Safe Working Practices Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1467)

69 Power supply cables for portable electrical equipment shall be placed clear of areas used for vehicles unless adequate protection for the cables is provided.

70 Electrical appliances and tools shall be constructed and used in accordance with the Canadian Standards Association specifications or with any other specifications acceptable to the Board.

Personal Protective Equipment

71 The personal protective equipment referred to in sections 72 to 74 shall comply with the Canadian Standards Association specifications for that equipment or, where a higher standard is required by a provincial authority having jurisdiction over the use of that equipment, the higher standard required by that authority.

72 Every person employed in an area where there is danger of injury to the feet from falling or moving objects shall wear safety shoes or boots, which shall be made available by his employer.

73 Every person employed in an area where there is danger of injury to the head from falling or moving objects shall wear a safety hat or helmet fitted with a chin strap.

74 Every person shall wear a buoyancy aid that is not dependent upon manual control to produce its buoyancy when

• (a) required to work over water; or

• (b) transferring between a ship and a tow.

75 Except as provided in section 74, every person shall wear a life jacket

• (a) when crossing between a ship and the shore during the berthing or docking of the ship; and

• (b) when crossing between one ship and another ship, where one or both of the ships are not moored.

76 Every person who is required to work on unmanned barges shall have two strips of reflective tape, each of which is not less than 19 mm wide by 230 mm long, attached to both front and back of his exterior jacket or coat when darkness or a dimly lighted condition exists in the working area.

• 77 (1) A person employed in welding or burning operations shall wear eye protection designed to protect his eyes from the glare of the operations.

• (2) A person employed in rivetting, drilling, grinding or chipping operations shall wear eye protection designed to protect his eyes from flying particles.

• (3) Every person exposed to a threat of danger to his eyes from flying grit, chips or excessive heat or light shall wear suitable eye protection.

78 Every employer shall provide the appropriate protective clothing and respiratory equipment to an employee required to work with a substance or in an atmosphere that may adversely affect the employee’s health.

79 Every person who is required to work at a height greater than 3 m, on a mast or at the edge of any other structure that is not provided with guard rails, shall wear a safety belt fitted with a safety line that is rigged so as to limit the free fall of a person to not more than 1.2 m.

• 80 (1) Safety belts, safety lines and life lines shall be of sufficient strength to support a load of 1 134 kg

• (2) Where a safety line or life line is subject to chafing, it shall be made of wire rope or wire core fibre rope.

Pressure Vessels

• 81 (1) No person shall enter or remain in a boiler unless

  • (a) a qualified person has ascertained that the boiler is isolated from every other steaming boiler; and

  • (b) there is another person in attendance at a manhole opening of the boiler.

• (2) The qualified person referred to in paragraph (1)(a) shall ensure that

  • (a) locking devices are fitted to the boiler isolating valves;

  • (b) a person is in attendance at the position where the boiler is isolated;

  • (c) effective warning notices are placed at the position where the boiler is isolated; or

  • (d) blank flanges are fitted between the boiler and every other steaming boiler.

• (3) Every person who is in attendance at a manhole opening of a boiler shall, except where an emergency occurs with respect to the person inside the boiler, remain in attendance until the person inside leaves the boiler.

• (4) No person shall enter the furnace side of any boiler that contains

  • (a) hot water at a temperature in excess of 55°C; or

  • (b) steam under pressure.

82 Before a pressure vessel is sealed, the person in charge of the working area in which the pressure vessel is located shall ascertain that no person is inside the pressure vessel.

83 When manhole covers are to be removed from a boiler, the uppermost manhole cover shall be removed first.

• 84 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person, other than a person appointed by an authority acceptable to the Board, shall alter or deal with a safety or relief valve of a boiler or other pressure vessel.

• (2) A qualified person may

  • (a) in a case of emergency, adjust a valve referred to in subsection (1); and

  • (b) overhaul a valve referred to in subsection (1), prior to its inspection by a person appointed by an authority acceptable to the Board.

General Requirements and Working Practices

85 Every person in charge of a working area that is in darkness or in which a dimly lighted condition exists shall ensure that portable lights are provided to any person required to enter that working area.

86 Every person on board a towed ship for the purpose of handling the mooring lines of that ship shall maintain visible or audible contact with the operator of the towing ship either directly or with the assistance of other persons.

• 87 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall use as a walkway the top of any rail car that is being carried on a barge.

• (2) A person may ascend to the top of any rail car that is being carried on a barge and proceed along the top of that rail car for the purpose of placing or attending to navigation lights.

88 No person shall, while a ship is underway, go over the side of the ship to carry out routine maintenance thereof.

89 No person shall go between a ship’s side and a dock facing or between one ship and another ship, unless there is an adequate fender secured to the ship’s side or the dock facing, or to the side of one of the ships, as the case may be.

• 90 (1) No person shall

  • (a) manually lift or carry, or

  • (b) require any other person to manually lift or carry

  a weight that is likely to jeopardize the health or safety of any person.

• (2) No person shall handle, except by mechanical means, any material or object, the shape, size, toxicity or other characteristic of which is likely to jeopardize his health or safety.

Enforcement

91 The Minister of Transport may designate as an inspector any person in the public service of Canada who, in his opinion, is qualified to be so designated.

• 92 (1) An inspector may at any reasonable time go on board any ship, visit any working area, or examine any structure, machinery or equipment, in or in respect of which he has reason to believe that any provision of these Regulations has been contravened.

• (2) Where

  • (a) the owner of any working area, structure, machinery or equipment,

  • (b) any person employed in the operation, maintenance or repair of a ship, or in the loading or unloading of a ship, or

  • (c) an officer of an organization that represents the owner or a person described in paragraph (b),

  complains that a contravention of these Regulations has taken place, an inspector shall investigate the circumstances giving rise to the complaint.

• (3) Every complaint described in subsection (2), shall, where required by an inspector, be made in writing and signed by the person making the complaint.

• (4) Where an investigation is made pursuant to this section, any person in possession of any records relating to a ship or any working area, structure, machinery or equipment, shall, when requested to do so by an inspector, produce such records and furnish a true copy thereof.

• (5) No person shall obstruct or hinder an inspector in the exercise of his powers or the carrying out of his duties under these Regulations.

• (6) Any person, when requested to do so by an inspector, shall give the inspector all reasonable assistance in his power to enable the inspector to carry out his duties under this section and shall furnish the inspector with such information as he may reasonably require.