7. Personal protective equipment for scaffold erectors
Feedback & supportIt shall be the duty of the responsible person to provide to every scaffold erector involved in the construction, erection, installation, re-positioning, alteration, maintenance, repair or dismantling of any scaffold in a workplace —
a safety harness attached with a shock absorbing device; and
sufficient and secured anchorage by means of an independent life line or other equally effective means.
It shall be the duty of the scaffold erector who is involved in any work referred to in paragraph (1) to use the safety harness attached with a shock absorbing device provided to him.
[Deleted by S 434/2024 wef 01/06/2024]
Subregulation 1
It shall be the duty of the responsible person to provide to every scaffold erector involved in the construction, erection, installation, re-positioning, alteration, maintenance, repair or dismantling of any scaffold in a workplace —
a safety harness attached with a shock absorbing device; and
sufficient and secured anchorage by means of an independent life line or other equally effective means.
Subregulation 2
It shall be the duty of the scaffold erector who is involved in any work referred to in paragraph (1) to use the safety harness attached with a shock absorbing device provided to him.
Subregulation 3
[Deleted by S 434/2024 wef 01/06/2024]