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## Pallets and storage racks - 9-19 An employer, contractor, owner or supplier shall ensure that: - (a) pallets are maintained in a manner that will permit safe lifting of the pallets and the pallets' loads by a forklift truck or other device; and - (b) racks for the storage of material or equipment are: - (i) designed, constructed and maintained to support any load placed on the racks; and - (ii) erected on a firm foundation. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s9-18. ## Pressurized hoses 9-20 An employer, contractor or owner shall ensure that an effective restraining device is used on a hose, pipe or connection that is under pressure if inadvertent disconnection of the hose, pipe or connection could result in danger to workers. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s9-20. ## Designated signallers - 9-21 (1) If the giving of signals by a designated signaller is required by these regulations, an employer or contractor shall: - (a) designate a worker to be the designated signaller; - (b) ensure that the designated signaller is sufficiently trained to carry out the signaller's duties in a manner that will ensure the signaller's safety and the safety of other workers; and - (c) keep a record of the training required by clause (b) and give a copy of the record to the designated signaller. - (2) An employer or contractor shall: - (a) provide each designated signaller with, and require the signaller to use, a high visibility vest, armlets or other high visibility clothing, whether the signaller is on a public highway or is at any other place of employment; and - (b) provide each designated signaller with a suitable light to signal with during hours of darkness and in conditions of poor visibility. - (3) An employer or contractor shall: - (a) install suitably placed signs to warn traffic of the presence of a designated signaller before the signaller begins work; and - (b) if reasonably practicable, install suitable overhead lights to illuminate a designated signaller effe…

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- 91 (2) An employer shall provide high visibility safety apparel that meets the requirements of CSA standard Z96-15 (R2020), High-visibility safety apparel or a standard offering equivalent or better protection to any employee who is exposed to a risk of injury from vehic -ular traffic, powered mobile equipment, industrial lift trucks or mobile cranes, and the employee shall wear the apparel. - 91 (3) An employer shall provide and all signalers shall use reflectorized paddles to control the flow of traffic. 2024-38 ## Construction on highway or bridge - 92 (1) Where construction is being carried out on a highway or bridge and an employee's safety may be en -dangered by vehicular traffic, an employer shall ensure that - (a) concrete barriers or material offering equivalent protection is erected at both ends of the construction and as a divider between the traffic and the work area of the highway or bridge, and - (b) appropriate lane control devices and flashing lights or flares are used. - 92 (2) Paragraph (1)(a) does not apply where the high -way or bridge is being paved. ## Material along excavation or trench and vehicular traffic - 93 (1) Where material is piled along the sides of any excavation or trench and interferes with the flow of ve -hicular traffic, an employer shall ensure that the material is adequately illuminated by warning lights or reflective materials. - 93 (2) Where work is being carried out and interferes with the flow of vehicular traffic, an employer shall en -sure that adequate warning signs are posted in both di -rections as indicated in the following table and at any in -tersection between the warning sign and the work area: Posted speed (km/hr) Distance of Warning Sign from Work Area (m) - 91 (2) L'employeur fournit des vêtements de sécurité à haute visibilité qui satisfont aux exigences que prévoit la norme Z96-15 (C2020) de la CSA, intitulée Vêtements de sécurité à haute visibi…

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## Vehicle traffic control - 194 (1) If vehicle traffic at a work site is dangerous to workers on foot, in vehicles or on equipment, an employer must ensure that the traffic is controlled to protect the workers. - 194 (2) An employer must ensure that a worker on foot and exposed to traffic wears high-visibility safety apparel. - 194 (3) A worker on foot and exposed to traffic must wear high-visibility safety apparel. - 194 (4) If a worker is designated by an employer to control traffic, the employer must ensure that the designated traffic controller wears high-visibility safety apparel that - (a) clearly identifies the worker as a designated traffic controller, and - (b) is retroreflective if the worker is controlling traffic in the dark or visibility is poor. - 194 (5) A worker designated to control traffic must wear high-visibility safety apparel that complies with subsection (4). - 194 (6) If a worker is designated by an employer to control traffic, the employer must ensure that the designated traffic controller uses a handheld signal light if it is dark or visibility is poor. - 194 (7) If traffic on a public highway is dangerous to workers, an employer must protect the workers from the traffic using - (a) warning signs, - (b) barriers, - (c) lane control devices, - (d) flashing lights, - (e) flares, - (f) conspicuously identified pilot vehicles, - (g) automatic or remote-controlled traffic control systems, - (h) designated persons directing traffic, or - (i) methods described in the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Canada (1998), and its updates, published up to and including June 30, 2009 by the Transportation Association of Canada. ## Working on ice 195 (1) If a worker is to work on ice and the water beneath the ice is more than 1 metre deep at any point, an employer must ensure the ice will support the load to be placed on it. - 195 (2) The employer must test the ice for the purposes of subsection (1) - (a) before work begins, and - (b) as of…

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［ ## WORKSITES IN URBAN AREAS Set up barricades to prevent unauthorized personnel and/or vehicles from entering the worksite. If working near a road, use a signal person and signs to alert vehicles and pedestrians of potential hazards and falling objects. If needed, use a signal person to direct traffic. The operator should always be alert and follow the signals from the signal person. The operator shall respond to signals only from the appointed signal person, but shall obey a stop signal from anyone at any time. <!-- image -->

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## S-15.1 REG 10 ## OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, 2020 - (5) If the giving of signals by a designated signaller is required by these regulations, an employer or contractor shall ensure that: - (a) no worker other than the designated signaller gives signals to an operator except in an emergency; and - (b) only 1 designated signaller gives signals to an operator at a time. - (6) If hand signals cannot be transmitted properly between a designated signaller and an operator, an employer or contractor shall ensure that additional designated signallers are available to effect proper transmission of signals or that some other means of communication is provided. - (7) If 2 or more designated signallers are used, an employer or contractor shall ensure that the designated signallers are able to communicate effectively with each other. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s9-21. ## Risk from vehicular traffic - 9-22 (1) An employer or contractor shall ensure that a worker who is at risk from vehicular traffic, whether on a public highway or at any other place of employment, is provided with and required to use a high visibility vest, armlets or other high visibility clothing. - (2) If there is a danger to a worker from vehicular traffic on a public highway, an employer or contractor shall develop and implement a traffic control plan, in writing, to protect the worker from traffic hazards by the use of 1 or more of the following: - (a) warning signs; - (b) barriers; - (c) lane control devices; - (d) flashing lights; - (e) flares; - (f) conspicuously identified pilot vehicles; - (g) automatic or remote-controlled traffic control systems; - (h) designated signallers directing traffic. - (3) An employer or contractor shall ensure that: - (a) workers are trained in the traffic control plan developed pursuant to subsection (2); and - (b) the traffic control plan developed pursuant to subsection (2) is made readily available for reference by workers at the place of employment. - …