2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

PART 12
HEARING CONSERVATION AND NOISE CONTROL
12.1
Sound control design
12.2
Noise exposure assessed and reported
12.3
Hearing protection
12.4
Control measures
12.5-12.6
Testing, results and annual report
12.7-12.8
Hearing protectors and warning signs
12.9-12.12
Industrial audiometric technicians
Part 13
ENTRANCES, EXITS, STAIRWAYS AND LADDERS
13.1-13.6
Entrances, exits and stairways
13.7-13.10
Ladders — general
13.11-13.19
Portable ladders
13.20-13.21
Fixed ladders

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PART 14
FALL PROTECTION
14.1
Application
14.2
Safe work procedures
14.3-14.5
Guardrail systems
14.6-14.23
Fall protection systems
14.24-14.26
Residential construction
14.27-14.28
Building requirements
14.29
Definition
PART 15
CONFINED SPACES
15.1
Application
15.2-15.6
General requirements
15.7
Review of entry permit
15.8
Standby worker
15.9
Purging and ventilating unsafe atmosphere
15.10
Personal protective equipment and other control measures
15.11
Entry prohibited
15.12
Emergency response plan for hazardous confined spaces
15.13
Emergency response — top entry into confined space
PART 16
MACHINES, TOOLS AND ROBOTS
16.1
Application
16.2-16.3
General requirements
16.4-16.13
Machine and tool safety
16.14-16.17
Lockout
16.18
Repealed
16.19-16.21
Additional safeguards for conveyors
16.22-16.28
Miscellaneous machines and tools
16.29-16.33
Robots
16.34
Definitions
PART 17
WELDING AND ALLIED PROCESSES
17.1
Application
17.2-17.3
General requirements
17.4-17.8
Welding and allied processes
17.9
Definition
PART 18
RADIATION
18.1
Application
18.2-18.3
General requirements
18.4
Duty to inform workers

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PART 19
FIRE AND EXPLOSIVE HAZARDS
19.1
Application
19.2-19.3
General requirements
19.4-19.5
Containers
19.6
Use of gasoline
19.7
Ignition sources, static charges
19.8
Flammable or explosive substances
19.9
Hot work
19.10
Compressed gas equipment
19.11
Definition
PART 20
VEHICULAR AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC
20.1
Application
20.2-20.4
Walkways and fencing
20.5
Traffic control
20.6-20.7
Flag and signal persons
20.8
Reverse warnings
PART 21
EMERGENCY WASHING FACILITIES
21.1
Application
21.2-21.4
General requirements
21.5
Personal eyewash unit
PART 22
POWERED MOBILE EQUIPMENT
22.1
Application
22.2-22.4
General requirements
22.5-22.14
Safety requirements for equipment
22.15-22.21
Use of powered mobile equipment
22.22-22.23
Maintenance and tire servicing
22.24-22.27
Rollover protective structures
22.28-22.30
Powered life trucks
22.31
Concrete pump trucks
22.32
Dump trucks
22.33-22.37
Working on ice
PART 23
CRANES AND HOISTS
23.1
Application
23.2-23.21
General requirements
23.22-23.25
Tower cranes
23.26-23.29
Overhead cranes

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23.30-23.31
Material hoists
23.32
Roofer’s hoists
23.33-23.37
Rigging
23.38
Vehicle lifts
PART 24
PILE DRIVING
24.1
Application
24.2-24.3
General requirements
24.4
Ladder systems
24.5-24.6
Securing piles and pile hammer
24.7
Pile driving
24.8
Extraction of piles
24.9
Crane boom inspection
24.10
Definitions
PART 25
WORK IN THE VICINITY OF OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL LINES
25.1
Application
25.2-25.3
General requirements
25.4-25.6
Notification and instructions
25.7
Emergency precautions
25.8
Inspection after contact
PART 26
EXCAVATIONS AND TUNNELS
26.1
Application
26.2
General requirements
26.3-26.4
Registration and notice
26.5
Supervision
26.6
Underground facilities
26.7-26.14
Hazards
26.15-26.27
Support structures
26.28-26.32
Deep foundation excavations
26.33-26.44
Shafts and tunnels
26.45-26.47
Miscellaneous provisions
PART 27
WORK IN A COMPRESSED AIR ENVIRONMENT
27.1
Application
27.2-27.3
General requirements

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PART 28
SCAFFOLDS AND OTHER ELEVATED WORK PLATFORMS
28.1
Application
28.2-28.3
General requirements
28.4-28.13
General provisions: all scaffolds
28.14-28.20
Particular types of scaffolds
28.21-28.32
Suspended work platforms
28.33-28.36
When crane used
28.37-28.44
Self-elevating work platforms and aerial devices
28.45-28.47
Forklift-mounted work platform
PART 28.1
ROPE ACCESS
28.1.1
Application
28.1.2
When rope access work may be performed
28.1.3
Part 14 does not apply
28.1.4
Safe work procedures
28.1.5
Training and certification
28.1.6
Equipment requirements
28.1.7
Planning and performance of rope access work
28.1.8
Definitions
PART 29
FALSEWORK AND FLYFORMS
29.1
Application
29.2-29.3
General requirements
29.4-29.7
Falsework
29.8-29.10
Flyforms
PART 30
TEMPORARY STRUCTURES
30.1
Application
30.2-30.3
General requirements
30.4-30.5
Floors and openings
30.6-30.8
Temporary stairs, landings, runways, ramps and platforms
PART 31
ROOF WORK
31.1
Application
31.2-31.3
General requirements
31.4-31.8
Repealed

