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Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993
Construction Regulations, 2003

15. Suspended platforms
 
 

1) A contractor shall ensure that all suspended platform work operations are carried out under the supervision of a competent person who has been appointed in writing, and that all suspended platform erectors, operators and inspectors are competent to carry out their work.
2) No contractor shall use or permit the use of a suspended platform, unless-
a) the design, stability and construction thereof comply with the safety standards incorporated for this purpose into these Regulations under section 44 of the Act;
b) he or she is in possession of a certificate of system design issued by a professional engineer, certificated engineer or a professional technologist for the use of the suspended platform system; and
c) he or she is, prior to the commencement of the work, in possession of an operational compliance plan developed by a competent person based on the certificate of system design contemplated in paragraph (b) and applicable to the environment in which the system is being used, this must include proof of the-
i) competent person who has been appointed for supervision;
ii) competency of erectors, operators and inspectors;
iii) operational design calculations which should comply with the requirements of the system design certificate;
iv) performance test results;
v) sketches indicating the completed system with the operational loading capacity of the platform;
vi) procedures for and records of inspections having been carried out; and
vii) procedures for and records of maintenance work having been carried out:
Provided that subregulation (2) shall only become applicable six months from the date of promulgation of these regulations.

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