FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (ELECTROLYTIC CHROMIUM PROCESS) REGULATIONS

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (ELECTROLYTIC CHROMIUM PROCESS) REGULATIONS

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS
(ELECTROLYTIC CHROMIUM PROCESS)
REGULATIONS

(Cap. 59, section 7)

[1 September 1972.1

PART I

PRELIMINARY

1. These regulations may be cited as the Factories and
Industrial Undertakings (Electrolytic Chromium Process) Regulat-
ions.

2. In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires---

'bath' means any vessel used for an electrolytic chromium process
or for any process subsequent thereto;
.'electrolytic chromium process' means the electrolytic plating,
polishing or oxidation of articles wholly or partly consisting of
metal by the use of an electrolyte containing chromic acid or
other chromium compound;

,,employee' means a person employed in any process involving
contact with liquid or vapour from a bath.

3. These regulations shall apply to any industrial undertaking
in which any electrolytic chromium process is carried on.

PART II

DUTIES OF PROPRIETORS

4. The floor of every place containing a bath shall be rendered
even and impervious to water and shall be maintained in that
condition and washed down daily.

5. At every bath in which an electrolytic chromium process is
carried on, an efficient exhaust draught shall be provided by
mechanical means and shall operate on the vapour or spray given off
as near as may be at the point of origin, so as to prevent it from
entering into any other place in which any person works.

6. (1) There shall be provided and maintained in good
condition for the use of every employee-

(a)aprons with bibs, which shall be of sufficient length and
made of rubber, leather or other impermeable material;

(b) loose fitting rubber gloves of suitable length; and





(c) rubber boots or other waterproof foot wear.

(2) There shall be provided and maintained in good condition
suitable accommodation for the storage, and adequate arrangement for
the drying, of the protective clothing provided under paragraph

7. (1) There shall be provided for the use of every employee-

(a)a sufficient supply of clean towels, which shall be renewed
daily; and

(b)a sufficient supply of water, soap, nail brushes and ointments
suitable for the protection of the skin.

(2) In this regulation, 'employee' includes a person engaged in
subsequent polishing or finishing by aid of mechanical power involving
exposure to chromium oxide or other compounds of chromium.

8. A notice, in English and Chinese, as to the effects of chrome on
the skin, and in a form approved by the Commissioner shall be
prominently displayed adjacent to every bath.

PART III

DUTIES OF PERSONS EMPLOYED

9. No employee shall misuse or, without the consent of the
proprietor, interfere with any appliance or any item of protective
clothing provided in accordance with these regulations.

10. Every employee shall-

(a)wear the protective clothing provided for him under
regulation 6; and

(b)when it is not being worn, deposit the protective clothing
provided for him, in the place for the storage thereof provided
under regulation 6.

PART IV

OFFENCES AND PENALTIES

11. (1) The proprietor of an industrial undertaking who
contravenes any of the provisions of regulations 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 shall be
guilty of an offence and shall

(a)in respect of a contravention of regulation 4 or 5, be liable on
conviction to a fine of 520,000; and

(b)in respect of a contravention of regulation 6, 7 or 8, be liable
on conviction to a fine of 510,000.

(2) Any employee who contravenes any of the provisions of
regulations 9 and 10 shall be guilty of an offence and liable on
conviction to a fine of 5 10,000.
L.N. 50/72. L.N. 320/81. Citation. Interpretation. Application. Floors. Mechanical exhaust. Provision, storage and drying of protective clothing. Towels, soap, etc. Warning notice. Misuse of appliance, protective clothing. Persons employed to wear protective clothing. Offences and penalties. L.N. 320/81.

L.N. 50/72. L.N. 320/81. Citation. Interpretation. Application. Floors. Mechanical exhaust. Provision, storage and drying of protective clothing. Towels, soap, etc. Warning notice. Misuse of appliance, protective clothing. Persons employed to wear protective clothing. Offences and penalties. L.N. 320/81.

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