Short Title

1 These Regulations may be cited as the Tackle Regulations.

Interpretation

• 2 (1) In these Regulations,

  Act

  Act means the Canada Shipping Act; (Loi)

  approved

  approved means approved by the Board; (approuvé)

  Board

  Board means the Board of Steamship Inspection created pursuant to Part VIII of the Act; (Bureau)

  cargo gear

  cargo gear means any gear or appliance used in the processes; (engin de manutention)

  Chairman

  Chairman means the Chairman of the Board; (président)

  Class A gear

  Class A gear means gear made from wrought iron, or from mild steel that contains less than 0.20 per cent carbon; (engin classe A)

  Class B gear

  Class B gear means gear made from mild steel that contains not less than 0.20 per cent carbon, or from alloy steel; (engin classe B)

  fixed cargo gear

  fixed cargo gear means ships’ cranes, winches and other hoisting appliances, derrick booms, derricks and mast bands, goose-necks, eyebolts and all other permanent attachments to any part of a ship used in connection with the processes, also shore cranes and other shore based appliances employed in loading or unloading a ship; (engins de manutention fixes)

  hatch

  hatch means an opening in a deck used for the purpose of the processes or for trimming or ventilation; (écoutille)

  hatchway

  hatchway means the whole space within the square of the hatches, from the top deck to the bottom of the hold; (passage d’écoutille)

  heat treatment

  heat treatment means either annealing or normalizing as described in Schedule II; (traitement thermique)

  inspector

  inspector means an inspector of Ship’s Tackle appointed pursuant to Part VIII of the Act; (inspecteur)

  lifting machinery

  lifting machinery means any fixed cargo gear used in hoisting or lowering; (appareils de levage)

  Minister

  Minister means the Minister of Transport; (ministre)

  officer in charge

  officer in charge means the person, other than the master, in charge of a ship; (officier responsable)

  prescribed

  prescribed means prescribed by the Board; (prescrit)

  processes

  processes means all or any part of the work of loading, unloading, moving or handling cargo, bunker coal, ship’s stores, ship and cargo fittings, performed

  • (a) on board a ship,

  • (b) on shore in an area within the scope of any derrick, crane or other equipment employed in loading or unloading a ship and in the immediate approaches to such an area not including any shed or warehouse or any part of a wharf forward or aft of the ship’s mooring lines,

  • (c) on board any floating crane or other floating hoisting equipment, or

  • (d) on board any barge, scow, raft or crib alongside a ship; (opérations)

  pulley block

  pulley block means pulley block, gin and similar gear, other than a crane block specially constructed for use with a crane to which it is permanently attached; (poulie)

  union purchase

  union purchase means a rig in which a pair of derricks is used in combination, the derricks being fixed and the cargo runners coupled, such rig being otherwise known as coupled derricks, married falls or burtoning; (manoeuvre en colis volant)

  wharf

  wharf means any wharf, dock, pier, quay or similar place at which the processes are carried on; (quai)

  worker

  worker means any person employed in the processes; (travailleur)

  working place

  working place means a place where the processes are carried on. (lieu de travail)

• (2) In Part IV of these Regulations, competent person means a person having qualifications appropriate to the duties required of him as set out in Schedule III.

Application

• 3 (1) Subject to subsection (2), these Regulations apply to

  • (a) any ship engaged in loading or unloading, or handling cargo, bunker coal, ship’s stores and ship and cargo fittings in Canada;

  • (b) any shore based derrick, crane or other loading or unloading equipment and any gear attached to that equipment when the equipment is being used in the processes; and

  • (c) any area on shore that is within the scope of any derrick, crane or other hoisting equipment used in loading or unloading a ship and the immediate approaches to such an area not including any sheds or warehouses or any part of a wharf forward or aft of the ship’s mooring lines.

• (2) These Regulations do not apply to

  • (a) any fishing vessel; or

  • (b) any ship, where on account of the small quantity of cargo handled at any time it is not necessary to employ more than 10 workers in the processes and where the weight hoisted at any one time does not exceed 455 kg.

4 Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, the Board may, if satisfied that it can with propriety do so, exempt any ship or owner of cargo gear from full compliance with any of the requirements of these Regulations.

PART ICompliance

• 5 (1) Except as provided in subsection 11(4), the owner, master or officer in charge of a ship shall comply with Part III.

• (2) The owner of cargo gear, and, in the case of cargo gear carried on board a ship not registered in Canada, the master of the ship shall comply with Part IV.

