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Elevated Platforms – Know The Laws of Your Province

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Elevating work platform regulations are essential for ensuring the safe use of aerial devices, boom lifts, and other elevated equipment in the workplace. These regulations require employers to ensure platforms are designed, constructed, maintained, and operated according to national or provincially accepted standards, such as CSA B354. Employers must also ensure that workers are trained in the safe operation of the equipment, understand fall protection requirements, and are aware of load limits, platform stability conditions, and emergency procedures. While core safety principles remain consistent across Canada, specific requirements differ by province and territory to address varying work environments. Compliance with these regulations helps prevent falls, equipment failures, and serious injuries, fostering a safer work culture in elevated work settings.

FEDERAL

In Canada, employers are required to ensure the safe use of elevating platforms and devices under the Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations Part IV, Sections 4.2 to 4.7. Employers must ensure that all elevating devices meet CSA standards, are properly inspected, maintained, and operated within their safe load limits. Equipment must not be used if any safety device is inoperative, and only qualified personnel are permitted to perform inspections, testing, repairs, and maintenance. Regular inspections must be documented and records kept on-site for at least two years. It is the employer’s responsibility to provide safe equipment and enforce safe operating practices to prevent accidents and protect workers working at heights.

PART IV - Elevating Devices

Standards

(1) Every elevating device and every safety device attached thereto shall:

(a) meet the standards set out in the applicable CSA standard referred to in subsection (2) if feasible; and

(b) be used, operated, and maintained in accordance with the standards set out in the applicable CSA standard referred to in subsection (2).

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the applicable CSA standard for:

(a) elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, and moving walks is CSA Standard CAN3-B44-M85, Safety Code for Elevators, other than clause 9.1.4 thereof, the English version of which is dated November 1985 and the French version of which is dated March 1986;

(b) manlifts is CSA Standard B311-M1979, Safety Code for Manlifts, the English version of which is dated October, 1979 and the French version of which is dated July, 1984 and Supplement No. 1-1984 to B311-M1979, the English version of which is dated June, 1984 and the French version of which is dated August, 1984; and

(c) elevating devices for the handicapped is CSA Standard CAN3-B355-M81, Safety Code for Elevating Devices for the Handicapped, the English version of which is dated April, 1981 and the French version of which is dated December, 1981. Section 4.2 (1)(2).

Use and Operation

No elevating device shall be used or operated with a load in excess of the load that it was designed and installed to move safely. Section 4.3.

(1) Subject to subsection (3), no elevating device shall be used or operated while any safety device attached to it is inoperative.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), no safety device attached to an elevating device shall be altered, interfered with or rendered inoperative.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to an elevating device or a safety device that is being inspected, tested, repaired or maintained by a qualified person. Section 4.4 (1) to (3).

Inspection and Testing

Every elevating device and every safety device attached thereto shall be inspected and tested by a qualified person to determine that the prescribed standards are met:

(a) before the elevating device and the safety device attached to it are operated;

(b) after an alteration to the elevating device or a safety device attached thereto; and

(1) A record of each inspection and test made in accordance with section 4.5 shall:

(a) be signed by the person who made the inspection and test;

(b) include the date of the inspection and test and the identification and location of the elevating device and safety device that were inspected and tested; and

(c) set out the observations of the person inspecting and testing the elevating device and safety device on the safety of the devices.

(2) Every record referred to in subsection (1) shall be made by the employer and kept by him in the work place in which the elevating device is located for a period of two years after the date on which it is signed in accordance with paragraph (1)(a). Section 4.6 (1)(2).

Repair and Maintenance

Repair and maintenance of elevating devices or safety devices attached thereto shall be performed by a qualified person appointed by the employer. Section 4.7.

Further details on the Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations can be found at justice.gc.ca.

ALBERTA

In Alberta, under the Occupational Health and Safety Code Part 9, Section 156, employers must ensure workers on boom-supported platforms, aerial devices, or forklift platforms use a fall arrest system connected to an approved anchor. Workers on scissor lifts must use a travel restraint system unless guardrails are permitted by the manufacturer and the lift is on a stable, level surface. If movement can't be fully restricted, a fall arrest system is required. Employers are responsible for enforcing these safety measures to prevent falls.

