OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH Register & record chemicals hazardous to health.
(USE AND STANDARDS OF EXPOSURE
OF CHEMICALS HAZARDOUS TO Apply locations to places Register in good order & condition (update time to
HEALTH) REGULATIONS 2000 utilizing hazardous time).
chemicals. Duty imposed - no Accessible to exposed employees to chemical
Employer should control chemical hazardous to extend to those who hazardous.
Except radioactive
health by any of the following;- are not his employees. Requirements in subregulations (1) & (2) not
materials, foodstuff,
(a) elimination of chemicals hazardous to health Apply to self-employed applicable if already complied with regulation 9 &
hazardous by virtue of their Person exposed to chemical
(b) substitution to less hazardous chemicals person. subregulation 11(1) of Environmental Quality (Schedule
properties & hazardous to health listed in
(c) total enclosure of process and handling systems Wastes) Regulations 1989. Person exposed to chemical
pharmaceutical products. Schedule I at no time exceeds
(d) isolation of work hazardous to health listed in
the ceiling limit.
(e) modification of process parameters Schedule I in 8 hour work
(f) application of engineering control equipment REGULATION 3: REGULATION 4:DUTY OF REGULATION 5: REGISTER shift/week not > 8 hour time
(g) adoption of safe work systems and practices that APPLICATION EMPLOYER & SELF- OF CHEMICALS weighted average airborne
eliminate/minimize risk to health EMPLOYED PERSON HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH REGULATION 6: concentration.
(h) provision of approved PPE CEILING LIMIT
Notwithstanding subregulation
All safe work systems and practices are to be (1), person exposed to chemical
documented and implemented. hazardous to health listed in
All safe work systems and practices are reviewed Schedule I not exceed maximum
when there are significant changes to the exposure limit during shift.
REGULATION 7:
process, equipment, materials or control REGULATION 15:
EIGHT-HOUR TIME-
measures CONTROL
WEIGHTED AVERAGE
MEASURES
Within 1 month of receiving an assessment report that indicates
that action is required to eliminate or reduce exposure to Take into account the protection afforded by
chemical hazardous to health, an employee should take any of REGULATION 8: respirator is worn.
the following actions: changes to work processes, practices,
REGULATION 14:
ACTION TO CONTROL
USECHH COMPLIANCE WITH When the respirator is not worn, employee's daily
procedures, plants or engineering control equipment.
Employer should ensure that all control measures implemented
EXPOSURE 2000 PERMISSABLE EXPOSURE
LIMIT USING RESPIRATOR
exposure should be averaged with the level of airborne
concentration (referred subregulation (1)).
reduce the exposure level to lowest practicable level and
chemicals assigned with permissible exposure limit to be An employer shall not carry out any work which
below the limits. REGULATION 9: may expose/likely to expose to any employee
REGULATION 13:
ASSESMENT OF RISK TO to any chemical hazardous to health unless he
ASSESSMENT
HEALTH has made a written assessment of the risk
REPORT created by the chemical to the health of the
The employer should ensure employee
that the report of the assessment mentioned in subregulation (1) shall
assessment conducted contain the following:
pursuant to regulations 9 or 10 (a) potential risks to an employee as a result of
REGULATION 11: exposure to chemicals hazardous to health
REGULATION 12:
is maintained in good order & ASSESSMENT TO BE REGULATION 10:
(b) method & procedures adopted in the use of the
ASSESSMENT OF RISK
condition for a period of not CARRIED OUT BY AN REVIEW chemicals hazardous to health
TO HEALTH REPORT
ASSESOR ASSESSMENT
< 30 years. (c) nature of hazard to health
Employer shall make available (d) degree of exposure to such chemicals hazardous
the assessment report for Employer shall ensure that the report of the assessment The employer shall ensure Assessment carried out under regulation 9 to health
conducted pursuant to regulations 9 or 10 is that any assessment carried (e) risk to health created by the use and the release
examination upon request by shall be reviewed if:
of chemicals from work processes
the Director General or by maintained in good order and condition for a period out pursuant to this Part is has been significant change in the
any employee exposed or of not less than thirty years conducted by an assessor. work to which the assessment relates. Where work which may expose or is likely to
likely to be exposed to > 5 years have elapsed since the last expose any employee to chemicals hazardous
chemicals hazardous to health Employer shall make available the assessment report assessment to health was commenced before the coming
for examination upon request by the Director General into operation of the Regulations, the employer
directed by Director General, Deputy
or by any employee exposed or likely to be exposed shall conduct assessment within 1 year from the
Director General or Director of date of coming into operation of these
to chemicals hazardous to health Occupational Safety & Health. Regulations.
