Hong Kong Regulations

CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 41A

Requirements for emergency escape

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

The contractor responsible for any construction site, at which there is an
excavation, shaft, tunnel, pit or opening in the ground and where there is
reason to apprehend danger to persons employed therein from rising water or
from an irruption of water or material and any contractor who has
direct control over the excavation or any construction work in the shaft,
tunnel, pit or opening, shall ensure that adequate means are provided, so far
as practicable, to enable such persons to reach positions of safety in the
event of emergency. (L.N. 280 of 1978; L.N. 258 of 2003)