) Section 212 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE Part 15 AR 191/2021 # Part 15 Managing the Control of Hazardous Energy # Machinery, Equipment or Powered Mobile Equipment ## Isolation re machinery, equipment or powered mobile equipment - 212(1) If machinery, equipment or powered mobile equipment is to be serviced, repaired, tested, adjusted or inspected, or if any other work is to be performed on the machinery, equipment or powered mobile equipment that requires the control of hazardous energy, an employer must ensure that no worker performs such work on the machinery, equipment or powered mobile equipment until it has come to a complete stop and (a) all hazardous energy that may pose a hazard to a worker is isolated by activation of an energy-isolating device and the energy-isolating device is secured in accordance with section 214.1, 215 or 215.1, or (b) the machinery, equipment or powered mobile equipment is otherwise rendered inoperative in a manner that prevents its unintended activation and provides equal or greater protection than the protection afforded under clause (a). - 212(2) Despite subsection (1), an employer must develop and implement procedures and controls to ensure that machinery, equipment or powered mobile equipment is safely serviced, repaired, tested, adjusted or inspected, or that any other work is safely performed on it, if (a) the manufacturer's specifications require the machinery, equipment or powered mobile equipment to remain operative while it is being serviced, repaired, tested, adjusted or inspected, or has any other work performed on it, or (b) there are no manufacturer's specifications and it is not reasonably practicable to stop or render inoperative the machinery, equipment or powered mobile equipment. - AR 191/2021 s212;242/2022 ## Verifying isolation - 213 A worker must not perform work on machinery, equipment…

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# Division 1 General (cont.) ## Rubber-Tired, Self-Propelled Equipment (cont.) Section 574.1 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE Part 36 AR 191/2021 ## Autonomous equipment 574.1 An employer must ensure that autonomous and semi-autonomous powered mobile equipment meets the requirements of ISO [redacted postal code]:2019, Earth-moving machinery and mining - Autonomous and semi-autonomous machine system safety. AR 242/2022 s86 575 and 576 Repealed AR 242/2022 s87. ## Emergency energy 577(1) An employer must ensure that rubber-tired, self-propelled equipment fitted with an air or air over hydraulic braking system has an emergency source of energy that can (a) apply the service brake, and (b) safely stop and hold the equipment on all grades over which it may operate. - 577(2) This section does not apply to a pit. - AR 191/2021 s577;242/2022 ## Hydraulic brakes - 578(1) An employer must ensure that rubber-tired, self-propelled equipment with hydraulically activated service brakes has a hydraulic system divided into 2 or more separate circuits that are independently activated. - 578(2) This section does not apply to a pit. - AR 191/2021 s578;242/2022 ## Dual-brake systems 579(1) An employer must ensure that rubber-tired, self-propelled equipment fitted with a divided or dual-braking system has a visible or audible warning device that effectively alerts the worker who is operating the equipment when a part of the system stops working. - 579(2) This section does not apply to a pit. AR 191/2021 s579;242/2022 580 to 584 Repealed AR 242/2022 s90. ## Periodic service brake testing 585(1) An employer must ensure that the service brakes on rubber-tired, self-propelled equipment that has a GVW of more than 32 000 kilograms and travels at a speed of more than 10 kilometres per hour in normal operations are tested at reasonably practicable intervals (a) at the equipment's normal operation speed, and (b) without using auxiliary retarding devices. - …