• (3) Every person who by himself, his agents or workers carries on the processes, and all persons employed by him in the processes, shall comply with Part V.

• (4) The owner, master or officer in charge of a ship shall comply with section 42 so far as it concerns

  • (a) any hatch not taken over by the persons, agents, workers or persons employed for the purposes of the processes, and

  • (b) any hatch that, after having been taken over by the persons, agents, workers or persons employed, for the purposes of the processes,

    • (i) has been reported by written notice, in the prescribed form, to the owner, master or officer in charge of the ship, by or on behalf of the persons, agents, workers or persons employed, as being a hatch at which the processes have been completed, or completed for the time being, and

    • (ii) has been left by the said persons, agents, workers or persons employed, fenced and covered as required by section 42, or has been taken into use by or on behalf of the owner of the ship, and in either case has been reported by the written notice referred to in subparagraph (i),

  and the said owner, master or officer in charge of the ship shall give immediately a written acknowledgement, in the prescribed form, of the written notice referred to in paragraph (b).

PART IILife Saving Equipment Required

• 6 (1) Where a ship is loading or unloading from or to a boom, raft or crib, the employer of the workers engaged in the processes shall keep in the water as near as practicable to the working place, a life saving boat equipped with oars, a boat hook, and an approved lifebuoy having 27 m of heaving line attached thereto.

• (2) Where the speed of the current in the water where the loading or unloading from or to a boom, raft or crib is being carried on is three knots or more, the life saving boats referred to in subsection (1) shall, in addition to the equipment mentioned in that subsection, be manned and fitted with a motor.

7 Where a ship is loading or unloading from or to an unfenced open scow or a fenced scow where the fencing does not extend to at least 760 mm above the load, the employer of the workers engaged in such loading or unloading

• (a) shall provide on or near the scow, at least one approved lifebuoy having 27 m of line attached thereto; and

• (b) where the speed of the current in the water is three knots or more, shall keep in the water, as near as practicable to the working place, a manned life saving boat fitted with a motor and equipped with oars and a boat hook.

PART IIISafe Means of Passage and Access

Safe Means between Ship and Wharf

• 8 (1) Safe means shall be provided for the passage of workers to and from a ship and the wharf at which the ship lies, unless conditions are such that the workers would not be exposed to undue risk if no special appliances were provided.

• (2) The safe means required by subsection (1) are as follows:

  • (a) where practicable, a ship’s accommodation ladder, gangway or similar construction, which shall be

    • (i) not less than 560 mm wide,

    • (ii) properly secured, and securely fenced throughout to a clear height of not less than 915 mm by means of upper and lower rails, taut ropes or chains, or by other equally safe means, except that in the case of the ship’s accommodation ladder such fencing shall be necessary on one side only, if the other side is protected by the ship’s side,

    • (iii) constructed of suitable material, in good condition and suitable for the purpose, and

    • (iv) so treated as to prevent workers slipping thereon; and

  • (b) in any case other than a case referred to in paragraph (a), a ladder, which shall be of adequate strength and length and properly secured to prevent slipping.

• (3) In cases where the gangway or ladder rests on or is secured to the bulwark, steps or other safe means with a suitable handhold shall be provided from bulwark to deck.

• (4) A safety net or other satisfactory arrangement shall be provided, if required, so that workers accidentally falling from the safe means referred to in subsection (1) will not fall between the ship and the wharf.

• (5) Safety precautions similar to those referred to in subsection (4) shall be taken, where required, alongside hatches where the processes are being carried on, on the side of the ship next to the wharf.

Safe Means between Ships or other Vessels

• 9 (1) When a ship is loading or unloading from or to a boom, raft, crib or scow, safe means of access shall be provided.

• (2) Where the safe means referred to in subsection (1) consists of a rope ladder, the ladder

  • (a) shall be equipped with flat wooden treads; and

  • (b) shall be so made as to prevent twisting.

• 10 (1) When ships or vessels are alongside one another, safe means shall be provided for the passage of workers between the said ships or vessels, unless conditions are such that the workers would not be exposed to undue risk if no special appliances were provided.

• (2) The safe means required by subsection (1) shall be provided by the ship or the vessel with the highest freeboard.

Safe Means from Deck to Hold

• 11 (1) Where the processes are carried on in a hold the depth of which exceeds 1.52 m, safe means of access shall be provided from the deck to the hold.

