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n 76,77, \ STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS 1960 No. 1932 FACTORIES The Shipboilding and Ship-repairing Regulations, 1960 Made - - - Lad before ParUament Coming into Operation 20th October, I960 27th October. I960 3Isf Mach, 1963 ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS Port I--Interpretation and General ............................. Part II--Means of Access and Staging......................................... Pirt III--Further Precautions against Falls of Persons, Materials and Articles................................................. Part IV--Raising and Lowering. Etc. ... ... ................ Part V--Precautions against Asphyxiation, Injurious Fumes or Explosions................................................................. Part VI--Miscellaneous Safety Provisions ............................. J Part VII--Protective Wear........................................ ................ Part VIII--Miscellaneous Health and Welfare Provisions ... Part IX--Training and Supervision ... ... -- ~ REG I-S 6-24 25-30 31-47 46-66 67-72 73-76 77-79 80-81 SCHEDULES Fast Schedule--Manner in which, for the purpose of the definition of - lead paintmaterial is to be treated with a view to ascertaining the percentage of compound of lead present (Regulation 3 (2)). Second Schedule--Manner of test and examination before taking any drain, wire rope, lifting appliance or lifting gear into use (Regulations 34 (ij, 36 (l)and 40). Thud Schedule--Equipment of ambulance rooms (Regulation 79 (3JX 1 REGULATIONS The Minister of Labour by virtue of the powers conferred on him by i sections 46 and 60 of the Factories Act. 1937(a). section 8 of the Factories i Act, 1948(b). and of alt other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby i makes the following special Regulations:-- PA*T I IimmsTATioH and Genual I Citation, commencement and revocation I I--(I) These Regulations may be cited as the Shipbuilding nod Ship* t repairing Regulations. I960, and, save as provided to Regulations 8,9 (2X 24 I and 25 of these Regulations, shall come into operation on the 31st day of I March. 1961. (2) The Shipbuilding Regulations. 1931(c). are hereby revoked. Ed(wJ.stjAl a1 Gaemo. 6i./ci.M67.<*. vn, p. 4<4b4);lli4nU.2G4eoih.Lc.S5, '.63** >51 3 - / dppfcnrfofl of JUpdation ,. .- 2.-<l) Subject to paragraph 0) <* *b Re*ta*>*. these Reguliaons shall ppfo-- .. .. . (a) as respects work carried out in any of the opcratwni tt s shipyaro in the cue of a ship or vessel whether or not the shipyard forms pan of a harbour or wet dock; {b) as respects work carried oat to my of the operations ia a harbour or wet dock ia the case of a ship (but not ia the case of a vessel other than a ship) not betas work dose-- (i) by the master or crew of a ship, or (ii) oa board a ship during a trial ran. or (iii) for the purpose of ramnj or removing a ship whki is sunk or stranded, or (iv) on a ship which is nor under command, for the purpose of bringing it under command. (2) (a) Nothing in Pans fl to IX of these Regulations, except Regulations 6. 3! to 67. 73 to 78 and 80 shall apply as respects the operations in a shipyard in which the operations are not carried oa upon vessels which both exceed one hundred feet ia length measured overall and have aa overall depth exceeding nine feet six inches; (b) Nothing in Parts 11 to IX of these Regulations, except Regulations 6. 31 to 67 and 73 to 78 shall apply as respects the carrying out of the operations, in a harbour or wet dock, upon ships which either do not exceed one hundred feet in length measured overall or have aa overall depth not exceeding nine feet six inches; (c) Regulations 7, 12 to 24 and 26 to 30 of these Regulations shall not apply as respects the carrying out of the operations, in a public dry dock, upon vessels which either do not exceed one hundred feel in length measured overall or have an overall depth not exceeding nine feet six inches. (3) The Chief Inspector may (subject to such conditions as may be specified therein) by certificate in writing (which he may at his discretion revoke at any time) exempt from all or any of the requirements of these Regulations- (0) any shipyard or any harbour or wet dock or any dais or description of shipyards, harbours or wet docks; (6) any class or description of machinery, plant, equipment or appliances; (c) soy class or description of ships or vessels; or (d) any particular work or any class or description of work. If he is satisfied that the requirements in respect of which the exemption Is granted are not necessary for the protection of persons employed or not reasonably practicable. Where such exemption is granted a legible copy of the certificate, showing the conditions, if any. subject to which it has bees granted, shall be kept posted in a position where it may be conveniently raid by the persons employed. (4) Save as expressly provided in Regulations 32. 32, 33. 67 sod 68 of these Regulation*, the provisions of these Regulations shall be is addition to and not is substitution for or in diminution of other requirements imposed by or under the principal Act 2 tmerpretatUm 3.--(I) The Interpretation Act 1889(a). shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Pariiiment, and as if these Regulations and the Regulations hereby revoked were Acts of Parliament. (2) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires, the follow ing expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them, respectively, that is to say:-- ** Abel closed test" means a test carried out with tbs apparatus specified and in the manner described in the Second Schedule to the Petroleum (Consolidation) Act, 1928(b); " approved" means approved for the time being by certificate cf the Chief Inspector; ** asbestos ** means any naturally occurring fibrous silicate and any admixture containing any such silicate; ~ available for inspection " means available for inspection by any person using or proposing to use the machinery or plant and by any inspector appointed under the principal Act; " certificate of entry M means a certificate which-- (a) is given by a person who is a competent analyst and who Is competent to give such certificates; and <M certifies that be has in an adequate and suitable manner tested the atmosphere in the oil-tank or oil-tanks specified in the certificate and found that having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the likelihood or otherwise of the atmosphere being or becoming dangerous, entry to the oil-tank or oif-tanki without wearing breathing apparatus may in nts opinion be permitted; ** lead paint ** means any paint, paste, spray, stopping, filling, or other material used in painting which when treated in the manner described io the First Schedule to these Regulations yields to an aqueous solution of hydrochloric arid a quantity of soluble lead compound exceeding, when calculated as lead moooxide, five per cent, of the dry weight of the portion taken for analysis; ** lifting appliance ** means a crab, winch, pulley block or gin wheel used . for. raising or lowering and a crane, derrick, sheer-legs, (eagle, transporter or runway; * lifting gear** means a chain sling, rope sling, plate clamp, ring, fink, hook, hliackle. swivel or eye-boit; " naked fight certificate** means a certificate which-- (0) is given by a person who b a competent analyst and who b competent to give such certificates; and (b) certifies that he has ia an adequate and suitable manner tested for the presence of inflammable vapour the oil-tank, compartment, space or other part of the vessel specified in the certificate and found it to be free therefrom and that having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the likelihood or otherwba of the atmosphere becoming inflammable, the use of naked fights, fires, lamps or healed rivets may in his opinion be permitted ia the oil-tank, compartment, apace or other part of the vessel specified in the certificate; "oil* means any -liquid which has a flashpoint below two hundred nod seventy degrees Fahrenheit (Abel dosed lest or Pensky-Martena dosed (a)S2AJI Vfct.c.6). <b)U AI9G*o.J.cU. 54907 9 Al . test, whichever is appropriate) and also inefartm fabricating SvM methane, liquid butane aad Squid propane; ^^ ** oil*task " meaoi any tank or compartment in which ftl it, or has been, carried as cargo or lor use as lubricating oil. as engine feel or boiler fuel or as fuel for aircraft on board; ^ ** tbs operations " means, in relation to a ship or vessel to construction, reconstruction, repairing, refitting, painting and finishing, the sraling, acurfing or cleaning of its boilers (including combustion chambers or smoke boxes) and the cleaning of its bilges or oil-fuel tanks or nnycf its tanks last used for carrying oil. For the purpose of this definition the expression "oil " means oil of any description whether or not ofl within the meaning of the foregoing definition of that expression: " overall depth " means the vertical distance between the uppermost deck at the side of the vessel and the bottom of the keel measured at the middle of the overall length; " Pensky-Msrtens dosed lest" means a test carried out with die apparatus specified and in the manner described m British Standard 2839: 1957, as published by the British Standards Institution on 14th March. 1957. including any approved revision thereof; ** person employed " means a person employed hi any of theoperations ; " the principal Act" means the Factories Act. 1937; " public dry dock " means a dry dock which is available for lure; " safe working load " means the relevant sate working load specified in the latest certificate of test obtained for the purposes of Regulations 34 or 36; " ship ", " vessel" and " harbour " have the same meanings at in the Merchant Shipping Ad. 1894(a). except that neither the expression " ship ** nor the expression " vessel" shall include a caisson, dock gate or pontoon; " shipyard " means any yard or dry dock (including the precincts thereof) in which ships or vessels are constructed, reconstructed, repaired, refitted or finished; . "stage" means nay temporary platform on or from which persons employed perform work in connection with the operations, but does not include a boatswain's chair; "staging" includes any stage, and any upright, thwart, thwart pin, wedge, distance piece, bolt or other appliance or material not being part of the structure of the vessel, which is used is connection with the support of any stage, and any guard-nils connected with a stage; M structure " in Regulations 33, 36, 37 and 38 Includes a vend; "tanker" means n vessel constructed or adapted for carrying a cargo of oil in bulk. (3) References in these Regulations to any enactment shaft bn construed as references to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment. Obligations under Regulations 4.--(1) it shall be the duty of evety employer who is undertaking any of the operations to comply with such of the provisions of the following Regulations as relate to any work, act or operation performed by him, that is to say-- (a) in so fir as they affect any person employed by him-- (i) Regulations 6. 8 (2X II OX 13. 14 (1% (2X (3) and <5X IS. 17 (IX (2). (3X (4) and (6). 18. 19 (IX 20 to 24. 