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S-2.1, r. 4 - Safety Code for the construction industry
Section 2.9.2
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2.9.2. Installation of guard-rails: Guard-rails must be placed on open sides of a floor, roof, platform, ramp, or scaffoldings or stairs around an excavation or any area from which workers may fall:
(1) into a dangerous liquid or substance;
(2) a vertical distance of 1.2 m or more where he uses a wheelbarrow or another vehicle; or
(3) a height greater than 3 m in other cases.
Despite the foregoing, such a guard-rail may be removed during work if it is a nuisance. In such a case, workers must wear a safety harness secured to an anchorage system by a fall arrest connecting device, the whole in accordance with sections 2.10.12 and 2.10.15. The work area must then be delimited in particular by a continuous barrier or trestles of a minimum height of 0.7 m, located at a distance varying between 0.9 m and 1.2 m from the place where workers are at risk of falling, or by a warning line complying with the requirements of section 2.9.4.1, so as to prevent access thereto by persons not working therein.
2.9.2. Installation of guard-rails: Guard-rails must be placed on open sides of a floor, roof, platform, ramp, or scaffoldings or stairs around an excavation or any area from which workers may fall:
(1) into water;
(2) a vertical distance of 1.2 m or more where he uses a wheelbarrow or another vehicle; or
(3) a height greater than 5 m from the periphery of roofs and 3 m in other cases.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, such a guard-rail may be removed during works if it is a nuisance. In such a case, workers must wear a safety harness complying with section 2.10.12 and the work area must be delimited in particular by means of a continuous barricade or trestle of a minimum height of 0.7 m, so as to prevent access thereto by persons not working therein.
