Legislative texts on OSH

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Legislative texts on OSH

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General safety, health and conditions of work [27]
Occupational medicine, epidemiology [5]
Industries and occupations [34]
New technologies [1]
Chemical safety [37]
Fires, explosions and major hazards [4]
Electrical safety [2]
Physical hazards [15]
Mechanical hazards, transport [52]
Biological hazards [2]
Physiology, ergonomics [2]

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General safety, health and conditions of work

Ordinance No.608 of 26 June 1998 concerning the use of work equipment [1998, CIS 02-4]

Ordinance No.608 of 1998 concerning the use of work equipment [1998, CIS 99-711] (repealed)

Directive on workplaces and work locales [1995, CIS 95-1933]

Directive on personal protective equipment [1995, CIS 95-1932]

Directive on safety officers and working environment committees [1995, CIS 95-1931]

Act No.4 of 4 February 1977 respecting workers' protection and the working environment, as amended to Act No.2 of 6 January 1995 [1995, CIS 95-792]

Design, formation and production of personal protective equipment [1994, CIS 95-1163]

Regulation on the use of personal protective equipment in the workplace [1993, CIS 95-1926]

Internal control: Regulations with guidelines [1991, CIS 94-407]

Working Environment Act [1990, CIS 95-1]

Plant safety personnel [1990, CIS 90-1409]

Work premises and personnel rooms [1990, CIS 90-1408]

Safety services - Regulation, legislation and commentary by the Labour Inspectorate [1990, CIS 90-1401]

Act No.65 of 16 June 1989 on industrial injury insurance [1989, CIS 03-1004]

Personal protective equipment [1989, CIS 90-1056]

Protection against eye injuries [1989, CIS 90-705]

Personal protective equipment [1987, CIS 88-1429] (repealed)

Approval by the Directorate of Labour Inspection of the construction and modification of premises, reorganisations etc. [1986, CIS 88-1057]

Work premises and personnel rooms [1986, CIS 87-1] (repealed)

The working environment act [1984, CIS 85-593] (repealed)

The safety officer and the working environment committee [1984, CIS 85-554] (repealed)

Personal protective equipment - General rules [1978, CIS 79-186]

Act of 4 Feb. 1977 concerning occupational safety and health and working environment [1977, CIS 78-296] (repealed)

Safety delegates and working environment committees [1977, CIS 78-247] (repealed)

Personal protective equipment - General rules [1974, CIS 75-1992] (repealed)

Act concerning the protection of workers on Svalbard Archipelago [1973, CIS 75-286]

The plant safety and health service [1973, CIS 74-260]

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Occupational medicine, epidemiology

Directive on reproductive hazards in the working environment [1995, CIS 95-1936]

Workplaces under obligation to supply safety and health personnel (company health service) [1990, CIS 90-1412]

Plant health services [1979, CIS 80-1461]

Protection against eye injury [1979, CIS 79-1719]

First aid equipment [1974, CIS 74-1472]

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Industries and occupations

Provisions No.389 of 1998 amending Provisions No.263 of 1995 concerning systematic supervision of the working environment in the petroleum industry [1998, CIS 99-719]

Safety, health and the working environment on building sites and in construction workplaces: Regulations for builders [1995, CIS 96-9]

Diving [1991, CIS 94-1105]

Car repair shops, gasoline stations etc. [1990, CIS 94-8]

Work in gravel and sand pits [1990, CIS 90-1414]

Fish farming [1990, CIS 90-1068]

Work by children and young persons [1990, CIS 90-1064]

Automobile repair shops, filling stations, etc. [1987, CIS 90-1413]

Application of the Working Environment Act to one-man undertakings in the building construction sector [1986, CIS 87-21]

Application of the Working Environment Act to agricultural undertakings employing no workers [1986, CIS 87-15]

Automobile repair shops, filling stations, etc. [1986, CIS 86-2044] (repealed)

Trench digging and shoring [1986, CIS 86-2037]

Work on board tank ships the holds of which are protected by inert gas [1985, CIS 86-2043]

Work on board tankers [1985, CIS 86-2042]

Regional safety representatives in the construction industry [1984, CIS 88-1062]

Young people at work requiring particular precautions - Regulations with commentaries [1983, CIS 85-1185]

Earth-moving equipment [1982, CIS 85-829] (repealed)

Work in confined spaces [1981, CIS 82-533]

Tanker work [1980, CIS 85-526] (repealed)

Mobile living quarters [1979, CIS 88-1059]

Measurement of timber [1979, CIS 79-1727]

Automobile repair shops, service stations [1978, CIS 79-1732] (repealed)

Work in sewage treatment plants [1978, CIS 79-1466]

Dwelling quarters [1978, CIS 79-1439] (repealed)

Fish oil and meal factories [1978, CIS 79-237]