Part 9 - Fall Protection

Boom - Supported Work Platforms and Aerial Devices

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(1) An employer must ensure that a worker on a boom‑supported elevating work platform, boom‑supported aerial device, or forklift truck work platform uses a personal fall arrest system:

(a) connected to:

(i) an anchor specified by the manufacturer of the work platform, aerial device or forklift truck, or

(ii) if no anchor is specified by the manufacturer, an anchor point certified by a professional engineer that meets the requirements of CSA Standard Z259.16‑04, Design of Active Fall‑Protection Systems, and

(b) when connected to the anchor, the lanyard, if reasonably practicable, is short enough to prevent the worker from being ejected from the work platform or aerial device but is long enough to allow the worker to perform the worker’s work.

(2) An employer must ensure that a worker on a scissor lift or on an elevating work platform with similar characteristics uses a travel restraint system consisting of a full body harness and lanyard:

(a) connected to an anchor specified by the manufacturer of the scissor lift or elevating work platform, and

(b) when connected to the anchor, the lanyard, if reasonably practicable, is short enough to prevent the worker from falling out of the scissor lift or elevating work platform but is long enough to allow the worker to perform the worker’s work.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply if:

(a) the manufacturer’s specifications allow a worker to work from the scissor lift or elevating work platform with similar characteristics using only its guardrails for fall protection, and

(b) the scissor lift or elevating work platform is operating on a firm, substantially level surface.

(4) Despite subsection (2), if a worker’s movement cannot be adequately restricted in all directions by the travel restraint system, the employer must ensure that the worker uses a personal fall arrest system. Section 156 (1) to (4).

Further details on the Occupational Health and Safety Code can be found at alberta.ca.

BRITISH COLUMBIA

In British Columbia, employers are required to address elevated platform safety under the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation Part 13, Sections 13.20 to 13.33. Employers must ensure all elevating work platforms are properly marked, maintained, inspected, and operated according to CSA or ANSI standards. Operation manuals must be available on-site, and only trained, authorized workers may use the equipment. Platforms must be equipped with safety features like warning devices, clearly identified controls, and certified anchorage points. Workers must wear personal fall arrest systems unless specific exemptions apply.

Part 13: Ladders, Scaffolds, and Temporary Work Platforms

Marking of Equipment

(1) The following equipment must be clearly marked with a rated capacity:

(a) a platform that is suspended from or attached to a crane or hoist,

(b) an elevating work platform,

(d) a swing stage, and

(e) interchangeable load bearing components of a suspended work platform system.

(2) The rated load for allowable thrust-out beam projections must be clearly marked on a thrust-out beam.

(3) A swing stage platform, counterweight and hoist unit must each be clearly marked with their own weight.

(4) A work platform that is suspended from a crane or hoist or attached to a crane boom must be marked with the weight of the platform and rigging and the rated capacity. Section 13.20 (1) to (4).

Manuals

(1) For each elevating work platform in use at a workplace,

(a) the equipment manufacturer's operation manual must be available at the workplace, and

(b) the equipment manufacturer's maintenance manual, containing maintenance instructions and replacement part information, must be reasonably available to workers at the workplace.

(2) If either of the manuals required by subsection (1) is not available, the equipment must not be used until:

(a) the manual is obtained, or

(b) written instructions for the safe operation and maintenance of the equipment are supplied by a professional engineer. Section 13.21 (1)(2).

Maintenance of Records

(1) The employer must keep records of inspection, maintenance, repair or modification that meet the requirements of Part 4 (General Conditions) for each:

(a) elevating work platform,

(b) swing stage, and

(2) If the inspection and maintenance records, other than pre-shift inspections, are not available, the equipment must not be used until it has been inspected and certified safe for use by the manufacturer or a professional engineer. Section 13.22 (1)(2).

Testing

(1) A vehicle-mounted elevating work platform and a self-propelled boom-supported elevating work platform must be:

(a) inspected in accordance with good engineering practice at least every 12 months, and

(b) certified in writing by the equipment manufacturer or a professional engineer as complying with this Part and safe for use. Section (1).

Work Platforms on Wheels

(1) If a moveable work platform on wheels is not designed for or intended to be moved along the floor or other supporting surface while a person is occupying the platform, the platform must be secured to prevent that movement before a person accesses or occupies the platform.

(2) If a moveable work platform is designed for and intended to be moved along the floor or other supporting surface while a person is occupying the platform, the platform must be moved only in the manner and under the conditions specified by the platform's manufacturer.

