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 —

(a)

the employer of any person who carries out the work in the worksite; or

(b)

the principal under whose direction any person carries out the work in the worksite, to ensure that —

(i)

the worksite is barricaded;

(ii)

suitable warning signs and warning lights are set up to direct traffic away from the worksite; and

(iii)

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 —

(a)

the employer of any person who drives any vehicle in a worksite; or

(b)

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 —

(i)

has been fully instructed as to the dangers likely to arise in connection therewith and the precautions to be observed; and

(ii)

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]