2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

14.8(2) When a safety net is used, the net must be inspected by a competent
person before each work shift.
Inspection after fall arrest
14.9
After a fall protection system has arrested the fall of a worker, an
employer must ensure that the system is not returned to service until
it has been inspected and certified as safe by the manufacturer or a
professional engineer.
Defective components
14.10
When a component of a fall protection system is defective in
condition or function, an employer must not use the component and
must immediately remove it from service and either return it to the
manufacturer to be repaired or replaced or destroy it.
Training
14.11
An employer must ensure that a worker using a fall protection system
is trained in its use, care and inspection by a competent person.
Travel restraint systems
14.12
When a travel restraint system is used, an employer must ensure that
(a) the travel restraint system consists of a full body harness with
adequate attachment points;

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(b) the full body harness is attached by a lifeline or lanyard to a
fixed support that meets the requirements of section 14.14
(fixed support system requirements); and
(c) the length of the lifeline or the lanyard is selected so that the
worker can only proceed to within one metre of an opening or
edge.
Fall arrest systems
14.13(1) When a fall arrest system is used, an employer must ensure that the
system
(a) consists of a full body harness with adequate attachment
points;
(b) is attached by a lifeline or lanyard to an independent fixed
support that meets the requirements of subsection 14.14(1);
(c) is designed in accordance with CSA Z259.16-15, Design 
of Active Fall-Protection Systems and CSA Z259.13-16,
Manufactured Horizontal Lifeline Systems;
(d) is manufactured so that a worker’s free fall distance does not
exceed 1.2 m excluding the increase in the total fall distance
resulting from the use of shock absorbers; and
(e) is arranged so that a worker cannot
(i) hit the ground or an object or level below the work, or
(ii) swing in a manner that poses a risk to the safety or health
of a worker.
14.13(2) When a lanyard referred to in clause (1)(b) is equipped with a
shock absorber or other similar device, the shock absorber or device
must comply with CSA Standard Z259.11-05, Energy Absorbers and 
Lanyards.
14.13(3) An employer must ensure that a fall arrest system does not include
a shock absorber if wearing or using one could cause a worker to hit
the ground or an object or level below the work.
14.13(4) An employer must ensure that the fall arrest system does not subject
a worker who falls to a peak dynamic fall arrest force greater than
8 kN.
M.R. 128/2019

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