8.7.2. The compartment for ladders or stairs in a shaft shall be separated from the compartment or the section of the shaft in which material, hoisting engines, or a counterweight are moved about, by a wire mesh made of No. 9 AWG galvanized steel wire and forming links of not more than 40 mm on a side so that the persons travelling in the compartment will not be struck by the conveyance or the counterweight or be hit by objects that may fall into the shaft.
R.R.Q., 1981, c. S-2.1, r. 6, s. 8.7.2; O.C. 393-2011, s. 21.