Summary of the Notification of the Ministry of Interior Re: Safety of Work in Piling

1. Intention of the Law
   To ensure that construction piling work be safe, monitored at all times by qualified personnel and that workers perform appropriately.



2. Framework and Enforcement of the Law
   To have effect on construction piling work
   
   
3. Main Points of the Law
   
   
   1. Construction areas must be marked.
   
   
   
   2. Workers are to comply with guidelines specified in the pile driver manual. If no manual exists, one is to be drawn up in writing by an engineer.
   
   
   
   3. The controller is to check all related equipment before each piling and to record the day, time and details of the checking for later inspection.
   
   
   
   4. For night-time piling, there is to be lighting of specified standard.
   
   
   
   5. At least two rounds of steel cable must be left in the roll.
   
   
   
   6. The cables and pulleys used must be of specified standard.
   
   
   
   7. There is to be a supervisor monitoring the safety of the work throughout the piling under the control of an engineer. Also, there is to be a signal man and piling controller during the piling.
   
   
   
   8. The ground base for the pile driver must be sturdy and strong.
   
   
   
   9. The movement of the pile driver must be absorbed by a leveled and strong cushion.
   
   
   
   10. Piling shafts of more than 15 centimeters in diameter must be covered up after each piling.
   
   
   
   11. Workers are prohibited from using defective pile drivers or doing piling work in rain storms or thunder storms. If workers are to be assigned work aboard a floating piling base, they must be able to swim.
   
   
   
   12. Internal combustion, steam, hydraulic and diesel hammer pile driverss used must be compatible with standards set by the law.
   
   
   
   13. Employers are to provide individual safety gear for each employee.
   
   
   
   14. Employees are to put on individual safety gear provided by the employee throughout the whole work period.