2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Definition: “anchor”
14.29 
In this Part, “anchor” means a secure point of attachment for a
lifeline or lanyard.

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PART 15 
CONFINED SPACES
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Application
15.1 
This Part applies to every workplace where a worker works in a
confined space or a hazardous confined space.
M.R. 128/2019
Safe work procedures
15.2(1) An employer must
(a) develop and implement safe work procedures for working in
confined spaces and hazardous confined spaces;
(b) train workers in the safe work procedures; and
(c) ensure that workers comply with the safe work procedures.
15.2(2) The safe work procedures must include
(a) procedures for recognizing the risks associated with working in
confined spaces and hazardous confined spaces;
(b) procedures for isolating — including blanking, disconnecting,
interrupting and locking out — pipes, lines and sources of
energy from such spaces; and
(c) safety and personal protective equipment to be used.
15.2(3) The safe work procedures must include the following additional
requirements when workers are working in a hazardous confined
space:
(a) procedures for communicating with a standby worker;
(b) an emergency response plan and rescue procedures to be
implemented in the event of an accident or other emergency in
the space;
(c) information about the entry permit system under section 15.6.
M.R. 128/2019
General requirements 
15.3(1)  Before requiring or permitting a worker to enter or work in a
confined space or a hazardous confined space, an employer must
(a) identify and assess the risks to safety or health a worker is likely
to be exposed to while in the space;

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(b) identify and take measures to reduce, control or eliminate the
risks to safety or health associated with the space, including
(i) using alternative means of performing the work to be done
that will not require the worker to enter the space, and
(ii) making alterations to the physical characteristics of the
space that may be necessary to ensure safe access to and
egress from all accessible parts of the space;
(c) identify the appropriate type and frequency of tests and
inspections necessary to determine the likelihood of a worker
being exposed to any of the identified risks, and ensure those
tests and inspections are completed by a competent person; and
(d) identify the safety and personal protective equipment required
to be used or worn in the space by a worker while he or she
performs work and ensure that equipment is at the site of the
space.
15.3(2)  An employer must ensure that the structural integrity of a confined
space or a hazardous confined space is maintained when its physical
characteristics are altered in order to ensure safe access and egress by
a worker.
M.R. 128/2019