1964_FACTORIES_AND_INDUSTRIAL_UNDERTAKINGS_(DANGEROUS_SUBSTANCES)_REGULATIONS — Page 7

1988 Ed.]

Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Dangerous Substances) Regulations

[CAP. 59

AB 7

[Subsidiary]

(a) make available to every person employed in the undertaking who works with or is likely to come into contact with a dangerous sub- stance to which these regulations apply adequate information about any conditions necessary to ensure that the substance will be safe and without risk to the health of persons employed in the undertaking; (b) ensure that every person employed in the undertaking who is or may be exposed to a dangerous substance to which these regulations apply-

(i) is trained in and observes safety precautions relating to that substance;

(ii) is instructed in the purpose, proper use and limitations of any protective clothing or equipment provided; and

(iii) is instructed in the health hazards associated with exposure to that substance;

(c) make arrangements, including arrangements for adequate supervision, to prevent a dangerous substance to which these regulations apply from causing bodily injury to any person employed in the undertaking.

Protective clothing and equipment

12. A proprietor of a specified industrial undertaking shall, so far as is reasonably practicable,—

(a) provide every person employed in the undertaking who works with or is likely to come into contact with a dangerous substance to which these regulations apply with such protective clothing and equipment as are appropriate to prevent that substance causing bodily injury to that person;

(b) ensure that such protective clothing and equipment are fully and

properly used by every such person;

(c) ensure that such protective clothing and equipment are maintained in good repair and are thoroughly cleansed after each occasion when they are used and, where any goggles, spectacles, face shield, respirator or mouth piece is provided under this regulation, that it is thoroughly cleansed and disinfected after each occasion when it is used; and (d) provide suitable storage facilities for such protective clothing and

equipment.

PART III

DUTIES OF PERSONS EMPLOYED

Safety precautions to be taken and use of protective clothing

13. Every person employed in a specified industrial undertaking where there is any dangerous substance to which these regulations apply shall, so far as is reasonably practicable,-

(a) follow the safety instructions given and the procedures set by the proprietor of the industrial undertaking regarding that substance;