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Document ID (ISN)32107
CIS number 79-1639
ISSN - Serial title Bulletin officiel des services des prix
Year 1978
Convention or series no.
Author(s)
Standing Market Analysis Group, General Directorate for Competition and Consumption (Groupe permanent d'étude des marchés, Direction Générale de la concurrence et de la consommation), Paris.
Title Recommendation No.A 3-78 - Preventive or curative treatment of timber in constructions against wood borers and wood-consuming fungi in public buildings
Original title Recommandation n°A 3-78 relative aux traitements de préservation préventive ou curative des bois en ¿uvre contre les insectes xylophages et champignons lignivores dans les constructions du secteur public. [in French]
Bibliographic information 28 Nov. 1978, Vol.38, No.21, p.332-338.
Abstract Annex V of this decision details the hazards of these operations and the precautions to be taken: fire risk (inspection and possible overhaul of the electrical installation, waterproof or flame-proof electrical equipment supplied by 12 or 24V, prohibition of smoking, availability of extinguishers, egress ways and ventilation systems, use of the least flammable products, etc.); poisoning risk (notification of operations, storage of recipients containing toxic products in a special place, treatment in the open air or under correctly ventilated shelters, drainage of products into an appropriate container after treatment, personal protective equipment); risk of falls and penetration of ceiling. Annex V is reproduced in Cahiers des comités de prévention du bâtiment et des travaux publics, Paris, France, Jan.-Feb. 1979, No.1, p.20-22.
Descriptors (primary) dangerous substances; wood impregnation; work in confined spaces; France
Descriptors (secondary) wood preservatives; protection against falls from heights; directive; toxic substances; fire protection; fire hazards
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Confined spaces