25 (2X 28 (IX 48 to 5136 (2X 60 (!) and (2X 70 (1) aad (4X 73 to 77, 80 and 81; (a) 57 A 51 Vkt c fQL 4 (5) Regulations I! (2) and 16. except ia so tar as the person having the general management and control of a public dry dock is respon sible under paragraph (5) of this Regulation; (tii) Regulation 69 (IX except in so far as the person having the general management and control of a public dry dock is responsible under paragraph (5) of this Regulation or the persoa having the general management and control of a dock, wharf or quay is responsible under paragraph (6) of this Regulation; (tv) Regulation 26, except ia so far as the shipowner or master or officer in charge is responsible under paragraph (7) of this Regula tion and except in so far as the stevedore or other person carrying on any of the processes of loading, unloading or coaling the ship or vessel is responsible by virtue of the Docks Regulations. 1934(a); aad (v) Regulation 70 (2) aad (3), except in so far as the shipowner or master or officer ia charge is responsible under ffpi* (7) of this Regulation. (b) ia so far as they affect any persoa whether or not a person employed by him-- (i) Regulations 27. 29 (!) and (2X 30 (IX 53. 34 (IX 63 to 66. 71. 72 and 78; and (ii) Regulations 39 aad -62, except in so far as the shipowner or master or officer in charge is responsible under paragraph (7) of this Regulatioa. (2) It shall be the duty of the owner of any machinery, plant, equipment or appliance to which any of the provisions of Regulations 33 to 39. 67 and 68 applies to comply with those prorisknu; and in the case of anv loch machinery, plant, eouiptnent or appliance carried on board a ship not registered in the United Kingdom it shall also be the duty of the master or officer in charge of the ship to comply with those provisions. It shall be the duty of every employer not to use any machinery, plant, equipmeat or appliance which does not comply with those provisions. (3) (a) It shall be the duty of every person who installs or places In position any machinery, plant, equipment or appliance to which any of the provisions of Regulations 42. 55 (1) and (2X 56 (I) (a) and 57 applies to install or place in position such machinery, plant, equipment or appli ance ia n manner whin complies with those provisions; (6) It shall be the doty of every person who works or uses any machinery, plant, equipment or appliance to which any of the provisions of Regulations 40 to 47. 55 (I) and (2). 56. 57 (1). <2). (3) and (4), 58 and 69 (4) aad (5) applies to work or use such machinery, plant, equipment or appliance k n manner which complies with those provisions. (4) In the esse of a shipyard other than a public dry dock. It toad be the duly of the persoa having the general management and control of the shipyard to comply with the provisions of Regulations 7 and 8, Regulation 9 (2) ia so far as It relates to hand-holds provided by him. Regulations 17 (S). 25 (1) and 79 and (except in so far as the shipowner or master or officer in charge Is responsible under paragraph (7) of this Regulation) Regulations 9 (I). 10. 12. 59 and 62. J' <# ... i 3mD m i$ i to (5) In the case of a public dry dock-- (d) h shall be tbe doty of the person having tbe general management and control of tbe dock to comply as respects gangways. platforms and stairways provided by him with the provisions of Regulations 7, 9 (1) aod 12, other than the provisions relating to use of such gangways, platforms and stairways, and to comply with the provisions I Regula tion 8 (0, Regulation 9 (2) in so far as it relate* to band-holds provided by him. Regulation 11 (2) in so far as it rehles to the sound construction of mows or floating platforms provided by turn. Regulation 16 in so far as it relates to tbe soundness of any material or appliance provided by him for tbe construction of staging. Regulations 17 (5) and 25 (1), Regulation 69 (I) as respects lighting of approaches to the edge of the dock. and Regulation 79 (11 and (2): and (b) it shall be the duty of every employer who is undertaking any of the operations to comply with such of tbe provisions of the following Regulations as relate to any work, act or operation performed by him, in so far as those prov isions affect any person employed by him. that is to say. Regulations 7. 9 and 12 (except, to tbe case of each of these Regulations, in so far as the person having the general management and control of the dock is responsible under sub-paragraph (0) of this para graph and except, in tbe case of Regulations 9 aod 12. in so far as tbe shipowner or master or officer in charge is responsible under paragraph (7) of this Regulation*, and Regulation 10. (6) In tbe case of a ship lying in or at a dock, wharf or quay but sot in a shipyard, it shall be the duty of the person having tbe general manage ment and control of tbe dock, wharf or quay to comply with Regulation 69 (1) ns respects the lighting of approaches to the edge of the dock, wharf or quay. ' (7) It shall be tbe duty of the shipowner and of the nutter of charge of a ship or vessel-- is (a) to comply with such 0# the provisions of Regulations 9 (1). 10 aod 12 as relate to any means of access provided by hire. Regulation 59 in so far as * relates to any work, net or operation performed by him, aod Regulation 62 in so far as it relates to a naked light certificate or n certificate of entry obtained by him; aod ' <*) where the control of she ship or vessel span from the operations remains with the shipowner or master or is charge-- <i) to provide the protection specified in Regulation 26 in so far as coscerns those hatches or openings which are sot featured to be ised for the purposes of the operations (but if such protection be removed by or at the request of an employer who is undertaking nay of the operations, that employer shall be responsible foriu replacement as soon as practicable! and *^dProV*'OM01 R<*uUtp)**J Regulation (c)sot so remove any fencing provided in compliance with Regulation 26 M openings used or created in the course of the operations, save as permitted by that Regulation: Provided that where a stevedore or other person carrying on any of tbi processn ofloaduJg. unloading or coaling the ship or vessel, is responsible under the Docks Regulations, 1934, for the protection of a haumfor the time being, that stevedore or other person shall be solely responsible for maintaining in position, as far as practicable, any protection provided fat compliance with Regulation 26. (8) It shall be the duty of every person employed to comply with such of the provisions of Regulations 14 (4). 19 (2). 28 (2). 29 (3). 30 (2), 46 (2). 48 (2). 54 (2). 55 (3|. 56 (2U 57 <4| (M, 59 (31. 60 (3), 69 (6). 70 (4). 72 f and 76 (2) as expressly impose a duty on him. It shall further be (he j duty of every person employed if be discovers any defect in any machinery, plant, equipment or appliance, to report such defect without unreasonable delay to his employer or foreman or to a person appointed by the employer under Regulation 81. w (9) For the purposes of tbe provisions in this Regulation which impose upon an employer a duty to comply with the requirements of certain specified Regulations in so far as they affect any person employed by him. the requirements of ihose Regulations, other than Regulations 48 to SI. 59. 60. 65 and 70. shall be deemed not to affect hny person employed if and so long as his presence in any place is not in the course of performing any work on behalf of his employer or is not expressly or impliedly authorised or permitted by his employer. Publication of Regulations 5.--(I) Every employer who employs persons in the operations shall ensure that a printed copy of these Regulation or of the prescribed abstract of these Regulations is Kept posted in such characters ana in such potions as to be conveniently read by tbe persons employed. (2) Every such employer as aforesaid shall give a printed copy of these Regulations to any person employed by him and affected thereby 01 his application. Rant II Mbam op Access and Snons Safe access In general 6. Without prejudice to the other provisions of thou Regulations then shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be provided aod maintained safe means of access to every place at which any person has at any time to work in connection with the operations, which means of access shall be sufficient having regard to the number of persons employed aod shall, so far u b reasonably practicable, be kept clear of substances likely to make foothold oc hand-hold insecure and of any obstruction. General access So vessels In a shipyard 7. All main gangways giving general access to a vessel fa a shipyard, whether from the ground or from a wharf or quay, aod all cross gangways leading from such a main gangway on to tbe vessel, shall-- (0) be sufficiently wide having regard to tbe number of persons employed on or at the vessel; and (6) be securely protected on each side to a height of at least two feet nine inches by strongly constructed upper and lower hand-rails and by a secure toe-board projecting at least six inches above the floorj and (r) be of good construction, sound material and adequate strength; and (d) be stable and. wherever practicable, of permanent construction; and (?) be kept in position as long as required. 7 * 84901 A4 d . :............................... ........ ......... .......... ............................... --~=~~ uwjti -wj i \ \ Accra to dry dock *--0) Every flight of dept giving access from ground levd either to an altar or to the bottom of a dry dock shall be provided throughout on each aide or in the middle with a substantial band-rail, la tbe case of an open aids, secure fencing to a height of at least two feel nine inches shall be provided by means of upper and tower rails, taut ropes or chains, or by other eau^lljr safe meant. For the purposes of this paragraph a flight of steps which is divided into two by a chute for materials, with no space between either side of the chute and the steps, shall be deemed to be one flight of steps. (2) Such hand-rails and fencing as aforesaid shall be kept in position save when and to the extent to which their absence is necessary (whether or not for the purposes of the operations) for the access of persons, or for the movement of materials or vessels or for traffic or working, or for repair, but hand-rails or fencing removed for any of these purposes t*P be kept readily available and shall be replaced as soon as practicable. (5) This Regulation shall come into operation at the yipr^ron of twelve months after the making of thee Regulations. Accra to vessels at wharf or quay or fa dry deck (1) If a ship is lying at s wharf or quay, or is in a dry dock for the purpose of undergoing any of tbe operations other than its construction or reconstruction, there shall be provided means of access for the use of persons employed at such times as they have to pass to. or from, the ship or to the wharf, quay or dock side, as follows-- fa) where reasonably practicable one or more ship's accommodation ladders or one or more soundly constructed gangways or similar con structions or a combination of any such ladders, gangways or construc tion** being ladders, gangways and constructions not less than twenty-two inches wide, properly secured, and fenced throughout on each side to a clear height of two feet nine inches by means of upper and lower nils, taut ropes or chains or by other equally safe means, except that in lhe case of a ship's accommodation ladder, such fearing may be on one side only if