(3) Despite subsection (2), if the height of the work platform of a rolling scaffold that is occupied by a person is:

(a) not more than one and one half times the least base dimension of the scaffold, the scaffold may be moved by the effort of the person occupying the platform or by the effort of a person on the floor or other supporting surface,

(b) more than one and one half times the least base dimension of the scaffold, the scaffold must be moved only by the effort of a person on the floor or other supporting surface, and

(c) more than two times the least base dimension of the scaffold, the scaffold must not be moved while the person is occupying the platform. Section 13.24 (1) to (3).

Warning Devices on Elevating Work Platforms

(1) An elevating work platform, except a vehicle -mounted work platform, must have a warning system consisting of an intermittent horn or flashing light that:

(a) is automatically activated during any motion of the work platform, and

(b) can be seen or heard by other workers in proximity to the work platform.

(2) If the safe operation of an elevating work platform requires its carrier vehicle to be on a level surface or level within specified degrees, the platform must be fitted, as the carrier requires, with a device to warn the operator that:

(a) the carrier is not level, or

(b) the carrier is outside the permitted degrees from level. Section 13.25 (1)(2).

For more information:

Controls on elevating work platforms. Sections 13.26.
Cranes and hoists used to suspend work platforms. Sections 13.27.
Two-blocking. Sections 13.28.
Hoisting and lowering work platforms. Sections 13.29.
Lift truck mounted work platforms. Sections 13.30 (1) to (11).
Powered platforms. Sections 13.31.
Work in high-risk situations. Sections 13.32.
Fall protection. Sections 13.33.

Further details on the Occupational Health and Safety Regulation can be found at worksafebc.com.

MANITOBA

In Manitoba, employers must comply with Workplace Safety and Health Regulation Part 28, Sections 28.1, 28.2, 28.21, 28.37-28.44 when using scaffolds or elevated work platforms. They must ensure platforms meet CSA standards, are used safely, and include proper fall protection. Employers are responsible for safe procedures, inspections, maintenance, and ensuring workers are trained and protected while working at height.

PART 28 - SCAFFOLDS AND OTHER ELEVATED WORK PLATFORMS

AERIAL DEVICES AND SELF-ELEVATING WORK PLATFORMS

Standards re: Self-Elevating Work Platforms and Aerial Devices

(1) An employer must ensure that a self-elevating work platform or aerial device used at a workplace is designed, and constructed, installed, maintained, used and dismantled, in accordance with:

(a) CAN/CSA-B354.1-04 (R2016), Portable Elevating Work Platforms;

(b) CAN/CSA-B354.2-01 (R2013), Self-propelled Elevating Work Platforms;

(d) CAN/CSA-C225-10 (R15), Vehicle-Mounted Aerial Devices.

(2) An employer must ensure that:

(a) a self-elevating work platform or aerial device constructed at a workplace is designed and certified by a professional engineer; and

(b) the professional engineer’s specifications for its construction, installation, maintenance, use and removal are in accordance with the standards under subsection (1).

(3) Subject to section 28.3, an employer must ensure that the manufacturer’s specifications for a commercially manufactured self elevating work platform or aerial device used at a workplace are in accordance with the standards under subsection (1).

(4) An employer must ensure that structural repairs and modifications to the components of a self-elevating work platform or aerial device are:

(a) made only under the direction and control of a professional engineer; and

(b) certified by the professional engineer that the workmanship and quality of the materials used has restored the components to not less than their original capacity. Section 28.37 (1) to (4).

Guarding

An employer must ensure that each self-elevating work platform and aerial device used at a workplace is equipped with:

(a) suitable guards to prevent a worker from contacting the moving parts and machinery, including protection from shearing hazards created by the movement of the platform; and

(b) guardrails and toe-boards on all open sides or an enclosure that is at least 900 mm in height. Section 28.38.

Fall Protection

(1) An employer must ensure that a worker using a self-elevating work platform or aerial device:

(a) uses a fall arrest system that meets the requirements of Part 14 (Fall Protection) when:

(i) the platform or aerial device is being elevated, lowered, or moved, or

(ii) the worker steps beyond the guardrail; and

(b) has the lanyard of the fall arrest system attached in accordance with the specifications of:

(i) the manufacturer of the work platform or aerial device, or

(ii) a professional engineer.

