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Ordinance On The Use Of Personal Protective Equipment On Offshore Structures

Original Language Title: Bekendtgørelse om anvendelse af personlige værnemidler på offshoreanlæg

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Publication of the use of personal protective equipment on off-shore installations 1)

In accordance with section 55 (5), Paragraph 1, and section 72, paragraph 1. 1, in Law No 1. 1424 by 21. In December 2005, on the safety and inter-premises for investigation, production and transport of hydrocarbons (offshore security law), shall be adopted according to the authority of Section 61 (1). 3 :

Scope and so on

§ 1. The notice shall apply to employees ' use of personal protective equipment at offshore installations, as defined in the section 2 of the off-shore security law.

Paragraph 2. Excepted from the scope of the notice :

1) Work clothes and uniforms, which are not specifically designed to protect the safety and health of employees. However, paragraph 7 applies where, because of the nature of the work, a contamination of the clothing is caused by the fact that it cannot be considered to be safe and healthy in terms of health and safety, that the staff itself cleansing it.

2) Equipment for emergency and rescue services.

3) Personal protective equipment for use in vehicles.

4) Portable equipment for tracing and locating dangerous and harmful factors.

§ 2. In the case of personal protective equipment, this notice shall mean all equipment, including clothing intended to be used by the staff to protect against one or more risks which may threaten their health and safety at work, and any accessories serving this purpose.

Operational responsible business

§ 3. The work on the offshore plant must be planned and organised so that the safety and health risks have been reduced as much as it is reasonably practicable, in accordance with the general prevention principles resulting from the notice of : the management of safety and health on offshore installations, etc., so that the use of personal protective equipment is avoided at the most possible extent.

§ 4. The operator responsible for the operation must ensure that all information necessary for each individual protective equipment may be fully used in accordance with the provisions of the Committee on the Protection of the European Product. sections 5 and 10, are available at the off-shore facilities and are available to other employers, business managers, workers and other employees.

§ 5. The responsible business operator shall ensure that the personal protective equipment used on the offshore plant is in accordance with the notification of security requirements etc. for personal protective equipment.

§ 6. The business operator shall ensure that personal protective equipment is kept and maintained in a responsible manner so that they do not lose their protective effect.

§ 7. Where the use of personal protective equipment makes a change of clothing, the operational responsible company must ensure that the employees are given adequate facilities for dressing and storing walkway.

The employer

§ 8. If the work is not otherwise planned, the organisation and the execution of the safety and health risks in such a way as to be reasonably practicable, the employer may only allow work to be carried out if personal use is used ; protective equipment.

§ 9. The employer shall ensure that personal protective equipment is used immediately at the start of the work in question and to the extent that it is worked.

§ 10. The employer shall ensure that the personal protective equipment used at all times must be :

1) Ydes the intended protection, so that the safety and health risks are reduced as much as it is reasonably practicable and does not lead to unnecessary genes.

2) Do not prejudice any remedial remedies, for example, for surveys and hearing.

3) Fits to the user, if necessary by customization.

4) is suitable for use under the existing conditions in the workplace.

5) Votes for the ergonomic conditions and the health of the employee.

Paragraph 2. If, owing to several risks, it is necessary to carry more personal protective equipment at the same time, they must be able to be carried without losing their effect on each of the risks.

§ 11. Employers must provide personnel with personal protective equipment.

Paragraph 2. The employer shall keep the costs of acquiring, maintenance and the maintenance of personal protective equipment.

Paragraph 3. The employer shall ensure that personal protective equipment is clean, dry and disinfected before they are used.

Paragraph 4. If the staff are subject to collective agreements, the parties may reach agreements on the allocation of the costs of procurement, maintenance and the maintenance of protective clothing.

Paragraph 5. Similar agreements may be concluded between an employer and employees when employees are not covered by collective agreements.

§ 12. The employer shall ensure that personal protective equipment is used in accordance with the instructions for use and that it is clear and comprehensible to the staff.

Paragraph 2. Personal protective equipment is intended for personal use and may be used only for the specified purposes.

§ 13. The employer shall ensure that the staff are given instructions in the use of personal protective equipment and information on the risks, the use of the personal protective equipment against.

Paragraph 2. The employer shall ensure that the staff are trained and, where necessary, be trained in the use of personal protective equipment.

§ 14. In the light of the current work situation, the employer shall specify the area within which personal protective equipment is to be used and the nature of these. The signs must be of solid material and defensible maintained.

§ 15. The employer shall organise the work, taking into account the physical and mental stress, the inconvenience of each of the forms of work related to the use of personal protective equipment and personal protective capacity of personal protective equipment.

The manager

§ 16. The employer must ensure that personal protective equipment is present, where it is required, and that they are used in a safe and sound health manner.

Ancended

§ 17. The staff shall use the personal protective equipment delivered immediately at the beginning of the work and to the extent of the work concerned.

Paragraph 2. The staff shall contribute to the proper functioning of the equipment, including notifying any errors and deficiencies to a member of the security group, the working manager or the employer.

Pensation, punishment and entry into force

§ 18. The Management Board may, where special circumstances are available, dispensers from this notice, where it is deemed to be reasonable and suitably safe and proportionate, as well as to the extent that it is compatible with Council Directive 89 /656/EEC of 30. November 1989 on minimum safety and health requirements relating to the use of personal protective equipment by workers of the work (third specific directive pursuant to Article 16 (3). 1, in Directive 89 /391/EEC).

§ 19. Unless higher penalties are imposed on the off-shore security law or any other legislation, the penalty shall be penalized for the violation of section 3 10, section 11, paragraph 11. 1-3, and section 12-17.

Paragraph 2. For the infringement of the provisions of paragraph 1. 1 may be charged with an employer ' s liability in the framework of the section 71 of the Offshore Security Act, even if the infringement cannot be attribucible to the employer as deliberate or negligent. It is a condition of the liability that the infringement may be attributed to one or more to the company connected to the company or the company as such. Such executor liability shall not be subject to the conversion penalty.

Paragraph 3. Companies can be imposed on companies, etc. (legal persons) punishable by the rules of the penal code 5. Chapter.

20. The announcement shall enter into force on 1. June 2008.

The DEA, the 15th. May 2008 Ib Larsen / Henrik Andersen
Official notes

1) The announcement contains provisions which implement parts of Council Directive no. 89 /656/EEC of 30. November 1989 on minimum safety and health requirements relating to the use of personal protective equipment by workers of the work (third specific directive pursuant to Article 16 (3). 1, in Directive 89 /391/EEC), (EC Official Journal 1989 L 393, page 18).