2022 Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation

Tubular frame scaffold
28.16 
For a tubular frame scaffold, an employer must ensure that
(a) any necessary base plates, shore heads, extension devices or
screwjacks are securely installed and securely attached to the
sills and the legs of the frame; and
(b) if frames are stacked, there are no gaps between the lower end
of one frame and the upper end of the frame below it.
Bracket scaffold
28.17(1) For a bracket scaffold, an employer must ensure that the brackets are
securely attached to prevent them from dislodging and are not more
than 3 m apart.
28.17(2) Subsection 28.10(3) does not apply to a bracket scaffold.
Outrigger scaffold 
28.18
Where an outrigger scaffold is used, an employer must ensure that
(a) counterweights are not used to support it unless prior approval
has been obtained from a professional engineer; and
(b) unless it is designed for the following uses by a professional
engineer, it is not used
(i) to store construction materials,
(ii) as a crane loading platform.
Single-pole scaffold 
28.19 
For a single-pole scaffold, an employer must ensure that
(a) it is adequately supported in two directions by a system of
diagonal braces that are not more than 6 m long, and connected
to the vertical supports as close to the ledgers as possible; and

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(b) each of its ledgers are supported by a bearer that is securely
fastened to the structure.
Mobile scaffolds 
28.20(1) For a mobile scaffold, an employer must ensure that
(a) it is stable;
(b) if its height is more than three times its least lateral
dimension measured at the base, it is equipped with
outriggers, stabilizers or other necessary means to prevent it
from overturning;
(c) it has castors or wheels that are equipped with suitable
braking devices or blocked to prevent it from moving; and
(d) if it has pneumatic tires, its outriggers or stabilizers are used
in a manner that ensures the weight of the scaffold does not
rest on the tires during use.
28.20(2) An employer must ensure that no worker remains on a mobile
scaffold when it is being moved unless
(a) the surface over which it is to travel is firm, level and free of
obstructions;
(b) the worker on it is secured to the building or structure by an
independent fall protection system; and
(c) the worker remains within the confines of the mobile
scaffold.
M.R. 128/2019
ELEVATED WORK PLATFORMS 
Suspended Work Platforms