Offence to usc mechanical
equipment
without per- mission of supervisor on duty.
Inexperienced person not to use mechanical equipment.
Unlicensed person tot lại use certain vehicles in
quarty.
Cap. 200.1
Supervisor on duty not to permit mechan- ical equipment to be used at or mear edges unless banka man present.
Mechanical equipment not to be used at or near edges uoless banks- man present.
Worker to report defect in equipment.
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42. (1) No person shall operate or drive any mechanical equipment in a quarry without the permission of the supervisor on duty.
(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
43. (1) No supervisor on duty in a quarry shall permit any person who is not experienced in the operation of any mechanical equipment to operate or drive such equipment in the quarry,
(2) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
44. (1) No supervisor on duty in a quarry shall permit any vehicle which by virtue of the Road Traffic Ordinance may not be operated or driven on a road except by a person who holds a valid licence to operate or drive vehicles of that class, to be operated or driven in the quarry by any person who does not bold such a licence.
(2) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
45. (1) No supervisor on duty in a quarry shall permit any person to operals or drive any mechanical equipment at or near the edge of any face, side, tip or embankment in the quarry unless a banksman is in attendance.
(2) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
46. (1) No person shall operate or drive any mechanical equipment at or near the edge of any face, side, tip or embank- ment in a quarry unless a banksman is in attendance.
(2) Where in respect of any mechanical equipment the attendance of a banksman is required under paragraph (1), the operator or driver shall comply with every direction or signal which is given to him by the banksman.
(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.
47. (1) Every operator or driver of any mechanical equip- ment in a quarry who becomes aware of any defect in such equip- ment shall forthwith stop operating or driving such equipment and report the defect to the supervisor on duty,
(2) Every person who, while using any set of safety ropes, safety harness or safety helmet in any quarry in which any work is being carried on, becomes aware of any defect in that set of
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safety ropes, safety harness or safety helmet shall forthwith stop using it and report the defect to the supervisor on duty,
(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence,
48. (1) Every supervisor on duty in a quarry to whom a defect is reported under paragraph (1) or (2) of regulation 47 shall forthwith inspect the defect.
(2) Where, on inspecting a reported defect under paragraph (1), the supervisor on duty finds that it is causing or is likely to cause danger to any person, be shall forthwith prohibit every per- son from operating or driving the mechanical equipment or using the set of safety ropes, safety harness or safety helmet, as the case may be, in the quarry until the defect has been remedied.
(3) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.
49. (1) Every supervisor on duty in a quarry who inspects a reported defect under paragraph (1) of regulation 48 shall forth- with enter in the Equipment Register a full report of the result of his inspection including details of any prohibition made by him under paragraph (2) of regulation 48.
(2) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
50. Any person who-
(a) operates or drives any mechanical equipment; or
(b) uses any set of safety ropes, safety harness or safety
helmet.
in contravention of a prohibition made by a supervisor on duty under paragraph (1) of regulation 48 shall be guilty of an offence:
Provided that with the consent of the supervisor on duty a person may operate or drive the mechanical equipment or use the set of safety ropes, safety harness or safety helmet, as the case may be, for the purposes of remedying the defect.
51. (1) No person in a quarry shall go or remain under- neathTM
(a) any object suspended by a lifting appliance;
(b) the arc of travel of a bucket of any mechanical loading
equipment which is in operation; or
(c) a loaded bucket of any mechanical loading equipment. (2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
Supervisor on duty to inspect reported defect in equipment.
Inspection reparl.
Fine Schedus. Form
Offence to use defective equipment__in contravention of prohibition.
Offence to go under certain mechanical equipment.