the other side is properly protected by the ship's fa) in other cases ooe or more ladders of sound material aad length which shall be properly secured to prevent them from slipping. C) Where at any dry dock there is a gangway giving access from an altar of the dock to a vessel bich is tn the dock for the purpose of waJeraoinc anv of the operations. and the edge of the altar is unfeaccd. adequate hand-holds shall be available for any length of lbe altar which perms eemmpcllooyveedd steps which give accePs*s**t*o*"*gtr*o*uwnedenletvhde "gTanhgiswapyaaraagdratpheh nselaarUesctofaliigehlnt roof operation at the expiration of twelve months after the Regulations. | tbess Accra bernren vrssrfs lfc-m If a ship is alongside any vessel and perms employed have to pass from the one to the other, safe means of access shall be provided for their use, unless the condition are such that it is possible without undue risk to pass from the ooe to the other without the aid of any special appianco. t 1 | i \ (2) Where the means of access provided consists of, or includes, a rope ladder, such means of acres shall not be deemed to be safe unless ta the case of the vessel with the higher free-board-- fa) the top step of the ladder is not more than twelve fades below the gunwale or top of the bulwark where the (adder gives immediate access to the vessel; and . fa) at least one adequate aad secure hand-hold is available at tbe position of boarding the vessel; and _ fa) a suitable gangway or stairway is provided leading from tbe top of tbe bulwark on to the deck, tbe gangway or stairway being so placed as to be as nearly as practicable opposite to tbe rope ladder. Vessels used foraccesserase working place _ 11. --(1) Where any person employed has to proceed to or from a ship by water, proper measures shall be taken to provide for his safe transport. (2) Scows aad floating platforms used for the purpose of the operations shall be of sound construction and properly maintained and shall not be overcrowded. Accra to and from btdwmks 12. Where there is a gangway leading on to a bulwark of a veatrl fan shall be provided-- _ fa) wherever practicable, a platform at the inboard end of the gangway with safe means of access therefrom to the deck; or # fa) where such a platform is not practicable, a second gangway or stair way leading from the bulwark o# to the deck which shall either be attached to the end of the first-mentioned gangway or be placed contigu ous to it. in which case means of access, securely protected by fearing, shall be provided from tbe ooe to tbe other. Further provisions as to accea 12,--(!) Where outside staging fe erected in a shipyard, there shafl be provided sufficient ladders giving direct access to the stage; luving regard to the extent of the staging aad to the work to be done. (2) Where a vessel is under construction or reconstruction and persons employed arc liable to go forward or aft or athwart ship across or along uncovered deck-beams, or across or along floors, sufficient planks shall be provided on those deck-beams or on those floors for the purpose of access to or from places of wort, and sufficient and suitable portable laddcn aha* be providea so is to give access either from tbe ground or outer bottom pitting lo the top of the floor. (3) Without prejudice to any other provision fa these Regulations requiring a greater width, no footway or passageway constructed of planks shall be less than seventeen laches wide. Ladders I4.-4I) Subject to paragraphs (2) and 0) of this Regulation, every ladder which affords a means of access, communication or support to n person or persons employed shall-- ^ fa) be soundly constructed end properly maintained; nod fa) be of adequate strength for the purpose for which It Is used ;nnd fa) be securely fixed ebbef-- (i) ns near Ha upper resting place ns possible, or f- <m) Where this h impracticable, at lU haw, ox whew fch Haiiii * impracticable a pmno ihail be statamcd el the hare <4 the ladder when-in use to prevent it from tbppmg; and (d) unless there is other adequate handdmkl. extend to a height of at lcal two feet six inches above the place <4 landing <v the highest rung to be reached by the feet of any pervm working on the ladder, as the case may be. or, if this it impracticable, to the greatest practicable height (2) Requirements fe) and (4> of the preceding paragraph of this Regulation shall not apply to filed Udders of a ship or to rope ladders. I llcctive measures by means of roping off or other similar means shall be taken to prevent the use of fixed ladders of a ship which do not comply with require ments fa) and (A) of that paragraph. (31 Requirement (c) of paragraph (II of this Regulation shall not apply hi the cam of a small portable ladder carried from pace to place in the course <4 his work by a person employed. (4) Any person employed who removes any ladder and sets it up in a new position shall, as regards that Udder, comply with requirement <r) of para graph (I) of this Regulation. (5) Rope ladders shall provide adequate foothold and. so far as is reason ably practicable, suitable provision shall be made for preventing such ladders from twisting. lashing of ladders 15. --(I) A fibre rope, or a rope made with strands consisting of wire cores covered with fibre, dull doc be used to secure a ladder used for the purpose of the operations. (2) A wire rope shall not be used to secure any such bdder unless its ends are ferreted, but this provision shall not apply in the case of an end which is so situated or protected that a person using the ladder is not liable to come into cootact with it so as to suffer injury. Matetid for staging 16. --(1) A sufficient supply of sound and substantial material and appliances shall be available is a convenient place or places for the con struction of staging. (2) All planks and other materials and appliances intended to be used or re-used for staging shall be carefully examined before being taken into use or re-use in any staging. Every examination required by this paragraph dull be carried out tty a person competent for the purpose. Staging, dry dock altars and shoring sSZs 17. --(I) All staging and every part thereof shall be of good construction, of suitable and sound material and of adequate strength for the purpose for which it is used and shall be properly maintained, and every upright and thwart shall be kept so fixed, secured or placed in position as to prevent, so far ax ix reasonably practicable, accidental displacement (2) AU pknka forming stages shall be securely fastened to prevent them from slipping unless they extend eighteen inches or more beyond the inside edge of the thwart or support on which they rest (3) All staging suspended on the inside of a vessel all staging supported by brackets, all staging on the outside of a vessel at the fore and after ends and, where there is a gap in the staging caused by die inside uprights, any 10 pbnk in the way of such gap. shall be erected and adjusted by staging pecisfi), though ran nrvcuatdv exckiuvel). employ^l for the purpose <4| All tiaging used n connect,on with the operations shall he Inspected before use. ami iHereafter at regular and frequent intervals, tty a comps** person (5| AH dry d<vk aftan and shoring tiffs on nr from which persons perform work In emmccikm with the npcisin*n shall he of sound construction and properly maintained. (6) All pant of stages, all parts of footways or passageway* cnmtructed of planks, and all parts of dry dock altars nr shoring sills, being parts oa or from which perwm perform wnk in connection with the operations, thaff bo far at H reatonaMy twai-twaNc, be kep< clear of all substances fcktfy to make foothold or hanJ-bidd insecure. Upright used for htdstbtg Nock It.--(1) If any upright forming part at staging it used as a fixing lor a pulley block for hoisting material-- (a) it shall be properly housed in the ground or shall otherwise he adequately secured so as to prevent it from rising; and (b) it shall be suitably protected against damage by the action of the chain or wire or other means of aecoriog the pulley block m 6* upright (2) No upright forming part of staging shall be used u an anchorage for a lead pulley block, unless (he upright is not likely to be displaced by such use. Support of stages on planks If.--(I) Planks supported oa the rungs of ladders shaB not be mod to support stages. (2) It shall be the duty of the persons employed to comply with the foregoing paragraph of this Regulation. ^ Suspended stages 2*.--(I) Stages suspended by ropes or chains shall be secured at far as possible so as to prevent them from swinging. (2) A fibre rope, ore rope made of strands consisting of wire cores covered with fibre, shall not be used for suspending a stage except that fibre ropes may be used in the case of a stage of which the suspension ropes are reeved through Mocks. (3) Chains, ropes, Mocks and other gear used for the suspension of stages shall be of sound material, adequate strength and suitable quality, and in good condition. (4) Appropriate steps shall be taken to prevent ropes or chains used for supporting a stage from coming into contact with sharp edges of any part of a vend. Bo2a1ts,--wa(iIn)s*Bcohaatsirwsains* chairs and chains, ropes or other gear used for their suspension shall he of sound material, adequate strength and suitable quality and the chains, ropes or other gear shall be securely attached. (2) Suitable measures shill be taken to prevent where possible the spaaing of a boatswain's chair, to prevent the tipping of a boatswain's chair and to prevent any occupant falling therefrom. ! * Riring stages 22. AH pfamks fanning a rising stage at the bow end of a veree) *hal be securely fattened to prevent them from thppuig. Width of stages _ 23. Without prejudice to the other provisions of these Refutations. aS stages shah be of sufficient width as is reasonable in all the ebeumstances of the case to secure the safety of the persons working thereon. Stages from which a person is Cable to faB more that six feet six inches or into water 24. --(!) This Regulation applies to stages torn which a person is Sable to Call distance of more than six feet six inches or into water is which there is a risk df drowning. (2) Every stage to which tins Regulation apples (a) shall so far as is reasonably practicable be closely boarded, phnfccd or plated; (M shall be so constructed or placed that a person is not Sable to fall as aforesaid through a gap in the staging not being a gap necessary and no larger titan necessary having regard to the nature of the work being carried on: (c) shall be at least seventeen inches wide. (31 Every side of a stage io which this Regulation applies shall-- (a) it it is not a side immediately adjacent to any part of a vessel, be fenced (subject to the provisions cd paragraphs (41 to <7> of this Regulation) with a guard rail or guard rails to a height of at least three feet above the stage, which rail or nib shall be so placed as to prevent so far as practicable the (all of persons boa the stage or from any raised siandiog place on the stage; or (b) if if b a side immediately adjaceat to any put of a vessel, be placed as near as practicable to that part having regard to the nature of the work being carried on and to the nature ol the structure of the vessel. (4) In the case of stage* which are suspended by rope* or chains, and which are used solely for painting, the fencing required by sub-paragraph (a) of the preceding paragraph may be provided oy means of a taut guard rope or taut guard ropes. (5) No side of a stage or. as the case mayv.be. no part of the side of a stage need be fenced in pursuance of paragraph (3) (a) of this Regulation in cases where, and so long as, the nature of the work hiring carried on make* the fencing of that side or. as the case may be. that port impracticable. (6) Guard nib provided in pursuance of paragraph (3) (e) of this Regula tion may be removed for the time and to the extent necessary for the access of persons or for the movement of materiab; but guard nib removed for either of these purposes shall be replaced as soon as practicable. (7) Where it b not reasonably practicable to oomph with the provisions of paragraph (3) (a) of this Regulation, the stage shall in cases where the limitations of space make this possible be at least twenty-five foehn wide and. in other cases, as wide as those limitations permit. (8) This Regulation shall cotne into operation at the gfrirtflqa of twelve sooths after the miking of these Regulation*. ' 12 Fur m FUlTKEft PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FiUS Off PUSOMS. MilOWU and Amass Fencing of dry docks . 