S-2.1, r. 14 - Regulation respecting occupational health and safety in mines

Section 183 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

183. The following motorized vehicles manufactured on or after 1 April 1993 and used exclusively in an open pit mine shall be equipped with a protective rollover structure in accordance with CSA Standard B352-M1980 Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) for Agricultural, Construction, Earthmoving, Forestry, Industrial and Mining Machines and its Schedule A:

(1)  industrial tractors, self-propelled graders, tractors, skidders, tracked bulldozers, tracked loaders, wheeled bulldozers and wheeled loaders having a mass greater than 700 kg (1,543.2 lb);

(2)  compactors and compressor-rollers having a mass greater than 2,700 kg (5,952.4 lb);

(3)  wheeled farm tractors having an engine with a power greater than 15 kW (20.1 HP).

The design, manufacturing or installation of a protective structure is deemed to be made in accordance with Chapter 6 of the standard provided for in the first paragraph, if it is subject to an attestation signed and sealed by an engineer according to which the design, manufacturing or installation of the structure corresponds to the standard provided for in Chapter 6.

For the motorized vehicles referred to in the first paragraph that were manufactured before 1 April 1993, section 278 of the Regulation respecting occupational health and safety (chapter S-2.1, r. 13) applies.

O.C. 213-93, s. 183; Erratum, 1993 G.O. 2, 2603; O.C. 465-2002, s. 9; O.C. 119-2006, s. 18.