Singapore legislation

Regulation 108

of Workplace Safety and Health (Construction) Regulations 2007

Regulation 108

Man-lock and medical lock attendants

Amended byS 434/2024 wef 01/06/2024

Subregulation 1

Every man-lock and medical lock in a worksite where work in a compressed air environment is carried out shall be under the charge of a lock attendant.

Subregulation 2

No person shall be employed as a man-lock or medical lock attendant in such a worksite for more than 12 consecutive hours in any period of 24 hours.

Subregulation 3

No person shall be employed as a man-lock or medical lock attendant in a worksite where work in a compressed air environment is carried out unless he has —

(a)

been certified to be medically fit by a medical practitioner;

(b)

been trained in first-aid; and

(c)

received adequate training to familiarise him with the hazards associated with compression, decompression and compressed air illness and with the keeping of records under these Regulations.

Subregulation 4

Amended byS 434/2024 wef 01/06/2024

A person must not wilfully obstruct, delay or refuse to carry out any instruction given by a man-lock attendant in the course of the attendant’s employment in a worksite.