CNESST safety rules for work at heights

In the construction sector, labourers are certified workers who are entrusted with various simple tasks and assignments in the context of a construction or renovation. To ensure their comfort and safety at work, the CNESST (ex CSST) or Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail has provided for a number of Safety rules for any intervention at height.

Safety rules for manoeuvring

Employers have obligations to their employees working on a construction site. These are notably communicated by CNESST, a Quebec organization in charge of occupational health and safety. In particular, employers are required to detect, control and, above all, eliminate any danger to workers when working at height (window caulking, façade painter, window cleaning, etc.).

In particular, we must eliminate the Fall hazards when working at height thanks to protective devices. You should also pay attention to the risk of collapse as well as the dangers in the event of intervention near power lines.

Employers also have the responsibility to inform workers about the risks inherent in their missions and to provide them with a Adapted training. Any intervention must be supervised and the Safety standards must be scrupulously followed. In addition, there is the obligation to set up a first aid service in case of emergency.

Organization and planning

Safety on construction sites requires good organization and planning of the work even before it is carried out. And we must not forget to create a risk prevention program. This program involves optimized management of workers’ health and safety by defining, controlling and correcting risks while informing and training workers. As for the latter, they must then know how to identify the risks and protect themselves accordingly.

Finally, it should be noted that entities that do not comply with the regulations established by this institution are subject to sanctions:

• • Suspended work,
  • Criminal prosecutions,
  • Publication of their sentence…

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In terms of services and benefits, Calfeutrage Elite is a caulking company at the cutting edge of new technologies, 100% complies with the legislation in force both in terms of sealant products used to caulk openings and safe and efficient equipment for working at height.

The rental of the boom lifts is made possible by the verification of CSST standards.