• (2) The safe means of access referred to in subsection (1) shall ordinarily be by ladder, properly secured, which shall comply with the following conditions:

  • (a) it shall provide foothold of a depth, including any space behind the ladder, of not less than 115 mm, a width of not less than 250 mm, and a firm handhold;

  • (b) it shall not be recessed under the deck more than is reasonably necessary to keep it clear of the cargo hatchway, unless there is means of access to the ladder otherwise than via the cargo hatchway;

  • (c) subject to subsection (3), ladders shall, so far as practicable, be in a continuous vertical line from the upper deck to the bottom of the hold, unless a safe landing is provided at the lower end of any discontinued ladder to prevent a descending worker from stepping off the bottom rung into space; and

  • (d) where a section of a ladder ends at a hatchway coaming, arrangements for secure handhold and foothold (e.g. cleats or cups) shall be provided on such coaming; such foothold to have a depth, including any space behind the said arrangements, of not less than 115 mm, with a width of not less than 250 mm.

• (3) The safe means of access referred to in subsection (1) may be provided by a sloping ladder or stairway, provided the ladder or stairway meets the requirements of paragraph (2)(a) and subsection (4).

• (4) Where the processes are carried on in the hold of an undecked vessel, the employer of the workers shall provide the safe means referred to in subsection (1), which safe means shall,

  • (a) if it consists of a ladder, be equipped with adequate means for securing the ladder; and

  • (b) if it consists of a rope ladder, also comply with the requirements of section 9.

• (5) There shall be room to pass between any winch or other obstruction and the means of access referred to in subsection (1).

• (6) Shaft tunnels shall be equipped with adequate handhold or foothold on each side.

• 12 (1) The safe means required by subsection 8(1) and by sections 9 and 10, and all places at which workers are employed, or to which they may be required to proceed in the course of their employment, shall be efficiently lighted while the processes are being carried on.

• (2) The lighting required by subsection (1) shall not interfere with the navigation of other vessels.

• 13 (1) Suitable gear shall be provided for lifting removable hatch beams on and off.

• (2) The suitable gear shall render it unnecessary for workers to go upon the beam.

14 Removable hatch covers and beams shall be marked to identify the deck, hatch and hatch section to which they belong, unless interchangeability renders all or some of such information unnecessary.

15 To ensure the safety of the workers, hatch beams and covers shall be maintained in good condition.

• 16 (1) Adequate hand grips shall be provided on portable hatch covers.

• (2) Non-portable, removable hatch covers shall be provided with safe means for lifting them off and on.

• (3) Hatch coverings of the hinged or folding type shall be fitted with a locking device or other means of preventing accidental closure.

• (4) Locking devices for portable hatch beams shall be kept in good order.

17 Working space around a hatch shall be not less than 915 mm wide, unless provision is made to enable workers to remove and replace hatch covers and beams in safety.

• 18 (1) Where a worker is required to go outside of the rails or bulwarks to secure deck cargo or for any other purpose connected with the processes, means to ensure the safety of the worker shall be provided.

• (2) Where deck cargo is stowed so close to the ship’s side and at such a height that the rails or bulwarks do not protect workers from falling overboard, means to enable the attachment of the derrick guys without the need for a worker to go outboard of the deck cargo shall be provided.

19 Except in cases where the special design of the lifting machinery renders provision unnecessary, fixed derrick booms shall be fitted with suitable guy preventers which shall be secured to the head of the derrick boom independently of other fittings.

PART IVCargo Gear

Fixed Cargo Gear

• 20 (1) All fixed cargo gear shall, before being used, be tested and examined by a competent person in the manner set out in Schedules I and III.

• (2) All lifting machinery shall be given a thorough examination at least once every four years by a competent person.

• (3) The quadrennial thorough examination referred to in subsection (2) shall include hammer tests, drilling, the opening of blocks, shackles or machinery, the lifting of goose-necks, and such other tests as are necessary to determine the condition of the lifting machinery.

• (4) All lifting machinery shall be inspected annually by a competent person.

Chains, Rings, Hooks, etc.

• 21 (1) All chains, rings, hooks, shackles, swivels and pulley blocks used in hoisting or lowering shall be tested and examined by a competent person in the manner set out in Schedule I before being used.

• (2) All new chains, rings, hooks, shackles and swivels used in hoisting or lowering shall be heat treated under the supervision of a competent person in the manner set out in Schedule II before being placed in service.

