Hong Kong Regulations

CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 41

Safe guarding the edges of excavations, etc.

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

The contractor responsible for any construction site at which there is an
excavation, shaft, pit or opening in the ground, and any contractor who has
direct control over the excavation or any construction work in the shaft, pit
or opening, shall ensure that- (L.N. 258 of 2003)

   (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)