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

Section 3.10.3 Disposition versions

2014-07-17

3.10.3. Heavy equipment:

(1)  The heavy equipment referred to in subparagraph a or b must have a rollover protective structure that complies with the standards referred to in those subparagraphs:

(a)  Bulldozer, loader and skidder on wheels or caterpillars, grader, scraper and roller: ISO 3471 Earth-Moving Machinery - Roll-Over Protective Structures - Laboratory Tests and Performance Requirements, applicable at the time of manufacture of the equipment;

(b)  Agricultural and industrial tractor with engine power greater than 15 kW: SAE J1194 Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) for Wheeled Agricultural Tractors, applicable at the time of manufacture of the equipment.

(2)  The heavy equipment referred to in subparagraph a of subsection 1, with the exception of rollers, must be protected from falling objects by a protective structure that complies with ISO 3449, Earth-Moving Machinery - Falling Object Protective Structures - Laboratory Tests and Performance Requirements, applicable at the time of manufacture of the equipment.

(3)  (Subsection revoked).

(4)  A rollover protective structure shall bear a plate indicating:

(a)  the name of the manufacturer or his code;

(b)  its serial number;

(c)  a reference to the number of the standard used for its conception; and

(d)  the model and the make of the heavy equipment for which the structure has been designed.

(5)  The operator of a heavy equipment equipped with a protective structure, except for the grader, shall wear a safety belt when the vehicle is in motion.

(6)  The caterpillars of bulldozers working perpendicular to the axis of a slope shall be equipped with metal parts placed so as to prevent sliding in the axis of the slope.

(7)  When rollers are used on a steep slope, one shall:

(a)  be careful to keep to the newly laid paving;

(b)  be careful never to come in contact with bituminous bonding; or

(c)  provide for a device capable of stopping the roller in case of danger.

(8)  This section does not apply to a bulldozer on caterpillars equipped with a side boom and a counterweight and used for installing gas or oil pipelines.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. S-2.1, r. 6, s. 3.10.3; Decision 83-11-17, s. 6; O.C. 393-2011, s. 12; O.C. 606-2014, s. 15.

2012-09-01

3.10.3. Heavy equipment:

(1)  The heavy equipment referred to in subparagraph a or b must have a rollover protective structure that complies with the standards referred to in those subparagraphs:

(a)  Bulldozer, loader and skidder on wheels or caterpillars, grader, scraper and roller: ISO 3471 Earth-Moving Machinery - Roll-Over Protective Structures - Laboratory Tests and Performance Requirements, applicable at the time of manufacture of the equipment;

(b)  Agricultural and industrial tractor with engine power greater than 15 kW: SAE J1194 Rollover Protective Structures (ROPS) for Wheeled Agricultural Tractors, applicable at the time of manufacture of the equipment.

(2)  The heavy equipment referred to in subparagraph a of subsection 1 must be protected from falling objects by a protective structure that complies with ISO 3449, Earth-Moving Machinery - Falling Object Protective Structures - Laboratory Tests and Performance Requirements, applicable at the time of manufacture of the equipment.

(3)  (Subsection revoked).

(4)  A rollover protective structure shall bear a plate indicating:

(a)  the name of the manufacturer or his code;

(b)  its serial number;

(c)  a reference to the number of the standard used for its conception; and

(d)  the model and the make of the heavy equipment for which the structure has been designed.

(5)  The operator of a heavy equipment equipped with a protective structure, except for the grader, shall wear a safety belt when the vehicle is in motion.

(6)  The caterpillars of bulldozers working perpendicular to the axis of a slope shall be equipped with metal parts placed so as to prevent sliding in the axis of the slope.

(7)  When rollers are used on a steep slope, one shall:

(a)  be careful to keep to the newly laid paving;

(b)  be careful never to come in contact with bituminous bonding; or

(c)  provide for a device capable of stopping the roller in case of danger.

(8)  This section does not apply to a bulldozer on caterpillars equipped with a side boom and a counterweight and used for installing gas or oil pipelines.

R.R.Q., 1981, c. S-2.1, r. 6, s. 3.10.3; Decision 83-11-17, s. 6; O.C. 393-2011, s. 12.