• (3) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), all Class A chains, rings, hooks, shackles, or swivels used in hoisting or lowering shall be annealed in accordance with Schedule II, under the supervision of a competent person, at the following intervals:

  • (a) 12 mm and smaller gear in general use, once at least in every six months; and

  • (b) all other similar gear in general use, once at least in every 12 months, except that in the case of such gear used solely in cranes and other hoisting appliances worked by hand, the intervals shall be 12 months and two years respectively.

• (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the expression in general use means on 52 or more occasions in a year at the rate of once at least in each week.

• (5) Where the Chairman is of opinion that, owing to the size, design, material or infrequency of use of any gear or class of gear, the requirements of subsection (3) as to annealing is not necessary for the protection of workers, he may, by certificate in writing, exempt such gear or class of gear from such requirements subject to such conditions as he thinks fit.

• (6) The following classes of special gear are exempted from the requirements for heat treatment subject to the condition that such gear shall be thoroughly examined by a competent person once at least in every 12 months:

  • (a) plate link chains;

  • (b) pitched chains;

  • (c) rings, hooks, shackles and swivels permanently attached to pitched chains, pulley blocks, weighing machines, masts, derricks, slings or spreaders;

  • (d) eyebolts, hooks and swivels having screw-threaded parts or ball-bearings or other case-hardened parts; and

  • (e) Bordeaux connections.

• (7) Chains made of malleable cast iron, also chains, rings, hooks, shackles and swivels of Class B gear and all pulley blocks shall be thoroughly examined by a competent person once at least in every 12 months.

• (8) All chains, other than bridle chains attached to derricks or masts, and all rings, hooks, shackles, swivels and pulley blocks shall be inspected by a competent person immediately before each occasion on which they are used in hoisting or lowering, unless they have been inspected within the preceding three months.

• (9) Subject to subsection 3(2) of Schedule II, all chains, rings, hooks, shackles and swivels used in hoisting or lowering, which have been altered or repaired,

  • (a) shall be heat treated before being placed in service; and

  • (b) shall be tested and examined by a competent person in accordance with the provisions of sections 4 and 5 of Schedule I.

• (10) All pulley blocks used in the processes, which have been altered or repaired, shall, before being used, be tested and examined by a competent person in accordance with the provisions of sections 4 and 5 of Schedule I.

• (11) Subject to subsection (6), gear used in hoisting or lowering that is a composite of Class A and Class B shall not be used unless the design is such that the Class A parts may be readily removed for periodic annealing.

Ropes

• 22 (1) No rope shall be used in the processes unless

  • (a) it is of suitable quality and free from patent defect; and

  • (b) in the case of wire rope, it has been examined and tested by a competent person in the manner set out in Schedule I.

• (2) Every wire rope in general use in the processes shall be inspected by a competent person once at least in every three months, except that after any wire in such rope has broken it shall be inspected once at least in every month.

• (3) No wire rope shall be used in the processes if, in any length of eight diameters the total number of visible broken wires exceeds 10 per cent of the total number, or the rope shows signs of excessive wear, corrosion or other defect that, in the opinion of the person who inspects it or of any inspector, renders it unfit for use.

• (4) Subject to subsection (5), every thimble or loop splice made in any wire rope used in the processes shall have at least three tucks with a whole strand of the rope and two tucks with one-half of the wires cut out of each strand, the strands in all cases being tucked against the lay of the rope.

• (5) The requirement set out in subsection (4) shall not operate to prevent the use of any form of splice or connection that can be shown to be as efficient as that prescribed in that subsection.

• (6) Wire clips, if fitted to the satisfaction of an inspector, may be used in lieu of splices on standing gear.

• (7) Each wire rope used in hoisting or lowering shall be in one continuous piece.

23 The safety factors, which shall be adopted with respect to the manufacture of fixed cargo gear, chains, rings, hooks, shackles or swivels, wire rope and fibre rope, are set out in Schedule I.

Registers and Certificates

• 24 (1) A register shall be kept in the prescribed form giving the prescribed particulars in respect of

  • (a) the inspection, testing and thorough examinations required by subsections 20(1) and (2);

  • (b) the thorough examinations required by subsection 20(3) and subsections 21(6), (7) and (8);

  • (c) the heat treatment required by subsections 21(2) and (3); and

  • (d) the annual inspection of all lifting machinery required by subsection 20(4).

