Occupational safety and health regulations Repealed! Jurisdiction Ecuador Year 1975 Published in Spanish Original/other title [Spanish] Reglamento de seguridad e higiene del trabajo Source Departamento de relaciones públicas y asuntos internacionales del IESS, Casilla 2640, Quito, Ecuador, Dec. 1975. 64p. Descriptors [Primary] Ecuador, occupational safety and health [Secondary] law, replaced Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work Abstract These regulations were adopted by the Council of the Ecuador Social Security Institute (IESS) under article 400 of the Ecuador Labour Code. Contents: occupational health (hygiene in factories and workplaces; lighting; noise and vibration; temperature, relative humidity, ventilation; radiation; biological hazards; toxic substances); occupational safety (guarding of machinery and equipment; machinery, tools, equipment, muscular effort and strain, manual lifting and carrying of loads (maximum weights according to ILO Convention 127); explosive and flammable substances; walkways, scaffolding; demolition work; trenching and excavation; transport of workers; fire prevention; personal protective clothing and equipment); employers' and workers' obligations; prohibitions (dust, gases, toxic substances, etc.); penalties; occupational safety and health committees; in-plant occupational safety and health services (technical and medical activities; workers' information; accident record-keeping, etc.); activities of the IESS and in particular of its Occupational Safety and Health Department. CIS No. 76-1794 Database ID 25795