Oil and Gas Occupational Safety and Health Regulations

3.11 (1) Subject to subsection (2), where there is a hazard that tools or other objects may fall from a platform or other raised area onto an employee, the employer shall, where practicable, install

• (a) a toe board that

  • (i) extends above the floor of the platform or other raised area, and

  • (ii) will prevent tools or other objects from falling from the platform or other raised area; or

• (b) where the tools or other objects are piled to such a height that a toe board will not prevent the tools or other objects from falling, a solid or mesh panel that extends from the floor of the platform or other raised area to a height of not less than 450 mm.

(2) Where the installation of a toe board is not practicable on a platform or other raised area, all tools or other objects that could fall shall be

• (a) tied in a manner that, if they fall, employees beneath the platform will be protected; or

• (b) placed in such a way that, if they fall, they will be caught by a safety net positioned so as to protect from injury any employee on or below the platform or other raised area.