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PART 32
PRECAST CONCRETE
32.1
Application
32.2-32.4
General requirements
32.5-32.11
Working with precast concrete
PART 33
DEMOLITION WORK
33.1
Application
33.2
General requirements
33.3-33.11
Employer’s obligations
PART 34
EXPLOSIVES
34.1
Application
34.2
General requirements
34.3-34.10
Certification of blasters
34.11-34.18
Blasting procedures
34.19
Director’s powers
PART 35
WORKPLACE HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS INFORMATION SYSTEMS
35.1
Application
35.2
Requirements
35.3-35.4
Worker education and training
35.5-35.11
Labelling requirements
35.12
Laboratory sample labels
35.13-35.15
Safety data sheets
35.16-35.17
Significant new data
35.18-35.24
Confidentiality
35.25
Repealed
35.26
Definitions
PART 36
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SUBSTANCES
36.1
Application
36.1.1
Input re threshold limit values
36.2-36.3
General requirements
36.4
Non-airborne hazards
36.5
Airborne occupational exposure limits
36.6-36.9
Monitoring and control measures
36.10
Definitions

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PART 37
ASBESTOS
37.1
Application
37.2-37.4
Inventory, records and signage
37.5
Asbestos control plan
37.6
Employer’s general obligation
37.7
Abatement or removal
37.8
Alteration, renovation or demolition
37.9
Prohibitions
PART 38
ELECTRICAL SAFETY
38.1
Application
38.2
General requirements
38.3
Emergency procedures
38.4-38.5
Electrical workers
38.6
Equipment location and protection
38.7-38.16
Procedures
38.17
Definitions
PART 39
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES
39.1
Application
39.2-39.6
General requirements
39.7
Infectious materials
39.8
Sharps
39.9
Contaminated laundry
39.10
Moving patients
39.11
Laser equipment
39.12
Definition: “waste”
PART 40
FORESTRY AND ARBORICULTURE
40.1
Application
40.2-40.3
General requirements
40.4
No work on hillside
40.5
Lodged tree procedures
40.6
Position of signal person
40.7
Using powered mobile equipment
40.8-40.10
Designated checkpoints and haul roads
40.11
Means of warning vehicles

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PART 41
OIL AND GAS
41.1
Application
41.2-41.5
General requirements
41.6
Structural modification or repair
41.7
Supervisor must be present
41.8
Rig sites and foundations
41.9
Securing parts of rig
41.10
Routine inspections
41.11
Escape line
41.12
No sliding down rig
41.13-41.15
Drawworks, catheads and rotary tables
41.16
Pressure relief devices
41.17
Rig tanks or pits
41.18
Internal combustion engines near well
41.19
Hydrocarbon testing
41.20
Well swabbing operations
41.21
Well operation and servicing
41.22
Piping systems at well site
41.23
Gas sample containers
PART 42
FIREFIGHTERS
42.1
Application
42.2-42.3
General requirements
42.4
Firefighting vehicle and equipment
42.5
Transportation of firefighters
42.6
Specific firefighting requirements
42.7
Definitions: “emergency”
PART 43
DIVING OPERATIONS
43.1
Application
43.2
Safe work procedures
43.3
Competency
PART 44
REPEAL AND COMING INTO FORCE
44.1
Repeal
44.2
Coming into force

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PART 1 
DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL MATTERS
Definitions
1.1 The following definitions apply in this regulation.
“3 decibel exchange rate” means that when the sound energy doubles, the
decibel level increases by three. (« taux d’échange de 3 décibels »)
“abnormal audiogram” means an audiogram that indicates
(a) the threshold in either ear is more than 25 dB at 500, 1000
or 2000 Hz;
(b) the threshold in either ear is more than 60 dB at 3000, 4000
or 6000 Hz; or
(c) there is one-sided hearing loss with the difference in hearing
threshold level between the better and the poorer ear
exceeding the average of 30 dB at 3000, 4000 and 6000 Hz.
(« audiogramme anormal »)
“abnormal shift” means a threshold shift, in either ear, of 15 dB at two
consecutive test frequencies from 1000 Hz up to and including 6000 Hz
when compared to the baseline test. (« déplacement anormal »)
“ACGIH” means the American Conference of Governmental Industrial
Hygienists. (« ACGIH »)
“Act” means The Workplace Safety and Health Act. (« Loi »)
“aerial device” means a vehicle-mounted or trailer-mounted telescoping
or articulating device that is used to position a worker at an elevated
worksite, and includes
(a) a work basket or bucket;
(b) an aerial ladder;
(c) an extendable and articulating boom platform;
(d) a vertical tower; and
(e) any combination of the devices listed in clauses (a) to (d).
(« engin élévateur »)
“airborne” means carried by, or forming part of, the air. (« aéroporté » ou
« en suspension dans l’air »)

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