• (2) Certificates in the prescribed form shall be attached to the register and shall contain the prescribed particulars in respect of

  • (a) the testing and examinations required by subsections 20(1) and (2), subsections 21(1) and (9) and paragraph 22(1)(b); and

  • (b) the heat treatment required by subsections 21(2) and (3).

• (3) The certificates shall be signed by the competent person who has conducted the testing and examination, or supervised the heat treatment, as the case may be.

• (4) The register shall,

  • (a) if it refers to gear forming part of the equipment of a ship, be kept aboard the ship; and

  • (b) if it refers to gear not forming part of the equipment of a ship, be kept on the premises of the owner.

• (5) Adequate means shall be provided to enable a person examining the register, or any certificate attached thereto, to identify each item of cargo gear referred to therein.

25 The owner, master or officer in charge of a ship shall report any alteration in the ship’s cargo gear upon production of the register to any person, under the provisions of section 60.

Safe Working Loads

• 26 (1) Every derrick or crane shall have the safe working load plainly marked upon it.

• (2) Where one safe working load only is marked on a derrick or crane, it shall be the safe working load with single purchase only and where two safe working loads are marked, the first shall be the figure with single purchase and the second shall be the figure with double purchase.

• (3) Where a derrick has been certified and tested for operation in union purchase, the safe working load shall be marked with the letters S.W.L.(U). to indicate that this is the safe working load in union purchase.

• (4) In each case referred to in subsections (2) and (3), the safe working load shall be the load at the lowest inclination of the boom.

• (5) Where a derrick or crane is tested at an angle exceeding 15 degrees above the horizontal, the angle at which it was tested shall be marked on it and that angle shall be the lowest permissible working angle.

• (6) Where derricks are certified for and marked with a safe working load for operation in union purchase, the load lifted when in union purchase shall not be in excess of that safe working load.

• (7) When derricks are operated in union purchase and are not certified and marked in accordance with subsection (3),

  • (a) the load lifted shall not be in excess of one-half of the safe working load of the derrick with the smaller capacity;

  • (b) the angle formed by the cargo runners shall not exceed 120 degrees; and

  • (c) the attachments and fittings of the cargo runners, guys and preventers shall be suitable for the loads to which they are subjected.

Pulley Blocks

• 27 (1) No pulley block shall be used in the processes unless the safe working load is clearly stamped upon it.

• (2) The safe working load of a single-sheave block is to be taken as the maximum load that can safely be lifted by the block when the load is attached to a rope passing around the sheave of the block.

• (3) In the case of a single-sheave block where the load is attached directly to the block instead of to a rope passing around the sheave, it is permissible to lift a load equal to twice the safe working load of the block as determined in subsection (2).

• (4) Where a rigging arrangement plan is available on board, it is permissible to use single-sheave blocks in any position where the maximum “working load” or “resultant” is not more than double the safe working load or half the proof load of the block.

• (5) Where no rigging arrangement plan is available on board, single-sheave blocks shall have a safe working load not less than the load being lifted or hook load.

Slings

28 Means shall be provided to enable any person using a chain or wire rope sling to ascertain the safe working load for such chain or sling under such conditions as it may be used, as follows:

• (a) for chain slings, such means shall consist of marking the safe working load in plain figures or letters on the sling or on a tablet or ring of durable material attached securely thereto; and

• (b) for wire rope slings, such means shall consist either of the means specified in paragraph (a) or a notice or notices, so exhibited as to be easily read by any person concerned, stating the safe working loads for the various sizes of wire rope slings used.

Motors

29 All motors, cog wheels, chains and friction gearing, shafting, line, electric conductors and steam pipes shall, unless it can be shown that by their position and construction they are equally as safe as if securely fenced, be securely fenced so far as is practicable without impeding the safe working of the ship.

Safety Measures

30 All cranes and winches shall be provided with such means as will reduce to a minimum the risk of the accidental descent of a load while being raised or lowered; in particular, the lever controlling the link motion reversing gear of a crane or winch shall be provided with a suitable spring or other locking arrangement.

31 Appropriate measures shall be taken to prevent exhaust steam from, and, so far as is practicable, live steam to any crane or winch from obscuring any part of the decks, gangways, stages or wharves where any person is employed in the processes.

32 Appropriate measures shall be taken to prevent the foot of a derrick from being accidentally lifted out of its socket or support.

