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

Section 181 Disposition versions

2023-07-27

181. Attributes of means of protection: A guard or protective device must be designed and installed in accordance with trade practice and must, in particular,

(1)  be constructed in a sufficiently robust manner to withstand the stresses to which it can be subjected;

(2)  remain effective while the machine is being used by being held firmly in place while taking its environment into account;

(3)  be located at a safe distance from the danger zone;

(4)  not give rise to any additional risk or be in itself a source of danger because, for example, of sharp edges or angular parts;

(5)  not be easily bypassed or rendered inoperative.

O.C. 885-2001, s. 181; O.C. 1112-2023, s. 3.

2012-09-01

181. Multiple two-hand control: If one of the machine’s functions is started by more than one two-hand control, these controls shall be designed in such a manner that none of them can start the machine unless all the other controls are also activated and held in this same position.

O.C. 885-2001, s. 181.