2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Design of falsework
29.4(1) An employer must ensure that falsework is
(a) designed and certified by a professional engineer and
constructed, installed, used, maintained and dismantled in
accordance with the professional engineer’s specifications; or
(b) designed, constructed, installed, used, maintained and
dismantled in accordance with CSA Standard S269.1-1975
(R2003), Falsework for Construction Purposes.
29.4(2) Without limiting subsection (1), an employer must ensure that
falsework is constructed and installed and used in accordance with
the latest edition of design drawings, including any field design
changes and any other supplementary information certified by a
professional engineer.
Design drawings requirements 
29.5 
An employer must ensure that falsework design drawings and any
supplementary information include

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(a) sufficient information to enable the falsework to be assembled
to meet the design requirements;
(b) the minimum dimensions and materials of sills and other
foundation members, including the load bearing capacity
required of any material upon which sills are to be placed;
(c) where concrete is to be placed, the sequence, method and rate
of concrete placement to prevent overloading any part of the
falsework; and
(d) all field design details and any field modifications to be
undertaken during construction and installation.
Load support 
29.6
An employer must ensure that all partially assembled components of
falsework are capable of supporting any load that will be or is likely to
be imposed on them.
Falsework used for concrete
29.7
When falsework is used for the placement of concrete, the employer
must ensure that
(a) before each placement of concrete,
(i) the falsework is inspected to ensure that it is constructed
in accordance with the design drawings and any
supplementary information, and
(ii) a record of the inspection is kept at the construction project
site;
(b) the falsework is not removed until the concrete has attained
sufficient strength to support itself and any load that will be or is
likely to be imposed on it; and
(c) where resupport of concrete is required after falsework has been
removed, the method for the resupport has been designed and
certified by a professional engineer.
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