2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

“ANSI” means the American National Standards Institute. (« ANSI »)
“arboriculture” means the pruning, repair, maintenance or removal of
trees. (« arboriculture »)
“ASA” means the Acoustical Society of America.
“asbestos” means the fibrous form of crocidolite, amosite, chrysotile,
anthophyllite, actinolite, tremolite or a mixture containing any of those
minerals. (« amiante »)
“asbestos-containing material” means
(a) a friable material containing 0.1% or greater asbestos;
(b) a non-friable material containing 1.0% or greater asbestos; and
(« matériau contenant de l’amiante »)
(c) vermiculite insulation that contains asbestos.
“ASC” means the Accredited Standards Committee.
“audiogram” means a written or printed record of the hearing level of a
person expressed as a function of frequency. (« audiogramme »)
“audiologist” means a person who is registered as a speech and hearing
therapist under The Manitoba Speech and Hearing Association Act,
R.S.M. 1990, c. 101. (« audiologiste »)
“base plate” means a device used to distribute a vertical load over a large
area of a sill. (« socle »)
“bearer” means a horizontal scaffold member on which the scaffold’s work
platform rests. (« traverse »)
“biological substance” means a substance containing living organisms or
parts of living organisms in their natural or modified forms. (« substance
biologique »)
“blast site” means the area that may be affected by a blast, and includes
any area in which an unexploded charge is or may be located. (« lieu de
dynamitage »)
“blaster” means a person who holds a valid blaster’s certificate issued
under Part 34 (Explosives). (« dynamiteur »)
“boatswain’s chair” means a seat designed for one worker which is
supported by slings or a frame and is attached to a single point of
suspension. (« sellette »)

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“boom” means the part of a structure that is attached to a crane or hoist
superstructure and is used to support the upper end of the hoisting tackle.
(« flèche »)
“bootleg” means the bottom remnant or an intact portion of a hole that
has been charged and blasted, and that contains no visible explosives.
(« culot »)