WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH (CONSTRUCTION) REGULATIONS 2007

(ii) is safe for its intended use when completely constructed and if so, issue a certificate stating that the underpinning, sheet piling, bracing or other means of shoring is safe for its intended use. Inspection 130.(1) It shall be the duty of (a) the employer of any person who carries out any work involving the use of any piling equipment in a worksite; or (b) the principal under whose direction any person carries out any work involving the use of any piling equipment in a worksite, to ensure that the piling equipment is inspected daily by a designated person before the start of any piling work for the day and that every defect is corrected before the piling equipment is used. (2) It shall be the duty of a designated person to take, so far as is reasonably practicable, such measures as are necessary to ensure that any inspection carried out under paragraph (1) is conducted properly. Pile driver not in use 131. It shall be the duty of (a) the employer of any person who carries out any work involving the operation of a pile driver in a worksite; or (b) the principal under whose direction any person carries out any work involving the operation of a pile driver in a worksite, to ensure that when the pile driver is not in use, the hammer is choked or blocked in the leads or lowered to the ground. Pile testing 132. It shall be the duty of (a) the employer of any person who carries out any work involving the testing of piles in a worksite; or (b) the principal under whose direction any person carries out any work involving the testing of piles in a worksite, to comply with paragraphs (2) to (5). (2) The testing of piles in a worksite shall be conducted under the direct supervision of a designated person. (3) Reasonably practicable measures shall be taken to warn persons not to approach the pile test area in a worksite. (4) No person shall be allowed to approach a pile test area in a worksite while the process of increasing or decreasing test loading is being carried out. (5) No person shall be allowed to approach a pile test area in a worksite while the process of increasing or decreasing test loading is not in progress unless under the specific instruction of the designated person. (6) It shall the duty of the designated person to take, so far as is reasonably practicable, such measures as are necessary to ascertain that the pile testing system in a worksite is in a stable condition and is safe for approach.

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