The Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Latvia in 2000 was 25 April, Regulation No 159 (in Riga. No 19, § 17) the rules on the use of personal protective equipment at work Issued under the law "on labour protection" article 16 i. General questions 1. these provisions lay down minimum requirements to be observed when using the work in personal protective equipment, products, devices, equipment and systems, where employees wear or otherwise use to protect their safety and health, for one or more of the risk exposure (remedies).
2. These provisions shall not apply to: 2.1 work clothes or uniforms, not intended for the employee's safety or health protection guarantee;
2.2. the remedies used in emergency relief and rescue services or ambulance services;
2.3. protective equipment worn or used in military service, police or other public order maintenance officers;
2.4. the remedies, used only for rescue ships and aircraft;
2.5. the remedies used in road transport;
2.6. the remedies, sports accessories, used to dealing with sports, and to protect people from injury;
2.7. the remedies used in self-defence or the attacker's bullying;
2.8. for portable measuring devices intended to separate the risk or interference detection and information about them.
3. Remedies (annex 1) is used when the risk of exposure cannot be avoided or lessened by using a collective means of protection (protection for more than one employee safety and health) or by introducing the necessary protection measures.
4. Use only the remedies that are designed and made according to the provisions of Cabinet for personal protective equipment.
5. Protection product must meet: 5.1 the risk; remedy may not cause even greater risk;
5.2. conditions at the workplace;
5.3. the account of ergonomic requirements and the worker's State of health;
5.4. the nature of the employee's body (if necessary, remedy adjusted accordingly).
6. use of the duration of protection shall be determined, taking into account the risks, how often and long time employee is at risk, and effectiveness of health products.
7. the employer shall provide free of charge the employees with remedies, take measures to ensure the maintenance of the working order and comply with hygiene requirements in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions (for example, the storage, inspection, cleaning, disinfecting, repair).
8. Protection features apply only to the manufacturer's instructions for the intended purpose according to the instructions specified security requirements. The employer shall ensure that instructions are understood by employees.
9. The inspection before use, maintenance, cleaning, disinfection and maintenance according to the manufacturer's instructions take the added trained personnel.
10. Protective equipment stored in such a way as to prevent mechanical or biological damage, as well as chemically active or otherwise dangerous, or harmful substances, light, temperature or moisture exposure.
11. If you have more than one risk and employee at the same time, to use more than one remedy, remedies must be mutually compatible and must ensure employee protection against all relevant risks exposure.
12. Protection of individual employees are expected to use. If the same remedy alternately used by several employees, appropriate measures must be taken to avoid affecting the health of the user and avoid hygiene problems.
13. For compliance with these rules is the responsibility of the employer.
14. Compliance with these rules is controlled by the State Labour Inspectorate.
II. risk and protection rating 15. Employer before commencement of the work determines the risk prevention, the use, protection, and fill in that form in annex 2. If changing any of the risks of the working environment in the form of tags.
16. According to the established work environment risks, the employer shall establish and regularly supplements the work types and their corresponding remedies list in accordance with the provisions of annex 1 and 3.
17. the employer shall provide workers with protective equipment, even if the kind of work or health product not specified in this provision in annex 1 and 3, but remedies are needed for employee safety and health, as there is the risk that the prevention of the use of protective equipment.
18. before the commencement of use, the employer shall assess whether the selected remedy matches the rule in paragraph 5 and 11, to the requirements and provisions of Cabinet for personal protective equipment.
19. the evaluation by the employer: 19.1. determine whether the risk cannot be avoided by other means and measures;
19.2. determines the characteristics that it must meet in order to ensure effective protection against the risks of the working environment, given the risks that health product can lead to the same;
19.3. specific remedies compared characteristics and this rule 19.2. referred to in characteristics.
20. Change in risk or changes any of the remedies or any of their components, the employer shall review the assessment.
III. consultation, information and participation of employees 21. Employer has the following responsibilities: 21.1. to inform employees about the environmental risk, also risks against which they protect the health product;
21.2. to inform employees and their representatives on all health and safety measures to be taken, using remedies work;
21.3. provide information on remedies available to employees and understandable;
13.3. to organize training in the use of protective equipment (including practical training).
