Hong Kong Regulations

CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 10

Brakes, controls, safety devices, etc.

Caution: This is a past version. See the current version here.

(1) The contractor responsible for a winch shall ensure that it is not used
unless it is fitted with one or more efficient brakes, or other similar safety
devices, which will prevent a load suspended from the appliance from falling
out of control or dangerously.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), the contractor responsible for a hoist shall
ensure that it is not used unless-

   (a)  every lever, handle, switch, or other device used for controlling the
        operation of any part of the hoist (being a lever, handle, switch, or
        other device the accidental movement or displacement of which is
        liable to cause danger) is, where practicable (unless it is so placed
        or the hoist is so constructed as to prevent accidental movement or
        displacement), provided with a suitable spring or other locking
        arrangement to prevent any such accidental movement or displacement;
        and

   (b)  every lever, handle, switch, or other device for controlling the
        operation of any part of the hoist has either on or adjacent to it
        clear markings to indicate its purpose and the mode of operation.

(3) Where, at the date of the commencement of these regulations, a hoist is
in use and continues subsequently to be used, it shall be sufficient if the
requirements of paragraph (2)(a) are complied with not later than 12 months
after that date. (L.N. 285 of 1993)