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Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Confined Spaces) Regulations

Repealed!
Jurisdiction China - Hong Kong
Year 1973
Published in English
Source Government Printer, Hong Kong, 1991. 3p. Price: HKD 10.00.
Serial number Hong Kong Cap.59 B
Descriptors [Primary] Hong Kong, confined spaces
[Secondary] fired pressure vessels, law, manholes, oxygen deficiency, replaced, respirators, restricted areas
Subject category Physical hazards
Abstract Regulations effective 1 Nov. 1973 and issued under the authority of the 1955 Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (see CIS 89-6). Main topics covered: provision of manholes; use and supply of approved breathing apparatus in confined spaces; certification of safety for confined spaces; training of personnel in the use of breathing and reviving apparatus; prohibition of entry into confined spaces when the proportion of oxygen has been reduced; entry into boiler furnaces and boiler flues; offences and penalties.
CIS No. 93-364
Database ID 59907

 

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