22. Workers and their representatives have the following rights: 22.1. to participate in the discussions on the safety and health of workers using the remedies (including remedies in the assessment and selection);
22.2. to make proposals on the employer's established way of working and their corresponding remedies and health products evaluation and selection, as well as on the necessary measures of protection of the safety and health of workers.
IV. final question 23. Regulations shall enter into force by 1 January 2001.
 
Prime Minister a. slice Welfare Minister r. Jurdž of annex 1 of the Cabinet of Ministers of 25 April 2000 by Regulation No 159 personal protective equipment head protection 1:1.1 helmet skull;
1.2. head surface protection (caps, bonnets, hair NET with eye protection or without it);
1.3. the protective head (hats, hoods, helmets from the fabric of waterproof, rubberized fabric).
2. Hearing protection: 2.1 ear inserts;
2.2. the headset;
2.3. acoustic helmets;
2.4. the headset is attached to helmets or industrial is part of a helmet;
2.5. ear protection with low frequency receiver;
2.6. ear protection with communication devices.
3. The face and eye protection: glasses 3.1;
3.2. safety goggles;
3.3. x-ray, laser, ultraviolet and infrared and visible light goggles;
3.4. the face shield;
3.5. the face shield in welding (hand masks, headband masks or masks that are attached to the helmets).
4. Respiratory and parenteral route protection: dust, 4.1 gas, radioactive dust filters with mask;
4.2. devices with insulating air supply;
4.3. respirator type device, including removable welding mask;
4.4. diving equipment;
4.5. the diving suits.
5. Hand protection: Gloves: 5.1 5.1.1 mitts;
5.1.2. bezpirkst gloves; 5.1.3. dielectric gloves; 5.1.4. protective gloves against mechanical effects (cut protection against piercing, wounds, vibrations), chemical effects of ionizing radiation, and radioactive contamination, heat and other effects;
5.2. the finger Guard (shell);
5.3. the muffs;
5.4. hand wrist guards heavy works.
6. protection of the legs and feet: shoes: 6.1 6.1.1. low shoes, ankle boots, stulmzābak, aizsargzābak;
6.1.2. quick piesienam or pieāķējam shoes;
6.1.3. footwear with extra protection his toes;
6.1.4. shoes and virsapav with heat-resistant sole;
6.1.5. heat-resistant shoes, boots and virszābak;
6.1.6. thermal shoes, boots and virszābak;
6.1.7. vibration dampening shoes, boots and virszābak;
6.1.8. anti-static shoes, boots and virszābak;
6.1.9. elektroizolējoš shoes, boots and virszābak;
6.1.10. safety shoes against chemical exposure;
6.1.11. aizsargzābak for working with band saws;
6.1.12. wooden clog;

6.1.13. dielectric footwear;
6.2. Travel Guard;
6.3. the foot guards working with band saws;
6.4. removable instep protectors;
6.5. gaiters;
6.6. the removable boot (a heat-resistant, dūrienizturīg, sweat resistant);
6.7. removable rādz of walking on ice, snow, slippery floors.
7. skin protection: 7.1 sunscreen;
7.2. aizsargzied.
8. The part of the body and abdomen protection: 8. protective waistcoats, jackets, aprons for protection from moving machinery parts (turning, drilling, frēzēj, render the metals);
8.2. protective waistcoats, jackets, overalls (robes, capes), aprons for protection against chemicals and chemical products;
8.3. warm jackets;
8.4. life jackets;
8.5. aprons for protection against x-ray radiation;
8.6. apron to work with hand knives;
8.7. the belt.
9. Protection against falls: pretkritien and fall of 9.1 energy dampening equipment (full equipment with necessary accessories);
9.2. body noturoš devices (safety belt).
