Acts and Regulations

91-191 - General

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Seat belts and restraining devices
221(1)An employer shall ensure that powered mobile equipment that has been fitted with a rollover protective structure is provided with
(a) seat belts for the operator and passengers that comply with or exceed whichever of the following Society of Automotive Engineers’ Recommended Practices is appropriate:
(i) SAE J386 NOV97, “Operator Restraint Systems for Off-Road Work Machines”;
(ii) SAE J117 JAN 1970, “Dynamic Test Procedure - Type 1 and Type 2 Seat Belt Assemblies”; or
(iii) SAE J800 APR 86, “Motor Vehicle Seat Belt Assembly Installations”; or
(b) where the wearing of seat belts is impracticable, restraining devices such as shoulder belts, bars, gates, screens or other similar devices designed to prevent the operator and passengers from being thrown outside the rollover protective structure.
221(2)An operator of and passengers on powered mobile equipment shall use the seat belts or restraining devices referred to in subsection (1) while the equipment is in motion.
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