Singapore legislation

Regulation 16

of Workplace Safety and Health (Work at Heights) Regulations 2013

Regulation 16

Work on roofs

Where in a workplace any person carries out any work on any roof from which he is liable to fall off or through a distance of more than 2 metres, it shall be the duty of the responsible person of that person —

(a)

to provide and maintain —

(i)

protection of the person against any sliding or falling from the roof (which may include crawler boards or roof brackets); and

(ii)

sufficient and secured anchorage for the attachment of a full-body harness or a restraint belt, as the case may be, in the course of the person’s work; and

(b)

to ensure that the person who carries out such work in that workplace uses the protection and anchorage referred to in paragraph (a).