Provisional regulations concerning occupational safety and health and the working environment in prospecting for and exploiting offshore petroleum deposits [1977, CIS 78-542]

Foundries [1975, CIS 77-1426]

Professional diving with self-contained breathing apparatus using air [1975, CIS 77-234]

Timber felling [1975, CIS 77-212]

Work with grass silos [1975, CIS 77-209]

Rules prohibiting the employment of young persons under 18 in dangerous agricultural work [1974, CIS 74-1716]

Regulations for diving with standard helmet outfit [1973, CIS 74-1138]

Underground work in mines [1973, CIS 74-819]

Unloading of fish for industrial use [1973, CIS 74-205]

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New technologies

Work with video display units [1994, CIS 95-1175]

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Chemical safety

Ordinance No.443 of 30 Apr. 2001 concerning protection against exposure to chemical substances in the workplace (Chemicals Ordinance) (as amended to 2003) [2001, CIS 02-1519]

Regulation No.679 of 20 June 2000 modifying Regulation No.242 of 1998 on the use of carcinogenic chemicals at work [2000, CIS 01-1298] (repealed)

Ordinance No.505 of 1999 amending the Ordinance No.242 respecting work with carcinogenic chemicals [1999, CIS 00-1232]

Directive No.242 of 1998 on the use of carcinogenic chemicals at work [1998, CIS 99-12] (repealed)

Regulation No.996 of 21 Aug. 1997 concerning the classification and labelling of dangerous chemical substances [1997, CIS 99-1421]

Administrative standards of 1996 concerning air contaminants in the workplace [1996, CIS 98-1565]

Administrative standards for atmospheric pollutants at the workplace - 1995 [1995, CIS 95-1948] (repealed)

Water-soluble chromates in cement [1990, CIS 90-1420]

Shop-priming of steel materials - Work with shop-primed steel materials [1990, CIS 90-1419]

Toxic and other hazardous substances - Paragraph 11 [1990, CIS 90-1418]

Sandblasting [1990, CIS 90-1079]

Declaration of chemical substances and products - Guidelines [1989, CIS 91-1423]

Administrative standards for atmospheric pollutants at the workplace - 1989 [1989, CIS 90-1077] (repealed)

Work with electrolytic surface treatment [1988, CIS 90-1078]

Air contamination during arc welding [1986, CIS 88-1072]

Handling of cytostatic agents [1986, CIS 87-43]

Prohibition of the sale, import and production of coolants containing triethanolamine [1986, CIS 87-38]

Asbestos regulations [1986, CIS 87-32]

Safety data sheets for chemical substances and products [1985, CIS 88-1424]

Work in the presence of narcotic gases [1985, CIS 86-1930]

Regulations on asbestos [1985, CIS 86-1828]

Marking of the air volume required for occupational health reasons [1984, CIS 85-681]

Air pollution in arc welding [1982, CIS 85-818] (repealed)

Diisocyanates [1979, CIS 80-1329]

Ammonia [1979, CIS 79-1652]

Caustic soda and lyes [1979, CIS 79-1640]

Asbestos [1979, CIS 79-1258] (repealed)

Sandblasting [1978, CIS 79-1259] (repealed)

Use of asbestos in the building sector - Use of asbestos in the shipbuilding industry [1978, CIS 79-57]

Asbestos [1977, CIS 77-1265] (repealed)

Diisocyanates [1975, CIS 77-1342] (repealed)

Cyanides [1975, CIS 77-165]

Cleaning with trichloroethylene [1974, CIS 75-1936]

Chlorine [1974, CIS 75-1935]

Prevention of pneumoconiosis [1974, CIS 75-1864]

Loading and unloading of dangerous goods [1974, CIS 75-238]

Regulations for the labelling of paints, varnishes, adhesives, etc. that contain organic solvents [1970, CIS 73-69]

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Fires, explosions and major hazards

Odorisation of oxygen used for welding, cutting and heat treatment [1979, CIS 80-1507]

Dust explosions in industry [1975, CIS 77-314]

Installation and repair of CO₂ fire-extinguishing systems [1973, CIS 74-19]

Flammable adhesives at temporary workplaces [1972, CIS 74-24]

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Electrical safety

Ordinance No.1047 of 1998 respecting safety at work in high-tension plants [1998, CIS 00-1235]

Ordinance No.1048 of 1998 respecting safety at work in low-voltage installations [1998, CIS 00-623]

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Physical hazards

Act No.36 of 12 May 2000 on Radiation Protection and the Use of Radiation [2000, CIS 03-1038]

Directive on noise at the workplace - Regulation with commentary [1993, CIS 95-1953]

High pressure water-jet cleaning [1993, CIS 94-1113]

Ionizing radiation [1991, CIS 94-777]

Climate and ventilation of indoor workplaces [1990, CIS 90-1429] (repealed)

Freezing rooms, cold-storage rooms and drying rooms [1990, CIS 90-1091]

