Singapore legislation

Regulation 70

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

Regulation 70

Prohibition of riding on loads

Amended byS 434/2024 wef 01/06/2024

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 434/2024 wef 01/06/2024

Where any work involving the use of any crane, hoisting machinery, material handling machinery or excavating machinery is carried out in a shipyard or on board a ship in a harbour, it shall be the duty of the responsible person to ensure that no person rides on the loads, buckets, skips, cars, slings or hooks of the crane or machinery.

Subregulation 2

Paragraph (1) shall not apply to lifting cages specially designed to hold persons while it is suspended from a crane.

Subregulation 3

The use of every lifting cage shall be in accordance with the requirements on lifting gears in the Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) Regulations (Rg 1) and the requirements of any approved code of practice.