Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (LIFTING APPLIANCES AND LIFTING GEAR) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 7J

Load to be safely secured

(1) The owner of a lifting appliance shall, before it is used, ensure that
every part of any load to be raised or lowered by the lifting  appliance is-

   (a)  securely suspended or supported; and

   (b)  adequately secured so as to prevent danger arising to persons or
        property as a result of the slipping or displacement of any part of
        the load.

(2) Where, by reason of the nature or position of the operation, a load is
liable, while being moved on a lifting appliance or on lifting  gear, to come
into contact with any object so that the object may become displaced, the
owner shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that no person lawfully on or
near the industrial undertaking upon which the lifting appliance or
lifting gear is being used is endangered by the displacement of the object.
(L.N. 23 of 1994)

(3) Where a receptacle is used in connection with any lifting  appliance or
lifting gear for raising or lowering stones, bricks, tiles, slates, or other
objects, the owner of the lifting appliance or lifting  gear shall cause the
receptacle to be enclosed or to be so constructed or designed as to prevent
the accidental fall of any of such objects.

(4) Paragraph (3) shall not apply to a grab, shovel or similar excavating
receptacle if the owner takes effective steps to prevent persons being
endangered by a fall of objects therefrom. (L.N. 285 of 1993)