2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Lodged tree procedures
40.5
Where a tree has become lodged, an employer must ensure that
(a) the lodged tree is felled immediately;
(b) the lodged tree is not climbed;
(c) the lodged tree is not lowered by felling another tree onto it;
and
(d) the lodged tree is not removed by cutting the supporting tree.
Position of signal person
40.6
When a signal person is used in the loading or unloading of logs, an
employer must ensure that the signal person stands at one end of
the logs at a safe distance from the logs and remains visible to the
operator of powered mobile equipment who is loading or unloading
the logs.

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Operation of powered mobile equipment
40.7(1) An employer must ensure that the operator of powered mobile
equipment used in forestry or arboriculture operations
(a) determines that any worker in the area is in a safe position
before initiating or continuing the motion of the equipment;
and
(b) only operates the equipment from the position or seat intended
for that purpose.
40.7(2) An employer must ensure that powered mobile equipment is only
started and operated by the worker designated by the employer to
operate the equipment.
Designated checkpoints
40.8(1) An employer must designate checkpoints marked with signs along a
haul road, including a checkpoint at each entrance to a highway.
40.8(2) The operator of powered mobile equipment or another vehicle
hauling forest products on a haul road must stop at each checkpoint
to inspect the load and, if necessary, resecure the tie-down
assemblies.
Haul roads
40.9(1) An employer must
(a) ensure that a haul road is constructed and maintained so as to
provide for the safe movement of persons, vehicles and forest
products;
(b) provide sufficient bypasses or turnout spaces on the haul road to
allow vehicles to pass safely;
(c) erect and maintain conspicuous, legible, reflectorized signs
to provide adequate warning of each bridge, crossroad, rail
crossing, blind curve or steep grade on the haul road; and
(d) place signs at suitable locations along the route indicating
(i) the minimum allowable distance to be maintained between
vehicles, and
(ii) the maximum allowable speed.
40.9(2) When a haul road is located on ice, an employer must instruct each
worker driving a vehicle on an ice road about the hazards involved,
the precautions to be taken and the rescue techniques required in
case of an ice breakthrough.

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40.9(3) An employer and prime contractor must ensure that
(a) a bridge on a haul road is designed and constructed to safely
support any load that may pass over the bridge; and
(b) a bridge on a haul road is inspected and maintained on a
regular basis to ensure its structural integrity.