25---(1) Fencing shall be provided at or near the edges of a dry dock at ground level, including edges above flights of steps and chutes tor materiab. The height of such fencing shall at no point be lea than three feet or. in the case of fencing which was placed in such position before the making of these Regulations, two feel six inches. (2) Such fencing $ aforesaid shafi be kept in position save mhea and to the extent to which its absence necessary (whether or not for the purposes of the operations) for the access of persons, or for the movement of materials or vessels or for traffic or working, or for repair, but feodng removed for any of these purposes shall be kept readily available and shti be replaced as soon as practicable. (3) This Regulation shall come into operation at the expiration of twenty- four months after the malting of these Regulations. Protection of openings 24---(!) Every ride or edge of an opening in a deck or tank top of a vend, being a side or edge which may be a source of danger to persoas employed, shall, except where and while the opening a securely covered or where the side or edge is protected to a height of aoi less than two feet six bene* by a coaming or other port of the vessel he provided with fencing to a height of not less than three feet above the side or edge, and such fencing shall be kept in position save when and to the extent to which its absence b necessary (whether or not for the purposes of the operations) tor the access of persons, or for the movement of materials, or for traffic or working, or for repair, hut fencing removed for any of these purposes shaB be kept readily available and shall be replaced as soon as practicable. (2) Paragraph (I) of this Regulation ahalf nor apply-- (?) to (hat part of an opening in a deck or tank top which b at the head of a stairway or ladder-way intended to be used while the operations are being carried cm; or (4) to parts of a dock or tank top which are fanended to be plated, except such parts where the plating has oecessarihr to be delayed so that the opening may be used foe the purposes of the operations. Fell of articles from stages 27, Where persons employed are at work outride a vessel oq a stage adjacent to part of the structure of the vessel and other persoas employed are at work directly beneath that stage, the planks of the stage shall be in such a position that no article liable to cause injury to the persons employed can fall between the planks, and the inside plaak of the stage shall be pieced as near as practicable to the structure of the vessel having regard to the nature of the work being carried o& Boxes for rivets, etc, 2R---CO Boxes or other statable receptacles for rivets, nuts, bobs and welding rods shall be provided for the nse of the persons employed. <21 It shall be theduty of the personsemployed to use. so far as practicable, die boxes or other suitable receptacks so provided. U Throwingdown materkix amirn^dts ^ 29.--<!| Subject to the coovitioBS ft pangraph (2) of rid* Regulatiot parts of pafiqE. tools and other articles and materials shall cot be throw down /ram a height where they are liable tocauseinjury to person* employee but dull be property lowered. (2) When the wort to begone necessarily involves the throwing dow. tram a height of articles or material*. conspicuous notoces shall be pqsu* to wan persons /ram working or passing underneath the puce fro whid articles re materials may fall, or the work shah be done coder the direo supervision of a competent person in authority. (3) No person employed shaU throw down say articles or material Croat a Hrif** except in accordance with the requirements at this Regulation Loose articles or materials 3S.--(1) So for as practicable, steps AsB be taken to minimise the risk arising from loose articles or materials being left lying about m any place from which they may tail on persons working or passhy underneath. (21 It shall be die duty of the persons employed to comply with the foregoing paragraph of this Regulation. Paw tV Husaw and Lowas*, Etc. Application of Port tV 31. The provisions of this Pan of these Regulation* shall apply in the ease of any chain, tope, lifting gear or lifting appliance used in raising or lowering, and the provision* of Regulation 33 shall apply in the case of any plant or gear used lor anchoring or fixing a lifting appliance. Operation of Part tV 32. in the case of a shipyard this Part of these Regulations shall, at respects the operations, be is substitution for the following provisions of the principal Act. that b to say. section 23 (which relates to chains, ropes and lifting tackle) and subsections (1). (2). 14k (Sk 16) and (8) of section 24 (which relates to cranesand other liftingmachine*), Construction of tiftinf appHmva 33. Every lifting appliance, including aO parts and working gear thereof, whether fixed or movable, and all pbot or gear used for anchoring or fixing such an appliance, shall be of good construction, sound material, adequate strength and free from palest defect aod shall be property maintained : Provided that plant or gear permanently attached to a structure may be osed for anchoring or fixing any lifting appliance if that plant or gear is first thoroughly examined and appears to satisfy the requirements of this Regulation. Tests, examinations midmartin* oflifting oppGmtcft . (*> Subject to the provirions of paragraphs (4) and <51 of this Regutatoon, no lifting appliance shall be taken into use for the first time in die operations or after it baa undergone any substantial alteration or repair, unless it has been tested and thoroughly examined by a compeleat person in the manner described in the Second Schedule to these Regulations. A oertiocate at such test and examination, ia the prescribed form and containing 14 the prescribed particulars, signed by the perms making or responsible foe the carrying out of the test and examination and specifying the oft working load or loads of the appliance, shall have bees obtained and shall be avail* able for inspection. . (2) Subject as aforesaid, every lifting appliance shall be thoroughly examined by a competent person at least once in every period of twelve months aod a report of the sesalts of every such examination, containInc (he prescribed particulars and signed by the person making or responsible for the carrying out of the examination, shall be kept in an approved manner and shall be available for inspection. In the case of lifting appliances in a shipyard, the person by whom the report is signed shall within twenty-eight days of the completion of the examination send to the inspector for tbe district a copy of the report in every case where the examination shows that the lifting appliance cannot continue to be uied with safety unless certain repairs are carried out immediately or within a specified time. (3) Subject as aforesaid, every lifting appliance shall have plainly marked upon it the safe working load. Every crane efvariaWe operating radius (indudiog a crane with a dcrricking jib) shall-- (a) have plainly marked upon it the safe working load at various radii of the jib or crab aod, in the case of a crane with a derricking jib, tbs maximum radiuj at which the jib may be worked; and (h) be fitted with an accurate indicator, clearly visible to the driver, showing the radius of tbe jib or crab at any time aod tbe safe working load corresponding to that radios. (4) The foregoing provisions of this Regulation shall not apply M sheerlegs temporarily erected for the purpose of tbe operations. (5) This Regulation dull not apply as respects-- (at any lifting appliance to which tbe Docks Regulations, 1934, apply sad which satisfies the requirements of those Regulations; or (6) any operation carried out on a ship not registered In the United Kingdom by means of any of the ship's engine room cranes where such cranes are used with the express authorisation and under the supervision of a competent person. ' Construction ofchains, ropes and tiffin* gear 35. Chains, ropes and lifting gear shah be ef good construction. sound material, adequate strength sad free terns patent dried. Testing and annealing of chains, etc. * 34.--(I) No chain, rope or lifting gear shall be taken into use for tbe first time in tbe operations, or after it has undergone any substantia! alteration or repair, unleu it has been trued and thoroughly examined by a competent person in the manner described in the Second Schedule to these Regulations. A certificate of test and examination, in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed particulars, signed by (he person making or responsible foe the carrying out of the lest and examination and specifying the sate working load of tbe chain, rope or gear, shall hare been obtained and shall be available for inspection: Provided: () that this paragraph shall not apply to a fibre rope or fibre rope sling; and () that a wire rope slim Deed not be tasted and examined In accordance with this paragraph if tbe rope of which the sling is constructed has IS been so taxed and examined sad an joins is tbe alias we by spaces which satisfy the requirements of Regulation 39. (2) A chain, ring. bnk. book, shackle, swivel. rye-bok or plate clamp bang a chain, ring. link. book, shackle, swivel, eyc-boh or plate clamp which has been lengthened, altered or repaired shall not be used unless, since tuch lengthening, alteration or repair, it has been tested and thoroughly examined by a competent person and a certificate of such lest and examina tion, in tbe prescribed form and coutamisg the prescribed particulars, signed by tbe person making or responsible for the carrying out of the test and examination and specifying the safe working load, has been obtained and Is available for inspection. (3) This paragraph applies only to chains and lifting gear made of wrought Iron. Chains and lilung gear to which this paragraph applies shall be at least once in every fourteen months or. a the case of chains, stings, nags, links, books, shackles, or swivels being chains, slings, rings, links, books, shackles or swivels of half-inch bar or smaller material, at least once in every six months, so, however, that