"Safety factor", means the ratio of the failure load to the specified load or rated load. "Professional engineer", means a person who is a professional engineer within the meaning of the Professional Engineers Act. "Employer", means a person who employs one or more workers or contracts for the services of one or more workers and includes a contractor or subcontractor who performs work or supplies services and a contractor or subcontractor who undertakes with an owner, constructor, contractor or subcontractor to perform work or supply services. "Constructor", means a person who undertakes a project for an owner and includes an owner who undertakes all or part of a project by himself or by more than one employer. has knowledge of all potential or actual danger to health or safety in the work.is familiar with the Occupational Health and Safety Act and with the provisions of the regulations that apply to the work.is qualified because of knowledge, training and experience to perform the work."Competent worker", in relation to specific work, means a worker who, has knowledge of any potential or actual danger to health or safety in the workplace.is familiar with this act and the regulations that apply to the work.is qualified because of knowledge, training and experience to organize the work and its performance."Building Code", means Ontario Regulation 350⁄06 made under the Building Code Act, 1992. "Multi-point suspended scaffold" ( MPSS), means a suspended scaffold or suspended work platform or a system of suspended scaffolds or suspended work platforms, each scaffold or platform being more than 750 millimetres in width, that is supported from an overhead support system by at least three primary load- carrying means of suspension to maintain the system's stability. The following definitions have been extracted from section 1(1) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1990 and Section 1(1) of the Regulations for Construction Projects and are provided below for reference in this guideline: Definitions 3.1 Terms defined in subsecction 1(1) of the act and subsection 1(1) of the Regulation In designing an MPSS, a professional engineer must ensure that the minimum design criteria set out in the Regulations are met when following other applicable codes and standards. To assist in understanding the requirements made under the Occupational Health and Safety Act, this guideline explains the sections of the regulations for MPSS that deal with the responsibilities of the professional engineer and responsibilities of the constructor, employer, supervisor and worker. The guideline highlights the major components of an MPSS, design methods, design loads, load factors and safety factors to be considered in the design, system redundancy, design drawings and what they should include. The purpose of this guideline is to clarify the requirements for multi-point suspended scaffolds ( MPSSs) in sections 142.1 to 142.8 of the Regulations for Construction Projects. Health and safety inspectors apply and enforce these laws based on the facts they find in the workplace. This resource does not replace the Occupational Health and Safety Act ( OHSA) and its regulations and should not be used as or considered legal advice. These legal requirements should be referred to when using this guideline. The information contained in this guideline is not intended to be all-inclusive nor should it be interpreted as replacing or modifying the requirements of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and the Regulations for Construction Projects (the Regulation). This guideline is intended to provide assistance to professional engineers, constructors, employers, supervisors and workers with an overview of the design, construction and use of multi-point suspended scaffolds. Sections 137 to 142 of Ontario Regulation 213/91 are no longer applicable to MPSS. The Regulations for Construction Projects were amended by Ontario Regulation 85/04, which added specific requirements for the design, construction and use of multi-point suspended scaffolds ( MPSS) in subsections 142.1 to 142.8, along with the definitions for "multi-point suspended scaffold", "safety factor", and "traverse" in subsection 1(1) These amendments came into effect October 1, 2004. 213/91 (Construction Projects) that came into force on January 1, 2017. These guidelines are being updated to reflect amendments to O.
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