| Document ID (ISN) | 59910 |
| CIS number |
93-365 |
| Year |
1976 |
| Convention or series no. |
Hong Kong Cap.59 M
L.N. 73 of 1976
|
| Title |
Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Work in Compressed Air) Regulations [Hong Kong] |
| Bibliographic information |
Government Printer, Hong Kong, 1991. 21p. Price: HKD 30.00. |
| Abstract |
Regulations effective 1 Apr. 1976 and issued under the authority of the 1955 Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance (see CIS 89-6). The Regulations concern: safety of compressed air operations; man-locks and working chambers; decant locks; medical locks; medical supervision of workers; miscellaneous (notification of work in compressed air, employment of inexperienced workers, advisory leaflets, personal labels, alcohol consumption, smoking, duty to follow instruction of lock attendants, fire safety). Schedules provide details on: purity of compressed air; compression and decompression procedures; decompression tables (in function of length of working period); official forms (in English and Chinese) used for registers, records, medical cards and notifications; advisory leaflet (in English and Chinese) to be given to compressed air workers. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
work in pressurized atmosphere; Hong Kong |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
recompression chambers; decompression tables; information of personnel; law; medical supervision |
| 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) |
Physical hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Hyperbaric pressure
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