Ordinance on Prevention of Lead Poisoning

(Special Ordinance of September 30, 1972)
(Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 37)

Chapter VII.  Personal Protective Equipment and the like

(Respiratory Protective Equipment, etc.)

Article 58.             The employer who has workers engage in lead work provided for in item 9 of Attached Table 4 of the Enforcement Order shall have them wear effective respiratory protective equipment and occupational health protective clothes.

2.             The employer who has to have workers engage in any one of the work listed hereunder other than the work designated in the preceding paragraph shall have such workers wear effectiverespiratory protective equipment.

(1)   Lead work stated in a), b) or f) of item (5) of Article 1 or cleaning work in a workshop where the above-mentioned lead work is carried out.

(2)   Of the lead work stated in item 8 of Attached Table 4 of the Enforcement Order, and that is done other than using the wet method the work to scrape off lead-containing paints from objects.

(3)   Sand raking or sand changing work as part of the sand-bath work designated in l) of item (5) of Article 1.

(4)   Work to be carried out in the drying room designated in Article 21.

(5)   Work to change the filter of the dust collector with the filter designated in Article 22.

3.             The employer who has workers engage in the work coming under any of the following items other than the work provided for in the preceding two paragraphs, shall have them wear effective respiratory protective equipment. Whereas, this provision shall not be applied when effective local exhaust ventilation systems, general ventilation systems or exhaust ducts (restricted to those which are installed at workplaces where lead, etc., or sintered ore, etc., is being melted) are installed and set in operation.

(1)   Lead work to crush, weld, cut, deposit or melt-inject in workshops other than an indoor workshop.

(2)   Lead work coming under any of item (1), (2) or (3) of Article 23.

(3)   Lead work in workshops where natural ventilation is insufficient, such as inside of a ship or tank.

4.             The employer who has workers wear hose-masks in compliance with the provision of the preceding three paragraphs or the proviso of Article 39, shall set the inlets of the said hose-masks at places where air is free from contamination.

5.             Workers who are engaged in the work provided for in paragraph 1 through paragraph 3, or proviso of Article 39, shall wear respiratory protective equipment and occupational health protective clothes in compliance with those provisions during the work.

(Work Clothes)

Article 59.             The employer who has workers engage in lead work (except those which are stated in m) of item (5) of Article 1 and item 9 of Attached Table 4 of the Enforcement Order) which requires them to handle powdered lead, etc., shall have them wear appropriate work clothes; whereas, this provision shall not be applied when he/she has them wear occupational health protective clothes.

2.             Workers who are engaged in the work provided for in the preceding paragraph shall wear work clothes or occupational health protective clothes during the said work.