2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Inspection and maintenance 
22.3(1) An employer must ensure that powered mobile equipment is
inspected by a competent person for defects and unsafe conditions
(a) as often as is necessary to ensure that the equipment is in safe
operating condition; and
(b) without limiting clause (a), in accordance with the
manufacturer’s specifications.
22.3(2) If an inspection of powered mobile equipment identifies a defect or
unsafe condition that is hazardous or may create a risk to the safety
or health of a worker, an employer must ensure that the powered
mobile equipment is not operated until the defect is repaired or the
unsafe condition is corrected.
22.3(3) An employer must ensure that a written record of the inspections,
repairs and maintenance carried out on the powered mobile
equipment is kept at the workplace and made readily available to the
operator of the equipment.
Operator’s manual
22.4 
An employer must ensure the operator’s manual for powered
mobile equipment is readily available to a worker who operates the
equipment.

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SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR EQUIPMENT
Guarding moving parts
22.5(1) An employer must ensure that the exposed moving parts of powered
mobile equipment, including gears, pulleys, belts, chains and shafts,
are effectively shielded, enclosed or guarded in a manner that
prevents a worker from coming in contact with the moving parts.
22.5(2) Where it is not reasonably practicable to provide a shield, enclosure
or guard, an employer must ensure that an alternative mechanism,
system or change in work procedure that offers protection to a
worker that is equal to or greater than the protection from a shield,
enclosure or guard is put into place to protect the safety and health
of a worker.