Compliance

• 33 (1) Any ship, registered elsewhere than in Canada, shall be deemed to have complied with the provisions of this Part in respect of testing, examination or heat treatment, as the case may be, if such testing, examination or heat treatment has been carried out in accordance with

  • (a) the laws of the country in which the ship is registered, where the ship is registered in a country the government of which

    • (i) is signatory to International Labour Office Convention No. 32, and

    • (ii) has entered into a reciprocal arrangement with the Government of Canada for the mutual recognition of the arrangement made in their respective countries for testing, examination and heat treatment of cargo gear; or

  • (b) approved regulations made by any national authority, classification society or other regulatory organization, which are equally as effective as the provisions of this Part.

• (2) Any ship, registered elsewhere than in Canada, shall be deemed to have complied with the provisions of this Part in respect of certificates and registers showing tests, examinations or heat treatment, if certificates or registers are produced in a form

  • (a) prescribed by the laws of the country in which the ship is registered, where the ship is registered in a country the government of which

    • (i) is signatory to International Labour Office Convention No. 32, and

    • (ii) has entered into a reciprocal arrangement for the mutual acceptance of certificates and registers showing testing, examination and heat treatment of cargo gear; or

  • (b) approved and substantially in accordance with the form recommended by the International Labour Office.

34 Where any crane or other hoisting appliance located on shore is operated in compliance with any provincial regulations considered by the Board to be equally as effective as the provisions of this Part, such crane or other hoisting appliance shall be deemed to be operated in compliance with this Part.

35 Pallets shall be adequate for the purposes for which they are used, and, if used in conjunction with bar bridles shall have a lip of not less than 75 mm.

PART VSafety Measures During Processes

36 Precautions shall be taken to facilitate the escape of workers employed in cargo spaces or bunkers in the handling of coal or bulk cargo.

• 37 (1) No cargo gear shall be loaded beyond the safe working load.

• (2) No load shall be left suspended from any lifting machinery unless a capable person is present in charge of the machinery while the load is so left.

• (3) Derrick guys and preventers shall be secured only to such eye pads or other fittings as are suitable for the intended loads.

38 Only capable and reliable persons shall operate lifting machinery or transporting machinery, give signals to a driver of such machinery, or attend to cargo falls on winch ends or winch drums.

39 Where goods are placed on a wharf,

• (a) a clear passage leading to the safe means of access required by section 8 shall be maintained; and

• (b) where workers are required to go between the goods and the edge of the wharf, a space at least 915 mm in width, clear of obstructions other than fixed structures, plant, and appliances in use, shall be maintained.

• 40 (1) At hatches at which the processes are being carried on, free passage to the safe means of access required by section 11 shall not be impeded by cargo or other equipment.

• (2) Cargo shall be so stowed that the safe means of access required by section 11 shall not be obstructed.

• 41 (1) Staging used in the processes shall be adequately constructed, supported, and where necessary, fastened.

• (2) Staging used for carrying cargo between ship and shore shall not be so steep as to be unsafe.

• (3) Staging that is slippery shall be sanded or otherwise made safe.

• (4) Where a forklift truck is operating on wooden hatch covers, means shall be taken to distribute the weight so that a single hatch cover is not required to bear any wheel.

• 42 (1) While workers are on a ship for the purposes of the processes, any hatchway of a cargo or bunker space exceeding 1.52 m in depth that is not in use, and the coamings of which are less than 760 mm in height shall be fenced to a height of 915 mm or securely covered.

• (2) Subsection (1) does not apply during mealtimes or other short interruptions of work unless it is manifest that a dangerous condition exists.

• (3) Measures similar to those referred to in subsection (1) shall be taken to protect other deck openings that are dangerous to workers.

• 43 (1) Hatch coverings shall not be used in the construction of cargo staging or for other purposes that may expose them to damage.

• (2) Hatch beams and coverings shall be replaced in their correct positions on the hatches.

• (3) When hatches, beams and coverings are taken off, they shall be placed clear of the hatch coamings and cargo shall not be dragged over them.

44 Where the processes are carried on at an intermediate deck, the hatch at such deck shall be

• (a) completely covered; or

• (b) covered to the extent of one section of hatch coverings, in which case the opening shall be fenced, and means provided to prevent objects from falling into the hold below.

• 45 (1) Where the working space in a hold is confined to the hatchway, cargo hooks shall not be hooked into bands or fastenings securing the loads.

• (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to breaking out or making up slings.

46 Where the processes are carried on on a skeleton deck, adequate staging shall be provided, unless the space beneath such deck is filled to within 610 mm of such deck.

