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

Section 184 Disposition versions

2023-07-27

184. Active optoelectronic protective device used for cycle initiation: Notwithstanding paragraphs 2 and 3 of section 183, an active optoelectronic protective device may exceptionally be used to initiate the work cycle of a machine by the removal of a person or part of a person’s body from the detection field, without any additional start command, when the cycle time of the machine is short and the following conditions are met:

(1)  the active optoelectronic protective device is designed and installed in accordance with trade practice, in particular as regards its location, minimum distance, detection capability, reliability and monitoring of the control and braking system;

(2)  after switching on the power supply, or when the machine has been stopped by the tripping function of the sensitive protective equipment, the machine cycle must be initiated only by voluntary actuation of a start control;

(3)  the facility to re-initiate the machine upon removing a person or a part of a person’s body from the detection field is limited to a period commensurate with a single normal cycle;

(4)  entering the detection field of the active optoelectronic protective device or opening an interlocking guard is the only way to enter the danger zone;

(5)  if there is more than one active optoelectronic protective device used as a means of protection of the machine, only one of them can have a cycle control function;

(6)  the active optoelectronic protective device and the associated control system comply with a higher safety-related performance than under normal conditions.

O.C. 885-2001, s. 184; O.C. 1187-2015, s. 1; O.C. 1112-2023, s. 3.

2016-01-14

184. Installation: Subject to section 189.1, before operating a machine, the protectors shall be installed or the protective devices shall be operational.

O.C. 885-2001, s. 184; O.C. 1187-2015, s. 1.

2012-09-01

184. Installation: Subject to section 186, before operating a machine, the protectors shall be installed or the protective devices shall be operational.

O.C. 885-2001, s. 184.