ONTARIO REGULATION 851/90
Industrial Establishments
under the
Occupational Health and Safety Act
Amended to:
O. Reg. 565/06
Note: This is not the official version. The full text and most current version of this
regulation is available by visiting the Ontario Statutes and Regulations website.
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(1) Subject to subsection (2), there shall be a guardrail,
(a)
around the perimeter of an uncovered opening in a floor, roof or other surface to which a worker has access;
(b)
at an open side of,
(i)
a raised floor, mezzanine, balcony, gallery, landing, platform, walkway, stile, ramp or other surface, or
(ii)
a vat, bin or tank, the top of which is less than 107 centimetres above the surrounding floor, ground, platform or other surface; and
(c)
around a machine, electrical installation, place or thing that is likely to endanger the safety of any worker.
(2)Subsection (1) does not apply to,
(a)
a loading dock;
(b)
a roof to which access is required only for maintenance purposes; and
(c)
a pit used for,
(i)
work on an assembly line, or
(ii)
maintenance of vehicles or similar equipment. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 851, s. 13.
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(1)A guardrail shall,
(a)
have a top rail located not less than 91 and not more than 107 centimetres above the surface to be guarded;
(b)
have a mid rail;
(c)
if tools or other objects may fall on a worker, have a toe-board that extends from the surface to be guarded to a height of at least 125 millimetres; and
(d)
be free of splinters and protruding nails.
(2)A guardrail shall be constructed to meet the structural requirements for guards as set out in the Building Code. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 851, s. 14.
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(1)A cover on an opening in a floor, roof or other surface shall be,
(a)
secured in place; and
(b)
constructed to meet the structural requirements for loads due to the use of floors and roofs as set out in the Building Code. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 851, s. 15.
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Where a worker is exposed to the hazard of falling and the surface to which he or she might fall is more than three metres below the position where he or she is situated,
(a)
the worker shall wear a serviceable safety belt or harness and lifeline adequately secured to a fixed support and so arranged that the worker cannot fall freely for a vertical distance of more than 1.5 metres; and
(b)
the fall arresting system described in clause (a) shall,
(i)
have sufficient capacity to absorb twice the energy and twice the load that under the circumstances of its use may be transmitted to it, and
(ii)
be equipped with a shock absorber or other devices to limit the maximum arresting force to 8.0 kilonewtons to the wearer. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 851, s. 85.
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Where a worker is exposed to the hazard of falling into liquid that is of sufficient depth for a life jacket to be effective as protection from the risk of drowning, there shall be an alarm system and rescue equipment, appropriate in the circumstances, to ensure the worker’s rescue from the liquid and,
(a)
the worker shall wear a life jacket; or
(b)
the employer shall develop written measures and procedures to prevent the worker from drowning and shall implement them. O. Reg. 284/99, s. 1.