Hong Kong Regulations

CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 38F

Cantilever, jib, figure and bracket scaffolds

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The contractor responsible for a construction site shall ensure that-

   (a)  no cantilever scaffold or jib scaffold is used on the site unless it
        is adequately supported, fixed and anchored, has outriggers of
        adequate length and strength and is where necessary sufficiently and
        properly strutted or braced to ensure rigidity and stability; and

   (b)  no figure scaffold or bracket scaffold supported or held by dogs,
        spikes, or similar fixings liable to pull out of the stone-work,
        brickwork or other surface in which they are gripped or fixed is used
        on the site.