Regulation 137
Handling of suspended loads
of Workplace Safety and Health (Construction) Regulations 2007
Subsidiary LegislationIn forceProvision 134 of 138
Regulation 137
Subregulation 1
It shall be the duty of the operator of any crane or material handling machinery used in a worksite to take, so far as is reasonably practicable, such measures as are necessary to ensure that a suspended load is not moved over any person in the worksite.
Subregulation 2
It shall be the duty of —
(a)
the employer of any person who carries out any work involving lifting operations in a worksite; or
(b)
the principal under whose direction any person carries out any work involving lifting operations in a worksite, to ensure that loads that have a tendency to swing or turn freely during hoisting are controlled by tag-lines.