Summary / Citation: The employer shall undertake necessary precautionary measures to protect workers from the dangers of (...) caustic liquid materials, or hot or inflammable or explosive materials or other harmful materials. He shall also make the appropriate precautions for protection of workers from dangers of compressed gases (...) and means of providing persons protection equipment designated for such purpose or by providing personal protection facilities such as protective glasses, gloves, belts, uniforms, mask or other protective clothes suitable for the kind of work. The employer must also promptly dispose of harmful dust, spreading gases, vaporous or fibres at the source of their formation by means of employing exhaustive equipment or by other appropriate engineering means or by supplying adequate ventilation system. The employer must also dispose of substances harmful to health as per legal and local standards.
Also, law no. 21 of 2005 on waste management (Abu Dhabi) outlines responsibilities with respect to protection from wastes in the generation, storage, treatment and disposal processes.
• Law No. 21 of 2005 on Waste Management. (Article 18)
• The Determination of Retentive Methods and Measures for the Protection of Workers from the Risks Work (ministerial order no 32 –1982) (Article 6, paragraph B, D, E and F)
