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Labour and Immigration
Serial Numbers, Notifications & Report Forms
Employers must provide Workplace Safety and Health with certain required information that may affect the safety and health of a person at a workplace, as outlined in The Workplace Safety and Health Act and accompanying regulations.
Notice of Asbestos Work
Any employer in Manitoba who intends to perform work to alter, renovate or demolish a building or structure that contains asbestos-containing material that may release asbestos-containing material into the atmosphere must provide WSH with at least 5 days notification prior to beginning work.
Excavation Serial Numbers
Any employer in Manitoba who proposes to make an excavation that is more than 1.5 metres deep, in which a worker is required or permitted to enter must provide notice of excavation to the Workplace Safety and Health Branch (WSH) not more than 48 hours before the day the excavation work is scheduled to begin.
Employers must not begin any excavation work without a valid excavation registration number and serial number for the excavation project from the WSH branch.
To obtain a one-time registration number for your excavation company, please call WSH at 1-204-957-SAFE(7233) or toll-free at 1-855-957-SAFE(7233).
An excavation Serial Number requires employers to ensure that:
- All information captured in the excavation Serial Number application is accurate and up-to-date
- All documentation including serial numbers, procedures and engineering drawings where applicable are readily available
- Workers have received appropriate training for the tasks to be performed
Reference:
- M.R. 217/2006, Workplace Safety and Health Regulation, Part 26: Excavations and Tunnels
- For more guidance material on excavation, visit SAFE Work Manitoba
Hearing Conservation Program Biennial Report
Workplaces required to have a hearing conservation program in place must submit an biennial report on the program to Workplace Safety and Health (Part 12, Hearing Conservation and Noise Control, M.R. 217/2006).
Suspended Work Platform Serial Numbers
Any employer in Manitoba who proposes to use a suspended work platform at a height in excess of 3 metres above ground, or intends to use a crane to suspend a personnel basket or cage at any height must give notice to the WSH branch at least 8 hours before the platform, personnel basket or cage is suspended.