S-2.1, r. 13 - Regulation respecting occupational health and safety

Section 312.101 Disposition versions

2023-06-08

312.101. For the purposes of this Division,

“approach distance” means the distance, determined by the electrical power company operating the power line, that shall be kept at all times between a live element and the worker or the conducting or non-conducting part of an element used or carried by the worker; (distance d’approche)

“arboriculture work” means the manual work for vegetation management of the rights of way of power distribution systems or telecommunications networks, pruning, non-forest trimming of trees, non-forest felling of predetermined trees, grubbing, non-forest chipping, tree and shrub surgery, and guying; (travaux d’arboriculture)

“electrical power company” means a person, firm, company, cooperative society or municipality operating an electric energy transportation or distribution network; (entreprise d’exploitation d’énergie électrique)

“work area” means the area within which arboriculture work is performed and where the workers who perform that work circulate; (aire de travail)

“work near a power line” means work during which a branch, log, tool, equipment, machine or person might be less than 3 m from a power line of more than 750 V but less than 125,000 V. (travaux à proximité d’une ligne électrique)

O.C. 821-2023, s. 2.