Singapore legislation
Regulation 18
Regulation 18
Work platforms
Subregulation 1
It shall be the duty of the responsible person to ensure that the requirements of paragraphs (2) to (6) are complied with.
Subregulation 2
Work platforms in a workplace shall be provided —
at any place of work which does not afford a proper and secure foothold; and
in the case of a building under construction, around the edge of the building at every uppermost permanent floor which is under construction.
Subregulation 3
Notwithstanding paragraph (2) —
work platforms shall be provided at intervals of not less than every alternate lift of any scaffold, except a tower scaffold or a trestle scaffold, used in any premises where building operations are being carried on; and
unless approval is given in writing by the Commissioner, the vertical distance between any 2 work platforms shall not exceed 4 metres.
Subregulation 4
Every work platform provided under paragraph (3) shall cover the lift of a scaffold throughout its entire length.
Subregulation 5
Every work platform provided under this regulation shall —
be closely boarded, planked or decked;
be at least 500 millimeters wide; and
not have any opening except to allow access to that work platform.
Subregulation 6
The distance between a work platform and any building, ship or other structure shall be as narrow as is reasonably practicable and shall not exceed 300 millimetres.