Singapore legislation
Regulation 28
of Workplace Safety and Health (Construction) Regulations 2007
Regulation 28
Vehicular hazards
Subregulation 1
Where in a worksite, any work is performed over, on or in close proximity to a street, public road or any other place where public vehicular traffic may cause danger to any person who carries out the work, it shall be the duty of —
the employer of any person who carries out the work in the worksite; or
the principal under whose direction any person carries out the work in the worksite, to ensure that —
the worksite is barricaded;
suitable warning signs and warning lights are set up to direct traffic away from the worksite; and
where necessary, the traffic is specially controlled by designated persons.
Subregulation 2
It shall be the duty of the owner of any vehicle used in a worksite to ensure that the vehicle is of good construction and roadworthy.
Subregulation 3
No person shall drive a vehicle of any class or description in a worksite unless he has obtained the authorisation of the occupier of the worksite to do so.
Subregulation 4
It shall be the duty of the occupier of a worksite to ensure that no person shall drive a vehicle of any class or description in the worksite, except a person who has obtained the authorisation to do so referred to in paragraph (3).
Subregulation 5
It shall be the duty of —
the employer of any person who drives any vehicle in a worksite; or
the principal under whose direction any person drives any vehicle in a worksite,to ensure that the person does not drive the vehicle unless the person —
has been fully instructed as to the dangers likely to arise in connection therewith and the precautions to be observed; and
has received sufficient training to operate or drive the vehicle.
Subregulation 6
Nothing in this regulation shall derogate from the effect of the Road Traffic Act (Cap. 276).
Subregulation 7
[Deleted by S 434/2024 wef 01/06/2024]