chains and lifting gear not In regular use need be annealed only when necessary; and the prescribed particulars of tbe annealing shall be kept in an approved manner and shall be available for inspection. (4) Nothing in this Regulation shall apply to chains, ropes or lifting gear-- (a) to which the Docks Regulations, 1934 apply and which satisfy the requirements of those Regulations; or (6) which are permanently attached to a structure. Periodic examination of chains, ropes, etc. 37^---(1) Chains aod lifting gear other than rope dings shall be thoroughly examined by a competent person at least once in every period of six months and reports of the results of such examinations, cootainiog the prescribed particulars and signed by tbe person making or responsible for tbe carrying out of the examination, shall be kept in au approved manner and shall be available for inspection,. (2) Ropes and rope slings shall have been thoroughly examined by a competent person within the immediately preceding period of three months, or, in (he case of a wire rope or wire rope sling ia which such an examina tion has disclosed that a wire of the rope has broken, one month, and reports of the result* of such examinations, containing tbe prescribed particulars aod signed by the person making or responsible fur tbe carrying out of the examination, shall be kept in an approval manner and Anil be available for inspection. (3) Nothing in this Regulation shall apply to chains, topes or lifting tw in) to which the Docks Regulations, 1934 apply tad which satisfy the requirements of those Regulations; or (b) which are permanently attached to a structure. indication ofsafe working loads 3R--<l) A table showing the safe working load at creiy chain, rope and article of lifting gear in use. and, in the case of a multiple sling, the are working loads at different angles of the legs, shall be posted in a permanent position in the store in which the chains, ropes and snicks of lifting gear are kepi; so. however, that this Regulation shall not apply to any article of lifting gear if the safe working load thereof, or. ia the case of a multiple sling, the safe working loads at different angles a4 the legs, is or are plainly marked upon it. H O) Nothing in this Regulation shad apply to chains, ropes or lifting gear-- (e) to which the Docks Regulations, 1934 apply and which satisfy tbe requirements of those Regulations; or lb) which are permanently attached lo a structure: Spikes in wire ropes 39, A thimhle or loop splice made ia any wire rope shall have at least three tucks with a whole strand of tbe rope and two tucks with one half of tbe wires art out of each strand. AU tucks shall be against tbe lay of the topPero: vided that this Regulation shad not operate to prevent the use of another form of splice which can be shown to be as dfiefeot as the fora of splice specified in this Regulation. Load not to exceed safe marking load 40, No lifting appliance or chain or rope or iiftiag gear shad be loaded beyond its safe working load except-- (a) for the purpose of making n test of the appliance, chain, rope or gear, and then only to such extent as is specified ia the Second Schedule to these Regulations, or (b) in the case <rf a crane, in exceptional circumstances to such extent and subject to such conditions as may be approved by tbe engineer in charge or other competent person, if on each occasion-- (i) the written pernussioo of the owner or his responsible agent has been obtained; and (ii) a record of the overload is kept ia tbe prescribed form. Securens of loads 41, --(l) Loads shall be securely suspended or supported whilst being raised or lowered, and all reasonable precautions shall be taken to prevent danger from slipping or displacement. (2)Where by reason of the nature or position of the operation a load ts liable, whilst being moved by a lifting appliance or lilting gear, to come into contact with any object so that the object may become displaced, special measures shall be adopted to prevent tbe danger so far as reasonably practicable. Support of lifting appliances and Bftfng gear 42, Every lifting appliance and all lifting gear shall be adequately and suitably supported or suspended having regard to the purpose for which it is used. W4ire1 roNpoeswwireithrobpreoksehnalwl bireesused if in any length of ten diameters the total number of visible broken wires exceeds five per cent, of the total number of wires, or if the rope shows signs of excessive wear or corrosion or other serious delect Knotted chaSinos,cheatci.n or wire rope shall be used when there t* a knot tied In an(y2)paNrot tchheareinof.which is shortened or joined to another chain by meant f bolts and nuts shall bo used: Provided that this does not exclude tbe use of a chain bolted or joined to trwyfr^ chain by an approved and property constructed attachment IT v M N Precautions against damage to chant and ropes 45. Appreciate steps shall be taken to prevent, to far ns practicable, the use of chains or ropes for raising or lowering is circumstances in which they are is or liable to come into contact with sharp edges of plant, materials or loads, or with sharp edges of any put of the vessd os which wort: is being carried out. Loads on lifting appGatces 45.--fl) No load shad be left appended from a fitting apptiaoce other (has a self-sustaining. manually operated lifting applianoe unless there as a competent person in charge of the appliance while the load is so left (2) It shall be the doty of file persons employed to comply with the fore going paragraph of this Regulation. Heavy toads 47. Where there is reason to believe that a load being lifted or lowered on a lifting appliance weighs more than twenty tons its weight shad be ascertained by means of an accurate weighing machine or by the estimation of a person competent for the purpose, and shall be clearly marked on the load: Provided that this Regulation shall not apply to any load tilted or lowered by a crane which has either a fixed or a derricktng jib and which is fitted with an approved type of indicator in good working order which-- () indicates clearly to the driver or person operating file crane when the load being carried approaches the safe working load of the crane for the radius of the jib at which (he load is carried; and () gives an efficient sound signal when the load moved is tn excess of the safe working load of the crane at that radius. Pair V PttGMmQNS AQUNST ASTHTTUTICW. boUMOUS FtlMSS OK EXPLOSIONS .'I* Ventllafion of confined spaces 41*--fl> All reasonably practicable steps shall be taken to sense and maintain the adequate venulatioo of any **** space in which pence* are employed. ........... (2) Compressed oxygen shall not be used to ventilate any on^firwd space in a vessd and no person employed shall use eoapimed oxygen for this purpose. Precautions against inflammable gasor rapotr 49. Where in toy confined space in any part of a vessd inflammable solvents are used in the application or removal of paint or there is carried on any other process liable to produce inflammable gas or vapour, effective and suitable provision shall be made by adequate ventilation or by other means to prevent the formation of an inflammable atmnq4wre hi the space. Precautions against shortage ofoxygen Sk No person shall eater or remain ia any confined space la a vessel, beta* a confined space ia which there is season to apprehend feat the II . 1 1 i 3 I ft ' proportion of oxygen ia the air is so low as to involve risk of persons being overcome, unless either-- (a) the space has been and remains adequately ventilated and a responsible person has tested it and certified that it is safe for entry without breathing apparatus, or <b) he is wearing a breathing apparatus of a type approved for the purpose of tius Regulation. Precautions against dangerous fumes . 51.*--(I) No person shall enter or remain In any confined space In any part of a vessel being a confined space in which there b reason to apprehend the presence of any dangerous fumes to such exteoi as to involve risk of persons bring overcome thereby, unless he b wearing a breathing apparatus of a type approved for the purpose of thb Regulation, or a responsible person has certified the space as being, for a specified period, safe for entry without breathing apparatus, and the period so specified ha* not expired; but no person shall enter or remain in the space without breathing apparatus unless he has been warned when the period so specified will expire. (2) A space shah not be certified under paragraph (I) of thb Regulation unless-- (a) effective steps have been taken to prevent any ingress of dangerous fumes, and (b) aay sludge or other deposit liable to give off dangerous fumes has been removed and the space contains no other material liable to give off dangerous fumes, and (c) the spare has been adequately ventilated and tested for dangerous fumes and has a supply of air adequate for respiration; but no account shall be taken for the purposes of sub-paragraph (b) of thb paragraph of thb Regulation of any deposit or other material liable to five off dangerous fuses in insignificant quantities only. <3) Where aay person b employed ia any confined space to which par** graph (I) of tius Regulation applies, there shall be provided and kept readily available-- (a) not less than two sets of breathing apparatus of a type approved for the purpose of this Regulation on board the vessel: and fbVnot less than two additional sets of such apparatus off the vessd: and (c) a lamp or torch of a safety type approved for the purpose of thb - Regulation with each set of breathing apparatus; and (d) not less than two belts and ropes suitable for the purpose of rescue. The apparatus, belts, ropes, lamps and torches shall be maintained and shall be thoroughly examined, at least ooce a month or at such other intervals as may be prescribed, by a competent person; and a report on every such examination, signed by the person making the examination and containing the prescribed particulars, shall be kept available for inspection. <4) A sufficient number of the persons employed shall be trained and practised ia the use of the apparatus mentioned in the preceding paragraph cf this Regulation and ia a method of restoring respiration. Application of Refutations SO end 51 52. la the case of a shipyard, the provision* of Regulations 50 and 51 shall, as respects i he operations carried out hi confined spaces formed by the 19 structure of say ship or vessel or of put of soy ship or vessel voder con* stroction or repair, be in substitution for the provisions of sectioo 27 of die principal Act (which relates lo precautions io plaoes where dangerous fumes an liable to be present). Removal of dm or fumes S3.--(t) When is connection with ear process carried oo on board, in or oq the outside of a vessel or past of a vessel there is given off any dust or j fiune or other impurity of such a character and to such extent as to be likely (to be injurious to the persons employed. aU practicable measures shall be taken to protect the persons employed against inhalation of the dust or fume or other impurity, and in particular, where practicable, exhaust appliances t shall be provided and maintained, as near as possible to the point of origin . of the dust or fume or other impurity, to protect such persons against such inhalation. ; (2) la the case of a shipyard the nrorisiofti of this Regulation shall as . respects the operations carried on on board, in or on the outside of a vessel or part of a vessel be in substitution for the provisions of section 47 of the principal Act (which relates to the removal of dust or fumes). Rivet fires .' 