(2) An employer must ensure that a lifeline is of an appropriate length to prevent a worker from being ejected from the self-elevating work platform or aerial device if it collapses.

(3) Despite subsection (1), a fall arrest system is not required for a worker who remains within the confines of the guardrail of a scissor lift while the lift is being raised or lowered. Maintenance, records and manuals Section 28.39 (1) to (3).

(1) An employer and a supplier must, while a self-elevating work platform or aerial device is in their possession,

(a) maintain it so that it is safe for use;

(b) keep a permanent record of all inspections, tests, repairs, modifications and maintenance performed on it; and

(2) A record under subsection (1)(b) must include the name and signature of the person who maintains it and the person who performs an inspection, test, repair or modification on it. Section 28.40 (1)(2).

For more information:

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. Sections 28.1 (1) to 28.2 (2).
ELEVATED WORK PLATFORMS. Sections 28.21 (1) to (3).
Section 28.41.
Climbing prohibited. Section 28.42.
Use of the self-elevating work platform or aerial device. Section 28.43.
Section 28.44.

Further details on the Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation can be found at gov.mb.ca.

NEW BRUNSWICK

In New Brunswick, employers must follow General Regulation Section 130 when using elevating work platforms. Platforms must meet CSA standards (CAN/CSA-B354 series), be properly maintained, and used safely. Employers are responsible for ensuring workers use a travel restraint or fall-arrest system unless the platform is on a stable surface, all guardrails are in place, and the platform is not moving.

Elevating Work Platforms

(1) An employer shall ensure that an elevating work platform is designed, constructed, erected, maintained, inspected, monitored and used in accordance with the following CSA standards, where applicable:

(a) CAN/CSA-B354.1-04 (R2016), Portable elevating work platforms or a standard offering equivalent or better protection;

(b) CAN/CSA-B354.2-01 (R2013), Self-Propelled Elevating Work Platforms or a standard offering equivalent or better protection; and

(d) CAN/CSA-B354.4-02 (R2013), Self-propelled boom-supported elevating work platforms or a standard offering equivalent or better protection.

(2) If an employee is required to work from an elevating work platform described in paragraph (1)(b), the employer shall provide and the employee shall continually use a travel restraint system or fall-arresting system attached to an anchor point on the elevating work platform.

(3) Despite subsection (2), an employee is not required to continually use a travel restraint system or fall-arresting system when an elevating work platform:

(a) is on a firm and flat surface,

(b) has all the manufacturer’s guardrails and chains in place, and

Further details on the General Regulation can be found at laws.gnb.ca.

NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR

In Newfoundland and Labrador, employers must ensure the safe use of elevating work platforms as outlined in Part XI, Sections 201–217 of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations. These rules require platforms to meet CSA or ANSI standards, be regularly inspected, and used with proper fall protection. Employers are responsible for maintenance, operator training, and ensuring platforms are marked with load capacities, equipped with safeguards, and operated according to manufacturer or engineer specifications.

PART XI - SCAFFOLDS, STAGES AND WORK PLATFORMS

Definitions - Elevating Work Platforms

For the purpose of this section and sections 202 to 217,

(a) "aerial device" means a vehicle-mounted device having a boom which may be telescoping or articulating, or both, with a work platform on the boom, which is used to position personnel;

(b) "aerial ladder" means a vehicle-mounted aerial device with a single or multiple-section ladder with or without a platform at the top;

(c) "boom-supported elevating work platform" means an elevating work platform or aerial device which has its platform supported by an elevating device that elevates and rotates relative to the machine base;

(d) "elevating work platform" means a work platform or aerial device which self-elevates to overhead work locations and includes other similar devices not covered elsewhere in these regulations; and

(e) "self-propelled" means the capability of an elevating work platform to be power propelled with the primary controls on the work platform. Section 201.

