Singapore legislation
Regulation 13
Regulation 13
Conduct of employees and other persons
Subregulation 1
Every licensee shall ensure that all employees or other persons in or about a quarry including the manager, supervisors, officials and office staff shall refrain from —
wilfully damaging or removing or rendering useless any notice or copy of these Regulations, or any plant, vehicle, machinery, building or thing provided in a quarry; or
interfering with any arrangements in or about a quarry provided for the safety, health or convenience of employees, unless duly authorised by the person in charge.
Subregulation 2
Every licensee shall ensure that every employee —
does not delegate his work to another person without the permission of the person in charge;
shall, when engaged in working or loading stone, carefully examine his working place and immediately report any apparently dangerous condition to the person in charge;
shall, after any shot has been fired, remove or cause to be removed any loose material which may be dangerous;
shall, if injured and able to do so, report the accident to the person in charge before leaving the quarry;
shall not throw down any material or tool in a manner which may cause injury or danger to another person;
shall not remain underneath anything suspended from any lifting appliance or lifting machine;
shall not ride on any conveyor;
shall use blasting shelters when blasting occurs within range of his working place;
shall, when engaged on the wall or face of the quarry, continually use a safety rope, securely fastened above the working place;
shall wear a safety helmet of a type tested and approved by the Enterprise Singapore Board; and
shall not enter, nor remain in or about, the quarry whilst under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs and shall not take intoxicating liquor or drugs into the quarry except in the case of illness or accident and with the consent of the manager.