2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Notice of excavation
26.4(1) An employer who proposes to make an excavation that is more
than 1.5 m deep in which a worker is required or permitted to enter
must notify the branch not more than 48 hours before the day that
excavation work is scheduled to begin and provide the following
information to the branch:
(a) the name and address of the owner of the land where the
excavation is to be made;
(b) the name and address of the employer;
(c) the location of the excavation;
(d) the starting date of the excavation and its proposed completion
date;
(e) the proposed depth, length and width of the excavation;
(f) a description of the proposed support structure, including the
method of shoring and type of shoring materials, if shoring is to
be used;
(g) verification that the owners of underground facilities have been
notified and that the location of any pipes, conduits, or previous
excavations in or adjacent to the proposed excavation site has
been determined;
(h) the name of the person who will be supervising the work.
26.4(2) An employer required to notify the branch under this section must
not begin excavation work until the branch has assigned a serial
number to the excavation project.
26.4(3) This section does not apply to the digging of a burial lot or plot in a
cemetery as defined in The Cemeteries Act.
M.R. 90/2014
SUPERVISION
Employer to appoint supervisor
26.5(1) An employer must supervise or designate a competent person to
supervise work at an excavation site. The supervisor must be present
at the site whenever a worker is in the excavation or work on the
excavation is being performed.

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26.5(2) When a worker is in an excavation that is more than 1.5 m deep,
an employer must ensure that a competent person is located at
the surface of the excavation to alert the worker of any potentially
unsafe condition and provide assistance in an emergency.
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES