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Document ID (ISN)103150
CIS number 04-15
Year 1968
Convention or series no.
Title Industrial Safety (Excavation Works, Shafts and Tunnels) Order 1968 [Papua New Guinea]
Bibliographic information Internet copy, Pacific Islands Legal Information Institute, School of Law, PMB 072, University of the South Pacific, Port Vila, Vanuatu, 1968. 26p.
Internet access http://www.paclii.org/pg/legis/consol_act/iswsato1968608/ [in English]
Abstract Regulations on safety during excavation works and shaft and tunnel digging, issued under the authority of the Industrial Safety, Health and Welfare Act 1961 (see CIS 92-4). Main themes: ventilation; winding and signals in shaft excavation operations; ladders and travelling ways; special safety and protection measures; use of internal combustion engines underground; trenches.
Descriptors (primary) trenching and excavating; tunnelling; Papua New Guinea
Descriptors (secondary) internal combustion engines; underground work; law; ladders; ventilation; winding
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvincePapua New Guinea
Subject(s) Standards and directives with the force of law
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Trenching and excavating