2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

PART 17 
WELDING AND ALLIED PROCESSES
Application
17.1
This Part applies to every workplace where welding or allied
processes take place.
Safe work procedures
17.2
An employer must
(a) develop and implement safe work procedures respecting
welding and allied processes performed in the workplace;
(b) train workers in the safe work procedures; and
(c) ensure that workers comply with the safe work procedures.
CSA standard
17.3
An employer must ensure that all welding and allied processes in the
workplace comply with the requirements of CSA W117.2-12, Safety in 
Welding, Cutting, and Allied Processes.
M.R. 128/2019
Contained welding or allied process
17.4
When a container, pipe, valve or fitting
(a) holds or may have held an explosive, flammable or otherwise
hazardous substance; or
(b) may become pressurized to the point of being a hazard to a
person at a workplace;
an employer must ensure that any welding or allied process
performed by a worker is performed in accordance with the safe
work procedures developed under section 17.2.
Electric arc welding
17.5
An employer must, so far as is reasonably practicable, ensure that a
worker does not perform electric arc welding if another worker may
be exposed to radiation from the arc unless the other worker is using
an appropriate eye protector or is protected from the radiation by an
appropriate barrier.

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Appropriate welding and ground leads
17.6
An employer must ensure that appropriate welding and ground leads
are used to fasten the electric supply cable securely so that the inner
wires of an electric welding machine are not exposed to damage and
the cable cannot be separated from the fittings.