Hong Kong Regulations

CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 47

Use of electricity on construction sites

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) Where workmen employed at a construction site are liable to come into
contact with any live electric cable or apparatus, the contractor responsible
for the site shall, both before the commencement of the work at the site and
during its progress, take such measures (whether by rendering the cable or
apparatus electrically dead or otherwise) as will prevent them from being
endangered by the cable or apparatus.

(1A) Where workmen employed in carrying out any construction work are liable
to come into contact with any live electric cable or apparatus, any contractor
who has direct control over the construction work shall, both before the
commencement of the work at the site and during its progress, take such
measures (whether by rendering the cable or apparatus electrically dead or
otherwise) as will prevent them from being endangered by the cable or
apparatus. (L.N. 258 of 2003)

(2) A contractor responsible for a construction site where there is any
electrically charged overhead cable or apparatus shall take such precautions,
by the provision of adequate and suitably placed barriers or other means, as
will prevent the cable or apparatus from being a source of danger to workmen
employed on the site (whether as a result of a lifting  appliance coming into
contact with the cable or apparatus or otherwise).

(3) Any contractor who has direct control over any construction work at any
place where there is any electrically charged overhead cable or apparatus
shall take such precautions, by the provision of adequate and suitably placed
barriers or other means, as will prevent the cable or apparatus from being a
source of danger to workmen carrying out the construction work (whether as a
result of lifting appliance coming into contact with the cable or apparatus or
otherwise). (L.N. 258 of 2003)