2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

PART 25 
WORK IN THE VICINITY OF 
OVERHEAD ELECTRICAL LINES
Application
25.1
This Part applies to every workplace where work is done
(a) within 3 m of an overhead electrical line; or
(b) using equipment or machinery from a location from which it, or
any part of it, is capable of coming within 3 m of an overhead
electrical line.
Safe work procedures
25.2
An employer must
(a) develop and implement safe work procedures for working near
overhead electrical lines;
(b) train workers who may perform work or operate equipment
or machinery near overhead electrical lines in those safe work
procedures; and
(c) ensure that the workers comply with those safe work
procedures.
General obligation to preventing contact
25.3
When a workplace is subject to this Part, an employer must ensure
that the work is carried out, and equipment or machinery used is
operated, in a manner that prevents
(a) contact with the overhead electrical line; or
(b) electricity arcing from the line to the equipment or machinery.
When notification of electrical authority required
25.4(1) An employer must notify the electrical authority having jurisdiction
over an overhead electrical line before authorizing or permitting a
worker to
(a) work within 3 m of the line; or
(b) use equipment or machinery from a location from which it, or
any part of it, is capable of coming within 3 m of an overhead
electrical line.
25.4(2) A notice under subsection (1) must specify the site of the work and
the location of the line.

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Confirmation or instructions
25.5(1) When a notice has been given under section 25.4, an employer must
receive the following from the electrical authority before authorizing
or permitting the work to be commenced or the equipment or
machinery to be used:
(a) a written confirmation that complies with subsection (2) that
(i) contacting the line will not endanger the safety or health
of the worker, or
(ii) the electrical authority will, if contact would be sufficient
to endanger the safety or health of the worker,
(A) de-energize the line,
(B) effectively guard the line against contact, or
(C) reroute or displace the electricity from the worksite;
(b) instructions on how to safely proceed, where
(i) contact with the line would be sufficient to endanger the
safety or health of the worker, and
(ii) the electrical authority is unable to take any of the
measures described in subclause (a)(ii).
25.5(2) A written confirmation must contain the following information:
(a) the site where the work is to be done or the equipment or
machinery is to be used;
(b) the name of the employer;
(c) if contact would be sufficient to endanger the safety or health
of the worker, the date and time when the electrical authority
will take one or more of the measures described in subclause (1)
(a)(ii).
25.5(3) An employer must ensure that the written confirmation received
from the electrical authority is available at the site where the work is
to be done or the equipment or machinery is to be used.