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  • vickyp
    Keymaster
    June 11, 2019 at 8:02 am
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    In the construction of a clean room for a cannabis facility, breaker panels have been installed on the end of 3 drying rooms and are live. They currently do not have doors on them (doors are being painted I’m told), should there be some other covering on these’  My second question is should these panels be protected from accidental contact with equipment’ For example barricades placed on the ground in front of them.
    Thanks!

    vickyp
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    December 18, 2023 at 8:35 am
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    Yes and yes. Let me be clear that I’m a lawyer and have absolutely zero knowledge or even an understanding of electricity and only a rudimentary grasp of electrical safety regs. But while I can’t offer anything on the technical side, what I DO know, as a lawyer, is that you have a duty to guard against foreseeable risks. The origin of that duty in Ontario is OHS Act Sec. 25(2)(h) which requires employers to “take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of a worker.” (Every other province has a similar provision in its OHS Act).

    My assumption is that the reason you’re asking these Qs is that you do, in fact, recognize a hazard. If so, you need to deal with it.
    Hope that helps. Glenn

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