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# OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE (cont.) ## Priming (cont.) Section 483 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE Part 33 AR 191/2021 - 481(2) An employer and a blaster must ensure that an explosive is not primed in a location that would create a risk of ignition of explosives in a day box or magazine. - 481(3) If drilling is being performed in blasting activities, an employer and a blaster must ensure that primed explosives are not prepared before the drilling is complete. - 481(4) An employer and a blaster must ensure that (a) only the necessary quantity of explosives are primed for the blasting activity, and (b) explosives are prepared and loaded into only one bore hole at a time. - 481(5) An employer and a blaster must ensure that before an explosive is detonated, any explosives not required for the blasting activity are removed and located at a safe distance from the blasting area. AR 191/2021 s481;242/2022;202/2024 482 Repealed AR 242/2022 s47. ## Detonators - 483(1) An employer and a blaster must ensure that the leg wires of an electric detonator are shunted and folded until immediately before the detonator is connected to the blasting circuit or as soon as reasonably practicable. - 483(2) An employer and a blaster must ensure that electric detonators used together in a single blasting circuit are made by the same manufacturer or are otherwise compatible. - 483(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a perforating gun if other measures are in place to prevent unintended detonation. AR 191/2021 s483;242/2022;202/2024 ## Adverse weather conditions - 484 An employer and a blaster must ensure that, if weather conditions may detonate an explosive, (a) all blasting activities are stopped, and (b) workers are withdrawn to a safe distance from the blasting area until the weather conditions subside. AR 191/2021 s484;242/2022;202/2024 ## Electrical energy 484.1 An employer and a blaster must ensure that no unintended detonation of an explosive or…

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# Securing Isolation (cont.) ## Returning to operation (cont.) Section 215.4 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE Part 15 AR 191/2021 (b) all personal locks secured by workers under section 214.1,215 or 215.1 are removed, and (c) it is verified that no worker is in danger by the removal of the energy-isolating device or the return to operation of the machinery, equipment or powered mobile equipment. - AR 191/2021 s215.3;242/2022 ## Piping or Pipelines ## Isolation re piping or pipelines 215.4 If piping or a pipeline containing a substance under pressure is to be serviced, repaired, tested, adjusted or inspected, or if any other work is to be performed on it that requires the control of hazardous energy, an employer must ensure that no worker performs such work on the piping or pipeline until flow in the piping or pipeline has been stopped or regulated to a safe level and the location at which the work is to be carried out is isolated and secured in accordance with section 215.5. AR 191/2021 s215.4;242/2022 ## Isolation requirements for piping or a pipeline 215.5(1) To isolate piping or a pipeline containing a substance under pressure, an employer must ensure the use of (a) a system of blanking or blinding, or (b) a double block and bleed isolation system providing (i) 2 blocking seals on either side of the isolation point, and (ii) an operable bleed-off between the 2 seals. - 215.5(2) An employer must ensure that piping or a pipeline that is blanked or blinded is clearly marked to indicate that a blank or blind is installed. - 215.5(3) An employer must ensure that, if valves or similar blocking seals with a bleed-off valve between them are used to isolate piping or a pipeline, the bleed-off valve is secured in the "OPEN" position and the valves or similar blocking seals in the flow lines are functional and secured in the "CLOSED" position. - 215.5(4) An employer must ensure that the device used to secure the valves or seals referred to in s…

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# OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE Index combined PPE with other controls, 9(5) correct for hazard, 228(1)(a) duty to use PPE, 228 hazard assessment, 45, 228 hierarchy of, 9(4)-(5) report of assessment, 7(2)-(3), 10(2) when to assess, 7(1), 7(4) worker participation, 8 See also occupational exposure limit (OEL); personal protective equipment (PPE) hazard class defined, 394.1 in definition of significant new data, 394.1 hazard information defined, 394.1 See also Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) hazardous energy control, 212-215.6 defined energy-isolating device, 1 hazardous energy, 1 isolate, 1 pig, 1 pigcatcher, 1 pigging, 1 secure, 1 confined and restricted spaces, 49 diving operations by intakes, pipes and tunnels, 437 group control procedures personal locks, 215(3)-(7) report posted on work site, 215(3) requirement for, 215(1)-(2) return to operation, 215(7), 215.3 group control procedures for complex operations certification by engineer, 215.1(2) personal locks, 215.1 requirement for procedures, 215.1(1) worker's sign in and sign out, 215.1(2) machinery, equipment or powered mobile equipment isolation of hazardous energy, 212-215.3 manufacturer's specifications for isolation, 212 operation during control, 212(2) verification of isolation, 213 personal locks assignment by employer, 214 identification tags, 214 more than one lock per worker, 214(3) records of workers and tags, 214(2) removal of locks, 215.3 transfer of control of lock, 214(4), 214.1(4), 215(3), 215.1, 215.3(2) use on energy-isolating devices, 214.1 piping and pipelines, 215.4-215.6 alternative systems, 215.5(5) blanking or blinding systems, 215.5 certification by engineer, 215.5(5) double block and bleed system, 215.5 isolation requirements, 215.4-215.5 pigging and testing, 215.6 pressure hazards, 776.1 remotely controlled systems, 215.2 reports group control report posted on work site, 215(3) list of personal locks and tags, 214(2) return to operation, 215.3 standard…

