Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (SOR/86-304)

• 14.30 (1) Motorized or manual materials handling equipment shall not be used for transporting an employee and no employee shall so use the equipment unless the equipment is specifically designed for that purpose.

• (2) Motorized or manual materials handling equipment shall not be used for hoisting or positioning an employee, unless the equipment is equipped with a platform, bucket or basket designed for those purposes.

• (3) Any motorized materials handling equipment that is normally used for transporting employees from place to place in a work place shall be equipped with

  • (a) a mechanical parking brake; and

  • (b) a hydraulic or pneumatic braking system.

14.31 No materials, goods or things shall be picked up from, or placed on, any motorized or manual materials handling equipment while the equipment is in motion unless the equipment is specifically designed for that purpose.

14.32 Except in the case of an emergency, no employee shall get on or off of motorized or manual materials handling equipment while it is in motion.

• 14.33 (1) Subject to subsection (2), no repair, maintenance or cleaning work shall be performed on motorized or manual materials handling equipment while the materials handling equipment is in use.

• (2) Fixed parts of motorized or manual materials handling equipment may be repaired, maintained or cleaned while the materials handling equipment is being used if the parts are so isolated or guarded that the use of the materials handling equipment does not present a risk to the safety of the employee performing the repair, maintenance or cleaning work.

• 14.34 (1) Where motorized or manual materials handling equipment is travelling with a raised or suspended load, its operator shall ensure that the load is carried as close to the ground or floor as the situation permits and shall not in any case transport the load at or beyond the point at which the loaded equipment becomes unstable.

• (2) Any load, other than bulk materials, that would likely slide on or fall from motorized or manual materials handling equipment resulting in a hazardous condition shall be secured to prevent such movement.

14.35 Tools, tool boxes or spare parts that are carried on motorized or manual materials handling equipment shall be securely stored.

14.36 The floor, cab and other occupied parts of motorized materials handling equipment shall be kept free of any grease, oil, materials, tools, equipment or other hazards that may cause an employee to slip or trip or may create a fire hazard or otherwise interfere with the safe operation of the equipment.