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

Section 196 Disposition versions

2023-07-27

196. Before undertaking any work in the danger zone of a machine, such as erecting, installing, adjusting, inspecting, unjamming, setting up, decommissioning, maintaining, dismantling, cleaning, servicing, refurbishing, repairing, altering or unlocking, lockout, or, failing that, any other method that ensures equivalent safety must be applied in accordance with this subdivision.

This subdivision does not apply

(1)  where work is carried out in the danger zone of a machine that has a specific control mode as defined in section 188;

(2)  where a machine is unplugged within the reach and under the exclusive control of the person who uses it, where the machine has a single energy source and where there remains no residual energy after the machine is unplugged.

O.C. 885-2001, s. 196; O.C. 1112-2023, s. 3.

2012-09-01

196. Clutch mechanisms: When the clutch of a machine is engaged by means of pulleys, this clutch mechanism shall be equipped with a mechanism that prevents the belts from sliding from the idle pulley to the fast pulley.

O.C. 885-2001, s. 196.