10. Protective clothing (two-piece and overalls): 10.1. protection against mechanical injury (drilling, turning, frēzēj);
10.2. to work with the band saws;
10.3. for protection against chemicals and chemical products;
10.4. protection against molten metals and infrared radiation;
10.5. the protection against electromagnetic radiation;
10.6. the heat-resistant protective clothing;
10.7. the thermal protective clothing;
10.8. protection against radioactive substances;
10.9. protection against dust;
10.10. the gas-tight protective clothing;
10.11. the fluorescent or reflective clothing or accessories;
10.12. aizsargapmetn.
Welfare Minister r. Jurdž in annex 3 of the Cabinet of Ministers of 25 April 2000 by Regulation No 159 works that use appropriate personal protective equipment 1. Head protection in use, if you do the following: 1. construction, scaffolding, working under them or near them, work on the platform, the installation of scaffolding and demolition, template and installation dismantling, installation, dismantling;
1.2. work on steel bridges, steel building structures, towers, masts, hydraulic structures, furnaces, at the rolling stands, large containers, large pipelines, boilers, power plants;
1.3. working channels, tunnels, shafts, būvbedr;
1.4. land and mining works;
1.5. the underground work, work in the quarries, the shaft supports removing;
1.6. working with riveting tools;
1.7. blasting;
1.8. work with elevator or forklift, crane or conveyor;
1.9. work in blast furnaces, ore enrichment plants, steelworks, rolling mills, metallurgical plants, mints and foundries;
1.10. work at technological furnaces, machinery, containers, bunkers, pipelines;
1.11. the construction of the ship;
1.12 train building;
1.13. working in slaughterhouses;
1.14. logging work;
1.15. welding;
1.16. food production;
1.17. the manufacture of medicinal products;
1.18. working with chemicals and chemical products;
1.19. work in the textile industry;
1.20. the metals;
1.21. elektromontāž.
2. Hearing protection in use, if you perform the following tasks: 2.1. work on metal presses;
2.2. work with pneumatic and electric tools;
2.3. the technical service in airports;
2.4. piling;
2.5. wood processing;
2.6. work on tekstilmašīn;
2.7. the compressor service;
2.8. other work where the noise level exceeds permissible norms.
3. The face and eye protection in use, if you do the following: 3.1 a striking, engraving;
3.2 welding, grinding with abrasive instruments, turning and separation (for example, cutoff, nozāģēšan);
3.3. development and processing of rock;
3.4. riveting;
3.5. milling;
3.6. hot stamping;
3.7. scrap crushing and removal;
3.8. abrasive material spraying;
3.9 work with acids, alkalis or alkaline solutions, disinfectants, cleaners, corrosion, and other substances with chemical exposure;
3.10 work with liquid and dry substances dispensers;
3.11. working with molten substances in or near;
3.12. work with lasers;
3.13. work possible x-ray, ultraviolet, and infrared radiation;
3.14. woodworking.
4. Respiratory and parenteral route protection means, if you do the following: 4.1 work in containers, restricted areas, gas burner, which can be a gas leak, and reduced oxygen content of the air;
4.2. working gas converter and blast furnace gas pievadcauruļ;
4.3. work load of blast furnaces and leapfrogged opening nearby (metal vapour);
4.4. oderēšan furnace, metal casting ladles rock dry and processing;
4.5. work with glass wool and asbestos;
4.6. woodworking jobs, which can be a lot of dust;
4.7. painting with spray;
4.8. the working drains and gas wells and wells, manifold and other sanitation-related objects;
4.9. working refrigerator where possible cooling (heat exchange agent);
4.10. the work on or under water, which requires oxygen;
4.11. working with chemicals and chemical products, adverse effects on the respiratory and digestive organs;
4.12. work with active biological substances and micro-organisms.
