Safety Bulletin: Guardrails

MARCH 7, 2022 | From the Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration —

Summary

Pursuant to subsection 21.5(3) of the Nova Scotia Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, guardrails are required where “there is a risk of falling at a doorway or the opening of a building floor, roof, walls or shaft.”

Bump/warning lines are not an accepted means of fall protection and guardrails must be installed on each working level of a project, as work progresses, if there is a risk of falling at a doorway or the opening of a building floor, roof, walls or shaft.

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