Hong Kong Regulations

CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 41

Safe guarding the edges of excavations, etc.

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

The contractor responsible for any construction site at which there is an
excavation, shaft, pit or opening in the ground shall ensure that-

   (a)  no material is placed or stacked close to the edge of the excavation,
        shaft, pit, or opening so as to endanger any person who is working in
        it; and

   (b)  no load or plant is placed or moved near the edge of the excavation,
        shaft, pit or opening if it is likely to cause the side of the
        excavation, shaft, pit, or opening to collapse and thereby endanger
        any person. (L.N. 280 of 1978)