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General
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I
 INTERPRETATION
2
Definitions
3
Inconsistency
3.1
Exemptions for ferry, train or vehicle
II
 SANITATION AND ACCOMMODATION
 Drinking Water
4
Drinking water
 Toilets
5
Toilets
 Washrooms
6
Washrooms
 Eating Areas
7
Eating areas
 Food and Rest Periods
8
Food and rest periods
 Work Clothes
9
Work clothes
 Showers
10
Showers
 Emergency Eyewash and Shower
11
Emergency eyewash and shower
 First Aid
 Repealed: 2004-130
12
Repealed
13
Repealed
 Occupational Health Service
14
Occupational health service
 General
15
Place of employment to be kept clean and in good repair
16
Storage of items not to create hazard
17
Refuse containers
III
 AIR QUALITY
18
Application
19
Air space requirement per employee
 Ventilation
20
Ventilation
 Temperature
21
Temperature
 Extremes of Temperature
22
Extremes of temperature
23
Extremes of temperature
 Threshold Limit Values for Formaldehyde and Lead Sulfide
23.1
Threshold limit value for formaldehyde
 Air Contaminants
24
Air contaminants – level of concentration
24.1
Exposure to air contaminant other than in standard work week
25
Respiratory protective equipment - when required
25.1
Diamond drilling on surface and methane
 Dust
25.2
Hazard from dust
IV
 ILLUMINATION
26
Amount and standards
27
Failure of lighting system
28
Lighting in underground mine
V
 NOISE AND VIBRATION
29
Measurement of noise level
30
Maximum exposure of employee to noise
31
Engineering controls for noise
32
Hearing protective equipment
33
Noise level in excess of 85 dBA
33.1
Exception for firefighters
 Vibration
33.2
Exposure of employee to vibration
VI
 NON-IONIZING RADIATION
 Laser Radiation
34
Laser radiation
 Infra-red Radiation
35
Infra-red radiation
 Ultraviolet Radiation
36
Ultraviolet radiation
 Radiofrequency Radiation
37
Radiofrequency radiation
VII
 PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
 General
38
Duty to supply, train and use
39
Eye, face, ears or neck protection
40
Head protection
41
Foot protection
42
Protection for skin
43
Protection for hands
44
Protective clothing – extreme temperatures
 Respiratory Protective Equipment
45
Respiratory protective equipment
46
Training program for respiratory protective equipment
47
Effective facial seal when using equipment
 Hearing Protective Equipment
48
Hearing protective equipment
 Fall-Arresting Systems
49
Fall-arresting systems
50
Fall-arresting systems
 Water Safety Equipment
51
Safety equipment for water and other liquids
VII.1
 EQUIPMENT FOR FIREFIGHTERS
51.1
This Part does...
 Protective Headwear
51.2
Protective headwear
 Protective Footwear
51.3
Protective footwear
 Protective Handwear
51.4
Protective handwear
 Protective Coat and Trousers
51.5
Protective coat and trousers
 Respiratory Protective Equipment
51.6
Respiratory protective equipment
 Body Harnesses and Safety Ropes
51.7
Body harnesses and safety ropes
51.8
Body harnesses and safety ropes
51.9
An employer shall...
 Portable Ladders
51.91
Portable ladders
 Aerial Devices
51.92
Aerial devices
 Industrial Firefighters
51.93
Industrial firefighters
 Transitional provision for protective equipment
51.94
Transitional provision for protective equipment
 Additional Requirements
51.95
Supplies required for fire truck
51.96
Jewellery not to be worn
VIII
 HANDLING AND STORAGE OF MATERIALS
 General Handling of Objects and Material
52
Equipment and training
 Heavy Objects
53
Heavy objects on inclines or rollers
 Bulk Material in Bins, Hoppers and Process Vessels
54
Bulk material in bin, hopper or process vessel
55
Bulk material in bin, hopper or process vessel
 Stockpiled Bulk Material
56
Stockpiled bulk material
 Piled Solid Material
57
Piled solid material
 Hazardous Substances
58
Designation of employee for handling and storage of hazardous substances
59
Training of employee for handling and storage of hazardous substances
60
Containers used for hazardous substances - requirements
61
Information on precautions for handling hazardous substances
62
Containers for liquid hazardous substances
63
Where container for liquid hazardous substance in a pit
64
Cleaning of containers that held a liquid hazardous substance
65
Carboys
66
Storage of hazardous substance and material safety data sheet
67
When separate storage of hazardous substances required
68
Piping and apparatus for hazardous substances
69
General employer responsibilities for hazardous substances
 Storage Batteries
70
Storage batteries
71
Storage batteries
72
Storage batteries
73
Storage batteries
 Portable Compressed Gas Containers
74
Portable compressed gas containers
