2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Procedures — needlestick injuries
45.1(3) The employer must develop procedures to be followed in a
medical workplace when a worker suffers a needlestick injury,
including instructions for the worker suffering the injury.
Investigation and report required
45.1(4) The employer must investigate and prepare a report on every
needlestick injury to a worker in a medical workplace.
Definitions
45.1(5) The following definitions apply in this section.
“medical workplace” means
(a) a hospital, a personal care home, a psychiatric facility, a medical
clinic, a medical laboratory, a community health centre and
CancerCare Manitoba;
(b) a physician’s office;
(c) if prescribed by regulation, a registered dentist’s office;
(d) an ambulance as defined in The Ambulance Services Act; and
(e) any other workplace where physical or mental health treatment
or care is provided to a person. (« lieu de travail en milieu
médical »)
“needlestick injury” means an injury caused by a hollow-bore or
intravenous needle puncturing a person’s skin or mucous membrane.
(« blessure par piqûre d’aiguille »)

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The Workplace Safety And Health Act
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“safety-engineered needle” includes a shielded needle device, a retractable
needle system and a needleless device. (« seringue conçue en vue d’un usage
sécuritaire »)
S.M. 2005, c. 15, s. 2.
INAPPROPRIATE OR UNSAFE FOOTWEAR
Inappropriate or unsafe footwear
45.2
An employer must not require a worker to wear footwear that
(a) is not of a design, construction and material appropriate to the
protection required for the worker’s work; or
(b) does not allow the worker to safely perform their work.
S.M. 2018, c. 22, s. 2.
GENERAL PROVISIONS