| Document ID (ISN) | 26657 |
| CIS number |
77-425 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
Hong Kong Government Gazette |
| Year |
1976 |
| Convention or series no. |
Hong Kong Cap.59 P
|
| Title |
Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Dry Batteries) Regulations 1976 - Legal Notice 196 of 1976. |
| Bibliographic information |
6 Aug. 1976, No.32, Legal Supplement No.2, p.B607-611. |
| Abstract |
These Regulations, dated 26 July 1976, are intended to protect workers' health in premises where dry-cell batteries containing manganese dioxide are manufactured. Definitions are followed by sections devoted to: storage; mixing rooms; rooms for moulding and pressing manganese dioxide "dollies"; dust; ventilation; good housekeeping; tiled surfaces for walls and floors, avoidance of dust concentration; prohibition of taking meals, smoking or sleeping in mixing rooms or moulding and pressing rooms; protective clothing (cap, face mask, gloves, overalls); lockers; washing facilities; warning notices; liability for use of faulty equipment; penalties. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Hong Kong; battery and dry cell manufacture; manganese dioxide; occupational hygiene |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
protective clothing; welfare facilities; respirable dust; law; ventilation; warning notices; housekeeping; personal hygiene |
| Document type |
A - Laws, regulations, directives |
| Country / State or Province | Hong Kong |
| Subject(s) |
Standards and directives with the force of law
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Manufacturing of electrical appliances and equipment
Inorganic substances
|
