Singapore legislation

Regulation 52

of Workplace Safety and Health (Shipbuilding and Ship-Repairing) Regulations 2008

Regulation 52

Personal protective equipment

Subregulation 1

Where any work is carried out in a shipyard or on board a ship in a harbour which requires any protection referred to in paragraph (2), it shall be the duty of —

(a)

the employer of any person who carries out the work; or

(b)

the principal under whose direction any person carries out the work,to provide and maintain, so far as is reasonably practicable, personal protective equipment to the persons.

Subregulation 2

The protection referred to in paragraph (1) is as follows:

(a)

eye protection;

(b)

fall protection;

(c)

foot protection;

(d)

hand protection;

(e)

head protection;

(f)

hearing protection; and

(g)

respiratory protection.