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

29. Supervisor on duty to prohibit entry to dangerous place or road
(1) Where the supervisor on duty in a quarry—
(a) on making any inspection under regulation 28(1) finds that any person who may use any place or road in the quarry during the working shift will be endangered or is likely to be endangered; or
(b) on making any inspection under regulation 28(2) finds that any top, face, side or overburden in a quarry endangers or is likely to endanger any person at any place in the quarry,
he shall forthwith prohibit every person from entering or remaining on such place or road, or such place, as the case may be, until the danger or likelihood of danger is removed.
(2) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

30. Inspection report
(1) Every supervisor on duty in a quarry who makes an inspection under regulation 28(1) or (2) shall forthwith enter in the Quarry Inspection Register a full report of the result of his inspection including details of any prohibition made by him under regulation 29(1). (See First Schedule, Form 3)

31. Offence to enter dangerous place or road in contravention of prohibition
Any person who enters or remains on any place or road, or any place, as the case may be, in a quarry in contravention of a prohibition made by the supervisor on duty under regulation 29(1) shall be guilty of an offence:
Provided that with the consent of the supervisor on duty a person may enter or remain on the place or road, or place, as the case may be, for the purposes of removing the danger or likelihood of danger.

32. Worker to carry out periodic inspections of working place
(1) Every person who works in a quarry shall—
(a) at the beginning of every work shift therein; and
(b) after any shot has been fired at or in the vicinity of the place at which he is working,
inspect the place at which he is working to determine whether it is a safe working place.
(2) If he is not satisfied with the safety of his working place, he shall forthwith—
(a) stop working there;
(b) leave the working place; and
(c) report to the supervisor on duty that he is not satisfied with the safety of the working place.
(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.

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

33. Supervisor on duty to inspect working place reported to be unsafe
(1) Every supervisor on duty in a quarry who receives a report under regulation 32(2)(c) shall forthwith inspect the working place referred to in the report to determine whether it is a safe working place.
(2) Where, on making an inspection under paragraph (1), the supervisor on duty finds that a working place is unsafe, he shall forthwith prohibit every person from entering or remaining on such place until it has been made safe.
(3) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.

34. Inspection report
(1) Every supervisor on duty in a quarry who makes an inspection under regulation 33(1) shall forthwith enter in the Quarry Inspection Register a full report of the result of his inspection including details of any prohibition made by him under regulation 33(2). (See First Schedule, Form 3)

35. Offence to enter unsafe place in contravention of prohibition
Any person who enters or remains on any place in contravention of a prohibition made by a supervisor on duty under regulation 33(2) shall be guilty of an offence:
Provided that with the consent of the supervisor on duty, a person may enter or remain on the place for the purposes of making it safe.

36. Safety helmet to be worn for certain work
(1) No person shall go or remain on any top, face or floor in a quarry unless he is wearing a safety helmet of a type approved by the Commissioner or any officer authorized in writing by the Commissioner for Labour under regulation 17(1).
(2) Any person who—
(a) being the supervisor on duty in a quarry, permits any person to go or remain on any top, face or floor in the quarry in contravention of paragraph (1); or
(b) contravenes paragraph (1),
shall be guilty of an offence.

37. Safety rope or harness to be worn for certain work
(1) No person shall go or remain on any top or face in a quarry unless—
(a) he wears a safety harness of a type approved under regulation 18(1);
(b) the safety harness is securely attached to a safety rope; and
(c) the free end of the safety rope is securely attached to an anchorage. (L.N. 208 of 1973)
(2) Any person who—
(a) being the supervisor on duty in a quarry, permits any person to go or remain on any top or face in the quarry in contravention of paragraph (1); or
(b) contravenes paragraph (1),
shall be guilty of an offence.

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

38. Supervisor on duty to inspect equipment periodically
(1) At the beginning of the first work shift on everyday on which work is carried on in any quarry, the supervisor on duty shall inspect all mechanical equipment used in the quarry or which is in the quarry for the purpose of being used, to determine whether it is in safe and efficient working order and shall inspect every anchorage which is in the quarry for the purpose of being used to determine whether it is safe to be used. (L.N. 208 of 1973)
(2) At the beginning of the first work shift on the first working day of every week in which work is carried on in any quarry, the supervisor on duty shall inspect—
(a) every safety rope and every safety harness used in the quarry or which is in the quarry for the purpose of being used, to determine whether they are in safe and efficient working order; and (L.N. 208 of 1973)
(b) every safety helmet used in the quarry or which is in the quarry for the purpose of being used, to determine whether it is in safe condition.
(3) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.

39. Supervisor on duty to prohibit use of unsafe or inefficient equipment
(1) Where the supervisor on duty in a quarry—
(a) on making any inspection under regulation 38(1), finds that any mechanical equipment is not in safe and efficient working order or that any anchorage is not safe to be used;
(b) on making any inspection under regulation 38(2)(a), finds that any safety rope or safety harness is not in safe and efficient working order; or
(c) on making any inspection under regulation 38(2)(b), finds that any safety helmet is not in a safe condition,
he shall forthwith prohibit every person from operating or driving such mechanical equipment or from using such anchorage, safety rope, safety harness or safety helmet in the quarry until it has been put into safe and efficient working order, or safe condition, or is safe to be used, as the case may be. (L.N. 208 of 1973)
(2) Any supervisor on duty who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.

40. Inspection report
(1) Every supervisor on duty in a quarry who makes an inspection under regulation 38(1) or (2) 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 39(1). (See First Schedule, Form 2)