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CAP. 313] Shipping and Port Control (Cargo Handling) Regulations
[1978 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
Means of escape of workers.
Safe working load not to be exceeded.
Competent person to be in charge of lifting appliances.
Operators of lifting appliances, etc.
Deck-stages or cargo-stages.
Fencing of hatches.
(2) Where cargo handling is carried on by a stevedore or other person other than the owner of the vessel, it shall be the duty of the owner, master or officer in charge of the vessel to comply with regulation 37, so far as it concerns any hatch not taken over by the stevedore or other person for the purpose of cargo handling.
32. Precautions shall be taken to facilitate the escape of persons employed in a hold or on 'tween decks in dealing with bulk cargo.
33. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no lifting appliance or lifting gear shall be loaded beyond the safe working load.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where a lifting appliance or lifting gear is being tested and examined.
34. No load shall be left suspended from any lifting appliance unless there is a competent person in charge of the lifting appliance while the load is so left.
35. No person under 18 years of age and no person who is not sufficiently competent and reliable shall be employed to operate any lifting appliance, whether driven by mechanical power or otherwise, or to give signals to the operator of such appliance, or to attend to falls on winch ends or winch drums.
36. (1) No deck-stage or cargo-stage shall be used in cargo handling unless it is substantially and firmly constructed, adequately supported and, where necessary, securely fastened.
(2) No truck shall be used for carrying cargo between a vessel and the shore on a stage so steep as to be unsafe.
(3) Any stage which is slippery shall be made safe by the use of sand or otherwise.
37. (1) Subject to paragraph (3), while persons employed are on a vessel for the purpose of cargo handling, every hatchway of a cargo hold accessible to the persons employed which exceeds 1.5 m in depth from the level of the deck to the bottom of the hold, and which is not protected to a clear height of 750 mm by the coamings, shall, when not in use for the passage of goods or other material, or for trimming, be securely fenced to a height of 900 mm or be securely covered.
(2) Fencing as required under paragraph (1) shall be provided when necessary to protect all other openings in a deck which might be dangerous to the persons employed.
(3) This regulation shall not apply to—
(a) any vessel which is 50 m or less in length and which has only one hatchway; and
B 12
CAP. 313] Shipping and Port Control (Cargo
Handling) Regulations
[1978 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
Means of escape of workers.
Safe working load not to be exceeded.
Competent person to be in charge of lifting appliances.
Operators of lifting
appliances, etc.
Deck-stages or cargo-stages.
Fencing of hatches.
(2) Where cargo handling is carried on by a stevedore or other person other than the owner of the vessel, it shall be the duty of the owner, master or officer in charge of the vessel to comply with regulation 37, so far as it concerns any hatch not taken over by the stevedore or other person for the purpose of cargo handling.
32. Precautions shall be taken to facilitate the escape of persons employed in a hold or on 'tween decks in dealing with bulk cargo.
33. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), no lifting appliance or lifting gear shall be loaded beyond the safe working load.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply where a lifting appliance or lifting gear is being tested and examined.
34. No load shall be left suspended from any lifting appliance unless there is a competent person in charge of the lifting appliance while the load is so left.
35. No person under 18 years of age and no person who is not sufficiently competent and reliable shall be employed to operate any lifting appliance, whether driven by mechanical power or otherwise, or to give signals to the operator of such appliance, or to attend to falls on winch ends or winch drums.
36. (1) No deck-stage or cargo-stage shall be used in cargo handling unless it is substantially and firmly constructed, adequately supported and, where necessary, securely fastened.
(2) No truck shall be used for carrying cargo between a vessel and the shore on a stage so steep as to be unsafe.
(3) Any stage which is slippery shall be made safe by the use of sand or otherwise.
37. (1) Subject to paragraph (3), while persons employed are on a vessel for the purpose of cargo handling, every hatchway of a cargo hold accessible to the persons employed which exceeds 1.5 m in depth from the level of the deck to the bottom of the hold, and which is not protected to a clear height of 750 mm by the coamings, shall, when not in use for the passage of goods or other material, or for trimming, be securely fenced to a height of 900 mm or be securely covered.
(2) Fencing as required under paragraph (1) shall be provided when necessary to protect all other openings in a deck which might be dangerous to the persons employed.
(3) This regulation shall not apply to--
(a) any vessel which is 50 m or less in length and which has
only one hatchway; and
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