Hong Kong Regulations

CONSTRUCTION SITES (SAFETY) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 48

Safety helmets

(Past version on 30/06/1997).

(1) A contractor responsible for a construction site shall-

   (a)  provide each workman employed on the site with a suitable safety
        helmet; and

   (b)  take all reasonable steps to ensure that no workman remains on the
        site unless he is wearing a suitable safety helmet.

(1A) Any contractor who has direct control over any construction work shall-

   (a)  provide each workman employed to carry out the construction work with
        a suitable safety helmet; and

   (b)  take all reasonable steps to ensure that no workman employed to carry
        out the construction work remains on the site unless he is wearing a
        suitable safety helmet. (L.N. 257 of 2003; L.N. 258 of 2003)

(2) No person shall enter a construction site unless he is wearing a suitable
safety helmet. (L.N. 280 of 1978)