2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Secondary means of egress
13.4
An employer must ensure that there is a ready, convenient and safe
secondary means of egress from the workplace that is conspicuously
marked and readily usable at all times if
(a) the primary means of egress from a workplace becomes
unusable because of a malfunction of equipment or a work
process; or
(b) a worker could be isolated from the primary means of egress.
Emergency exits
13.5
An employer and an owner must ensure that emergency exits
and means of egress from a workplace are conspicuously marked
and designed to enable quick and unimpeded evacuation of the
workplace.
Stairs to be provided
13.6(1) When work at a construction project site on a multi-storey building
or structure has progressed to 10 or more metres above ground level,
an employer and a prime contractor must ensure that permanent or
temporary stairs to the ground are provided from each working level
of the project.
13.6(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the erection of structural framing.
13.6(3) Where the stairs would interfere with work on the uppermost
working levels, an employer is not required to provide stairs within
two storeys or 7 m vertically to the uppermost level.
LADDERS — GENERAL
Loads
13.7 
Every ladder provided by an employer for use at a workplace must be
designed and constructed and maintained to safely support any load
that will be or is likely to be imposed on it.
Worker to inspect ladder
13.8 
An employer must ensure that a worker inspects a ladder for defects
prior to each use. A ladder found to be broken or defective may not
be used until it has been repaired and restored to its original design
specifications.
Metal ladders near electrical equipment
13.9 
An employer must ensure that no worker uses a metal ladder or
metal reinforced rails on a ladder near any exposed energized
electrical circuits or equipment.

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