Most of Quebec is buried under the snow that has fallen since Wednesday evening. It’s time for snow removal and some citizens are doing it in a risky way. A man was filmed throwing snow off the roof of a downtown Montreal skyscraper.
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At least that’s what a video published on Thursday on the social network Reddit suggests. We see a man clearing the snow from the roof of a twenty-storey building at his own risk.
According to the images, the reckless snowplow does not appear to be attached by any safety harness or wearing a helmet and pushes the snow towards the street.
A brief search identifies the building as 1200 McGill College, near the Eaton Center and Place Ville-Marie.
According to the website of the Commission for Standards, Equity, Health and Safety at Work (CNESST), to clear the roof of a building where there is a risk of falling more than 3 m, it is make sure to wear personal protective equipment.
This includes, but is not limited to, a safety harness, a lanyard with a maximum length of 1.8 m and an energy absorber attached to an anchor point with a resistance of at least 1835.5 kg, in in addition to providing appropriate rescue measures in the event of a fall.
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An example of a safety system to be favored at height, according to the CNESST.
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As for the snow falling from the roof to the street, the employee is not illegal if he has taken the trouble to determine the snow dumping area and prohibit access to it by means of danger signs. and a boundary rope.
However, the images do not make it possible to determine whether this regulation has been respected.
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