PART XXX SHAFTS, HOISTS AND CONVEYANCES — Protection of workers

in a shaft compartment, above or below the shaft collar, while hoisting operations are in progress in the compartment, except where the hoisting operation is necessary to perform the work or examination; or

in a shaft or in a workplace that is part of, or adjacent to, the shaft, unless the worker is protected from accidental contact with a moving shaft conveyance or counterweight and objects falling in the shaft.

A worker shall not enter or cross a hoisting compartment of a shaft in which hoisting operations are in progress, except for the purpose of entering or leaving the shaft conveyance in the compartment, or making the examination required under paragraph 608 (1)(a).