Approved PPE shall be used:
(a) where application of control measure in Chemical hazardous to health transferred
Any that is pursuant to Regulation Impartial to subregulation 17 (1)
Regulation 15 (a) to (g) would be to another container, relabel container.
15 (f) shall be inspected at any of this equipment shall be : Records of the design,
impracticable. Relabel with chemical name or trade
interval: < 1 month and examined (a) designed according to an construction, testing, inspection,
(b) as an interim measure while other control name as original.
and tested for its effectiveness by approved standard and constructed examination and maintenance of
measures are being designed or installed Container used reffered to subregulation
a hygiene technician at interval: to the design specifications engineering control equipment Supplied chemical hazardous to
(c) measures taken complying with Regulation (1) with chemicals used in testing
< 12 months (b) tested by a registered pursuant to Regulations 17 and 18 health used in workplace are
15 (a) to (g) are not adequate to control laboratory, relabel accoradnce with
Maintained and operated professional engineer after shall be maintained by the labelled (not removed, defaced,
chemical exposure subregulation (2).
constantly while any machinery construction and installation to employer and shall be produced modified or altered).
Employer shall establish and implement Notwithstanding subregulations (1), (2), &
or plant is in operation to comply ensure that the design specifications for inspection when directed by If removed, need to re-label
procedures on the issuance, maintenance, (3), need not relabelled if used
subregulation 14 (2) are met. the Director General. back the chemicals.
inspection and training. immediately.
REGULATION 16: USE OF REGULATION 17: REGULATION 18: DESIGN,
CONSTRUCTION AND REGULATION 19: RECORD REGULATION 20: DUTY
APPROVED PERSONAL ENGINEERING OF ENGINEERING REGULATION 21:
COMMISSIONING OF LOCAL OF EMPLOYER TO
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT CONTROL EXHAUST VENTILATION CONTROL EQUIPMENT RELABELLING
ENSURE LABELLING
(PPE) EQUIPMENT EQUIPMENT
New employer shall retain all records under regulations Employer who expose his employees to hazardous chemicals
REGULATION 22:
13,19,23,26 & 27.(if current employer bankrupt) REGULATION 30: shall provide them with information, instruction and training
INFORMATION,
If no succeeder, submit all records to Director General. RETENTION OF RECORDS about:
INSTRUCTION &
BY EMPLOYER risk to health created by such exposure and precautions
Give DG 3 months notice if employer wants to dispose records TRAINING
which should be taken
& shall transmit the records to DG upon request. Information provided shall include:
Warning signs are posted at a conspicuous place at every monitoring results of exposure at work place
entrance of hazardous area. REGULATION 29: USECHH REGULATION 23:
INFORMATION,
information of health surveillance
employer shall review training (once in two years if there are
Relevant infos are given to employees at risk of exposure
warning signs should be visible
WARNING SIGN
2000 INSTRUCTION &
TRAINING
changes in hazard/each time employees are assigned to new
Warning signs shall (be written in natinal/english language taks
employer shall ensure any employer
and be printed in dark red against white background
REGULATION 24: who works under these regulations
REGULATION 28:
Employer shall not allow employee to work with hazard chemical if CHEMICAL has the necessary information,
MEDICAL REMOVAL
medical surveillance shows that they are unfit SAFETY DATA instruction & supervision to carry out
PROTECTION
Employer shall not allow breastfeeding or pregnant women to work SHEET
such duties
with hazardous chemicals
Employer who receives unlabelled
REGULATION 26: REGULATION 25:
REGULATION 27: HEALTH
PROVISION OF CHEMICAL hazardous chemicals shall not use
SURVEILLANCE MONITORING OF SAFETY DATA SHEET IN A
PROGRAMME EXPOSURE
the chemicals until information is
PLACE OF WORK
obtained.
Health surveillance programme shall be necessary for all Where an assessment of risk indicates that monitoring of exposure is required or for The chemical safety data sheet or its copy shall be kept in
employees that are exposed to hazardous chemicals. ensuring the maintenance of adequate control of the exposure of employees to chemicals a conspicuous place, close to where the chemical is used,
Medical Surveillance shall be carried out by an occupational hazardous to health. the employers shall ensure that the exposure is monitored according to as well as it shall be easily accessible to all employees
health doctor. approved method of monitoring and analysis.
Employee exposed to schedule 2 should undergo medical If an employee is or might be exposed to chemicals listed in Schedule II, the monitoring
surveillance assessment. should be repeated at interval: < 6 months or at shorter intervals as determined by the
Employer should keep their health surveillance record for assessor and continue until assessor finds that it is no longer required.
thirty years from date of last entry
Conducted by a hygiene technician unless the monitoring is confined to checking the
Employer shall approve of requests for all records to the
presence of toxic/flammable gas and the level of oxygen before entry.
Director General for inspection and to the employees as well
