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CAP. 59]
Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations
[1983 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
Slung scaffolds.
Cantilever, jib,
figure and
bracket scaffolds.
Support for scaffolds, etc.
(a) of good construction, made of strong and sound materials,
and free from patent defect; and
(b) properly maintained.
(2) The contractor responsible for a scaffold shall ensure that every such scaffold is kept so fixed, secured or placed in position as to prevent so far as is practicable accidental displacement.
Reasonably
38E. The contractor responsible for any construction site shall ensure that-
(a) no chain, wire rope, lifting gear, metal tube or other means of suspension for slung scaffolds is used on the site unless the following requirements (in so far as they are applicable) are observed, (in addition as respects chains, ropes and lifting gear to satisfying the requirements of Part III), that is to say-
(i) it is suitable and of adequate strength for the purpose for which it is used;
(ii) it is properly and securely fastened to safe anchorage points and to other main supporting points;
(iii) it is so placed as to ensure stability of the scaffold;
(iv) it is as nearly vertical as is reasonably practicable; and
(v) it is kept taut;
(b) no rope other than a wire rope is used for the suspension of slung scaffold;
(c) where chains or wire ropes are used for the suspension of a slung scaffold, steps are taken to prevent such chains or wire ropes coming into contact at points of suspension with edges where this would cause danger;
(d) every slung scaffold is secured to prevent undue horizontal movement while it is used as a working platform.
38F. The contractor responsible for a construction site shall ensure that-
(a) no cantilever scaffold or jib scaffold is used on the site unless it is adequately supported, fixed and anchored, has outriggers of adequate length and strength and is where necessary sufficiently and properly strutted or braced to ensure rigidity and stability; and
(b) no figure scaffold or bracket scaffold supported or held by dogs, spikes, or similar fixings liable to pull out of the stone-work, brickwork or other surface in which they are gripped or fixed is used on the site.
38G. The contractor responsible for a construction site shall ensure that-