Hong Kong Regulations

CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 45

Trained and competent workmen to operate mechanical equipment

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

(1) The contractor responsible for any mechanical equipment shall ensure that,
when it is used on a construction site, it is not operated except by a workman
who is trained and competent to operate it: Provided that the equipment may be
operated by a workman not so qualified if he is operating it under the
supervision of another worker who is so qualified.

(2) The contractor responsible for any mechanical equipment shall ensure that
no person under 18 years of age is employed-

   (a)  to operate the equipment; or

   (b)  to give signals to the operator of the equipment.

(3) In this regulation, "mechanical equipment" (機動設備) includes any
bulldozer, compactor, dumper, excavator, grader, loader, locomotive, lorry,
scraper, truck and any mobile machine which is used for the handling of any
material on a construction site. (L.N. 238 of 1983) "mechanical equipment"
(機動設備)