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BRITISH COLUMBIA
Dec 1: WorkSafeBC approved changes to OHS crane safety requirements contained in Parts 14 and 19 of the OHS Regs. that will take effect on March 1, including requiring: i. A professional engineer to supervise inspections and certify the safety of crane equipment after contact with loads and structures; and ii. Installation of zone-limiting devices in tower cranes.
Action Point: Use the OHSI cranes/hoists/lifting device compliance game plan to avoid crane violations at your site.
Mar 1: That’s when changes to OHS crane safety requirements contained in Parts 14 and 19 of the OHS Regs. take effect, including requiring: i. A professional engineer to supervise inspections and certify the safety of crane equipment after contact with loads and structures; and ii. Installation of zone-limiting devices in tower cranes.
Action Point: Use the OHSI cranes/hoists/lifting device compliance game plan to avoid crane violations at your site
Mar 1: Changes to OHS crane safety requirements contained in Parts 14 and 19 of the OHS Regs. take effect, including requiring: i. A professional engineer to supervise inspections and certify the safety of crane equipment after contact with loads and structures; and ii. Installation of zone-limiting devices in tower cranes.
Action Point: Use the OHSI cranes/hoists/lifting device compliance game plan to avoid crane violations at your site.
Mar 1: Newly effective revisions to (Section 14.16.1 of the) OHS Regulations require cranes to be taken out of service after a shock load, loss of a load, brake failure, upset or other “misadventure,” and not used again until they’re inspected and certified as safe by a professional engineer and installation of zone-limiting devices in tower cranes.
Action Point: Use the OHSI cranes/hoists/lifting device compliance game plan to avoid crane violations at your site.
Aug 25: That’s the deadline to comment on proposed changes to OHS regulations (Part 14) requiring employers and contractors to provide WorkSafeBC written notice of project at least 2 weeks before engaging in “crane activity,” defined as erecting, climbing, repositioning or dismantling a tower crane.
Action Point: Use the resources on the OHSI Material Handling Compliance Center to ensure compliance.
NEW BRUNSWICK
Oct 25: New WorkSafeNB guidance explains when it’s okay for workers to have their hands under suspended loads for short periods of time under Section 211(2)(e) of the OHS General Regulation. If possible, nobody should ever reach underneath a suspended load, the guidance explains. If reaching is necessary, the employer must: i. Assign a competent person to monitor the work; ii. Ensure all workers are familiar with the work; and iii. Limit the amount of time spent under a suspended load as much as possible.
Action Point: Use the resources on the OHSI Material Handling Compliance Center to ensure compliance at your workplace.
NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
Apr 6: Handling of loads accounted for more than 12% of all time loss injuries in Northwest Territories and Nunavut over the past 5 years. Among these, 40% were back injuries. With that in mind, the WSCC issued new guidance on the ergonomics of material handling.
Action Point: Use the resources on the OHSI Material Handling Compliance Center to prevent injuries at your workplace.
NUNAVUT
Apr 6: Handling of loads accounted for more than 12% of all time loss injuries in Northwest Territories and Nunavut over the past 5 years. Among these, 40% were back injuries. With that in mind, the WSCC issued new guidance on the ergonomics of material handling.
Action Point: Use the resources on the OHSI Material Handling Compliance Center to prevent injuries at your workplace.
ONTARIO
May 1: That’s the date the MOL plans to launch a new inspection blitz focusing on compliance with material handling requirements by manufacturers, warehouses and other businesses covered by the OHS Industrial Establishments Regulations.
Action Point: Use the resources on the Material Handling Compliance Center to avoid OHS violations at your workplace.
Aug 26: The MOL published proposed tough new OHS rules designed to ensure safe use of self-erecting tower cranes, that is, cranes that can be erected ancillary equipment, at construction projects.
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Aug 21: The PEI WCB issued a new Hazard Alert in the wake of a recent incident in which an articulated boom lift tipped over resulting in crushing injuries to 1 of the 2 workers in the basket of the boom. The Alert describes the hazards associated with articulated boom lifts and what can be done to manage them.
Action Point: Use the OHSI cranes/hoists/lifting device compliance game plan to avoid crane violations
Aug 23: A new WCB Hazard Alert warns of compressed oxygen cylinder dangers. Earlier this month, a worker preparing to use a plasma table at a manufacturing plant suffered injuries when the valve attached to an oxygen cylinder exploded. Luckily, the gas pack was properly stored on a skid secured to a metal frame or the incident would have been much worse.
Action Point: Implement an effective Compressed Gases Safety & Compliance Game Plan at your workplace.
QUÉBEC
Sep 28: CNESST published the results of its investigation into the workplace death of a material handler crushed by a load that fell from a forklift, listing inadequacy of the unloading procedure and the lack of supervision as causes. After the incident, CNESST banned the employer from using the Raymond brand narrow aisle forklift, EASI model.
Action Point: Use the resources on the OHSI Material Handling Compliance Center to avoid similar tragedies at your workplace.
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