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Document ID (ISN)58528
CIS number 92-1065
Year 1961
Convention or series no. CNA 1526.f INSAI 1526.i
Title Ordinance of 20 Jan. 1961 on technical measures for the prevention of accidents and occupational diseases in compressed air work [Switzerland]
Original title Verordnung vom 20. Januar 1961 über die technischen Massnahmen zur Verhütung von Unfällen und Berufskrankheiten bei Arbeiten unter Druckluft [in German]
Ordinanza del 20 gennaio 1961 concernente le misure tecniche di prevenzione degli infortuni e delle malattie professionali nei lavori in aria compressa [in Italian]
Ordonnance du 20 janvier 1961 concernant les mesures techniques de prévention des accidents et des maladies professionnelles lors des travaux dans l'air comprimé [Suisse] [in French]
Bibliographic information SUVA, Sektion Administration, Postfach 4358, 6002 Luzern, Switzerland, 1963. 19p.
Internet access http://www.admin.ch/ch/d/sr/8/832.311.12.de.pdf [in German]
http://www.admin.ch/ch/i/rs/8/832.311.12.it.pdf [in Italian]
http://www.admin.ch/ch/f/rs/8/832.311.12.fr.pdf [in French]
Abstract Contents of this Ordinance (effective 1 Feb. 1961): general safety measures; notification of compressed-air work; required qualification of compressed-air workers; particular safety measures for caisson work and for work involving diving equipment; use of light portable diving apparatus. The decompression table and the first aid guide in the annex have been repealed.
Descriptors (primary) occupational safety; work in pressurized atmosphere; Switzerland
Descriptors (secondary) caissons; law; authorization of dangerous work; diving
Document type A - Laws, regulations, directives
Country / State or ProvinceSwitzerland
Subject(s) Laws
Broad subject area(s) Industries and occupations
Browse category(ies) Hyperbaric pressure