Factories (Shipbuilding and Ship-repairing) Regulations
Table of Contents
Part I PRELIMINARY
1 Citation
2 Definitions
3 Application
4 Obligations
4A Ship repair manager to approve work
5 Equipment brought into shipyard or on board a ship in a harbour
6 Notification of work carried out on board a ship in a harbour
Part II GENERAL PROVISIONS
7 Disposal of debris
8 Equipment for personal protection
9 Falling hazards
10 Drowning hazards
11 Slipping hazards
12 Tripping and cutting hazards
13 Prevention of accidental closure of hatch
14 Prohibition of smoking
15 Spray painting
16 Metallic fumes
17 Ultra-violet radiation
18 Use of vehicles
19 Illumination of workplaces, etc.
20 Safety supervisor
21 Ship’s safety co-ordinator
22 Safety orientation programme
23 Safety training course
23A Safety promotion exercise
24 Electrical safety
25 Safety measures and isolation of hazards
26 Ship repair manager
26A Ship repair manager to attend course
Part III VESSEL SAFETY CO-ORDINATION COMMITTEE
27 Vessel Safety Co-ordination Committee
28 Functions of Committee
29 Composition of Vessel Safety Co-ordination Committee
30 Meetings
31 Duties of Chairman
32 Duties of Secretary
33 Frequency of meetings
34 Authorisation of hazardous work
34A Handing-over procedure for shifts
Part IV PERMIT-TO-WORK SYSTEM
35 Permit-to-work system
36 Procedures for application of permit-to-work
37 Issue, form and display of permit-to-work
38 Completion of work
39 Hot-work permit
40 Procedures for application of hot-work permit and inspection and assessment of hot-work area
41 Person carrying out hot-work to be competent in hot-work
42 Measures for hot-work
43 Marking of hot-work area
44 Fire watchman
45 Duty to report incompatible work
46 Duty to monitor hot-work
47 Validity of hot-work permit
48 Daily review and revocation of hot-work permit
Part V WELDING AND CUTTING OPERATIONS
49 Gas cylinders
50 Gas manifolds
51 Pipe lines and gas hoses
52 Gas equipment to be of good construction
53 Safety devices
54 Inspection of equipment
55 Safety measure during break in gas welding and cutting
56 Faulty or damaged equipment
57 Electrical installations and equipment
58 Arc welding machines
59 Inspection of welding equipment
60 No arc welding in wet conditions
61 Wetness to be dried before electric welding is carried out
62 Adequate ventilation
63 Welding and cutting on containers that held flammable substances
Part VI CONTROL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
64 Approval of hazardous material
65 Material Safety Data Sheet and control of hazardous material
66 Warning signs
67 Labels
Part VII SAFETY INFORMATION AND AUDIT
68 Specification for industrial safety signs
69 Safety signs at suitable locations
70 Means of escape
71 Safety diary
72 Safety handbook
73 Safety management system
74 Safety audit
75 Implementation of auditor’s recommendations
Part VIII (Deleted)
Part IX MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT
111 Maintenance and safe operation
112 Loading of material handling equipment
113 Operators and signalmen
114 Signals for hoisting
115 Protection for operator
116 Safeguarding of moving parts
117 Equipment not in operation
118 Tag-line for loads
119 Prohibition of riding on load
120 Lifting cage
121 Hoist brakes
122 Power-driven equipment
123 Repairs and lubrication of equipment
124 Anchorage for equipment
125 Movement of suspended load over person
126 Material for wire rope
127 Use of wire rope
128 Sheaves
129 Fittings
130 Use of chains
Part X EMPLOYEE’S LIFTS
131 Testing and examination
132 Maintenance and use of lifts
133 Lift car construction
134 Lighting
135 Springs or buffers
136 Electrical wiring
137 Initial inspection and lubrication
138 Tests
139 Lift attendant
139A System for calling lifts
140 No thoroughfare to be under liftway
Part XI CRANES AND DERRICKS
141 Strength and stability
142 Inspection
143 Footing
144 Brakes and locking devices
145 Attachment of loads
146 Limitations on modifications of cranes and derricks
147 Cranes, outriggers and counter-weights
148 Crane construction and jib
149 Capacity chart
150 Radius and safe working load indicator
151 General operation
152 Operation near power line
153 Construction of derricks
154 Foot blocks of derricks
155 Guy derricks
156 Capacity chart for derrick
157 Overloading
158 Controls of movement of elevating work platform
Legislative History