75
Portable compressed gas containers
76
Portable compressed gas containers
77
Portable compressed gas containers
78
Portable compressed gas containers
79
Portable compressed gas containers
IX
 TOOLS
 General Duties of an Owner
80
General duties of owner
 General Duties of an Employer
81
General duties of employer
 General Duties of a User of a Tool
82
General duties of user
 Portable Power-Operated Hand Tools
83
Portable power-operated hand tools
84
Portable power-operated hand tools
85
Portable power-operated hand tools
86
Chain saw, brush saw or clearing saw
 Powder Actuated Tools
87
Powder actuated tools
88
Powder actuated tools
89
Powder actuated tools
X
 CONSTRUCTION, TRAFFIC AND BUILDING SAFETY
 Construction Work in Compressed Air
90
Construction work in compressed air
 Traffic Safety
91
When signallers required
92
Construction on highway or bridge
93
Material along excavation or trench and vehicular traffic
93.1
Curbing for truck platform scale
94
Repealed
 Formwork and Shoring
94.1
Formwork and shoring
 Structural Framework
94.2
Structural framework
 Buildings and Structures
95
Construction of buildings and structures
96
Construction of buildings and structures
 Wooden Trusses
96.1
Wooden trusses
 Guardrails
97
Material for guardrails
98
Inspection of guardrails
99
Opening for guardrail
100
Removal and replacement of guardrails
 Allowable Unit Stresses
101
Allowable unit stresses
 Walking Surfaces
102
An employer and...
103
Floor area during construction
104
An employer and...
 Roofs
105
Weatherproofing of roof
106
Weatherproofing of roof
106.1
Weatherproofing of roof
107
Repealed
108
Repealed
109
Hoist used to raise materials to roof
110
Hoist used to raise materials to roof
 Openings
111
Openings and fall prevention
112
Hatchway, chute, pit or trap-door fall prevention
 Access and Egress
113
Access to and egress from work area
114
Where a door...
 Stairways
115
Stairways
116
Stairways
117
Stairways
118
Stairways
 Ramps
119
Ramps
 Catwalks
120
Catwalks
 Fixed Ladders
121
Fixed ladders
XI
 TEMPORARY STRUCTURES
 Portable Ladders
122
An employer shall...
123
Wooden portable ladder
124
An employer shall...
125
Employee responsibilities – use of portable ladder
126
Use of portable ladder near energized electrical source
 Work Platforms
127
Measurements of lumber
128
Wood used in work platforms
129
Repealed
 Forklift Platforms
129.1
Forklift platforms
129.2
Forklift platforms
129.3
Forklift platforms
 Elevating Work Platforms
130
Elevating work platforms
 General Provisions Applicable to Scaffolds
131
Scaffolds – specifications
132
Wood planks on scaffolds
133
An employer shall...
134
Working on a scaffold
 Wood Scaffolds
135
Wood scaffolds
 Metal Scaffolds
136
Metal scaffolds
 Horse Scaffolds
137
Horse scaffolds
 Ladderjack Scaffolds
138
Ladderjack scaffolds
 Pump-jack Scaffolds
139
Pump-jack scaffolds
 Mobile Rolling Scaffolds
140
Mobile rolling scaffolds
 Suspended Work Platform
141
Suspended work platform
 Swing Staging
142
An employer shall...
143
An employer shall...
144
Protection of employee working below swing staging
145
Bosun’s chair
XII
 EXPLOSIVES
146
Exemption - underground mine
 Control of Blasting Operation
147
Subject to subsection 148(2),...
148
Prohibition respecting blasting operation
149
Safety of persons in and near blasting area
150
Assisting in a blasting operation
 General Safety
151
Safety respecting explosives
152
Transporting electrical detonators
153
Where explosives are...
154
Precautions respecting ignition and sparks
155
Inspection of blasting machine
 Handling
156
Handling of explosives and related matters
157
Electrical storms
158
Drill holes
159
Identification of loaded drill holes
160
No person shall...
161
Firing of charge
162
Prohibition respecting priming and firing of charge
 Before Firing
163
Testing of detonators before firing
164
Testing of electric blasting circuit
165
Connection of lead wires to power source
166
Electric initiation of blasting
167
Extraneous electricity
168
Electric initiation of blasting and distance from transmitter
 After Firing
169
Inspection of site after firing of charge
 Misfires
170
Misfires
171
Code of practice for misfires
172
Corrective action to prevent misfires
 Records
173
Records to be kept
174
Production of certificate of qualification
175
Log book for magazine
 Warning Signs
176
Warning signs for blasting operation
 Housekeeping
177
An employer shall...
178
Blasting mats and loose rocks
 Code of Practice
179
Code of practice for use of explosives
XIII
 EXCAVATIONS AND TRENCHES
180
Underground utility lines or piping and utility poles
181
An employer shall...
