(E) Factori:S

and

5

Industrial

Undertakings

(Electrolytic

Chromium Process) Regulations

Regulation 5 requires the provision of mechanical exhausts for electrolytic chromium processes.

(9) Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations

Regulation 42 requires the provision of adequate ventilation or other effective means for construction work involving grinding, cleaning,

cleaning, spraying, mixing or working any material which gives off dust or fumes injurious to health...

of

(h)

Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Work in. Compressed Air) Regulations

....Regulation

7 provides for sufficient air supply and the control; of carbon dioxide content inside a man-lock, working chamber, medical lock or decant lock.

(i) Factories and Industrial

Regulations

Undertakings (Dry Batteries)

Regulations 7 and 8 aim to safeguard against dust containing manganese dioxide and to provide for adequate general and local ventilation. Regulation 14 requires that suitable personal protective clothing should be provided for workers employed in the mixing and dolly pressing

rooms.

In

addition, regulations . 62 and 63 of the Mines (Safety) Regulations stipulate that in places, excavations or workings where an operation in connection with mining is carried on, all undergroună workplaces should be properly and sufficiently ventilated and that in every mine the quantity of air in circulation should be measured at least once a month.

The

Radiation (Control of Radioactive Substances) Regulations made under the Radiation Ordinance, Chapter 303, govern the licensing, conveyance and storage of radioactive substances and prescribe controls of exposure to

such substances. In particular, regulation 20 prescribes the provision of exhaust ventilation for work which involves the use of unsealed radioactive substances.

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