Hong Kong Regulations

CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 38G

Support for scaffolds, etc.

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The contractor responsible for a construction site shall ensure that-

   (a)  no part of a building or other structure is used as support for a
        scaffold, ladder, folding step-ladder or crawling ladder, or for part
        of a scaffold, ladder, folding step-ladder or crawling ladder, unless
        the part of the building or other structure is of sound material and
        sufficiently stable and of sufficient strength to afford safe support;

   (b)  gutters are not used as such supports unless they and their fixings
        are suitable and are of adequate strength and in the case of
        overhanging eaves gutters shall not be so used unless in addition they
        have been specially designed as walkways.