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## Part 9 Fall Protection ## Rescue personnel exemption 138 Rescue personnel involved in training or in providing emergency rescue services may use equipment, personal protective equipment and practices other than those specified in this Part. ## General protection 139 (1) An employer and a supervisor must ensure that a worker is protected from falling if a worker may fall, - (a) at a temporary or permanent work area, a vertical distance of 3 metres or more, - (b) at a temporary or permanent work area, a vertical distance of less than 3 metres if there is an unusual possibility of injury, - (c) at a temporary or permanent work area, into or onto a hazardous substance or object, or through an opening in a work surface, or - (d) at a permanent work area, a vertical distance of more than 1.2 metres and less than 3 metres. 139 (2) For the purposes of this section, there is an unusual possibility of injury if the injury may be worse than an injury from landing on a solid, flat surface. 139 (3) Subject to subsection (5), an employer must install a guardrail. 139 (4) Repealed. 139 (5) Subject to subsection (6), if the use of a guardrail is not reasonably practicable, an employer and a supervisor must ensure that a worker uses a travel restraint system that meets the requirements of this Part. 139 (6) Subject to subsection (7), if the use of a travel restraint system is not reasonably practicable, an employer and a supervisor must ensure that a worker uses a personal fall arrest system that meets the requirements of this Part. 139 (7) If the use of a personal fall arrest system is not reasonably practicable, an employer and a supervisor must ensure that a worker uses equally effective controls. 139 (8) A worker must use a fall protection system as required by this section. ## Fall protection plan 140 (1) An employer must develop procedures that comply with this Part in a fall protection plan for a work site if a worker at the work site may fall 3 metres or mor…

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## 29 CFR 1926 (OSHA) walking/working surface, shall be protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system. - (15) Walking/working surfaces not otherwise addressed. Except as provided in §1926.500(a)(2) or in §1926.501 (b)(1) through (b)(14), each employee on a walking/working surface 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by a guardrail system, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system. - (c) Protection from falling objects. When an employee is exposed to falling objects, the employer shall have each employee wear a hard hat and shall implement one of the following measures: - (1) Erect toeboards, screens, or guardrail systems to prevent objects from falling from higher levels; or, - (2) Erect a canopy structure and keep potential fall objects far enough from the edge of the higher level so that those objects would not go over the edge if they were accidentally displaced; or, - (3) Barricade the area to which objects could fall, prohibit employees from entering the barricaded area, and keep objects that may fall far enough away from the edge of a higher level so that those objects would not go over the edge if they were accidentally displaced.

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## Part 39 Tree Care Operations ## Application 792 This Part applies to arboriculture activities that involve pruning, repairing, maintaining or removing trees or cutting brush if a worker works at height and depends on the tree for support. ## Safe work practices 793 (1) An employer must develop and implement safe work practices and procedures that include - (a) the assessment of hazards at the work site, - (b) worker training, including hazard recognition, - (c) the selection, limitation, operation and maintenance of equipment and personal protective equipment, - (d) the use of work positioning systems and fall protection systems, and - (e) emergency rescue. 793 (2) If reasonably practicable, an employer must involve affected workers in the development and implementation of the safe work practices and procedures. ## Fall protection and work positioning 794 (1) If it is not reasonably practicable to comply with the fall protection requirements of section 139, an employer must ensure that a worker uses a work positioning system. 794 (2) A worker must use or wear the work positioning or fall protection system the employer requires the worker to use or wear. ## Harness standards 795 (1) An employer must ensure that a harness manufactured on or after March 31, 2023 and used as part of a work positioning system is approved to - (a) NFPA Standard 1983, Standard on Fire Service Life Safety Rope and System Components , 2006 Edition, as a Class II or Class III life safety harness, - (b) CEN Standard EN 813: 1997, Personal protective equipment for prevention of falls from a height - Sit harnesses , - (c) CSA Standard Z259.10-18, Full body harnesses , - (d) ANSI/ASSE Standard Z359.1-2007, Safety requirements for personal fall arrest systems, subsystems and components , or - (e) CEN Standard EN 361: 2007, Personal protective equipment against falls from a height Full body harnesses . 795 (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to harnesses in use before April 30, 2004. …

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- (a) possible hazardous situations, including a de -scription of the hazards and the possible effects on the health or safety of employees; - (b) the identification of employees at risk; - (c) the location where the code of practice might ap -ply; - (d) the methods and equipment to be used including inspections procedures; - (e) the procedures and equipment which might be required in the event of an emergency; - (f) the times, days, or events during which the code of practice might be applicable; - (g) the identification of training needs; - (h) the identification of the person responsible for implementing the code of practice; and - (i) the name of the safety monitor, if applicable, and the training the safety monitor has received. 2010-159; 2022-27; 2024-38 ## Training 50.3 (1) An employer shall ensure that a competent person trains an employee in the use, maintenance and inspection of a fall-protection system for the task being performed unless the fall-protection system is a guard -rail. - 50.3 (2) The employer shall ensure that the competent person referred to in subsection (1), who provides the training, prepares a written training record which shall include the following information: - (a) the name of the employee who received the training; - (b) the date on which the training took place; and - (c) the name of the competent person and the name of the agency if any. - 50.3 (3) The training record for each employee shall be made available to an officer upon request. - 50.3 (4) An employer shall, in consultation with the committee or health and safety representative, if any, re - - a) les situations dangereuses possibles, leur descrip -tion et leurs effets possibles sur la santé ou la sécurité des salariés; - b) une indication concernant les salariés à risque; - c) l'endroit où le code peut s'appliquer; - d) les méthodes et l'équipement à utiliser, y compris la procédure d'inspection; - e) la…

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referred to in paragraphs ( 1 )(a) to (d), the equipment must be stored, maintained, inspected, tested, fitted, installed, used or dismantled in accordance with the fallprotection plan. SOR/2019-243, s. 4. ## Fall Protection ## Fall-protection Plan - 12.06 (1) If there is a risk of injury due to falling in any of the circumstances described in paragraphs 12.07 1 ( )(a), (b) or (c) in a work place, the employer must, before any work activities begin, - (a) develop a fall-protection plan in consultation with the work place committee or the health and safety representative; and - (b) ensure that a copy of the fall-protection plan is readily available at the work place for consultation. - (2) The fall-protection plan must specify - (a) the hazards that have been identified for each work area and each activity to be carried out at the work place; - (b) the fall-protection systems that have been chosen to protect against the identified hazards; - (c) if a personal fall-protection system is used, the anchorage to be used during the work; - (d) if a fall-arrest system is used, the clearance distance below each work area; - (e) if there are no manufacturer's instructions with respect to the storage, maintenance, inspection, testing, fitting, installation, use or dismantling of equipment that is used in a fall-protection system and that is provided by an employer, the procedures to be followed for the purposes of paragraphs 12.05 1 ( )(a) to (d); and - (f) the rescue procedures to be followed if a person falls. - (3) The fall-protection plan must include, in annex, a copy of any manufacturer's instructions with respect to the storage, maintenance, inspection, testing, fitting, d'installation, d'utilisation, de démontage et de maintien dans un état de propreté et de salubrité prévues aux alinéas ( 1 )a) à d) sont exécutées conformément au plan de protection contre les chutes. DORS/2019-243, a…