Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations

14.6 (1) Subject to subsection 14.51(2), where motorized materials handling equipment is used in circumstances where it may turn over, it shall be fitted with a rollover protection device that meets the standards set out in CSA Standard B352-M1980, Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) for Agricultural, Construction, Earthmoving, Forestry, Industrial, and Mining Machines, the English version of which is dated September 1980 and the French version of which is dated April 1991, as amended from time to time, and that will prevent the operator of the motorized materials handling equipment from being trapped or crushed under the equipment if it does turn over.

(2) Subject to subsection 14.51(1), all motorized materials handling equipment used in circumstances described in subsection (1) shall be fitted with

• (a) seat-belts; and

• (b) restraining devices preventing the displacement of the battery if the equipment turns over.