47 Where stacking, unstacking, stowing or unstowing, or handling in connection with the processes cannot be otherwise safely carried out, measures shall be taken, by shoring or other means, to guard against accident.

• 48 (1) The beams of any hatch in use for the processes shall, if not removed, be secured to prevent their displacement.

• (2) Hatch coverings of the hinged or folding type shall be secured so as to prevent accidental closure.

49 Lines used for hauling loads into place shall be protected from chafing where passing around corners.

50 Chains shall not be shortened by tying knots in them.

51 Shackle pins shall be secured to prevent backing out.

• 52 (1) Subject to subsection (3), where the processes involve the use of a cargo fall at a hatchway, a hatch tender or signaller shall be employed for each such fall.

• (2) Where married falls are used at a hatchway, one hatch tender or signaller may be employed for each pair of such falls.

• (3) This section shall not apply in any case where the inspector is satisfied that the operator of the lifting machinery has a clear and unrestricted view of the processes involved.

53 Where a hatch leading to a hold more than 1.52 m in depth is not fitted with a permanent hatch coaming of a height sufficient for the protection of a hatch tender or signaller, a temporary structure sufficient to give the protection required shall be erected.

54 Where workers are transported to or from a ship by water for the purposes of the processes, the vessel used for such transport shall be manned, operated and equipped in accordance with the regulations pertaining to such vessel.

• 55 (1) Internal combustion engines shall not be used in bunkers or cargo spaces unless

  • (a) adequate ventilation is provided;

  • (b) suitable fire extinguishing equipment is readily available;

  • (c) exhaust pipes, connections and mufflers are tight;

  • (d) the exhaust is so directed as not to inconvenience the operator; and

  • (e) no explosives, flammable liquids or gases, or similar dangerous material is present.

• (2) Operators of internal combustion engines in bunkers or cargo spaces shall not work alone.

• (3) Carbon monoxide gas concentration in bunkers or cargo spaces shall not exceed 100 parts per million.

• (4) Where internal combustion engines for use in the processes are to be brought on board, the officer in charge shall first be notified.

• 56 (1) Forklift trucks shall be fitted with overhead guards to protect the operator from a falling load, unless the nature of the processes is such as to render such guards impracticable.

• (2) The brakes and steering mechanism of forklift trucks shall be maintained in good order.

PART VIGeneral

• 57 (1) Except in an emergency, no unauthorized person shall remove or interfere with any fencing, gangway, ladder, hatch coverings, life saving boat or appliance, lights, first-aid equipment, or other things required by these Regulations to be provided.

• (2) Where anything referred to in subsection (1) is removed, such thing shall be restored at the end of the period during which its removal was necessary.

• 58 (1) Except in an emergency, no worker shall be required to

  • (a) go to or from a ship other than by the safe means referred to in sections 8, 9 and 10;

  • (b) enter or leave a cargo space other than by the safe means of access referred to in section 11;

  • (c) go upon the hatch beams to adjust the gear for lifting them on or off;

  • (d) go on board a ship that has been fumigated until the fumigating officer has certified that it is safe to do so;

  • (e) carry on the processes in uncovered holds while other work is proceeding above, unless conditions are such that they are not exposed to injury from falling objects due to such other work; and

  • (f) operate cargo gear that does not comply with Part IV.

• (2) Except in an emergency, no worker shall be required to work with or in proximity to goods that are dangerous to life or health by reason of their nature or condition unless all precautions have been taken to safeguard the workers, and to advise them of the conditions existing.

• (3) Subsection (2) also applies to places where the dangerous goods referred to therein have been stowed, if the fact of such stowage constitutes a risk to workers.

• 59 (1) An employer shall report any case of serious accident to a worker as soon as possible after the occurrence thereof.

• (2) The report shall be made to the inspector at the port where the accident happens, or if it happens at a port where there is no inspector, to the Chairman, and the report shall set out in detail all circumstances of the accident.

• 60 (1) The register required under the provisions of section 24 shall be produced on demand of an inspector, a steamship inspector or other person authorized by the Minister, by the owner, master or officer in charge of the ship, or, in the case of cargo gear not forming part of the ship’s equipment, by the owner thereof or his representative.

• (2) If the register is not produced on demand, the person making the demand may, if he deems that the circumstances warrant it, order that any cargo gear shall not be used in the processes until the register is produced, or the cargo gear is tested, inspected or heat treated, as the case may be.