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Legislative texts on OSH
Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Work in Compressed Air) Regulations |
| Jurisdiction |
China - Hong Kong |
| Year |
1976 |
| Published in |
English |
| Source |
Government Printer, Hong Kong, 1991. 21p. Price: HKD 30.00. |
| Serial number |
L.N. 73 of 1976 |
| Descriptors |
[Primary] Hong Kong, work in pressurized atmosphere [Secondary] decompression tables, information of personnel, law, medical supervision, recompression chambers |
| Subject category |
Physical hazards |
| Abstract |
Regulations effective 1 Apr. 1976 and issued under the authority of the 1955 Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (see CIS 89-6). The Regulations concern: safety of compressed air operations; man-locks and working chambers; decant locks; medical locks; medical supervision of workers; miscellaneous (notification of work in compressed air, employment of inexperienced workers, advisory leaflets, personal labels, alcohol consumption, smoking, duty to follow instruction of lock attendants, fire safety). Schedules provide details on: purity of compressed air; compression and decompression procedures; decompression tables (in function of length of working period); official forms (in English and Chinese) used for registers, records, medical cards and notifications; advisory leaflet (in English and Chinese) to be given to compressed air workers. |
| CIS No. |
93-365 |
| Database ID |
59910 |
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Page generated from the CISDOC database. Date: 29.11.09.
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