Canada – Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Marine Installations and Structures Occupational Health and Safety Transitional Regulations

176 (1) The employer must provide a fall-protection system if a person, other than an employee who is installing or removing such a system in accordance with the instructions referred to in subsection (5), works from

• (a) an unguarded structure that is

  • (i) more than 2.4 m above the nearest permanent safe level,

  • (ii) above any moving parts of machinery or any other surface or thing that could cause injury to an employee on contact,

  • (iii) above an open hopper, vat or pit, or

  • (iv) above water more than 1 m deep; or

• (b) a ladder at a height of more than 2.4 m above the nearest permanent safe level when, because of the nature of the work, that person can use only one hand to hold onto the ladder.

(2) The components of a fall-protection system must meet the following standards:

• (a) CSA Standard Z259.1, Body Belts and Saddles for Work Positioning and Travel Restraint;

• (b) CSA Standard CAN/CSA Z259.2.2, Self-Retracting Devices;

• (c) CSA Standard CAN/CSA Z259.2.3, Descent Devices;

• (d) CSA Standard Z259.2.4, Fall Arresters and Vertical Rigid Rails;

• (e) CSA Standard CAN/CSA Z259.2.5, Fall Arresters and Vertical Lifelines;

• (f) CSA Standard CAN/CSA Z259.10, Full Body Harnesses;

• (g) CSA Standard Z259.11, Personal Energy Absorbers and Lanyards;

• (h) CSA Standard Z259.12, Connecting Components for Personal Fall-Arrest Systems (PFAS);

• (i) CSA Standard Z259.13, Manufactured Horizontal Lifeline Systems; and

• (j) CSA Standard Z259.16, Design of Active Fall-protection Systems.

(3) The anchor of a fall-protection system must be capable of withstanding a force of 17.8 kN.

(4) A fall-protection system that is used to arrest the fall of a person must prevent that person

• (a) from being subjected to a peak fall arrest force greater than 8 kN; and

• (b) from falling freely for more than 1.2 m.

(5) Every employee required to install or remove a fall-protection system in a workplace must be instructed and trained by the employer in the procedures to be followed for the installation or removal of the system.