Make sure you are doing your due diligence and following all provincial and government safety codes before your next audit. Click your region below to learn all the safety regulations, codes and laws for your specific province.
Canadian Safety Regulations for Loading Dock and Doors
“All external windows, ventilation openings, doors, and other openings shall be effectively sealed when closed, and proofed against dust, vermin, and other pests.”
– SQF Institute – Food Safety Code: Food Manufacturing, Edition 9
| Seal up around your doors and docks with rodent-proof weather seal and stripping. Our Xcluder weather seal offers x4 the protection against dust, rodents, vermin and other pests. A seal system that uses a combination brush, rubber, stainless-steel screen and stainless-steel wool fibres to make sure that no rodent or pest can enter your building. |  |
“Fire door assemblies shall be inspected and tested not less than annually.”
– 5.2.1.4 NFPA 80 2022 Standard for Fire Doors, Copyright © 2022, National Fire Protection Association
| Schedule an annual fire door drop test with our Preventive Maintenance technicians. Our technicians follow all NFPA 80 and DASMA guidelines to keep you up to code and safe in the event of a fire. After the inspection, our technicians will leave a record of your due diligence with a DASMA drop test form and decal tracker on your door as proof of the inspection to auditors. |  |
(a) a toe board that extends from the floor of the platform or other raised area to a height of not less than 125 mm shall be installed; or
(b) if the tools or other objects are piled to such a height that a toe board would not prevent the tools or other objects from falling, a solid or mesh panel shall be installed from the floor to a height of not less than 450 mm.”
– Canada Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (SOR/86-304), Part III Permanent Structures, Section 2.13
| All our in-pit dock levelers and hydraulic conversions kits come with toe guards in safety yellow as standard to protect your staff from injury. |  |
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| Enhance safety around the loading dock with a variety of safety barriers that include barrier gates and retractable straps. We have mezzanine barrier gates, dock barrier gates and safety straps to choose from. |  |
Alberta Safety Regulations for Loading Dock and Doors
“An employer must ensure that
(a) equipment and personal protective equipment is of sufficient size, strength and design and made of suitable materials to withstand the stresses imposed on it during its operation and to perform the function for which it is intended or was designed,
(b) equipment and personal protective equipment used or worn at a work site
(i) is maintained in a condition that will not compromise the health or safety of workers using or transporting it,
(ii) will safely perform the function for which it is intended or was designed, and
(iii) is free from obvious defects,”
| Schedule a Preventive Maintenance visit with one of our technicians. We use a multi-point inspection checklist to give you a 360 view of the condition of your equipment. Along with tuning up your equipment to extend its lifespan and to get it up to safety regulations. After the inspection, you will receive a copy of the multi-point inspection checklist for your records to prove to auditors that you’ve done your due diligence. |  |
“263(1)
A person must not leave the controls of powered mobile equipment unattended unless the equipment is secured against unintentional movement by an effective method of immobilizing the equipment.
263(2)
A person must not leave the controls of powered mobile equipment unattended unless a suspended or elevated part of the powered mobile equipment is either landed, secured in a safe position or both.”
– Alberta Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Code, Part 19: Powered Mobile Equipment, Section 19.263
An employer must develop a fall protection plan “if a worker at the work site may fall 3 metres or more and the worker is not protected by guardrails.”
– Alberta Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Code, Part 9: Fall Protection, Section 9.140
(a) a securely attached cover designed to support an anticipated load, or
(b) guardrails and toe boards.”
– Alberta Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Code, Part 22: Safeguards, Section 22.314
| All our in-pit dock levelers come with toe guards in safety yellow as standard to protect your staff from injury. | |
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| Enhance safety around the loading dock with a variety of safety barriers that include barrier gates and retractable straps. We have mezzanine barrier gates, dock barrier gates and safety straps to choose from. | |
BC Safety Regulations for Loading Dock and Doors
“Every employer must ensure that regular inspections are made of all workplaces, including buildings, structures, grounds, excavations, tools, equipment, machinery and work methods and practices, at intervals that will prevent the development of unsafe working conditions.”
– BC Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulation, Part 3: Rights and Responsibilities, Section 3.5
| Schedule a Preventive Maintenance visit with one of our technicians. We use a multi-point inspection checklist to give you a 360 view of the condition of your equipment. Along with tuning up your equipment to extend its lifespan and to get it up to safety regulations. After the inspection, you will receive a copy of the multi-point inspection checklist for your records to prove to auditors that you’ve done your due diligence. | |
“(1) An operator of mobile equipment must not leave the controls unattended unless the mobile equipment has been secured against inadvertent movement by
(a) engaging at least 2 effective braking or parking systems or devices, including
(i) the parking brake,
(ii) the manufacturer’s specified park position for the transmission,
(iii) chocks for the wheels, or
(iv) in the case of 2-wheeled mobile equipment, stands, and
(b) chocking wheels, if necessary.
(2) An operator of mobile equipment must not leave unattended any elevated load, part, extension or machine, unless it has been landed in a safe position or otherwise immobilized and secured against inadvertent movement.”
– BC Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulation, Part 16: Mobile Equipment, Section 16.9
– BC Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulation, Part 7: Thermal Exposure, Section 7.29
– BC Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Regulation, Part 11: Fall Protection, Section 11.2
Ontario Safety Regulations for Loading Dock and Doors
– Ontario Health and Safety Act, Regulation 851, Section 51-1b
| Schedule a Preventive Maintenance visit with one of our technicians. We use a multi-point inspection checklist to give you a 360 view of the condition of your equipment. Along with tuning up your equipment to extend its lifespan and to get it up to safety regulations. After the inspection, you will receive a copy of the multi-point inspection checklist for your records to prove to auditors that you’ve done your due diligence. |  |
– Ontario Health and Safety Act, Regulation 851, Section 57
- take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of workers
Engineering controls include:
- slip-resistant flooring and slip-resistant mats
- minimize environmental influences (for example, blocking wind, preventing wet surfaces from icing, etc.)
- guardrails for raised floors, mezzanines and balconies
| Protect against falls with built-in guardrails. Each dock lift table comes with guardrails and personnel restraint chains to prevent falls as a standard. In addition, the Stationary (DL) model can be upgraded to have an interlock swing gate or boom.
In addition, the dock lift comes with a rust-resistant and anti-slip powder coat to prevent corrosion along with slips and falls. |
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