Ionising radiation [1985, CIS 88-1431] (repealed)

Noise at the workplace [1983, CIS 84-1266]

Noise data for machinery and equipment [1982, CIS 85-660]

Monitoring of noise exposure conditions at the workplace [1982, CIS 85-659]

Noise at the workplace. Regulations with commentaries [1982, CIS 85-658] (repealed)

Audiometric testing of noise-exposed workers [1981, CIS 82-382]

Freezing rooms, cold-storage rooms and drying rooms [1979, CIS 80-1291] (repealed)

Rules for special safety measures for work with ionising radiation [1978, CIS 79-104] (repealed)

Measures to avoid noisy and poor lighting conditions in restaurants, etc. [1974, CIS 74-1765]

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Mechanical hazards, transport

Directive on driver safety on old tractors [1994, CIS 95-1959]

Directive on the approval of tractors in accordance with European Economic Area rules [1994, CIS 95-1958]

Directive on technical appliances - Regulations with guidance notes and commentary [1994, CIS 95-1957]

Machinery [1994, CIS 95-1201]

Mine lifts [1990, CIS 95-34]

Lifting devices and lifting tools [1990, CIS 95-31]

Vehicle inspection lifts [1990, CIS 95-30]

Safety measures for the loading and unloading of ships (Stevedore work) [1990, CIS 90-1436]

Technical equipment - Regulations with directives and commentary [1990, CIS 90-1433]

Nail-driving guns [1990, CIS 90-1432]

Lifting tables [1990, CIS 90-1100]

Grinding machines [1990, CIS 90-1099]

Compressed air equipment [1990, CIS 90-1098]

High-pressure spray guns [1990, CIS 90-1097]

Industrial trucks and truck driving [1990, CIS 90-1093]

Scaffolds, ladders and work on roofs etc. - Directives with guidance [1989, CIS 91-368]

Earthmoving equipment [1987, CIS 88-1084]

Directive on avalanche hazards to accommodation and construction sites [1986, CIS 95-1956]

Nail-driving guns [1986, CIS 87-55] (repealed)

Raise drilling lifts with pin or rack guiderail [1984, CIS 86-2028]

Industrial trucks and truck driving [1984, CIS 85-603] (repealed)

Chain saws [1982, CIS 85-804]

Technical equipment - Regulations with directives and commentary [1982, CIS 84-1208] (repealed)

Excavators [1980, CIS 85-828]

Woodworking machinery [1980, CIS 80-1761]

Operating of dangerous machinery by young persons [1979, CIS 80-1238]

Grinding machines [1979, CIS 79-1532] (repealed)

Industrial trucks and truck driving [1979, CIS 79-1510] (repealed)

Injection moulding and blow moulding machines [1978, CIS 79-1238]

Exposed reinforcement bars [1978, CIS 79-224]

Compressed air equipment [1978, CIS 79-31] (repealed)

Machinery, equipment and tools [1978, CIS 79-25] (repealed)

Tractors [1977, CIS 79-197]

Work in tanks [1976, CIS 77-1253] (repealed)

Hydraulic and pneumatic presses [1975, CIS 77-44]

Operation of dangerous machinery by young persons [1975, CIS 77-41] (repealed)

Vehicle inspection lifts [1975, CIS 77-14] (repealed)

Combine harvesters [1974, CIS 96-19]

Rotary mowers [1974, CIS 77-506]

Clearing saws [1974, CIS 75-2011]

Woodworking machines [1974, CIS 75-252] (repealed)

Avalanche hazards to accommodation and construction sites [1974, CIS 75-226] (repealed)

High-pressure spray guns [1974, CIS 75-46] (repealed)

Safety rules for industrial trucks and their drivers [1974, CIS 75-4] (repealed)

Lifting equipment and lifting tackle [1974, CIS 75-2] (repealed)

Lifting tables [1974, CIS 75-1] (repealed)

Woodworking machinery [1974, CIS 74-1757] (repealed)

Laundry machinery [1973, CIS 74-1543]

Printing, bookbinding, and cardboard and paper converting machinery [1973, CIS 74-248]

Bolt guns and accessories [1973, CIS 74-35]

Raise climbers with pin-tooth or gear-tooth rack guides [1973, CIS 74-8] (repealed)

Selection, use and maintenance of wire ropes and accessories [1973, CIS 74-7]

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Biological hazards

Ordinance No.864 of 1998 to amend Ordinance No.1322 of 1997 concerning the protection of workers against hazards at work involving biological materials [1998, CIS 00-938]

Ordinance No.1322 of 1997 concerning the protection of workers from risks related to the use of biological agents at work [1997, CIS 98-1101]

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Physiology, ergonomics

Cash register workstations [1990, CIS 90-1442]

Work design [1977, CIS 78-295]

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Updated by AS. Approved by GS. Last update: 07.08.2009.