S.L. 646.27 Art. 19Duties of contractors.      S.L. 646.11. 15   S.L. 646.11. 16 [S.L.  S.L. 646.11. S.L. 646.13. S.L. 646.24.

In order to preserve health and safety on the construction site, contractors shall:

(a) co-operate with the project supervisor for health and safety matters in the interest of occupational health and, or safety;

(b) co-operate with the project supervisor for health and safety matters to enable compliance with the duties pertaining to such project supervisor for health and safety matters under these regulations;

(c) promptly provide to the project supervisor for health and safety matters any necessary information which may be requested in the interest of occupational health and, or safety;

(d) comply without undue delay with the directions given by the project supervisor for health and safety matters under these regulations, which directions if carried out, would ensure occupational health and, or safety;

(e) comply without undue delay, with the directions given by the designated person and, or external services appointed in terms of regulation 9 of the General Provisions for

Health and Safety at Work Places Regulations;

(f) comply with the relevant preventive and protective measures listed in the health and safety plan which measures if implemented, would ensure a safe and, or healthy place of work, and that are applicable to the contractor or to the contractor’s workers;

(g) bring to the attention of the contractor’s workers any rules applicable to them contained in the health and safety plan;

(h) not commence and, or not progress any work related to the project before a project supervisor for health and safety matters has been appointed by the client in terms of regulation 3;

(i) (i) notwithstanding anything stated in the Act or any regulations thereof, carry out or ensure that a written, suitable, sufficient and systematic risk assessment of all the occupational health and safety hazards which may be present at the construction site and the resultant risks involved concerning all aspects of the work activity in the construction site, is carried out for each project being under taken, and that all workers are informed of its contents in order to be aware of any hazards on a construction. Such assessments shall consider the risks to the health and safety of workers and of self-employed persons to which they are exposed whilst at work in a construction site, as well as the risks to the health and safety of other persons, including visitors to the construction site which risks arise out of, or in connection with the work being carried out, or by the conduct of the undertaking:

Provided that when carrying out such assessments, a contractor shall also take into consideration changes to the work activities being carried out and to the workplace, and shall take appropriate action;

(ii) the contractors shall keep in their possession written or retrievable electronic copies of such assessments and shall ensure that they are updated regularly;

(iii) the contractors shall decide on the protective measures appropriate to the nature of the work being carried out which are required to be taken following these assessments and, if necessary, the protective equipment to be used;

(iv) the assessments referred to in this regulation shall be reviewed whenever there is any major change in working conditions, or whenever the contractors have reason to suspect that they are no longer valid;

(j) comply without undue delay, with the preventive and protective measures indicated by the risk assessment carried out under these regulations and, or any other relevant regulations made under the Act;

(k) ensure that training, information and instructions provided in terms of regulation 14 of the General Provisions for

Health and Safety at Work Places Regulations and, or any other relevant regulations made under the Act, are given to workers in a comprehensible manner; AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR WORK AT 646.27 CONSTRUCTION SITES)

(l) in particular when implementing regulation 18, take measures that are in line with the minimum requirements set out in Schedule IV;

(m) comply in particular with the following, mutatis mutandis:

(i) the requirements of regulations 7 and 15(2)

of the General Provisions for Health and Safety at Work Places Regulations and regulation 8 and Schedule IV;

(ii) the Minimum Requirements for the Use of

Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations;

(iii) the Work Equipment (Minimum Safety and

Health Requirements) Regulations.

Duties of workers