Hong Kong Regulations

CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 44

Fencing of machinery

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) The contractor responsible for any prime mover, transmission  machinery
and other machinery (whether or not driven by mechanical power), and any
contractor who has direct control over any construction work which involves
the use of the prime mover, transmission machinery and other machinery, shall
ensure that-

   (a)  every flywheel and moving part of the prime mover;

   (b)  every part of the transmission machinery; and

   (c)  every dangerous part of the other machinery, are effectively guarded
        unless they are in such a position or of such construction as to be as
        safe to every workman on the construction site as they would be if
        they were effectively guarded. (L.N. 258 of 2003)

(1A) The reference to effectively guarded in paragraph (1) means effectively
guarded by one or more of the following methods-

   (a)  an automatic guard;

   (b)  subject to paragraph (1B), a fixed guard;

   (c)  an interlocking guard;

   (d)  a trip guard;

   (e)  a two-hand control device. (L.N. 258 of 2003)

(1B) An opening may be provided in any fixed guard mentioned in paragraph
(1A)(b) in accordance with regulation 6 of the Factories and 
Industrial Undertakings (Guarding and Operation of Machinery) Regulations (
Cap 59 sub. leg. Q). (L.N. 258 of 2003)

(2) Where under paragraph (1) parts of any machinery are required to be
guarded, the contractors shall ensure that the guarding is kept in position
while the parts are in motion or in use, except where the parts are
necessarily exposed for examination or for any lubrication or adjustment shown
by the examination to be immediately necessary. (L.N. 258 of 2003)

(3) For the purpose of paragraph (1A), "automatic guard" (自動式護罩),

"fixed guard" (固定式護罩), "interlocking guard" (互鎖式護罩), "trip
guard" (觸覺式護罩)
and "two-hand control device" (雙手控制裝置) have the meanings
respectively assigned to them by regulation 2 of the Factories and Industrial 
Undertakings (Guarding and Operation of Machinery) Regulations ( Cap 59 sub.
leg. Q). (L.N. 258 of 2003)

"automatic guard" (自動式護罩), "fixed guard" (固定式護罩),
"interlocking guard" (互鎖式
護罩), "trip guard" (觸覺式護罩) and "two-hand control device"
(雙手控制裝置)