Singapore legislation
Regulation 43
Regulation 43
Suspended scaffolds raised or lowered by climbers, winches or powered device
Subregulation 1
It shall be the duty of the responsible person to ensure that the requirements of paragraphs (2) to (7) and (9) are complied with.
Subregulation 2
No suspended scaffold that is raised or lowered by climbers, winches or any powered device shall be erected or installed in a workplace unless —
the suspended scaffold has been designed and constructed in accordance with a standard or code acceptable to the Commissioner;
the climbers, winches or device is properly maintained;
the climbers, winches or device is opened for inspection and servicing at least once in every 12 months to ensure that the drive mechanisms are in safe working order; and
records of such inspection and servicing are kept for each climber, winch and device.
Subregulation 3
The outriggers or overhead supports shall be spaced not more than 3.2 metres apart measured from the longitudinal centre line of one outrigger or support to such centre line of the adjacent outrigger or support, unless the prior approval in writing of the Commissioner has been obtained.
Subregulation 4
Wire ropes used to suspend the work platform shall be vertical and taut.
Subregulation 5
The climbers, winches or device shall be synchronised so that the work platform of the suspended scaffold is maintained level at all times.
Subregulation 6
In the case of a suspended scaffold manufactured outside Singapore, the design of the suspended scaffold shall be certified by a professional engineer or a third-party inspection agency approved in writing by the Commissioner.
Subregulation 7
Where the work platform of a suspended scaffold is supported by wire ropes, the outriggers or other overhead supports for the suspended scaffold shall be constructed in accordance with the design and drawings of a professional engineer.
Subregulation 8
It shall be the duty of a professional engineer who designs any outrigger or overhead support for the suspended scaffold referred to in paragraph (7) to —
take, so far as is reasonably practicable, such measures to ensure that his design can be executed safely by any person who constructs or uses the outrigger or other overhead support for the suspended scaffold according to his design; and
provide to any person who constructs or is to construct the outrigger or other overhead support for the suspended scaffold, all design documentation (including all relevant calculations, drawings and construction procedures) as is necessary to facilitate the proper construction of the outrigger or other overhead support for the suspended scaffold according to his design.
Subregulation 9
Where a suspended scaffold has been re-positioned or shifted from one location to another within the same workplace, the suspended scaffold and its attachments shall be erected or installed in accordance with the design and drawings certified by the professional engineer.
Subregulation 10
It shall be the duty of the occupier of a workplace in which a suspended scaffold is erected or installed to ensure that no suspended scaffold referred to in paragraph (7) shall be used unless the design and drawings certified by the professional engineer are kept available at the workplace for inspection by an inspector.
Subregulation 11
[Deleted by S 434/2024 wef 01/06/2024]