2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Asbestos control plan
37.5 
An employer must ensure that
(a) an asbestos control plan is developed to
(i) prevent asbestos-containing material from becoming
airborne in the workplace, and
(ii) protect the safety and health of a worker if an asbestos-
containing material becomes airborne in the workplace;
and
(b) the asbestos control plan is implemented.
Employer’s general obligation
37.6(1) An employer must ensure that every process carried out in the
workplace is done in such a manner as to prevent, to the extent
possible, an asbestos-containing material from becoming airborne in
the workplace.
37.6(2) An employer must ensure that a worker who is or is likely to be
exposed to an asbestos-containing material, or to be employed in a
process which may result in an asbestos containing material becoming
airborne, is provided information, instruction and training in
(a) the hazards of asbestos;
(b) the means of identifying asbestos-containing material at the
workplace;
(c) the use of personal protective equipment; and
(d) the purposes and significance of any health monitoring that the
worker may be required to participate in.
Abatement or removal
37.7 
An employer must ensure the abatement or removal of asbestos-
containing material is done in a manner that does not create a risk to
the safety or health of any person.
Alteration, renovation or demolition
37.8(1) An employer and an owner must ensure that, before proceeding with
(a) the alteration or renovation of a building or structure, measures
are taken to prevent any asbestos-containing material in the
area of the alteration or renovation from being released into
the atmosphere; and

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(b) the demolition of a building or structure, any materials with
the potential to release asbestos-containing material into the
atmosphere are removed in a manner that does not create a risk
to the safety or health of any person.
37.8(2) An employer or an owner must notify the director at least five days
before beginning the work to alter, renovate or demolish a building
or structure that contains asbestos-containing material that may
release asbestos-containing material into the atmosphere.