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Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Spraying of Flammable Liquids) Regulations

Jurisdiction China - Hong Kong
Year 1976
Published in English
Source Government Printer, Hong Kong, 1991. 4p. Price: HKD 10.00.
Serial number Hong Kong Cap.59 N
Descriptors [Primary] Hong Kong, electrostatic coating, fire prevention, flammable liquids, pressure spraying, spray coating
[Secondary] electricity, law, penalties, spray booths, warning notices
Subject category Fires, explosions and major hazards
Abstract Regulations effective 1 July 1976 (updated to 1991) and issued under the authority of the 1955 Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (see CIS 89-6). They concern safe working methods during the spraying of flammable liquids (i.e. those with a flashpoint > 32°C). The Regulations cover: duties of proprietors (construction of spraying room or spraying area, ventilation, sources of ignition and prohibition of smoking, notices to be displayed in English and Chinese, electrical equipment, provision of fire-extinguishing appliances, storage of flammable liquid, cleanliness, disposal of cotton waste); duties of employees (removal of contaminated material, duty to comply with regulations, duty to report defects); offences and penalties. In the schedule: type and quantity of fire extinguishing appliances, as required by the Regulations.
CIS No. 93-719
Database ID 60189

 

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