Workplace Safety And Health Regulation
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PART 28
SCAFFOLDS AND OTHER
ELEVATED WORK PLATFORMS
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Application
28.1(1) This Part applies to every workplace where work takes place using a
scaffold or elevated work platform.
28.1(2) Except for work of short duration that can be done safely from a
ladder, an employer must ensure that a worker engaged in work that
cannot be done from the ground or other safe elevation is provided
with a scaffold or an elevated work platform.
Safe work procedures
28.2(1) When a scaffold or an elevated work platform is required to be
provided at a workplace, the employer must
(a) develop and implement safe work procedures for using the
scaffold or elevated work platform provided;
(b) train workers who work on scaffolds and elevated platforms in
those safe work procedures; and
(c) ensure that the workers comply with those safe work
procedures.
28.2(2) An employer must ensure that the safe work procedures developed
in subsection (1) include emergency response and rescue procedures
appropriate to the risks associated with the failure of a scaffold or
other elevated work platform.
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