182
Entering excavation or trench
183
Location of excavated material
184
An employer shall...
185
Observation of employee working in excavation or trench
186
Material lowered into excavation or trench
187
Material lowered into excavation or trench
188
An employer shall...
XIV
 PITS AND QUARRIES
189
Definitions
190
Drawings and specifications
191
Haulage road
192
Walkway from working level to surface
193
Excavated material
194
Unconsolidated overburden
195
Support of utility poles, etc
 Work Procedures for Quarries
196
Notification respecting work in quarry
197
Examination of work faces of quarry
198
When quarry to be worked in benches
199
Berm or ledge in a quarry
200
Undercutting and tunnelling in a quarry
201
Protection of adits, declines and tunnel openings in a quarry
 Work Procedures for Pits
202
Removal of material from pit by powered mobile equipment
203
Removal of material from pit by other means
204
Undercutting at face of pit by powered mobile equipment
205
Approach by employee to working face of pit
206
Marking of top of pit
XV
 MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL CARRYING EQUIPMENT
 Hoisting Apparatus
207
An employer shall...
207.1
Inspection of telescopic boom of mobile crane manufactured before 1995
207.2
Inspection of swivel, hook and block assembly and hooknut of mobile crane manufactured before 2000
208
Safe working load
209
Prohibition respecting safe working load
210
An employer shall...
210.01
Annual inspection
210.1
Competency of operator
211
Procedures respecting operation
212
Signaller and direction of operation
 Mobile Cranes
213
An employer shall...
213.1
Load chart to be kept with mobile crane
213.11
Use, operation and equipment
213.2
Duty of operator
213.21
Inspection and certification
213.3
Provisions applicable to owner
213.31
An operator of...
213.4
Crane log
213.41
Blocking for repairs or maintenance
213.5
Alteration of safety device or limit switch
214
Stabilizers and rubber tired mobile crane
215
Moving crane from location
 Industrial Lift Trucks
216
An employer shall...
216.1
Alteration of safety device
216.2
Check for effectiveness of safety devices
217
An operator of...
 Powered Mobile Equipment
218
Application
219
Protection from flying, intruding or falling objects
220
Rollover protective structure
221
Seat belts and restraining devices
222
Welding of protective structures
223
Glazing used for cab, canopy or rollover protective structure
224
Use, operation and equipment
225
Skidder or forwarder used in logging operation
226
When signaller required
227
Hazard created by dust
228
Duties of operator
229
An employer shall...
229.1
Alteration of safety device
229.2
Check for effectiveness of safety devices
230
Precautions when operating on a slope or bank
230.1
In this section,
 Vehicles
230.2
Definition of vehicle
230.21
An employer shall...
230.3
An employer shall...
230.31
An employer shall...
230.4
Duties of operator
230.41
Alteration of safety device
230.5
Check for effectiveness of safety devices
 Personnel Carrying Equipment
231
In this section
232
Aerial device
 General
233
Compliance with Part XIX
234
Compliance with manufacturer’s specifications respecting use of stabilizers
XVI
 MECHANICAL SAFETY
235
An employer shall...
236
Inspections and defects
 Starting and Stopping Machines
237
Starting and stopping machines
238
Starting and stopping machines
 Lock out
239
Lock out procedure
240
Code of practice where lock out procedure not appropriate
 Contact with Machines
241
Contact of employee with machines
 Safeguards
242
Safeguards
243
Safeguards
 Abrasive Wheels and Grinders
244
Abrasive wheels and grinders
 Cutting or Shaping Machines
245
Cutting or shaping machines
 Saws
246
Saws
 Tumbler Drums
247
Tumbler drums
 Agitators
248
Agitators
 Gears and Sprockets
249
Gears and sprockets
 Drive Shafts and Pulleys
250
Drive shafts and pulleys
251
Drive shafts and pulleys
252
Drive shafts and pulleys
 Hoses and Pipes
253
Hoses and pipes
254
Hoses and pipes
 Conveyors
255
An employer shall...
256
An employer shall...
257
Anti-rollback device for conveyor
258
Where employee access...
259
Where there is...
260
Enclosed or pneumatic conveyors
261
Employee responsibilities – conveyors
XVII
 CONFINED SPACE
262
Definitions
262.1
Application
263
Testing, protective equipment and entry
264
Purging
265
Monitoring while employee in confined space
266
Duties of employer respecting equipment and personnel
267
Lower explosive limit of substances in confined space
268
Respiratory protective equipment
269
Oxygen content and flammable or reactive material
270
Electrical equipment and wet or solidly grounded confined space
271
Reports made under section 263
272
Protection from traffic hazard
XVIII
 WELDING, CUTTING, BURNING AND SOLDERING
273
Protection from fumes and gases
274
Compliance with standard
274.1
Qualifications of welder
275
No employee shall...
