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4. (1) Every receptacle used for hoisting bricks, tiles, slates, or other material shall be so closed as to prevent the fall of any of the material. (2) If loose materials or loaded wheelbarrows are placed directly on a platform for raising or lowering, the platform shall be closed in. (3) Materials shall not be raised, lowered, or slewed in such a way as to cause sudden jerks. 5. In hoisting a barrow, the wheel shall not be used as a means of support unless efficient steps are taken to prevent the axle from slipping out of the bearings. 6. When a special ginpole is used it shall be secured by ropes in such a way that it cannot knock against the scaffolds. 7. Jibs for hoisting materials shall not be attached to standards or extension poles. 8. When no jib but only a rope pulley is used the latter may be attached to a cross-beam if the cross-beam — {a) Has sufficient strength and is fixed to at least two standards or extensions in the way prescribed for ledgers ; and (b) Does not at the same time serve as a ledger for the scaffold. 9. If a hoisting-appliance or any part thereof moves along a scaffold, adequate measures shall be taken to prevent persons on the scaffold from being struck by the appliance or any part of it. 10. The hoisting of loads at points where there is a regular flow of traffic shall be carried out in an enclosed space, or if this should be impossible —e.g., in the case of bulky objects—measures shall be taken to hold up or divert the traffic for the time being. 11. Adequate steps shall be taken to prevent a load in course of being hoisted or lowered from coming into contact with any objects in such a manner that part of the load or object may become displaced. Fart 111. —Safety Equipment and First Aid. Regulation 36.—Safety Equipment. 1. Where necessary the employer shall provide the workmen with a sufficient number of respirators, goggles, and safety-belts of approved types. 2. Safety-belts shall have life-lines of sufficient length and strength. Regulation 37. —Rescue Equipment. When work is carried on in proximity to any place where there is a risk of drowning, all necessary equipment shall be provided and kept ready for use, and all necessary steps taken for the prompt rescue of any person in danger. Regulation 38. —First-aid Equipment. 1. On every place where building-work is carried on, adequate provision, such as first-aid boxes or cupboards readily accessible and clearly marked, shall be made for the prompt treatment of all injuries likely to be sustained in the course of the work. 2. Such first-aid boxes or cupboards shall be placed under the charge of a responsible person who shall preferably be trained in first aid. Part IV. —Miscellaneous. Regulation 39. —Communication of Regulations to Workers. Copies of these regulations or such extracts thereof as may be prescribed by the competent authority shall be handed to the workers or conspicuously posted up and maintained at suitable places. Regulation 40.—Duty of Employers to comply with Parts I to 111. It shall be the duty of the employer to comply with Parts I to 111 of these regulations. Regulation 41. —Go-operation of Workers and other Persons with the Employer. 1. Every person employed and every person in or upon the work shall co-operate with the employer in carrying out these regulations. 2. Every person employed shall forthwith remedy or report to the employer or foreman any defect that he may discover in the plant or appliances, or any action by any person liable to cause an accident. 3. No person shall interfere with, displace, take away, damage, or destroy any of the plant or safeguards required by the foregoing regulations without the authority of the employer or his responsible foreman. 4. Every person employed shall make proper use of all safeguards, safety devices, or other appliances furnished for his protection, and shall obey all safety instructions pertaining to his work. 5. Every worker shall take the necessary precautions for his own safety and for the safety of any other person on the site, and abstain from any action which might endanger him or other persons. 6. No employed person shall go to or from his workplace otherwise than by the safe means of access and egress provided.

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