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## S-15.1 REG 10 ## OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY, 2020 - (4) If a worker leaves an aerial device or elevating work platform parked or unattended, an employer or contractor shall ensure that the device or platform: - (a) is locked or rendered inoperative; or - (b) is fully lowered and retracted with all hydraulic systems in the neutral position or incapable of operating by moving the controls. - (5) An employer or contractor shall ensure that: - (a) a worker who operates an aerial device or elevating work platform is trained to operate the device or platform safely; and - (b) the training includes the manufacturer's instructions and recommendations, the load limitations, the proper use of all controls and any limitations on the surfaces on which the device or platform is designed to be used. - (6) An employer or contractor shall ensure that, while a worker is on a work platform mounted on a forklift and the forklift is in the raised position, the operator: - (a) remains at the controls; and - (b) does not drive the forklift. - (7) An employer or contractor shall ensure that the manufacturer's operating manual for the aerial device or elevating work platform is kept with the device or platform at all times. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s12-25. ## Maintenance and inspection - 12-26 (1) An employer, contractor, owner or supplier shall ensure that only competent persons maintain and inspect an aerial device, elevating work platform, suspended powered platform, personnel lifting unit or scaffold to which section 12-10 applies. - (2) An employer, contractor, owner or supplier shall ensure that a maintenance and inspection record tag: - (a) is provided for an aerial device, elevating work platform, suspended powered scaffold, personnel lifting unit or scaffold to which section 12-10 applies, and is attached to the device, platform, unit or scaffold near the operator's station; and - (b) has the following record…

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## Forklifts - 12-27 (1) An employer or contractor shall ensure that no worker is raised or lowered by, or required or permitted to work on, a forklift or any device mounted on a forklift except as provided by this section. - (2) An employer or contractor shall ensure that a work platform mounted on a forklift on which a worker may be raised or lowered or required or permitted to work is: - (a) designed and constructed to an approved standard or designed and constructed and certified safe for use by a professional engineer to support safely the maximum load that the platform is expected to support; - (b) securely attached to the forks of the forklift to prevent accidental lateral or vertical movement of the platform; - (c) equipped with guardrails and toeboards that meet the requirements of sections 9-11 and 9-12; and - (d) equipped with a screen or similar barrier along the edge of the platform adjacent to the mast of the forklift to prevent a worker from contacting the mast drive mechanism. - (3) The employer or contractor shall ensure that a worker working from a work platform mentioned in subsection (2) uses a personal fall arrest system that meets the requirements of Part 7. - (4) An employer or contractor shall comply with the requirements mentioned in section 11-16. 31 Dec 2020 c S-15.1 Reg 10 s12-27. ## Temporary supporting structures - 12-28 (1) An employer or contractor shall ensure that a temporary supporting structure is designed and constructed to withstand safely all loads that the structure is intended, or may reasonably be anticipated, to support. - (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), an employer or contractor shall meet the requirements of subsection (3) if a temporary supporting structure consists of: - (a) shoring that is more than 3.6 metres high; or - (b) members that are connected to one another so that a load applied to any member of the structure may alter the stresses induced in the other members. - (3) A…

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and drawings where applicable shall be developed by a qualified person and be available at the work site until all steel erection activity is completed. Guidelines for establishing a site specific erection plan are contained in 29 C.F.R. 1926 Subpart R Appendix A. - (9) 29 C.F.R. §1926.753(c)(1)(i) is amended to read as follows: Cranes being used in steel erection activities shall be visually inspected prior to each shift by a competent person; the inspection shall include observation for potential deficiencies that may occur during operation. At a minimum this inspection shall include the following: - (A) All control mechanisms for maladjustments; - (B) Control and drive mechanism for excessive wear of components and contamination by lubricants, water, or other foreign matter; - (C) Safety devices, including but not limited to boom angle indicators, boom stops, boom kick out devices, anti-two block devices, and load moment indicators where required; - (D) Air, hydraulic, and other pressurized lines for deterioration or leakage, particularly those that flex in normal operation; - (E) Hooks and latches for deformation, chemical damage, cracks, or wear; - (F) Wire rope reeving for compliance with hoisting equipment manufacturer's specifications; - (G) Electrical apparatus for malfunctioning, signs of excessive deterioration, dirt, or moisture accumulation;