### Quarries (Safety) Regulations 《石礦場(安全)規例》

41. Offence to use unsafe or inefficient equipment in contravention of prohibition
Any person who—
(a) operates or drives any mechanical equipment; or
(b) uses any anchorage, safety rope, safety harness or safety helmet,
in a quarry in contravention of a prohibition made by the supervisor on duty under regulation 39(1) shall be guilty of an offence:
Provided that with the consent of the supervisor on duty a person may operate or drive the mechanical equipment or use the anchorage, safety rope, safety harness or safety helmet for the purposes of putting it into safe and efficient working order, or safe condition, or making it safe to be used, as the case may be. (L.N. 208 of 1973)

42. Offence to use mechanical equipment without permission of supervisor on duty
(1) No person shall operate or drive any mechanical equipment in a quarry without the permission of the supervisor on duty.
(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

43. Inexperienced person not to use mechanical equipment
(1) No supervisor on duty in a quarry shall permit any person who is not experienced in the operation of any mechanical equipment to operate or drive such equipment in the quarry.
(2) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

44. Unlicensed person not to use certain vehicles in quarry
(1) No supervisor on duty in a quarry shall permit any vehicle which by virtue of the Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap. 374) may not be operated or driven on a road except by a person who holds a valid licence to operate or drive vehicles of that class, to be operated or driven in the quarry by any person who does not hold such a licence.
(2) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

45. Supervisor on duty not to permit mechanical equipment to be used at or near edges unless banksman present
(1) No supervisor on duty in a quarry shall permit any person to operate or drive any mechanical equipment at or near the edge of any face, side, tip or embankment in the quarry unless a banksman is in attendance.
(2) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

### Quarries (Safety) Regulations 《石礦場(安全)規例》

46. Mechanical equipment not to be used at or near edges unless banksman present
(1) No person shall operate or drive any mechanical equipment at or near the edge of any face, side, tip or embankment in a quarry unless a banksman is in attendance.
(2) Where in respect of any mechanical equipment the attendance of a banksman is required under paragraph (1), the operator or driver shall comply with every direction or signal which is given to him by the banksman.
(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.

47. Worker to report defect in equipment
(1) Every operator or driver of any mechanical equipment in a quarry who becomes aware of any defect in such equipment shall forthwith stop operating or driving such equipment and report the defect to the supervisor on duty.
(2) Every person who, while using any anchorage, safety rope, safety harness or safety helmet in any quarry in which any work is being carried on, becomes aware of any defect in that anchorage, safety rope, safety harness or safety helmet shall forthwith stop using it and report the defect to the supervisor on duty. (L.N. 208 of 1973)
(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.

48. Supervisor on duty to inspect reported defect in equipment
(1) Every supervisor on duty in a quarry to whom a defect is reported under regulation 47(1) or (2) shall forthwith inspect the defect.
(2) Where, on inspecting a reported defect under paragraph (1), the supervisor on duty finds that it is causing or is likely to cause danger to any person, he shall forthwith prohibit every person from operating or driving the mechanical equipment or using the anchorage, safety rope, safety harness or safety helmet, as the case may be, in the quarry until the defect has been remedied. (L.N. 208 of 1973)
(3) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.

49. Inspection report
(1) Every supervisor on duty in a quarry who inspects a reported defect under regulation 48(1) shall forthwith enter in the Equipment Register a full report of the result of his inspection including details of any prohibition made by him under regulation 48(2). (See First Schedule, Form 2) 

### Quarries (Safety) Regulations 《石礦場(安全)規例》

50. Offence to use defective equipment in contravention of prohibition
Any person who—
(a) operates or drives any mechanical equipment; or
(b) uses any anchorage, safety rope, safety harness or safety helmet,
in contravention of a prohibition made by a supervisor on duty under regulation 48(1) shall be guilty of an offence:
Provided that with the consent of the supervisor on duty a person may operate or drive the mechanical equipment or use the anchorage, safety rope, safety harness or safety helmet, as the case may be, for the purposes of remedying the defect.(L.N. 208 of 1973)

51. Offence to go under certain mechanical equipment
(1) No person in a quarry shall go or remain underneath—
(a) any object suspended by a lifting appliance;
(b) the arc of travel of a bucket of any mechanical loading equipment which is in operation; or
(c) a loaded bucket of any mechanical loading equipment.
(2) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

52. Manner in which work is to be executed
(1) The supervisor on duty in a quarry shall cause all work therein to be carried out so as to avoid as far as may reasonably be possible—
(a) any overhanging rock or overburden on any face or side in the quarry; and
(b) any danger from any fall of rock or overburden.
(2) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

53. Overburden to be cleared back
(1) The supervisor on duty in a quarry shall cause all work therein to be carried out so that any overburden at the top of any face or side in the quarry is cleared back horizontally from the top of the face or side to a distance of not less than twice that of the height of the overburden or not less than 8 metres, whichever is the greater. (L.N. 238 of 1984)
(2) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.