54.--(1) Rivet fires shall not be taken into or used ia or remain la any confined space oo board or la a vessd unless there is adequate ventilation to prevent the accumulation of fumes. (2) No person employed shall move a rivet Are into any confined space on board or in a vessel unless he has been authorised by his employer to move the fire into that space. Flaring of gas cylinders and acetylene generators 53.--(1) No cylinder which contain* or haj contained oxygen or nay inflammable gas or vapour under pressure, and no acetylene generating plant, shall be installed or placed within fifteen feet of any substantial source of heat (including any boiler or furnace when alight) other than the burner or Mow-pipe operated from the cylinder or plant. (2) No such cylinder and no such plant shall be taken below the weather deck in (he case of a vessel undergoing repair, or below the topmost completed deck in the cue of a vessel under construction, unless it is installed or placed in a pari of die vessd which is adequately ventilated lo prevent any dangerous concentration of pu or fumes. (3) It shall be the duty of die persons employed lo comply with (he foregoing provisions of ibis Regulation. Further provision ns to acetylene generators 54.--(1) The following provbaoas shall be observed a respects nay acetylene generating plant-- (o) no such plant shall be Installed or placed hi any confined space unless effective and suitable provision b made for securing and maintaining the adequate ventilation of that space so a to prevent, so far as practicable, - any dangerous accumulation of gas; (6) any person attending or operating any such phat shall have been * fully instructed in its working and a copy of the maker*! Instructions for that type of plant shall be constantly available for hb use: <e) the charging and cleaning of such plant sfcafl so far as practicable be done during daylight; (rf) partly spot calcium carbide shall not be re-charged Into an acetylene generator. 20 (2) No person (whether or not a person employed) shall smoke or strika a light or take a aaked light or a lamp in or into any acetylene generator hows or shed or in or into dangerous proximity to nay acetylene generating plat m the open air or on board a void: Provided that this paragraph shall not apply as respects a generator in Iha open air or on board a vessel which, since it was last charged, ha been thoroughly cleansed and freed from any calcium carbide and acetylene gas. (3) A prominent notice prohibiting smoking, naked lights and lamps foal be exhibited on or near every acetylene generating plant whilst at at charged or is being charged or is being cleaned. Construction of plant for cutting, welding or keadng metd - ST.--Pipes or hoses for the supply of oxygen or nay inflammable gas or vapour to any apparatus for cutting, welding or heating natal shall be of good construction and sound material and be properly maintained. (2) Such pipes or hoses shall be securely attached to the apparatus and other connections by means of suitable dips or ocher equity effective (3) Efficient reducing and regulating valves for reducing the pressure of foe gases shall be provided and maintained in connection with aff cylinders con taining oxygen or any inflammable gas or vapour under pressure while foe gases or vapours from such cylinders are being used ia any process of cutting, welding or heating metal. (4) Where acetylene gas u need for coning, welding or heating metal-- (a) properly constructed and efficient back-pressure valve and flame arrester shall be provided and maintained in the acetylene supply pipe between each burner or blow-pipe and the acetylene generator, cylinder or container from which it b supplied, and shall be placed at near at practicable to the burner or blow-pipe, except that these requirement! shall not apply where an acetylene cylinder serves only Me burner or blow-pipe; ana <h) any hydraulic valve provided in ponuance of the preceding abb- paragraph shall be inspected on each day by every person who ases the burner or blow-pipe on that day and it shall be (he duty of eveiy person employed who usei the burner or blow-pipe to inspect the hydraulic valve accordingly. (5) The operating valves of burners or Mow-pipes to which oxygen or any inflammable gas or vapour b supplied for the purpose of cutting, welding or heating metal shall be so constructed, or the operating mechanism shall be so protected, (hat the valve* cannot be opened ocridcBlaJIy. Precautions after use of apparatus far cutting, wetding or heating metd SR--<l> in the case of apparatus os board a vessel and used for cutting, welding or heating metal with the aid of oxygen or any inflammable gas or vapour supplied under pressure, the precautions specified in (he following paragraphs of this Regulation shall be taken when such use ceases for the day or for a substantial period and the apparatus b to be left on board, but weed not be taken when such use b discontinued merely during short interruptions of wort. The requirements ia paragraphs (3) nod (4) of litis Regulation shal not apply during a meal interval (2) Supply valves of cylinders, generators and gas orator sbtti be teemdy \ m (3) Movable pipe* or boss seed for conveying oxygen or inflammable gas vapour shall, m the *** of a vessel undergoing construction, be brought the topmost completed deck or, in the case of a vessel undergoing repair; a weather deck or la either case to some other place of safety which Is Jequately ventilated to prevent any dangerous concentration of gas or anes: Provided that where, owing to the nature of the work, it is impracticable 3 comply with the foregoing requirements of this paragraph, the (topes or oses shall be disconnected Inna cytuiders. generators or gas sains, as Us are may be. (4) When cylinders or acetylene generating plant have been taken below ieck as permitted by paragraph <2) erf Regulation 55. such cylinders or scetyleoe generating plant than be brought to a weather deck or. in the rase of a vessel undergoing cossouctiaa. to the topmost completed deck. Naked lightt cn oB-carryhtg vends 59.--(U Subject to the provisions of paragraph (21 of this Regulation and toi the provisions of Regulation 66, and without prejudice to the provisicons of Regulations 64 and 65. no naked light, fire or lamp (other than a safety lamp of a type approved for She purpose of this Regulation) and no heated nvel-- I be permitted to be applied to. or to be m. any part of a tanker ess, since oil was test earned in that tanker, a naked light certificate Tas been obtained and h in force ia respect of (hose parts of the tanker for which, in the opinion of a competent analyst, a naked light certificate is necessary: Provided (hat a naked light fire, bmp or heated rivet of a kind specified in writing by acompetent analyst may be applied to, or be in. any part of the ranker so specified; (6) shall be permitted-- (i) to be in any o&*tanfc on board or b a vessel in which oil-tank the oil last earned was oil having a dash point of less than seventy* three degrees Fahrenheit (Abel closed test) or was liquid methane, liquid propane or liquid butane, unless a naked light certificate Iras previously been obtained on the same day and is in force in respect of that oU-unk and of any oil-lank, compartment or space adjacent thereto; (ii) to be applied to the outer surface of any oil-tank on board or in a vessel hi which oil-rank the oil last carried was such oil as aforesaid, unless a naked light certificate has previously been obtained on the same day and is ia force in respect of that oil-tank ; (Us) io be applied to the outer surface of. or to be in, any compartment or space adjacent to an oil-tank os board or ia a vessel m which oil-tank the oil test carried was such oil as aforesaid, unless a light certificate has previously been obtained oo the same day and as in force in respect of (hat compartment or space: Provided that where in any such case referred to In paragraph (i), (ilk or (iii) of this sub-paragraph a competent analyst has certified Ural daily naked light certificates son unnecessaiy or are necessary only to n specified extent, such a daily certificate need sot he nhrahtfuf or, as the case may be. used only be obtained to the specified extern s 02 <c> shall be permitted to be applied to die outer surface of, or to be in. any oil-tank on board or in a vessel unless, since oil was last carried in that oil-tank, a naked light certificate has been obuioed and is in force in respect of that oil-tank; (d) shall be permitted to be applied to the outer surface of. or to be fe. any compartment or space adjacent to an oil-tank on board or in a vessel unless, since oil was last carried as cargo in that oil-rank, a naked light certificate has been obtained and is is force in respect of that compartment or space. (2) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (1) of this Regulation, bested rivets may be permitted in any place without a naked light certificate being is force in respect of that place if expressly so authorised by a competent analyst who certifies that after adequate and suitable testing he is satisfied having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the likelihood or otherwise of the atmosphere becoming inflammable, that the (dace is sufficiently free from inflammable vapour; but such heated rivets shafl, where practicable, be passed through tubes. (3) No person (whether or not a person employed) shall introduce, have or apply a naked light, fire or temp (other than a safely lamp of a type approved for the purpose of this Regulation) or any heated rivet into, ia or to any place where they are prohibited by this Regulation. (4) In this Regulation the expression " competent analyst * means an analyst who is competent to give n naked light certificate. Entering oil-tank* 66.--(1) No person (other than an analyst entering with a view to Issuing a certificate of entry) shall, unless he is wearing a breathing apparatus of n type approved for the purpose of this Regulation, enter or remain ia an oil-tank on board or in a vessel unless, since the oil-tank last contained oR. a certificate of entry has been obtained and it in force in respect of the tank. (2) Without prejudice to paragraph <1! of this Regulation, no person (other than an analyst entering as aforesaid) shall be allowed of required to enter or remain in an oil-tank on board or in vessel in which oil-tank the od last carried was oil having a flash point of less than seventy-three degrees Fahrenheit (Abel closed test) unless, since the oil-tank last contained oil. an analyst has certified that the atmosphere is sufficiently tree from inflammable mixture, (3) It shall be the duty of the persons employed to comply with the fore going provisions of ibis Regulation. (4) The provisions of this Regulation ate without prejudice to the require- meat* of Regulation* 50 and 51. duration of certificate* 61, Any naked light certificate or certificate of entry may be issued subject to a condition that tt shall not remain is force after a rime specified hi the certificate. flooring of certificate* 42. Every employer or shipowner for whom a naked light certificate or a certificate of entry ts obtained shall ensure that rite certificate or a duplicate thereof is posted as soon as may be and remains posted ia a position where it may be conveniently read by all persons coocenicdL S V Cleaning of oO tanks 63.