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- (2) If the use of equipment is not reasonably practicable, an employer or contractor shall take all practicable means to adapt heavy or awkward loads to facilitate lifting, holding or transporting by workers or to otherwise minimize the manual handling required. - (3) An employer or contractor shall ensure that no worker engages in the manual lifting, holding or transporting of a load that, by reason of its weight, size or shape, or by any combination of these or by reason of the frequency, speed or manner in which the load is lifted, held or transported, is likely to be injurious to the worker's health or safety. - (4) An employer or contractor shall ensure that a worker who is to engage in the lifting, holding or transporting of loads receives appropriate training in safe methods of lifting, holding or carrying of loads. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s6-15. ## Standing - 6-16 (1) If workers are required to stand for long periods in the course of their work, an employer or contractor shall provide adequate anti-fatigue mats, footrests or other suitable devices to give relief to workers. - (2) If wet processes are used, an employer or contractor shall ensure that reasonable drainage is maintained and that false floors, platforms, mats or other dry standing places are provided, maintained and kept clean. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s6-16. ## Sitting - 6-17 (1) If, in the course of their work, workers have reasonable opportunities for sitting without substantial detriment to their work, an employer or contractor shall provide and maintain for their use appropriate seating to enable the workers to sit. - (2) If a substantial portion of any work can properly be done sitting, an employer or contractor shall provide and maintain: - (a) a seat that is suitably designed, constructed, dimensioned and supported for the worker to do the work; and - (b) if needed, a footrest that can readily and comfortably support the worker's feet. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s6-17. #…

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## Part 14 Lifting and Handling Loads ## Equipment 208 (1) An employer must provide, where reasonably practicable, appropriate equipment for lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, carrying, handling or transporting heavy or awkward loads. 208 (2) An employer must ensure that workers use the equipment provided under subsection (1). 208 (3) Workers must use the equipment provided for lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, carrying, handling or transporting heavy or awkward loads. 208 (4) For the purposes of this section, a heavy or awkward load includes equipment, goods, supplies, persons and animals. ## Adapting heavy or awkward loads 209 If the equipment provided under section 208 is not reasonably practicable in a particular circumstance or for a particular heavy or awkward load, the employer must take all practicable means to - (a) adapt the load to facilitate lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling, carrying, handling or transporting the load without injuring workers, or - (b) otherwise minimize the manual handling required to move the load. ## Work site design - health care facilities - 209.1 (1) An employer must ensure that appropriate patient/client/resident handling equipment is adequately incorporated into the design and construction of - (a) a new health care facility, and - (b) a health care facility undergoing significant physical alterations, renovations or repairs. - 209.1 (2) An employer must ensure that any new patient/client/resident handling equipment installed at an existing work site, including vehicles in which patient/client/resident handling occurs, fits adequately in the space intended for it. 209.1 (3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to health care facility construction, alterations, renovations or repairs started before July 1, 2009. ## Patient/client/resident handling 209.2 (1) An employer must develop and implement a safe patient/client/resident handling program if workers are required to lift, transfer or reposition patients/cli…

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## OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, 2020 S-15.1 REG 10 - (c) vibration; - (d) mechanical compression; - (e) sustained or awkward postures; - (f) limitations on motion or action; - (g) other ergonomic stressors. - (2) An employer or contractor, in consultation with the committee, shall regularly review the activities at the place of employment that may cause or aggravate musculoskeletal injuries. - (3) If a risk of musculoskeletal injury is identified, an employer or contractor shall: - (a) inform each worker who may be at risk of developing musculoskeletal injury of that risk and of the signs and common symptoms of any musculoskeletal injury associated with that worker's work; and - (b) provide effective protection for each worker who may be at risk, which may include any of the following: - (i) providing equipment that is designed, constructed, positioned and maintained to reduce the harmful effects of an activity; - (ii) implementing appropriate work practices and procedures to reduce the harmful effects of an activity; - (iii) implementing work schedules that incorporate rest and recovery periods, changes in workload or other arrangements for alternating work to reduce the harmful effects of an activity. - (4) An employer or contractor shall ensure that workers who may be at risk of developing musculoskeletal injury are instructed in the safe performance of the worker's work, including the use of appropriate work practices and procedures, equipment and personal protective equipment. - (5) If a worker has symptoms of musculoskeletal injury, an employer or contractor shall: - (a) advise the worker to consult a physician or a health care professional who is registered or licensed pursuant to an Act to practise any of the healing arts; and - (b) promptly review the activities of that worker and of other workers doing similar tasks to identify any cause of the symptoms and to take corrective measures to avoid further injuries. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 …

