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Introduction
Accidents involving the use of Suspended Working Platform (SWP) could be very
severe or even fatal. This Guidance Notes shows some common safety
measures which are norms for ArchSD site on the safe use of SWP. However,
the measures mentioned in this Guidance Notes should not be regarded as
exhaustive and the Contractor should conduct assessment based on situations
specific to the project site.
2.9. Contractors should arrange load test and thorough examination to the
SWP by a competent examiner (Registered Professional Engineer) before
use or as soon as practicable after its exposure to weather conditions
likely to have affected its stability. Such test and examination should be
conducted after the SWP has been taken down and re-installed in another
location of the site.
2.10. Contractors should ensure the safety measures such as daily inspections,
fencing off of the works areas and the affected areas, in particular those on
the ground level, safe system of works and use of personal protective
equipment, etc. are carried out in accordance with the recommendations
stated in the risk assessment reports.
2.11. A designated personnel not on the gondola should be assigned to provide
continual attendance to those workers working within the gondola.
2.12. Contractors should ensure that there is no danger of open windows or
other projections from the face of the building when operating the SWP.
2.13. Contractors should secure hand tools to the platform wherever practicable.
2.14. Contractors should check power supply and all electrical cables and
connections to ensure that they are in good working order and are not
disturbed. Power supply should be disconnected when the SWP is not in
use.
2.15. The power supply cable or lifting wires/ropes should be properly guided
and kept in order to avoid any accidental entanglement.
2.16. Housekeeping within the gondola should be effectively upkept, in
particular to avoid any overload.
2.17. Contractors should draw up an emergency procedure for the breakdowns
and malfunctions of SWP and for the accident relating to SWP.
2.18. Site supervisory staff should possess a copy of the risk assessment report
for conducting supervision.
3.3. Contractors should ensure that every SWP has been inspected by a
competent person in the immediately preceding 7 days before its use.
Form 1 should be completed and submitted to the project officers
promptly.
3.4. Contractors should ensure that every SWP has been thoroughly examined
by a competent examiner in the immediately preceding 6 months before its
use. Form 2 should be completed and submitted to the project officers
promptly.
3.5. Contractors should ensure that every SWP has been load tested and
thoroughly examined by a competent examiner during the preceding 12
months before its use. Form 3 should be completed and submitted to the
project officers promptly.
3.6. Contractors should ensure that every SWP has been further load tested
and thoroughly examined by a competent examiner when the SWP has
subsequently undergone (a) substantial repair, (b) re-erection including
erection following its removal to a different location, (c) changes in the
arrangements for anchoring or supporting, or (d) failure or collapse. Form
3 should be completed and submitted to the project officers promptly.
3.7. The above certificates and/or reports should be prominently displayed on
the suspended working platform.
4. Reference
4.1. The Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Suspended Working Platforms)
Regulation, Cap 59.
4.2. Guidance note on classification and use of safety belts and their anchorage
systems by Labour Department, HKSAR.
4.3. Code of Practice for the Safe Use and Operation of Suspended Working
Platform by Labour Department, HKSAR.
4.4. Guidance Notes on the Inspection, Thorough Examination and Testing of
Suspended Working Platform by Labour Department, HKSAR.
4.5. Construction Site Safety Handbook for Public Works Programme by Works
Bureau, 2000.