Standards

(1) A self-propelled work platform comprising a boom-supported elevating platform, which telescopes, articulates, rotates or extends beyond the base dimensions, and is not mounted on a separate self-propelled vehicle shall meet the requirements of:

(a) CSA Standard CAN/CSA -B354.4 "Self-propelled Boom-Supported Elevating Work Platforms";

(b) ANSI Standard ANSI /SIA A92.5 "Boom-Supported Elevating Work Platforms"; or

(2) A self-propelled integral chassis elevating work platform having a platform that cannot be positioned laterally completely beyond the base and for which primary functions are controlled from the platform shall meet the requirements of:

(a) CSA Standard CAN/CSA -B354.2 "Self-Propelled Elevating Work Platforms";

(b) ANSI Standard ANSI /SIA A92.6 "American National Standard for Self-Propelled Elevating Work Platforms"; or

(3) A manually propelled, integral chassis elevating work platform having a platform that cannot be positioned laterally completely beyond the base, which may be adjusted by manual or powered means and which shall not be occupied when moved horizontally, shall meet the requirements of:

(a) CSA Standard CAN/CSA -B354.1 "Portable Elevating Work Platforms";

(b) ANSI Standard ANSI /SIA A92.3 "American National Standard for Manually Propelled Elevating Aerial Platforms"; or

(4) A telescopic aerial device, aerial ladder, articulating aerial device, vertical tower, material-lifting aerial device or a combination of these, when vehicle-mounted, whether powered or manually operated, shall meet the requirements of CSA Standard CAN/CSA -C225 "Vehicle-Mounted Aerial Devices" or other standard acceptable to the minister.

(5) An elevating work platform of a type other than that referred to in subsections (1) to (4) shall meet a standard acceptable to the minister. Section 202 (1) to (5).

Operating and Maintenance Manuals

(1) The equipment manufacturer's:

(a) operation manual; and

(b) maintenance manual, containing maintenance instructions and replacement part information for each elevating work platform in use at the workplace shall be available at the workplace.

(2) Where either of the manuals referred to in subsection (1) is not available, the equipment shall not be used until the manual is obtained, or until written instructions for the safe operation and maintenance of the equipment are supplied by a professional engineer. Section 203 (1)(2).

Inspection and Maintenance Records

(1) Records of inspection, maintenance, repair and modification shall be kept for an elevating work platform by the equipment operator and a person inspecting and maintaining the equipment.

(2) Where the inspection and maintenance records required under subsection (1) are not available, an elevating work platform shall be inspected and certified by a professional engineer before use, and an inspection and maintenance recording system shall be established as required by subsection (1). Section 204 (1)(2).

Shift Inspection

An elevating work platform shall be inspected by the operator before use on each shift and a condition that could endanger workers shall be remedied before the platform may be used. Section 205.

For more information:

Annual inspection and certification. Section 206.
Fall protection - elevating work platform. Section 207.
Safe access. Section 208.
Rated capacity. Section 209.
Section 210.
Section 211.
Immobilization of vehicles. Section 212.
Shear hazard. Section 213.
Warning devices. Section 214.
Transporting workers. Section 215.
Lift truck platform. Section 216.
Fall protection - lift truck. Section 217.

Further details on the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations can be found at assembly.nl.ca.

NOVA SCOTIA

In Nova Scotia, employers must ensure the safe use of elevating work platforms under Part 23, Section 23.13 of the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations. Platforms must be designed, maintained, and operated in accordance with CSA or NFPA standards, depending on the type and purpose (e.g., firefighting). Employers are also responsible for maintaining inspection and maintenance records and ensuring workers use fall-arrest equipment anchored to a suitable point, regardless of guardrail presence.

Part 23: Scaffolds and Other Elevated Work Platforms

Elevating Work Platforms

(1) An employer must ensure that portable, self-propelled and self-propelled boom-supported elevating work-platforms are designed, constructed, erected, maintained, inspected, monitored and used in accordance with the latest version of the following applicable standards:

(a) CSA standard CSA B354.1, “Portable Elevating Work Platforms”;

(b) CSA standard CSA B354.2, “Self-Propelled Elevating Work Platforms”;

(d) CSA standard CSA C225, “Vehicle Mounted Aerial Devices”.

(2) An employer must ensure that elevating work-platforms used for firefighting are designed, constructed, erected, maintained, inspected, monitored and used in accordance with the latest version of the following applicable standards:

(a) NFPA standard NFPA 1901, “Standard for Automotive Fire Apparatus”;

(b) NFPA standard NFPA 1911, “Standard for the Inspection, Maintenance, Testing and Retirement of In Service Automotive Fire Apparatus”.

(3) An employer must ensure that a record of inspections, tests, repairs, modifications and maintenance activities required by the applicable standards in subsections (1) and (2) includes the name and signature of the person or persons who performed the required activities.

