Canada–Nova Scotia Offshore Area Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (SOR/2021-248)

Marginal note:Lifting risks

• 115 (1) The risks associated with the use of materials handling equipment, including to lift persons or things, are prescribed risks for the purpose of paragraph 210.02(2)(a) of the Act and the occupational health and safety program in respect of a workplace at which materials handling equipment is to be used for lifting must

  • (a) identify the types of lifts that are expected to be performed at the workplace;

  • (b) set out criteria for classifying lifts by risk level, including criteria relating to the type of lift, its complexity, its physical elements, the expertise of those involved in carrying it out and the environmental conditions in which it is carried out;

  • (c) set out procedures for the preparation and performance of lifts by type and risk level, including

    • (i) communication requirements among all persons involved in the lifts,

    • (ii) in the case of lifts of persons, the required use of personal protective equipment by the person being lifted, and

    • (iii) in the case of lifts of persons over the water, the availability of fast rescue boats;

  • (d) identify any operational limits on lifting operations and any environmental conditions, such as wind, sea state and temperature, that may affect those operations, including by reducing the load that the materials handling equipment is able to safely handle or support;

  • (e) set out procedures for the maintenance, inspection, testing, repair and replacement of lifting equipment, fixed pad eyes and loose lifting gear; and

  • (f) set out procedures for communicating the provisions of the program that relate to lifting operations to all persons who are involved in carrying them out and all other persons in the vicinity who may be affected by them.

• Marginal note:Personnel transfer risk

  (2) For the purpose of paragraph (1)(b), a personnel transfer must not be classified as a low risk lift.