Construction Safety Code. Jurisdiction Canada - Quebec Year 1974 Published in English, French Original/other title [French] Code de sécurité pour les travaux de construction. Serial title Gazette officielle du Québec Source Order in Council 1576-74, Part 2, Quebec, Canada, 15 May 1974, Vol.106, No.12, p.2049-2212. Illus. Descriptors [Primary] Canada, construction industry, occupational safety [Secondary] Quebec, concrete formwork, construction sites, decompression tables, diving, electrical safety, explosive-actuated tools, explosives, labour inspectors, law, lifting equipment, notification of occupational accidents, personal protective equipment, plant safety organization, responsibilities of employers, signalling codes, underground work, welding and cutting, work in pressurized atmosphere, work near electric lines, work on roads Subject category Industries and occupations Abstract This Code, dated 1 May 1974 (entry into force: 1 Sep. 1974), is issued under the Industrial and Commercial Establishments Act, 1964. It contains provisions concerning: general questions (powers of inspectors, obligations of head of establishment, safety organisation, declaration of accidents, personal protective equipment, electrical installations, shoring parts, damaged buildings, hoisting apparatus, piles, sheet-piling, welding and cutting, transportation of workers); construction sites; handling and use of explosives; work in the proximity of electrical lines; shoring of concrete formwork; use of explosive actuated tools; underground work sites; work in compressed air; work on streets, roads and highways. There are 5 appendices containing tables and illustrations concerning: ascent tables for underwater work, handling and use of explosives, work in compressed air, code of signals and work on roads. CIS No. 76-848 Database ID 25072