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Maintenance of blasting enclosure, ventilation system, equipment and devices

Workplace Safety and Health (Abrasive Blasting) Regulations 2008

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—(1) It shall be the duty of the occupier of a workplace in which blasting is carried out within a blasting enclosure to ensure that the requirements of paragraphs (2), (3) and (4) are complied with.(2) Every blasting enclosure, ventilation system, equipment, personal protective equipment and device provided for blasting in a workplace pursuant to these Regulations shall be of good construction, sound material and adequate strength and shall be so maintained.(3) The walls, shelves, floors and interior roof construction of every blasting chamber (including all fixtures) in a workplace shall be thoroughly cleaned by vacuum cleaning or wet methods at regular intervals.(4) Effective measures shall be taken in the workplace —(a)to dispose of dust which arises from cleaning done pursuant to paragraph (3) or which is extracted from the air cleaning device or dust collector of the blasting chamber and blasting cabinet so that it does not enter the air of any workroom; and(b)to prevent the inhalation of dust by any person engaged to clean any equipment or device outside the blasting chamber, or in doing any other work in relation to that equipment or device of such a nature that there is a danger of such inhalation.

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