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Document ID (ISN)100920
CIS number 02-1533
ISSN - Serial title La Gaceta - Diario Oficial (Nicaragua)
Year 2002
Convention or series no.
Title Ministerial Standard on OSH concerning the functioning of steam-generating plant or boilers in workplaces [Nicaragua]
Original title Norma ministerial sobre condiciones de higiene y seguridad para el funcionamiento de los equipos generadores de vapor o calderas que operen en los centros de trabajo [in Spanish]
Bibliographic information 20 June 2002, Year 106, No.115, p.4278-4290.
Abstract Contents of this legal standard on the safe operation of steam-generating equipment and boilers: objectives and scope; definitions; responsibilities of employers and of the operators of steam-generating equipment; applications for authorizations and licences; boiler rooms; accessory equipment; rules related to the water supply; chimneys and gas pipes; systems of fuel supply; cleaning of equipment; soot precipitation; boiler operation; cleanliness and repairs; technical inspections.
Descriptors (primary) Nicaragua; fired pressure vessels; steam boilers; pressure vessels
Descriptors (secondary) responsibilities of employers; law; authorization of dangerous work; soot
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceNicaragua
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Mechanical hazards, transport
Browse category(ies) Compressed gases and pressure vessels