Legislative & Technical Updates

As legislation and industry best practices change we'll automatically keep you up to date.

More than that, we will create the first draft of the new policies and procedures you need to comply.

• Fall Protection Guideline 2011
  Download the New 2011 Fall Protection Guideline. This guideline provides practical help in developing and maintaining safe systems of work, including safe work procedures for workers working at elevated levels.
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• MB Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulations (including 2010 amendment)
  New publication of the Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation (Includes 2010 amendments) is now avaiblable.
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• Amendments to the Workplace Safety and Health Regulation on Violence Prevention
  Posted Aug 8, 2011: The Workplace Safety and Health Regulation has changed to include new requirements to protect workers from workplace violence. Amendments to Part 11 (Violence in the Workplace) will take effect on August 31, 2011. The link below takes you to MB SafeWork Bulletin No. 279, 'Amendments to the Workplace Safety and Health Regulation on Violence Prevention', which explains the changes in detail.
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• Now Available for Pre-order: Z94.4 – Selection, Use & Care of Respirators
  Posted Aug 8, 2011: The long-awaited new edition of this important standard is now available for pre-order. Developed with the input of a cross-section of key stakeholders, the updated standard addresses new technologies and best practices. The 'View Article' link below will send you to a CSA page where you can order this standard.
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• New ISO Standard Improves Protective Clothing for Agricultural Farmers And Workers Using Pesticides
  ISO 27065:2011, Protective clothing: Performance requirements for protective clothing worn by operators applying liquid pesticides, addresses the protection of farmers and workers mainly during the application phase of pesticides, i.e. the work phase where most operator contamination occurs.
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• Manitoba Employers Will Have to Report Workplace Violence
  Posted July 6, 2011: All Manitoba employers will have to annually report on violent incidents to comply with upcoming changes to workplace safety legislation.
  According to the Free Press, Labour Minister Jennifer Howard said the changes will take effect at the end of August.
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• Manitoba; Bill 20 (The Defibrillator Public Access Act) will Require Defibrillators to Be Installed in Many Public Spaces
  Posted July 4th, 2011: Bill 20 received Royal Assent on 16 June 2011 (which means it will become an Act - and therefore law); however, please note, it has not come into force yet. Keep an eye on this Bill, since more details will be made public over time.
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• Now Available: Z320 - Building Commissioning Standard
  Posted June 15, 2011: This is the first edition of CSA Z320, Building commissioning. This Standard provides guidelines for the commissioning of buildings and all related building systems, and has been developed to deal with buildings and/or their major systems as a whole, rather than as separate individual stand-alone components. It applies to new construction and to renovations of existing buildings or facilities.
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• Successful Program for Safety Certified Companies in the Construction Industry Made Permanent
  Posted Feb.9, 2011 The Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba (WCB) announced today that its Construction Health and Safety Incentive Program has been made permanent following a three year evaluation process.
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• New CSA Edition Suspended Elevating Platforms
  Posted Nov.16,2010 updated edition of Z271 – "Safety Code for Suspended Elevating Platforms", which applies to suspended platforms that are: Designed for gaining access to exterior/interior surfaces of buildings and other structures; Hoisted by mechanical, electrical, or manual power; and Suspended from one, two, or multiple points
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• New Manitoba Study on Welders' Exposure
  Posted Nov.16,2010 The MFL Health and Safety Committee has received the findings of a new Manitoba study on welders' exposure.
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• New Regulation MR 247/2010 Takes Effect February 1, 2011
  Regulation 147/2010 Coming into force Feb 1, 2011 and includes changes to workplace harassment,safe work procedures, training, protective equipment, open excavations, trenches. Further updates will be posted on mySafetyAssistant.
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• Workplace harassment legislation updated
  The province of Manitoba is introducing new measures to protect against psychological harassment in the workplace, labour and immigration minister Jennifer Howard announced Thursday.
  
  
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• Manitoba Introduces new Farm Building Code
  Posted Sept 15 2010 MB is introducing a new Farm Building Code, an initiative that will have implications for agricultural workers and emergency responders to farm accidents.
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• The Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Promoting Safer and Healthier Conditions in Motor Vehicles)
  Posted July 15 2010 Law banning the use of all hand operated electronic devices in vehicles, effective immediately.
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• July 15 - It's the Law: Put Down the Phone!
  Changes to the Highway Traffic Act ban texting and talking on hand-held cell phones while driving.
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• Bill 4 Receives Royal Assent to Increase Workplace Fines
  June 17, 2010, Manitoba Bill 4, The Workplace Safety and Health Amendment Act received royal assent and came into force the same day. The Bill increases the maximum fines that may be imposed on a person who is found guilty of contravening the Workplace Safety and Health Act.
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• New CSA Standard for confined spaces
  The Canadian Standards Association has unveiled a new national guideline aimed at protecting workers from confined spaces.
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• Workplace Safety Fines to Soar in Manitoba
  Posted Mar 24, 2010
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