| (Cap 59, section 7) [28 February 1969] (L.N. 31 of 1969) Cap 59F reg 1 Citation PART I PRELIMINARY These regulations may be cited as the Quarries (Safety) Regulations. Cap 59F reg 2 Interpretation In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- "anchorage" (锚椿) means a fixed object of adequate strength, embedded in firm ground, to which a safety rope can be securely attached; (L.N. 208 of 1973) "approved deputy supervisor" (认可副主管) means a person approved as a deputy supervisor of a quarry under regulation 6(1); "approved supervisor" (认可主管) means a person approved as a supervisor of a quarry under regulation 4(1); "banksman" (工作区指导员) means a person who, for the purpose of preventing any mechanical equipment in a quarry from going over the edge of any face, side, tip or embankment in the quarry, directs and guides the operator or driver of that equipment from the ground; "dangerous occurrence" (危险事故) means an occurrence specified in the Schedule to the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Regulations (Cap 59 sub. leg. A); "Equipment Register" (设备登记册) means the register required to be kept and maintained in a quarry under regulation 14(1)(a); "mechanical equipment" (机动设备) means a bulldozer, dumper, excavator, grader, lorry or shovel loader, or any mobile machine which is used for the handling of any substance in a quarry; "overburden" (覆盖层) means any other substance which overlies the granite, porphyry or limestone which is extracted in a quarry; "person trained in first aid" (曾受急救训练的人) means a person who- (a) holds a current certificate of competency in first aid issued by the St. John Ambulance Association; or (b) is a registered nurse within the meaning of the Nurses Registration Ordinance (Cap 164),and, until 1 July 1970, also means a person who holds a certificate of competency in first aid issued by the St. John Ambulance Association at any time after 1 October 1959;"Quarry Inspection Register" (石矿场视察登记册) means the register required to be kept and maintained in a quarry under regulation 14(1)(b); "safety harness" (安全吊带) includes a safety belt; (L.N. 208 of 1973) "safety rope" (安全绳索) means a fibre or nylon rope which, whether consisting of a single length or made up of lengths, has an overall minimum breaking load of 13 kilonewtons force and a minimum circumference of 30 millimetres; (L.N. 208 of 1973; L.N. 238 of 1984) "supervisor on duty" (当值主管) means the approved supervisor or the approved deputy supervisor under whose supervision any work is for the time being carried on in a quarry in accordance with regulation 25(1) or (2); "Time Register" (记时册) means the register required to be kept and maintained in a quarry under regulation 14(1)(c); "vehicle" (车辆) includes any mechanical equipment; and "work" (工作) includes the operation or driving of any mechanical equipment. Cap 59F reg 3 Application for approval as supervisor PART II APPROVAL OF SUPERVISORS AND DEPUTY SUPERVISORS (1) An application for the approval of any person as a supervisor of a quarry shall be made by that person in the prescribed form. (See First Schedule, Form 1) (2) Every application made under paragraph (1) shall have a full-face photograph of the applicant affixed thereto. (3) Any application made under paragraph (1) may specify a date, being not more than 3 months later than the date of the application, before which the applicant does not desire the approval to come into effect. Cap 59F reg 4 Grounds for approval of supervisor (1) Where, on an application for the approval of any person as a supervisor of a quarry, the Commissioner for Labour is satisfied that the applicant- (a) is not less than 30 years of age; (b) has had not less than 5 years practical experience in work in quarries; and (c) is competent to be an approved supervisor of the quarry for the purposes of these regulations,and that the proprietor consents to the approval of the applicant, the Commissioner for Labour may approve the applicant as a supervisor of the quarry. (2) Where the Commissioner for Labour approves under paragraph (1) any applicant who has specified under regulation 3(3) a date before which the applicant does not desire such approval to come into effect, such approval shall come into effect on the date so specified. (3) Subject to paragraph (2), every approval by the Commissioner for Labour under paragraph (1) shall come into effect immediately. (4) Where, at the time that any approval by the Commissioner for Labour under paragraph (1) comes into effect, the applicant so approved is an approved supervisor or an approved deputy supervisor of any other quarry, the approval of the applicant in respect of such other quarry shall be deemed thereupon to be withdrawn. (5) Where the approval of any supervisor or deputy supervisor of a quarry is deemed to be withdrawn under paragraph (4), the Commissioner shall forthwith notify the proprietor of such quarry in writing, in English and in Chinese, that such approval has been so withdrawn. |
