1983 Ed.]
Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations
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11. The contractor responsible for any pulley block or gin wheel which is suspended from or supported by a pole or beam shall ensure that the block or wheel is not used for raising or lowering any load unless-
(a) it is effectively secured to the pole or beam; and
(b) the pole or beam is--
(i) of adequate strength for the purpose for which it is intended to be used; and
(ii) adequately and properly secured so as to support the block or wheel and the load with safety and so as to prevent undue movement of the pole or beam.
12. (1) Before a lifting appliance is used at or moved in a construction site, the contractor responsible for the appliance shall take appropriate precautions to ensure its stability.
(2) The contractor responsible for a crane shall, for the purpose of securing the stability of the crane, ensure that before use-
(a) the crane is securely anchored, or adequately weighted by suitable ballast which is properly placed on the structure of the crane and secured in a manner sufficient to prevent the ballast from being accidentally displaced; and
(b) no part of any rails on which the crane is mounted, or the sleepers supporting the rails, are used as an anchorage.
13. (1) The contractor shall ensure that all of the devices used for the anchoring or ballasting of a crane for which he is responsible are examined by a competent examiner on each occasion before the crane is erected.
(2) After each erection of a crane on a construction site, and after each removal of a crane about or to such a site, or any adjustment to any member of a crane (being a removal or adjustment which involves changes in the arrangements for anchoring or ballasting the crane), the contractor responsible for the crane shall, before it is taken into use, cause the crane to be tested by a competent examiner, by the imposition either-
(a) of a load of 25 per cent above the maximum load to be lifted by the crane as erected at the positions where there is a maximum pull on each anchorage; or
(b) of a less load arranged to provide an equivalent test of the anchorage or ballasting arrangements.
(3) A report of every such test and the results thereof, signed by the person carrying out the test, shall be-
(a) made in the prescribed form and contain the prescribed particulars; and
(b) delivered forthwith to the contractor concerned.
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[Subsidiary]
Poles or beams supporting pulley blocks or gin wheels.
Stability of lifting appliances.
L.N. 280/78.
Anchoring and ballasting of cranes.
First Schedule. Form 2.