Workplace Safety and Health (General Provisions) Regulations · 2007 Revised Edition · Part IV · Special Provisions Relating to Health, Safety and Welfare
41. Hazardous substances
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Subject to regulation 44, all hazardous substances in a workplace shall be placed under the control of a competent person who has adequate knowledge of the properties of the hazardous substances and their dangers.
Subject to regulation 44, adequate warning notices in languages understood by all persons at work in a workplace specifying the nature of the danger of the hazardous substances shall be placed —
at all entrances to any workroom; and
at appropriate locations,where the hazardous substances are used or present.
Subject to regulation 44, persons at work in a workplace who are liable to be exposed to hazardous substances shall be warned of the hazards involved and the precautionary measures to be taken.
Subject to regulation 44, all hazardous substances in a workplace shall be kept, stored, used, handled or disposed of in such a manner as not to pose a risk to the health and safety of any person at work in the workplace.
It shall be the duty of the occupier of a workplace to comply with paragraphs (1) to (4).
Subject to regulation 44, a person at work in a workplace must not wilfully or recklessly do any act that may result in any other person being exposed to hazardous substances.
Subregulation 1
Subject to regulation 44, all hazardous substances in a workplace shall be placed under the control of a competent person who has adequate knowledge of the properties of the hazardous substances and their dangers.
Subregulation 2
Subject to regulation 44, adequate warning notices in languages understood by all persons at work in a workplace specifying the nature of the danger of the hazardous substances shall be placed —
at all entrances to any workroom; and
at appropriate locations,where the hazardous substances are used or present.
Subregulation 3
Subject to regulation 44, persons at work in a workplace who are liable to be exposed to hazardous substances shall be warned of the hazards involved and the precautionary measures to be taken.
Subregulation 4
Subject to regulation 44, all hazardous substances in a workplace shall be kept, stored, used, handled or disposed of in such a manner as not to pose a risk to the health and safety of any person at work in the workplace.
Subregulation 5
It shall be the duty of the occupier of a workplace to comply with paragraphs (1) to (4).
Subregulation 6
Subject to regulation 44, a person at work in a workplace must not wilfully or recklessly do any act that may result in any other person being exposed to hazardous substances.