-<l) Subject to the provtsimu of Regulation 66. before J* te hfawwiMt vapour is carried out whh s view to the issue of i Mk ught certificate for the purposes of Regulation 59 in respect of an oil-lank on board or in a vessel that oiJ-tank shall, since oil was last introduced inlo the tank, be cleaned aod vgatilaTrd in accordance with parafiaph (2) of this Regulation. (2) The said *--Vry and methods:-- shall be earned out by the following () the oil-tank shall be treated in such manner and for such period as will ensure the vaporisation of all volatile oil; () all residual oil and any sludge or ocher deposit in the oil-tank shall be removed therefrom; (e) after the oil-tank has been sockaned-- (i) ah covers of manholes and other openings therein shall be removed and it shall be thoroughly ventilated by mechanical or other efficient means with a view to the removal of all oil vapour; aod then 00 the interior surfaces, if any deposit remains thereon, shall be washed or accaped down. invalidation ofcertificates 6*.--<D If during the course of work ta. or to the outer surface of. any pan of a tanker or aircraft carrier, any pipe or tank joint is opened or broken or any other event occurs so that there is a risk of oil vapour entering or arising in that pan of the tanker or aircraft carrier, that work shall be suspended and thereafter any certificate of entry previously issued in respect of any oil-tank In that part and any naked light certificate previously issued an reaped of that part shall be no longer in force. (2) If (in the case of a vessel other than a tanker or aircraft carrier) during the course of work in any oil-tank or in any compartment or space adjacent (hereto, any pipe or tank joint is opened or broken or any other event occurs so that there is a risk of oil vapour entering or arising in the oil-tank or in any compartment or space adjacent thereto, work in the oil-unk and in the compartments and spaces adjacent thereto shall be suspended and thereafter any certificate of entry previously issued in respect of the oil-tank and any staked light certificate previously issued in respect of the oil-tank or any compartment or space adjacent thereto shall be so longer in force. Provisions m to work la other compartment? or spaces 65.--<l) Without prejudice to the other provisions of these Regulation*, if the presence of oil in such quantity and in such position as to be likely to give rise to fire or explosion is delected in any part of a vessel being a part to which this Regulation applies and in which repairs of the following kind are to be or are being undertaken, that is to say. repairs involving the use of a naked light, fire or lamp (other than a safely lamp of a type approved for the purpose of Regulation 59) or of a heated rivet, such repain shall not be started or continued until a naked fight certificate has issued or. as the case may be, reissued in respect of that port of the vessel (2) This Regulation shall apply to bilges, shaft tunnels, pump looms, lamp rooms, and to compartments and spaces other than tboee to which (I) (<0 of Regulation 59 applies. pwagrepu Exceptions from Regulations 59 mid 63 66.--(!) The provisions of paragraphs (l)(c) and (1) (<0 of Regulation 59 as to naked light certificates and the provisions of Regulation 63 as lo tbc cleaning and ventilation of oil-tanks, shall not apply ia the case of minor repairs to be carried out-- (a) to the outer surface of an ofi-unk on board or ia a vessel; or <fi) in or to the outer surface of any compartment or space adjacent to any such oil-tank. in cases where the only oil last earned was on haring a flash point of one hundred sod fifty degrees Fahrenheit or above (fteasky-Marteat dosed test): Provided that adequate areas of the interior and exterior surfaces of the oil-tank or. as the case may be, of the compartment or space adjacent thereto, in the immediate neighbourhood of the part to be repaired shall be freed from oil or sludge; so. however, that as respects repairs to be carried out to the outer surface of an oil-tank below The level of any oil in that tank only the exterior surface of that oil-tank need be so freed. In every case to which this paragraph applies appropriate (pedal pre cautions shall be taken for preventing and extinguishing fire. (2) The provisions of paragraphs (!) fa) and (I) (h) <i) of Regulation 59 as to naked light certificates shall not apply in the case of minor repairs involving the application of a naked light to the outer surface only of the hull of a tanker in which the only oil last carried as cargo was liquid methane, liquid propane or liquid butane, being liquid methane, liquid propane or liquid butane at atmospheric pressure, provided that a naked light certificate has previously been obtained on the same day and is in force in respect of dm space between the hull and any oil-tank on board, and the space is ade quately and continuously ventilated by mechanical means so as to ensure drat an inflammable concentration of gas pr vapour cannot be formed m it during the period for which the naked light certificate is in force. (3) The provisions of paragraph (I) (a) of Regulation 59 shall not apply to any port of a tanker where naked lights were allowed when the vend was in service afloat: Provided that the said paragraph fl> (a) dull apply whilst auny oil-tank in the tanker is open except an oil-unk in respect of which a naked light certificate is in force. (4) The provisions of paragraph (11 to) of Regulation 59 shall not apply fat the case of tankers in which the only oil last carried was oil used for the purpose of a basin trial or a trial trip. PmVI MscnuNtous Safety hovtstoM Fencing of Machinery 47.--(1) All motors, gear-wheels, chain and friction gearing and shafting, being motors, gev-wheeU. chain and friction gearing and shafting on a vessel which are used for the purpose of the operations shall (unless it can be shown that by their position and construction they are equally safe to every person employed as they would be H securely fenced) be securely fenced so far as is practicable but without infringing any requirements imposed by or wider the Merchant Shipping Acts. 1694 to 1958. in ropert of fife-saving appliances. 2$ A V- 1 :l principal Act does'stot apply, snsu tx securety leocnt unless it in such a position or of such congruction as to be as sale to ewy person vqsioycd as it would be if securely fenced. <3) Nothing in this Regulation shall require any part of the machinery on a vessel which t$ used for the purpose of the operetta* to he fenced during an examination of that part or during any lubrication, adjustment or repair shown by such esaminatioo to be immediately necessary, bang an examina tion. lubrication, adjustment or repair which is carried out by a competent person who has attained the age of eighteen, and which it is necessary to carry out while the part of the machinery is in motion. (4) In the caseof a shipyard, the provision* of paragraph fl> of this Regula tion shall, as respects the dangerous parts of any machinery to which that paragraph applies, be is substitution far the provisions of subsection (I) of section 14 of the principal Act <which relates to the fencing of dangerous parts of machinery). Air Receivtrt 68.--(1) The provisions of section 31 of the principal Act (which relates to air reedvers) dud apply to atr receivers used for the purpose of the operations (otter than fixed air receivers permanently instated ia a ship). (2) In the case of a shipyard, the provoioas of this Regulation shall be in substitution for the provisions of section 31 of the principal AcL Lighting 6fc---0) AU parts of a weed and all otter places where the operations are being earned on, and ail approaches to such parts aad to placet to which a person employed may be required to proreed in the course of his employment, shall be sufficiently and suitably lighted: so, however, that due regard shall be had to the safety of the vessel aad cargo aad of the navigation of other vessels and to any local statutory requirements as to the lighting of the harbour or dock. (2) Where ia a harbour or wei dock the cosiroi of a ship apart from the operations remains with the shipowner the ship's permanent fighting shall be maintained ia operation fay him to the extent that it may be required for the purpose of lighting-- (a) the ship; and (b) the means of access to the ship where that access a provided by the shipowner: Provided that If the shipowner has given written notice to every contractor undertaking any of the operations for which the ship's permanent fighting is required that for a specified period (for reasons connected with the manage- meat of working of the ship or the use, repair or maintenance of Its equip- menO the permanent lighting will nor-be maintained in operation fay him or will be maintained in operation by turn only to a specified extent, the fore going provisions of this paragraph shall for that period not apply or. as the case may be, shall foe that period apply only to Use that tbo permanent lighting is maintained in operation. In this paragraph-- M contractor w meaitf a person wbo has coutraoted with the dnnowser or his agent to carry oat any of the operations; aad M shipowner " means the shipowner or master or ^ charge. 26 (3) No penou shall be held not to have complied with tire foregoing provisions of this Regulation by reason only of a failure of the electricity supply, provided that in the case of such failure alternative means <* fighting, which shall be nfficfeni aad suitable in the circumstances, shad be provided as sooo as practicable. (4) Portable lamps (Including hand lamps carried by persons employed) used for the purposes of Che operations shall be maintained in an efficient state, in efficient working order and m good repair, and in the ease of lamps in which liquid fuel is used the lamp stall lave a properly fitting screw bd or stopper and be so constructed as to prevent, so far as practicable. Cte development of leaks. (5) Petroleum spirit or naphtha shall not be used in lamps used for fighting and only paraffin or another liquid having a ftash point over one hundred degrees Fahrenheit (Abel dosed test or Feasky-Marieas closed test, whichever is appropriate) shall be so used. (6) No person (whether or not a person employed) shall, unless duly authorised or in case of necessity, interfere with or remove any means of fighting provided in pursuance of this Regulation. Work tit hoflnrr, etc. ?