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# Part 5 Confined Spaces (cont.) ## Protection - harmful substances and hazardous energy (cont.) Section 50 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE Part 5 AR 191/2021 - 49(2) An employer must ensure that a worker does not enter a confined space unless adequate precautions are in place to protect a worker from drowning, engulfment or entrapment. - 49(3) An employer must ensure that any hazardous energy in a restricted space is controlled in accordance with Part 15. AR 191/2021 s49;202/2024 ## Unauthorized entry 50 An employer must ensure that persons who are not authorized by the employer to enter a confined space or a restricted space are prevented from entering. ## Traffic hazards 51 An employer must ensure that workers in a confined space or a restricted space are protected from hazards created by traffic in the vicinity of the confined space or restricted space. ## Testing the atmosphere - 52(1) Before a worker enters a confined space, an employer must ensure that the atmosphere in the confined space is tested by a competent worker to (a) verify that the oxygen content is between 19.5 percent and 23.0 percent by volume, and (b) identify the amount of toxic, flammable or explosive substance that may be present. - 52(2) The employer must ensure that the testing required by subsection (1) is performed using calibrated test instruments appropriate for the atmosphere being tested and the instruments are used in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications. - 52(3) The employer must ensure that as often as necessary after the first time a worker enters the confined space, a competent worker (a) performs the tests specified in subsection (1), and (b) identifies and records any additional hazards. - 52(3.1) The employer must ensure that if there is a potential for the atmosphere to change unpredictably after a worker enters the confined space, the atmosphere is continuously monitored in accordance with subsection (2). - 52(4) If tests identify …

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# Mining Operations and Mining Certificates (cont.) ## Suspension and cancellation (cont.) Section 750 OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE Part 37 AR 191/2021 # Part 37 Oil, Gas and Geothermal Energy ## Application 750 This Part applies to activities and ancillary processes associated with the exploration for, drilling for and extraction of oil, gas or geothermal energy and the decommissioning of related wells. AR 191/2021 s750;242/2022 ## Health and safety orientation 751.1 Before a worker comes on to a work site for the first time, a prime contractor or, if there is no prime contractor, an employer must ensure the worker completes site-specific orientation that encompasses (a) site-specific hazards, (b) work procedures that must be followed, (c) hazard controls in place to protect workers, (d) required personal protective equipment, (e) an emergency response plan, (f) processes for reporting hazards, (g) site-specific processes for addressing undue hazards, work refusals and resolution, and (h) any other matter required to ensure the health and safety of workers at the work site. - AR 242/2022 s155 ## Work site organization - 752.1(1) A prime contractor or, if there is no prime contractor, an employer must design and construct the work site in such a way to ensure that (a) the installation, operation, mobilization, demobilization and movement of all equipment will not create a hazard to workers, (b) the support of the gross weight of all equipment is under maximum loads, and (c) emergency response activities can be carried out. - 752.1(2) A prime contractor or, if there is no prime contractor, an employer must ensure the installation and use at the work site of (a) wind direction indicators located in strategic places and visible under all light conditions, and (b) if a harmful substance may exist, atmospheric monitoring equipment to monitor for harmful substances. - AR 242/2022 s155;202/2024 37-1 December, 2024