Singapore legislation
Regulation 17
of Workplace Safety and Health (Work at Heights) Regulations 2013
Regulation 17
Fragile surfaces
Subregulation 1
Subject to paragraph (2), it shall be the duty of the responsible person of a person who carries out or is to carry out work at height to ensure that the person at work —
shall not pass across or near a fragile surface; and
shall not work on, from or near a fragile surface,where it is reasonably practicable to carry out the work without him doing so.
Subregulation 2
Where it is not reasonably practicable to carry out work at height safely without passing across or near, or working on, from or near, a fragile surface, it shall be the duty of the responsible person of a person who carries out or is to carry out work at height to, so far as is reasonably practicable, provide and maintain suitable and sufficient platforms, covers, guard-rails or similar means of support or protection so that any foreseeable loading is supported by such supports or borne by such protection.
Subregulation 3
Where any person carrying out work at height may pass across or near, or work on, from or near, a fragile surface, it shall be the duty of the responsible person of that person to ensure —
that prominent warning notices are affixed at the approach to the place where the fragile surface is situated; or
where it is not reasonably practicable to comply with sub-paragraph (a), that the person at work is made aware of it by other means.