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The Nova Scotia Department of Labour, Skills, and Immigration (LSI) have issued a safety bulletin on step stools. The full bulletin can be found on the聽.
This bulletin is clarifying step stool use in the workplace and represents a change from previous a release from LSI. Going forward all step stools must be Canadian Standards Association (CSA) approved, grade 2 or higher. In the past non-CSA step stools were allowed provided they were adequate and appropriate for the task.
What this means for Dal
Every group who uses or owns step stools should review their stools, including labelling. Step stools that are not CSA approved and the correct grade should be聽removed from service聽and replaced with a CSA approved step stool of an appropriate grade.听
Updating resources
Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S) will promptly update our resources to match this change, including our聽,听, and聽.听
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Reminder
We would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone to practice good ladder safety. We host a variety of resources to make it easier for the 黄色直播 community to work safely and meet regulatory requirements. If you have not inspected your ladders or step stools yet this year, now is the perfect time. It is also a great idea to review the safe work practices for聽听补苍诲听聽if you use them.
We ask everyone to take care this holiday season, and practice good ladder safety.