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1983 Ed.]

Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations

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Provided that a hoist may be used without obtaining a report under this paragraph if within the preceding 6 months there has been obtained under paragraph (1) or (2) a certificate or report which includes a statement to the effect that the hoist is in a safe working condition.

(4) A report under this regulation of a test or examination and the results thereof, signed by the person making or responsible for the carrying out of the test or examination, shall be-

(a) made in the prescribed form and contain the prescribed particulars; and

(b) delivered forthwith to the contractor concerned.

(5) The person making the report of any test or examination required by paragraph (2) or (3) shall, within 28 days of the completion of the test or examination, send to the Commissioner a copy of the report in every case where the test or examination shows that the hoist cannot continue to be used with safety unless certain repairs are carried out immediately or within a specified time.

PART V

Carrying of Persons and Securing of LOADS ON HOISTS

36. The contractor responsible for a hoist shall ensure that it is not used for carrying persons unless-

(a) the hoist is provided with a cage which

(i) is so constructed as to prevent, when the cage gate is shut, any person from falling out of the cage or from being trapped between any part of the cage and any fixed structure or other moving part of the hoist or from being struck by articles or materials falling down the hoistway; and

(ii) is, on each side at which access is provided to a landing place, fitted with a gate which, so far as is reasonably practicable, has efficient interlocking or similar devices to prevent the gate from being opened unless the cage is at a landing place and to prevent the cage from being moved away from any such place until the gate is closed;

(b) each gate at a landing place in the hoistway enclosure is fitted with efficient interlocking or similar devices to prevent the gate from being opened except when the cage is at the landing place and to prevent the cage from being moved away from the landing place until the gate at that place is closed; and

(c) efficient automatic devices are provided which will cause the cage to come to rest at a point above the lowest point to which it is able to travel.

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Hoists carrying persons.