(4) Whether or not guardrails are also installed, before operating the equipment in subsection (1) or (2), an employer must ensure, in accordance with Part 21: Fall Protection, that fall-arrest equipment is worn and anchored to a suitable anchorage. Section 23.13 (1) to (3).

Further details on the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations can be found at novascotia.ca.

NORTHWEST TERRITORIES

In Northwest Territories and Nunavut, employers are required to comply with safety standards for elevating work platforms under Part 12, Sections 198–199 of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations. Employers must ensure platforms are designed or certified by a professional engineer, used only under safe conditions, and operated by trained workers using fall arrest systems. Specific measures include communication between workers, controlled descent mechanisms, secure braking systems, and proper deployment of outriggers.

PART 12 - SCAFFOLDS, AERIAL DEVICES, ELEVATING WORK PLATFORMS, AND TEMPORARY SUPPORTING STRUCTURES

Aerial Devices and Elevating Work Platforms

(1) An employer shall ensure that:

(a) an aerial device, elevating work platform or personnel lifting unit is designed, erected, used, maintained, and dismantled in accordance with an approved standard; or

(b) a professional engineer has certified the aerial device, elevating work platform or personnel lifting unit and its elevating system and mountings referred to in paragraph (a).

(2) An employer shall not require or permit a worker to be raised or lowered by an aerial device or elevating work platform or to work from a device or platform held in an elevated position unless:

(a) there is an effective means of communication between the worker operating the controls and the worker raised on the platform, if they are not the same individual;

(b) the elevating mechanism is designed so that, if it fails, the platform will descend in a controlled manner so that a worker on the platform is not endangered;

(d) the drive mechanism for moving the platform is positive and does not rely on gravity;

(e) road traffic conditions, environmental conditions, overhead wires, cables and other obstructions do not create a danger to the worker;

(f) the brakes of the aerial device or elevating work platform are engaged;

(g) the aerial device or elevating work platform is equipped with outriggers and the outriggers are deployed;

(h) the worker is provided with and is required to use a personal fall arrest system under Part 7; and:

(i) the aerial device or elevating work platform is equipped with a lanyard attachment point that is:

(i) designed and constructed to an approved standard, or

(ii) designed and certified by a professional engineer and installed and used in accordance with that design and certification.

(3) Despite any other provision in this section, an employer shall not require or permit a worker working on an exposed energized high voltage conductor to work from an aerial device or elevating work platform unless the controls are operated by the worker on the device or platform.

(4) If a worker leaves an aerial device or elevating work platform parked or unattended, an employer shall ensure that the device or platform is:

(a) locked or rendered inoperative; or

(b) fully lowered and retracted with all hydraulic systems in the neutral position or incapable of operation by moving the controls.

(5) An employer shall ensure that:

(a) a worker who operates an aerial device or elevating work platform is trained to operate the device or platform safely; and

(b) the training includes the manufacturer's specifications, load limitations, proper use of controls and any limitations on the surfaces where the device or platform is designed to be used.

(6) An employer shall, while a worker is on a work platform mounted on a forklift that is in a raised position, ensure that the operator:

(a) remains at the controls; and

(b) does not drive the forklift.

(7) An employer shall ensure that the manufacturer's operating manual for an aerial device or elevating work platform is kept with the device or platform. Section 198 (1) to (7).

Maintenance and Inspection

(1) An employer or supplier shall ensure that only competent individuals maintain and inspect an aerial device, elevating work platform, suspended powered scaffold, personnel lifting unit or scaffold to which section 186 applies.

(2) An employer or supplier shall ensure that a maintenance and inspection record for an aerial device, elevating work platform, suspended powered scaffold, personnel lifting unit or scaffold:

(a) is provided and is attached to the device, platform, unit or scaffold near the operator's station; and

(b) includes the following information concerning the last maintenance:

(i) the date of the maintenance;

(ii) the name and signature of the individual who performed the maintenance;

(iii) an indication that the maintenance has been carried out in accordance with the manufacturer's specifications. Section 199 (1)(2).

Further details on the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations can be found at canlii.org.

NUNAVUT

In Nunavut, employers are required to comply with safety standards for elevating work platforms under Part 12, Sections 198–199 of the Occupational Health and Safety Regulations. Employers must ensure platforms are designed or certified by a professional engineer, used only under safe conditions, and operated by trained workers using fall arrest systems. Specific measures include communication between workers, controlled descent mechanisms, secure braking systems, and proper deployment of outriggers.