#--<() No work shall he permitted in any boiler, boiler-furnace or boiler* fine until it has been sufficiently cooled to make work safe for the persons employed. (2) Before aay person employed eaten any steam boiler which fat OM of a range of two or more steam boilers fa) all inlets through which steam or hot water might otherwise enter the boiler from any other pan of the range shall be disconnected from that pert, or . (6) all valves or taps controOiag such entry- be dosed and securely locked. (3) While persons employed remain in any steam boiler to which para graph (21 of this Regulation applies all such iokti as are referred to in that paragraph shall remain disconnected or all such valves or taps as are therein referred to shall remain closed and securely locked. (4) No person employed shall be allowed or required to enter or remain In, and no person shall enter or remain in, any steam boiler to which para graph (2) of this Regulation applies unless the provisions of that paragraph are being compiled with. Hatch beamt 71* The hatch beams of any hatch In use for the operations shall if not removed, be adequately secured to prevent their displacement Jumped-*? belt? ' 72. Bolts which have been jumped-up nod re-screwed shelf not be used for securing plates on the rides of vessels, and no person employed shall use such bolts for this perpoae. Rurr VZI Faoracnva Weak Hand Protection 73. Adequate protection for the bands shall he available for all persona employed when using cutting or welding apparatus to which oxygen or any inflammable gas or vapour is supplied under pressure or when engaged ia machine caulking or machine riveting or in transporting or stacking plates or fa handling pistes at machine*. J Aroteetiofi in connection with artag or weUbf 74^-fl) Suitable goggles fitted with tinted eye-pieces shall be provided and maintained for ail persons employed when using cutting or welding apparatus to which oxygen or any mfiimmaWe gas or vapour is supplied under pressure. (2) There shall be provided and maintained for the use of all persons employed when engaged is the process of electric welding-- (a) suitable behnets or suitable head-shields or suitable haad-shieldj to protect the eyes and face from hot metal and from rays likely to be usurious, and (b) suitable gauntlets to protect tbe hands and forearms from bot metal and from rays likely to be injurious. (3) When electric welding is in progress at any place and persons other than those engaged in that process are employed to a position where the rays ant likely to be injurious to their eyes, screens shall. where practicable, be provided at that place for the protection o1 those persons. Where it is not practicable to provide cfiective protection of those petrous by screening, suitable goggles shall be provided for their use. Eye protection for other processes 75. Suitable goggks or effective screens shall be provided to protect the eyes of all persons employed in any of the following processes:-- fo) the cutting out or cutting off of cold rivets nr bolts from boilers or other plant or from ships; (b) the chipping, scaling or scurfing of boilers or ships* plates; (c) drilling by means of portable machine tools; (d) dry grinding of metals. Protection against dust 7fc--(1) Breathing apparatus of a type approved for the purpose of this Regulation shall be provided and' maintained for the use of every person employed in any of the following kinds of work (e) the application of asbestos by means of a spray; (b) rite breaking down for removal of asbestos tagging; (c) the cleaning of sacks or other cootameft which have contained asbestos; ^ material containing jy i of portable power fo) tbe scaling, scuffing or cleaning of boilers, cmribusttae chambers or tmoke boxes, where his work exposes him to dim of such a character and to such an extent as to be likely to be injurious or offensive to persons employed in such wort (2) It shall be the duty of (he persons employed ia any of the kinds of work specified in this Regulation to use tbe breathing apparatus provided lor their use in pursuance of Uus Regulation. fur vza MtscEUAKfioos Health akd Warm Fnawtstom Prohibition of empioymetu of young persons hi tertei* processes 77. No young perron shall be employed in fo) the application of asbestos fcy means of a spray; or 0) the breaking down for removal of asbestos hfrsg; or 21 . (c) tbe cleaning of sacks or other couutoen which to asbestos; or the cutting of material containing ttbefloa by means of portable power driven saws; or (r) tbe scaling, scurfing or cleaning of botlen, combostioa chambers or smoke boxes, where his work exposes him to dust of such a character and to such an exteat as to be likely to be injurious or offensive to persons employed in such work. Lend paint 79, Lead paint shall oot be applied in the form of a spray In die honor painting of any part of a ship or vessel Stretchers, ambulances m%A ambulance rooms, etc. 79.---ft) In every shipyard there shall he provided and kept readily available-- <*) a sufficient number of suitably constructed sling stretchers or odacr similar appliances (or raising injured persons; and (h) a sufficient number of carrying or wheel stretchers: and (c) a sufficient supply of amiable reviving apparatus and oxygen, and the stretcher*, appfiaeces and apparatus so provided shall be properly maintained. (2) Its every shipyard there dial! always be readily availableduring working hours a responsible person or responsible persons whose duty it is to summon an ambulance or other means of transport if needed to cases of accident e illness. Legible copies of a notice indicating that person or, as the case may be. those persons shall be affixed to prominent positions to every shipyard. (3) In every shipyard other than a public dry dock-- fo) to which the number of persons employed normally exceeds five hundred: or (b) to which the number of persons employed normally exceeds ona hundred and which is more than tea miles from a hospital, there shall be provided and maintained to good order and hi dean condition a properly constructed ambalance room containing at least the equipment specified in the Third Schedule to these Regulations. The room shgt^fre used only for Ibe purpose of treatment and rest and `than be in the ebargd era suitably qualified perron who shall always be readily available during working hours, and a record shall be kept of aU cases of accident or sickness treated at (he room. Rutr JX TtAJNJNO ANO SumVUIOM Yomt persons Iff--fI) No young person shall, until be has been employed to a shipyard or shipyards for at least six months, be employed to connection with rite operations in a shipyard on a stage from which, or in any port of a ship where, be is liable to (all a distance of more than six feet su inches, or Into water to which there is a risk of drowning. (2) Any young perron tm ax the ape of sixteen shall, when employed to the operations to a shipyard, he placed under the charge of an experienced workman. V Safety tupervitkm 11--(I) la the case of every shipyard ether tfcaa a public dry dock, being a shipyard where die number of persons employed regularly or from tune to time exceeds five hundred, a person experienced ia the work of such yards shall be appointed and employed exclusively to exercise general supervision of the observance of these Regulations and to promote the safe conduct of the work generally. (2) Tins Regulation shall not be construed as preventing two or more employers from jointly appointing the same person or persons to perform aome or all of this aforesaid duties for those employeta. Dated this 20th day of October; 19601 John Hat. Minister of Labour. FIRST SCHEDULE ftegulatioa 3 (2) Mannm m which, non the natron or tub pctwitioh or " Lead Faint Matuual is to be txeated with a view to asezitamsm tub naoNna or Comtound or Lead fxesent The material is to be treated with suitable solvents to remove tbs oil varnish and other media, and the residue to be dried at one hundred degrees Centigrade and thoroughly mixed. A weighed quantity of this extracted, dried aod mixed material is to be continuously shaken for ose hour, at the common temperature, with one thousand limes its weight of an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid containing 0-25 per cent by weight of hydrogen chloride. This solution is there* after to be allowed to stand for one hour aod then filtered. The lead salt con tained ia tbs dear filtrate is then to he precipitated at lead sulphide and weighed as kad sulphate: SECOND SCHEDULE Retabtions 34 (I), 34(1) aod 40 Mamma or Tot mo Examination ktou taxwo ant Chain. Wise Rore, Lifting AmiANa oa Ltmm Gem ano use <> Every winch, and every derrick with the whole of the gear accessory thereto, dull he tested with n proof load which shall not be lew than the fftt1a"g-- Safe working bod Under 20 tons ~ 20-50 torn w. ,, ... over 50 ions...................... - Proof bod - 25 per eeaL T in excess ct ... S tons V the safe -- 10 per cent J working load *^Llir Period of not lea than five minutes. Where movable lest weights are used the derrick shall be swung, with the load suoended. as far u possible ia both directions. Where a sprint or hydraulic dtfvi" " pl<yed it shall he suSdenttfil* proofoad f""6* *wun< M far M PcticaMe first ia one dinctioa and tho in tbf other, in each cam the derrick shall be tested at the smallest aula Sttilfcrtrjf,S?iStwhKb * "a ope"u *"* **'*** wTS2?iS*! 30 \ following-- Proof bad Safe working hsf 23 per cent T in t------- Under 20 ions 20v-5w0 tons , over 50 toonnss.......................... StOQi to pa JV the safe j w---o--r-k-i-n-g- load . lttWg with a proof la the case of a crane having a variablemra`|'"Jio-^jj. At each such raAos told applied at the maximum art iwj ^ dj^iom with the **cnE shall he swung far fj/^^draulic cranes where. m* nraof load suspended. In the rose , ,-ad per cent, m ror** 04 limitation ofpreu it boot the greatest poWe ^ the safe working load, it shall be romewu eeKS0Ty lo ,ny Hung ?phaoce be tested with a proof loan at * following table:-- Article oftear S^woMagbei . P--r--o-o- fbad Chain sting- -- ~ Rope sting -- Ptete damp... Ring... -- " -- ---- "* *** Twice the safe working toed Link... *** ._*!* Hook (other than a rams- horn hook) -- -- Shackle - -- *** Swivel ~ " Eye-bolt Ramshorn book . *** Twice the safe working toad I-Under 50 tom lo to 100 tons Safe working J0 ions loads ph _. One and s halftimes the safe Over 100 tons working load PoBoybbckt Single sheave moot Multifile sheave Mock with' MrfiXg toed up to and including ". Multiple dwave Modi uitii SltjJS***** MiSfipS^J* jj* cafe working toad over 40 tons ..........................* . O^(0ihrU<*Wlrt to* <*"> jCC-Baill-iibDurfa.ititCmewd t,Ko0Wa,d,,i-lc,,h-f-a-l-in--s .--.. -- Pour times the safe working . *** Twice the safe working toed 20 tons in excess d the m* working toed *One and* haEtimes the aafc ^ working toad ... Twice the safe working toad rone and a half time* the eafii " \^ working toad -a SormSby thett wrfu dial be leded to destruction. WUi the cam of wire ropes. la m i THUD SCHEDULE Regulatiou 79 0} Equmsnt or Amkuq Rooms 0) A glared sink with hot and cold water available during working boors. C) A Ubie with smooth lop. O) Means for steritising inrtrumcntf. (4) A supply of suitable dressings, bandages and spBnts. <S) A eoudL (6) A stretcher. (7) Blankets and hot-water boulea. (!) A foot bath. 4 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This Note it not part of the Regulations, but it intended to IntBcate ' their general purport.) . These Regulations revoke the Shipbuilding Regulations, 1931, which were designed for the safety, health and welfare of persons employed in the construction and repair of ships in shipbuilding yards. The present Reguta- dons, which are wider in scope, are designed for the safety, health and welfare of persons employed in the construction and repair of ships and vessels in a yard or dry dock and in the construction and repair of ships (but not of vessels other than ships) in a harbour or wet dock. 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