Health and safety standards in construction Repealed! Jurisdiction Argentina Year 1991 Published in Spanish Original/other title [Spanish] Normativa sobre salud y seguridad en la construcción Source Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1991. 1 vol. Serial number Resolución M.T.S.S. No.1969 Descriptors [Primary] Argentina, construction industry, construction sites, occupational safety and health [Secondary] atmospheric pollution, demolition, electricity, handling and storage, heat load, hyperbaric pressure, ionizing radiation, law, lighting, negative pressure, noise, non-ionizing radiation, personal protective equipment, replaced, responsibilities, ventilation, vibration Subject category Industries and occupations Abstract This health and safety standard implements certain provisions of Law No.19.587/72. Contents: rights and obligations regarding occupational health and safety (of builders, contractors, workers, services); technical dossier relating to a building plan; infrastructure of the construction site; general standards applying to the construction site (materials handling and storage, workplaces, falling hazards, work in public areas, hazard signalling, electricity, fire hazards, personal protection); occupational hygiene standards (dangers of hyperbaric and hypobaric exposure, environmental pollution, ventilation, radiations, noise and vibration, lighting, thermal stress); safety at different stages of the work (demolition, explosives, excavation, pile driving, painting, concrete work); standards of safety in the use of materials and equipment (scaffolding, lifting equipment, etc.); training; accident registers. CIS No. 93-1413 Database ID 60855