2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Safeguards required
16.5(1) Subject to section 16.6, an employer must ensure that a machine has
safeguards on it that will prevent a worker from coming into contact
with the following hazards:
(a) moving parts on the machine;
(b) points of the machine at which material is cut, shaped or bored;
(c) surfaces with temperatures that may cause skin to freeze, burn
or blister;
(d) energized components;
(e) debris, material or objects thrown from a machine;
(f) material being fed into or removed from the machine;
(g) any other hazard that may pose a risk to the safety or health of
the worker.
16.5(2) An employer must ensure that any safeguard required under this
Part is designed, constructed, installed, used and maintained in
accordance with CSA Z432-16, Safeguarding of machinery.
M.R. 128/2019
Alternative mechanism
16.6(1) When it is not reasonably practicable to provide a safeguard on a
machine, an employer must ensure that an alternative mechanism,
system or change in work procedure is put into place to protect the
safety and health of a worker.

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16.6(2) An alternative mechanism, system or change in work procedure
must offer protection to a worker that is equal, or greater to, the
protection provided by a safeguard that meets the requirements of
section 16.5.
Removing a safeguard
16.7(1) No person may remove a safeguard or make it ineffective unless it is
necessary to perform servicing, repairs, tests, cleaning, maintenance
or adjustments on or to the machinery that cannot be done with the
safeguard in place.
16.7(2) When a safeguard is removed or made ineffective for the purposes of
subsection (1), an employer must ensure that
(a) alternative protective measures are in place until the safeguard
is replaced;
(b) the safeguard is replaced immediately after the task is
completed; and
(c) the safeguard functions properly once replaced.
16.7(3) When a safeguard is removed or made ineffective for the purposes
of subsection (1) by a worker who does not directly control the
machine, an employer must ensure that the worker who removes the
safeguard or makes it ineffective locks out the machine in accordance
with the requirements of this Part.