Workplace Safety
And Health Regulation
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PART 13
ENTRANCES, EXITS, STAIRWAYS AND LADDERS
ENTRANCES, EXITS AND STAIRWAYS
Safe access and egress
13.1(1) An employer and an owner must provide
and maintain a safe means
of access to and egress from
(a) the workplace; and
(b) all work-related areas at a workplace.
13.1(2) An employer and an owner must ensure that each means of access
and egress
(a)
complies with the Manitoba Building Code and
Manitoba Fire
Code;
(b) is free from all obstructions, including obstructions from
materials and equipment and accumulations
of waste and ice
and snow; and
(c) has sufficient traction to allow workers to move safely.
Temporary doorways: construction project site
13.2
An employer and a prime contractor must ensure that a temporary
doorway used for access or egress at a construction project site
(a) is designed and constructed
to open outward from the
workplace; and
(b) is not locked in the closed position when a worker is at the site.
Doors
13.3(1) An employer must ensure that doors to and from a workplace or
work area can be opened without substantial effort and are not
obstructed.
13.3(2) When an enclosed area may create a risk to the safety or health of
a
worker entering it, an employer must ensure that a door used to
enter or leave the area
(a) is kept in good working order; and
(b) has a means of opening it from the inside.
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