2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

No unauthorized entry 
15.4 
An employer and an owner must take all steps reasonably practicable
to prevent any person, other than a worker who is required or
permitted to do so, from entering a confined space or a hazardous
confined space.
M.R. 128/2019
REQUIREMENTS FOR HAZARDOUS 
CONFINED SPACES
Requirements before work can begin in hazardous confined space
15.5 
Before requiring or permitting a worker to enter or work in a
hazardous confined space, an employer must
(a) ensure that the worker entering the space wears a full body
harness attached to a lifeline that is attached to a personal
hoisting device, unless an alternate safe method of access and
egress is provided from all accessible parts of the space;

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(b) identify and take measures to ensure that a worker will not
be exposed to the risk of drowning or becoming engulfed
or entrapped in any liquid or free-flowing solid that may be
present in the space; and
(c) identify and take measures to ensure that all energy sources
that present a hazard to a worker entering, occupying or
leaving the space have been locked out, and the energy sources
have been put in a zero energy state.
(d) identify emergency and personal protective equipment required
by a worker who undertakes rescue operations in the event of
an accident or other emergency within the space and ensure
that equipment is at the site of the space;
(e) establish and implement an entry permit system for the space, in
accordance with section 15.6.
M.R. 128/2019
Entry permit system requirements 
15.6(1) An entry permit system established by an employer for a hazardous
confined space under clause 15.5(e) must
(a) ensure that an entry permit containing the following
information is completed and signed by a competent person
before a worker enters the space:
(i) the location of the space,
(ii) the name of each worker who will enter the space and the
reason for their entry,
(iii) the date and time during which the permit is valid; and
(b) specify
(i) the work being done in the space,
(ii) the safe work procedures for entering, being in and leaving
the space, and
(iii) all hazards to the safety and health of a worker identified
by the risk assessment carried out under clause 15.3(1)(a).
15.6(2) An employer must ensure that a copy of the completed and signed
entry permit is readily available at the site of the hazardous confined
space.
M.R. 128/2019

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