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General labour protection regulations - Parts II and III (chapters III, IV, V and VI)

Jurisdiction Belgium
Year 1990
Published in French
Original/other title [French] Règlement général pour la protection du travail - Titre II et Titre III (chapitres III, IV, V et VI) [Belgique]
Source Commissariat général à la promotion du travail, 53 rue Belliard, 1040 Bruxelles, Belgium, 7th ed., 1990. 367p. Illus. Index.
Serial number D/1990/1205/56
Descriptors [Primary] Belgium, occupational safety and health
[Secondary] asbestos, classification, comment on law, dangerous substances, dangerous work, explosion hazards, fire hazards, first aid, hand tools, harmful substances, hazard identification, information of personnel, law, list of chemical substances, machinery guarding regulations, medical supervision, noise control, notification of occupational diseases, prohibition of use, protection against falls from heights, sanitary facilities, silica, vibration control, vinyl chloride, work in isolation, young persons
Subject category General safety, health and conditions of work
Abstract Revised edition of a manual (with commentary) containing the provisions of Parts II and III of the Belgian labour protection regulations. Part II deals with: 1. safety requirements (guarding of machinery and moving parts; protection against flying objects and other injurious or harmful agents; hand tools; protection against falls; materials handling, in-plant transport; prevention of fires, explosions and accidental emissions of harmful or flammable gases; work in spaces that may contain dangerous gases; precautions for workers during rest breaks; worker transport; work in isolation; safety and health policy; safety signs); 2. workplace hygiene (workplace environment, sanitary facilities, working clothes, protection against chemical, physical and biological hazards); 3. workers' health (medical supervision, notification of occupational diseases, control of harmful agents, seating, first aid); 4. young workers. Reproduced sections of Part III (provisions on specific industries) deal with: 3. dangerous substances (identification, classification, packaging, storage, hazard identification, prohibition and restriction on use, information of workers, list of substances subject to authorisation); 4. silica and asbestos; 5. vinyl chloride, polymers. In annex: lists of chemical substances.
CIS No. 93-2
Database ID 59411

 

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