S-2.1, r. 13 - Regulation respecting occupational health and safety

Section 52 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

52. Static electricity: In areas or rooms containing flammable vapours or gases, the following rules must be complied with:

(1)  any metallic equipment and machine must be bonded together and commonly grounded or be grounded separately to a grounding network with equivalent conductivity so as to prevent the accumulation of static electricity; and

(2)  any non-metallic equipment and machine must be built and installed to first limit the accumulation of static electricity under a safety threshold and then to prevent such an accumulation in excess of the safety threshold.

O.C. 885-2001, s. 52; O.C. 392-2011, s. 1.