5. the hand and arm protection means, if such works are carried out: 5.1 work with acids, alkalis or alkaline solutions, disinfectants, cleaners, corrosion, and other features with chemical exposure;
5.2. working with radioactive substances;
5.3. work with hot materials, as well as to hot materials;
5.4. work in cold storage and working with cold materials;
5.5. welding;
5.6. forging and casting;
5.7. work with Frank ugunsavot as well as at open ugunsavot;
5.8. work with explosive substances or equipment;
5.9. operations with sharp objects (if they are not related to the mechanisms, which could pull the gloves);
5.10. working with glass;
5.11. work with shot-processing facilities;
5.12. cutting and mark;
5.13. work with knives (slaughterhouses);
5.14. machine knives replacement;
5.15. working with the pneumatic hammers;
5.16. earth moving and mining works;
5.17. the severity of the move with physical force;
5.18. the work where possible contact with the power supply connected equipment, — necessary dielectric gloves; 5.19. transformation (the Assembly, renovation) works, maintenance and repair.
6. the legs and feet of the means of protection, based on the following works: 6.1. logging and working with band saws;
6.2. work on slippery surfaces;
6.3. working with hot or very cold objects, as well as to hot or very cold objects;
6.4. working with vibrating surface;
6.5. the work which the employee is required to perform a crawl;
6.6. work may melt into the boots, need easy and quick release of aizsargzābak;
6.7. the work where possible contact with the power supply connected equipment — requires the dielectric safety shoes;
4.2. safety shoes with toe protection and not part of the required proof sharps soles in the following works: 6.8.1. building frame Assembly, base stacking, road construction and repair;
6.8.2. Assembly of scaffolding;
6.8.3. concreting, also manufacture and disassembly of templates;
6.8.4. work in the area outside the company premises and warehouses;
6.8.5. roofing work;
4.3. safety shoes with toe protection and without the necessary proof sharps soles in the following jobs: 6.9.1. work on steel bridges, building structures, masts, towers, lifts, variety, steel hydraulic structures, blast furnaces at the steel works and rolling mills, large containers, to large pipelines, cranes, boiler and power plants;
6.9.2. oven, heated, ventilation devices, metal constructions;
6.9.3.. conversion (Assembly, conversion), maintenance and repair (maintenance, maintenance);
6.9.4. work on reduction furnaces and steel casting devices rolling, stamping, forging, pressing, and ripping stations;
6.9.5. open-work;
6.9.6. Rock development and processing;
6.9.7. glass sheet and similar products and processing;
6.9.8.. work with templates, furnace lining, forming ceramic plants;
6.9.9. transport and storage work in warehouses;
6.9.10. work with frozen meat blocks, preserved food packages;
6.9.11. ship building;
6.9.12. train building;
6.10. working with chemicals and chemical products.
7. skin protection means: 7.1 the paint and varnish industry;
7.2. ģērēšan;
7.3. working with petroleum products;
7.4. working with chemicals and chemical products.
8. Whole body protection products, body parts and means of protection, if such works are carried out: 8.1 work with acids, alkalis, disinfectants and corrosive cleaning products;
8.2. working with chemicals and chemical products;
8.3. working with radioactive substances;
5.2. working with the biologically active substances and micro-organisms;
8.5. working with hot materials, as well as to hot materials;
8.6. the work on open ugunsavot;
8.7. work with explosive substances or equipment;
8.8. work with band saws;
8.9. working with molten metals and work where possible infrared radiation;
8.10. work in cold stores;

8.11. working with glass;
8.12. work with shot-processing facilities;
8.13. felling;
8.14. working with knives, especially if the knife is pointing towards the body of the employee;
8.15. metalworking;
8.16. forging and casting;
8.17. drilling, cutting, milling;
8.18. work on or near the water;
8.19. work where possible x-ray radiation;
8.20. the work where possible electromagnetic radiation;
8.21. welding, forging, casting;
8.22. work out into the rain and cold;
8.23. the work that the employee must be clearly visible (working on the streets, roads, railways, airports, ports), fluorescent or reflective required protective clothing.
9. Protection of the entire body for protection against falls use, based on the following works: 9.1. work on the scaffold;
9.2. the different Assembly, repair and maintenance work at height;
9.3. work through masts and towers;
9.4. the work of the high cargo celtņo;
9.5. the high warehouse loading devices;
9.6. work drilling towers the upper floors;
9.7. working mines, wells, manifold and containers.
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