 Clothing Protection
276
Protective equipment
277
Screening
 Welding on Containers
278
Containers that hold or have held flammable or explosive substance
279
Other containers
 General
280
Work surfaces
281
Protection of compressed gas hose or welding cable
282
Inspection of equipment before use
283
Leak of gas supply
284
Electric welding machine
285
Precautions respecting welding or cutting torch
XIX
 ELECTRICAL SAFETY
286
Definitions
 Qualifications
287
Qualifications to work on energized electrical equipment, utility line or utility line equipment
 Electrical Equipment
287.1
Room containing energized electrical equipment
287.2
Suitability of equipment and manufacturer’s specifications
287.3
Working on electrical equipment
287.4
Working on electrical equipment
287.5
Main service switches and temporary panel boards
287.6
When electrical equipment not in use
 Protective Equipment
288
When protective equipment required
 Utility Lines and Utility Line Equipment
289
Unqualified person and working distances from energized electrical utility line or utility line equipment
290
Standard for electrical utility and communication lines and equipment
291
Electrical switching devices
292
Code of practice for work on electrical distribution or transmission system
293
Re-energizing of de-energized electrical distribution or transmission system
294
Poles or light standards and energized electrical distribution conductors
295
Inspection or testing strength of wooden utility pole or post
296
Energized electrical conductor or equipment in manhole or tunnel
297
Use of metal or wire reinforced ladder
298
Work on overhead electrical system and safety of employees below
XX
 UNDERWATER DIVING OPERATIONS
299
Application
300
Definitions
 Medical Requirements
301
Medical certification of diver
302
Fitness to dive
303
Medical alert tag
 Diver Training
304
Diver training
 Diver’s Log Book
305
Diver’s log book
 Diving Supervisor’s Daily Record
306
Diving supervisor’s daily record
 Planning a Dive
307
Planning a dive
308
Planning a dive
309
Planning a dive
310
Planning a dive
 Preparation for a Dive
311
Preparation for a dive
312
Preparation for a dive
313
Preparation for a dive
 Diving Hazards
314
Diving hazards
 Use of Explosives
315
Use of explosives
 Contingency Planning
316
Contingency planning
317
Contingency planning
 Breathing Mixtures
318
Breathing mixtures
319
Breathing mixtures
 Decompression
320
Decompression
321
Decompression
 Diving Equipment
322
Diving equipment
323
Diving equipment
324
Diving equipment
325
Diving equipment
326
Diving equipment
327
Diving equipment
 Communication with Diver
328
Communication with diver
329
Communication with diver
 Equipment for a Diving Base on the Surface
330
Equipment for a diving base on the surface
 Transportation through Air-Water Interface
331
Transportation through air-water interface
 Open Diving Bells
332
Open diving bells
 Submersible Compression Chambers
333
Submersible compression chambers
334
Submersible compression chambers
335
Submersible compression chambers
 Atmospheric Diving Systems
336
Atmospheric diving systems
 Scuba Diving
337
Scuba diving
338
Scuba diving
339
Scuba diving
340
Scuba diving
 Surface-Supply Diving
341
Surface-supply diving
 Deep Diving
342
Deep diving
XXI
 LOGGING AND SILVICULTURE OPERATIONS
343
Application
344
Supervisors and emergency procedures
345
Competency of employees
 Protective Equipment
346
Protective equipment
347
Protective equipment
 Chain Saws, Brush Saws and Clearing Saws
348
Chain saw requirements
349
Operator of chain saw
350
Operator of brush saw or clearing saw
351
An employer shall...
352
Prohibited actions when operating saw
 Felling Procedures
353
Felling procedures
354
Felling procedures
 Delimbing and Bucking
355
Delimbing and bucking
356
Delimbing and bucking
 Safe Operation of Powered Mobile Equipment
357
Safe operation of powered mobile equipment
 Hauling Logs
358
Hauling logs
359
Hauling logs
 Woods Roads
360
Woods roads
361
Woods roads
362
Woods roads
363
Woods roads
 Loading Operations
364
Loading operations
365
Loading operations
XXII
 ARBORICULTURAL OPERATIONS
366
Application
367
Training and equipment
368
Application of other provisions
369
Training course in arboricultural electrical safety
370
Notification of authority for electrical utility line or equipment
371
Working distance from electrical utility line or equipment
372
Protective equipment and electrical utility lines or equipment
373
Safety of others when felling trees
374
When fall-arresting system required
XXIII
 REPEAL AND COMMENCEMENT
375
Repeal of regulations under Occupational Health and Safety Act
376
Repeal of provisions of N.B. Regulation 77-58 - Mining Act
377
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