S-2.1, r. 4 - Safety Code for the construction industry

Section 2.20.13 Disposition versions

2023-07-27

2.20.13. Where, for setting, maintenance, inspection or other work on a machine, a guard has to be displaced or removed or a protective device has to be neutralized, and where it is necessary for the purpose of those operations for the machinery or part of it to be put into operation, worker safety must be ensured using a specific control mode which

(1)  disables all other control modes;

(2)  allows operation of elements presenting a risk for worker health and safety only by continuous actuation of an enabling device, a two-hand control device or a hold-to-run control device;

(3)  allows operation of the elements presenting a risk for worker health and safety only in reduced risk conditions for instance, at reduced speed, under reduced power or force or in a step-by-step mode, for example, with a limited movement device;

(4)  prevents voluntary or involuntary action on the machine’s sensors from triggering a function presenting a risk for worker health and safety.

O.C. 1186-2015, s. 1; O.C. 1112-2023, s. 8.

2016-01-14

2.20.13. Where a person does setup work, apprenticeship work, a search for defects or cleaning work requiring that a protector be moved or removed or that a protection device be neutralized in the danger zone of a machine that must remain, in whole or in part, in operation, the machine must be equipped with a specific control mode whose engagement must cause all other controls of the machine to become inoperative and allow:

(1)  the dangerous parts of the machine to be operated only by using a control device requiring continuous action or a two-hand control device, or by continuous action of a validation device;

(2)  the machine to be operated only in conditions where the moving parts do not involve any danger for the health, safety and physical well-being of persons having access to the danger zone, for instance, at reduced speed, under reduced tension, step-by-step or by means of a separate step control device.

O.C. 1186-2015, s. 1.