1981 Ed.]
Quarries (Safety) Regulations
(CAP. 59
F9
[Subsidiary])
(3) The proprietor of any quarry in respect of which paragraph (1) or (2) is contravened shall be guilty of an offence.
17. (1) The proprietor of every quarry shall provide for every person who works on any top, face or floor in the quarry a safety helmet of a type approved by the Commissioner or any officer authorized in writing by the Commissioner for Labour.
(2) Any proprietor who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
18. (1) The proprietor of every quarry shall provide for every person who works on any top or face in the quarry a safety rope and a safety harness of a type approved by the Commissioner or any officer authorized in writing by the Commissioner for Labour.
(2) Any proprietor who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
Proprietor to provide safety helmets.
Proprietor to provide safety rope or harness. L.N. 208 73.
PART V
FIRST AID IN QUARRIES
19. (1) No work shall be carried on in any quarry unless the following number of the persons working in the quarry are persons trained in first aid-
(a) where less than 50 persons are so working, 3 persons or such lesser number of persons as the Commissioner or any officer authorized in writing by the Commissioner for Labour may specify in writing in any particular case;
(b) where 50 or more persons but less than 300 persons are so working, 3 persons; and
(c) where 300 or more persons are so working, 5 persons.
(2) Where any work is carried on in a quarry in contravention of paragraph (1)—
(a) the proprietor; and
(b) the supervisor on duty,
shall each be guilty of an offence.
20. (1) The proprietor of every quarry in which any person trained in first aid is working at the date of commencement of this Part shall within 14 days thereafter deliver in writing, in English or in Chinese, to the Commissioner for Labour the information required under paragraph (3) in relation to such person.
(2) The proprietor of every quarry in which any person trained in first aid commences to work after the date of commencement of
Note: Part V came into operation on 1.10.1969.
Certain number of workers to be trained in first aid.
Proprietor to deliver to Commissioner for Labour particulars of persons trained in first aid.