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Source: Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Code
161.
(1) If a control zone is used, an employer must ensure that it
(a) is only used if a worker can fall from a surface that has a slope of no more than 4 degrees toward an unguarded edge or that slopes inwardly away from an unguarded edge, and
(b) is not less than 2 metres wide when measured from the unguarded edge.
(2) An employer must not use a control zone to protect workers from falling from a skeletal structure that is a work area.
(3) If a worker will at all times remain further from the unguarded edge than the width of the control zone, no other fall protection system need be used.
(4) Despite section 139, a worker is not required to use a fall protection system when crossing the control zone to enter or leave the work area.
(5) When crossing a control zone referred to in subsections (3) and (4), to get to or from the unguarded edge, a worker must follow the most direct route.
(6) An employer must ensure that a control zone is clearly marked with an effective raised warning line or another equally effective method if a worker is working within 2 metres of the control zone.
(7) An employer must ensure that a worker who must work within a control zone uses
(a) a travel restraint system, or
(b) an equally effective means of preventing the worker from getting to the unguarded edge.
(8) A person who is not directly required for the work at hand must not be inside a control zone.
Source: Légis Québec
chapter S-2.1, r. 13
14. Floor: Any floors shall be:
(1) kept in good order, clean and free from any obstruction;
(2) provided with walkways that comply with section 15;
(3) provided with drains, if required for maintenance and the draining off of liquids;
(4) free from any opening capable of causing an accident, unless they are protected with a guardrail or a cover capable of bearing a load of at least 2,4 kN/m2.
Where a motorized vehicle is likely to travel on a cover, the cover must have a resistance at least equivalent to 3 times the maximum load that may be imposed by the vehicle.
O.C. 885-2001, s. 14; O.C. 1411-2018, s. 7.