2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Hand, arm, leg and body protection
6.14(1) An employer must provide a worker with hand, arm, leg or body
protective equipment that is appropriate for the risk and to the
workplace if there is a risk of injury to the worker’s hands, arms, legs
or torso.
6.14(2) Without limiting subsection (1), an employer must provide a worker
with appropriate gloves or mitts and sleeves if there is a risk of injury
to the worker from contact with an exposed energized electrical
conductor.
Respiratory protective equipment 
6.15(1) An employer must ensure that respiratory protective equipment
provided to a worker is selected, used and maintained in accordance
with CAN/CSA-Z94.4-11, Selection, Use, and Care of Respirators.
6.15(2) An employer must ensure that a worker using the respiratory
protective equipment
(a) is adequately trained by a competent person in the proper fit,
testing, maintenance, use and cleaning of the equipment and in
its limitations;
(b) is able to test, maintain and clean the equipment;
(c) is able to use the equipment safely; and

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(d) inspects and tests the equipment before each use.
M.R. 128/2019
Atmosphere-supplying respirators 
6.15.1
An employer must ensure that air in an atmosphere-supplying
respirator that is provided to a worker meets the purity requirements
set out in CAN/CSA Standard-Z180.1-13, Compressed Breathing Air 
and Systems.
M.R. 159/2018
Working in dangerous atmospheres 
6.16(1) An employer must provide a worker who is required to enter an
atmosphere that is immediately dangerous to his or her safety or
health with one of the following atmosphere-supplying respirators:
(a) an open-circuit SCBA, which
(i) is sufficiently charged to enable the worker to perform the
work safely,
(ii) operates in a pressure demand or positive pressure mode,
and
(iii) has a minimum rated capacity of 30 minutes;
(b) an airline respirator equipped with a full face piece that
(i) operates in a pressure demand or positive pressure mode,
and
(ii) has an auxiliary supply of air that is carried on the person
or within arm’s reach that is sufficient to allow the worker
to escape in case of failure of the primary air supply
equipment;
(c) a closed-circuit SCBA.