Singapore legislation

Regulation 7

of Workplace Safety and Health (Scaffolds) Regulations 2011

Regulation 7

Personal protective equipment for scaffold erectors

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)

a safety harness attached with a shock absorbing device; and

(b)

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]