Notification concerning sewer work Jurisdiction Denmark Year 1983 Published in Danish Original/other title [Danish] Bekendtgřrelse om kloakarbejde m.v. Serial title Lovtidende A Source 7 Oct. 1983, No.473, p.1496-1502. Descriptors [Primary] Denmark, safety and health organization, work in sewers [Secondary] access to workplaces, law, safe working methods, welfare facilities, workplace design Subject category Industries and occupations Abstract This notification refers to working environment law No.681 of 23 Dec. 1975. It applies to work in public and private wastewater and storm sewers. Contents: scope; access and egress (dimensions of openings and passages, stairs and ladders, hand- and guardrails); workplace design (clearances, ventilation, surface treatments); equipment (emergency shut-offs for mechanical equipment, minimising contact of equipment with waste or harmful substances, lay-out of gas lines, storage of chemicals); safe working methods (safety organisation, cleaning, training, vaccination); protective equipment; worker welfare (canteens, changing rooms, bathing and washing facilities, toilets; mobile facilities); exemptions; filing of complaints; penalties; entry into force (from 1 Jan. 1984 to 1 Jan. 1987, depending on the provision). CIS No. 84-1452 Database ID 42356