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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 injury, - (b) the early signs and symptoms of musculoskeletal injury and their potential health effects, and - (c) preventive measures including, where applica…

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## Shift work and constant effort and exertion - 6-19 If a worker works shifts or a worker's work demands constant and uninterrupted mental effort or constant and uninterrupted physical exertion, an employer or contractor, in consultation with the committee, shall: - (a) assess the risks to the worker's health and safety of the worker's work; and - (b) inform the worker of the nature and extent of the risks mentioned in clause (a) and the ways to eliminate or reduce those risks. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s6-18. ## Visually demanding tasks - 6-20 (1) An employer or contractor, in consultation with the committee, shall identify any tasks that involve a potentially harmful visual demand on a worker. - (2) An employer or contractor shall: - (a) take all practicable steps to reduce the harmful visual demand of those tasks; - (b) inform the worker of the risk of performing those tasks; - (c) advise the worker to consult a physician or an optometrist if any persistent vision impairment, disability or visual strain results from performing the tasks; - (d) if a worker cannot attend a consultation mentioned in clause (c) during the worker's time off work, permit the worker to attend the consultation during normal working hours without loss of pay or other benefits; and - (e) if a worker cannot recover the costs of a consultation mentioned in clause (c), reimburse the worker for the costs of the consultation that, in the opinion of the director, are reasonable. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s6-20. ## Radioactive substances - 6-21 (1) Subject to Part V of The Saskatchewan Employment Act and The Radiation Health and Safety Regulations, 2005 if a radioactive substance or a device containing a radioactive substance is handled, used, stored or disposed of, an employer: - (a) in consultation with the committee, the representative or, if there is no committee or representative, the workers, shall develop safe work practices and procedures to handl…

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\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ wraps. Strand laid rope . A wire rope made with strands (usually six or eight) wrapped around a fiber core, wire strand core, or independent wire rope core (IWRC). Vertical hitch . A method of supporting a load by a single, vertical part or leg of the sling. (See Fig. D-4.) [Statutory Authority: RCW 49.17.010, .040, .050, and .060. 15-24-100 (Order 15-04), § 296-24-[redacted postal code], filed 12/01/2015, effective 01/05/2016. Order 76-6, § 296-24-[redacted postal code], filed 3/1/76.] ## WAC 296-24-[redacted postal code] Safe operating practices. Whenever any sling is used, you must observe the following practices: - (1) You must not use slings that are damaged or defective. - (2) You must ensure slings are not shortened with knots or bolts or other makeshift devices. - (3) You must ensure that sling legs are not kinked. - (4) Employers must not load a sling in excess of its recommended safe working load as prescribed by the sling manufacturer on the identification markings permanently affixed to the sling. - (5) You must balance the load of slings used in a basket hitch to prevent slippage. - (6) You must securely attach slings to their loads. - (7) You must ensure that slings are padded or protected from the sharp edges of their loads. - (8) You must keep suspended loads clear of all obstructions. - (9) You must ensure that all employees are kept clear of loads about to be lifted and of suspended loads. - (10) You must ensure that hands or fingers are not placed between the sling and its load while the sling is being tightened around the load. - (11) You must not engage shock loading. - (12) You must not pull a sling from under a load when the load is resting on the sling. - (13) You must not use slings without affixed and legible identi…