Resolution No. 2400/1979, 22 May 1979, issuing regulations concerning living conditions and safety and health in workplaces Jurisdiction Colombia Year 1979 Published in Spanish Original/other title [Spanish] Resolución número 02400 de 1979 (mayo 22) por la cual se establecen algunas disposiciones sobre vivienda, higiene y seguridad en los establecimientos de trabajo Serial title Diario Oficial (Colombia) Source 20 Aug. 1979, No.35330, p.545-563. Descriptors [Primary] Colombia, occupational safety and health [Secondary] children, construction industry, explosives, fire protection, flammable substances, heating, law, lighting, machinery guarding regulations, noise control, personal protective equipment, radiation protection, responsibilities of employees, responsibilities of employers, safety colours, shotfiring and blasting, toxic substances, underground work, ventilation, vibration control, welding and cutting, welfare facilities, women, young persons Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work Abstract Scope; employers' and workers' obligations; industrial premises, toilets, changing rooms, canteens, housekeeping, waste removal; workers' dormitories (provisional and permanent structures); physical, chemical and biological hazards (temperature, humidity, heating, ventilation, lighting, noise and vibration, ionising and non-ionising radiation); electricity; TLVs (definitions only); workplace air contamination; infections and toxic substances; flammable and explosive substances; work clothes and personal protective equipment; safety colours (list of colour codes); fire protection and fire fighting; handling, transport and storage of explosives, blasting and shotfiring, misfires; machinery and equipment, storage tanks, pipes and fittings; guarding of moving and dangerous machine parts; power-operated hand tools; manual and mechanised handling and transport of materials; steam boilers, pressure vessels; storage of compressed gas cylinders (prohibited combinations); furnaces, drying chambers; welding and cutting; work in compressed air; spray painting; construction industry (demolition, excavation, walkways, stairs); tunnelling, underground work; quarries, stone crushing; employment of women and children. CIS No. 80-1194 Database ID 33701