PART VII Personal Protective Equipment:
Section 94, Skin Protection is amended:
(a) by renumbering it as subsection 94(1); and
(b) by adding the following subsections after subsection (1):
(2) Where there is a risk of injury to the skin of a worker from fire or explosion, an employer or contractor shall provide the worker with, and require the worker to use, outer fire resistant clothing that:
(a) meets an approved industry standard; and
(b) is appropriate to the risk.
(3) Where there is a risk of injury to the skin of an electrical worker from arc flash, an employer or contractor shall provide the electrical worker with, and require the electrical worker to use, arc flash protection that meets an approved standard.
Section 465, Proximity to exposed energized high voltage electrical conductors is amended:
32(1) Subsection 465(1) is repealed and the following substituted:
(1) In this section:
(a)
‘applied science technologist' means an applied science technologist who is registered pursuant to
The Saskatchewan Applied Science Technologists and Technicians Act and whose registration has not been uspended or cancelled;
(b) ‘certified technician' means a certified technician who is registered pursuant to The Saskatchewan Applied Science Technologists and Technicians Act and whose registration has not been suspended or canceled;
(c) ‘qualified electrical worker' means:
(i) the holder of a journeyperson's certificate in the electrician trade issued pursuant to The Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Act, 1999, and includes an apprentice in the trade while under the supervision of a journeyperson;
(ii) the holder of a journeyperson's certificate in the power lineperson trade issued pursuant to The Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Act, 1999, and includes an apprentice in the trade while under the supervision of a journeyperson; or
(iii) for the purpose of design, calibrating of equipment, inspection, monitoring, testing, and commissioning of equipment in high voltage installations, electrical engineers, applied science technologists or certified technicians who have achieved professional certification within an electrical, electronics, industrial or instrumentation discipline;
(d) ‘utility tree trimmer' means a person who has successfully completed a course that has been approved for the purposes of this section.
(1.1) An employer or contractor shall ensure that a qualified electrical worker has had approved training in high voltage safety.
(1.2) No qualified electrical worker shall undertake high voltage electrical work unless the worker:
(a) has written proof of approved training in high voltage electrical safety; and
(b) has that written proof of approved training readily accessible at all times while working near energized high voltage electrical conductors."
Note: The text color or red is provided for emphasis only.
The following sections were already included in the Act, Section 465:
(3) An employer or contractor shall ensure that no worker who is at ground potential approaches an exposed energized electrical conductor closer than the minimum distance set out in column 2 of Table 22 of the Appendix.
(4) An employer and contractor shall ensure that only a qualified electrical worker works closer to an exposed energized electrical conductor than the minimum distance set out in column 2 of Table 22 of the Appendix.
(5) Where a qualified electrical worker works closer to an exposed energized electrical conductor than the minimum distance set out in column 2 of Table 22 of the Appendix, an employer or contractor shall ensure that:
(a) the qualified electrical worker:
(i) performs the work in accordance with written instructions for a safe work procedure that have been developed and signed by a competent person who has been appointed by the employer or contractor for that purpose;
(ii) uses equipment that is approved for the intended use of the equipment; and
(iii) uses personal protective equipment that meets the requirements of Part VII; or
(b) the conductor is operating at 25 kilovolts or less and is fitted with rubber and rubber-like insulating barriers that meet the requirements of an approved standard.
TABLE 22, Section 465, Minimum Distances from Exposed Energized High Voltage Electrical Conductors:
Please refer to this table on page 462 of the Saskatchewan Gazette.
Section 97, Hand and Arm Protection:
It is noted that the following text was already included in the Act related to potential electrical contact with exposed energized high voltage conductors, (i.e. that could result in shock or potentially electrocution).
(2) Where a worker may contact an exposed energized high voltage electrical conductor, an employer or contractor shall provide, and require the worker to use, approved rubber insulating gloves and mitts and approved rubber insulating sleeves.
Section 466, Exposed energized electrical conductors operating at certain voltages:
It is noted that the following text was already included in the Act:
466 Where work is being carried out in proximity to exposed energized electrical conductors operating at 31 to 750 volts, an employer or contractor shall ensure that the work is carried out so that accidental contact with the energized electrical conductor by any worker is prevented.