1983 Ed.]
Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations
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64. The contractor responsible for a construction site at which 50 or more workmen are employed shall-
(a) cause a stretcher to be provided at the site; and
(b) ensure that it is kept alongside the first aid box or cupboard provided for the purposes of regulation 61 and is maintained at all times in a serviceable condition.
65. (1) Where a room is provided at a construction site for the sole purpose of providing first aid or medical treatment, and the contractor responsible for the construction site makes arrangements so as to ensure the treatment there of all injuries occurring at the site, the Commissioner may, by notice in writing to the contractor, exempt the site from the requirements of this Part to such extent and subject to such conditions as he may specify in the notice.
(2) The contractor shall cause every such notice to be prominently displayed in the room so provided.
Welfare
66. (1) The contractor responsible for a construction site shall provide at the site-
(a) a room or covered area where workmen can shelter during inclement weather;
(b) a supply of wholesome drinking water; and
(c) if facilities for obtaining meals are not available in the vicinity of the site, or if the Commissioner so directs, a room or covered area where workmen can take meals and one or more stoves on which hot meals can be prepared.
(2) If a room or area provided for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c) affords shelter from inclement weather, a contractor shall not be required to provide a separate room or area for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a).
[Subsidiary]
Provision of stretchers.
Exemption where first aid room provided.
Shelter and facilities for meals.
PART X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
records.
L.N. 238/83.
67. (1) Every contractor shall keep the certificates and reports received by him in respect of any test, inspection or examination carried out under these regulations on any plant, scaffold, excavation, or earthwork-
(a) at the construction site where the plant is located or the excavating or earthworking operations are being carried on; or
(b) if the contractor has reasonable grounds for believing that the construction work at the site will be completed within a ...