Chapter VII.  Personal Protective Equipment

(Respiratory Protective Equipment)

Article 43.   In the workshops therein to manufacture or to handle specified chemical substances, etc., the employer shall provide respiratory protective equipment in order to prevent the health impairment of workers, resulting from the inhalation by the workers of gases, vapours or dusts of the said specified chemical substances, etc.

(Protective Clothes, etc.)

Article 44.   The employer shall provide impermeable protective clothes, protective gloves, or protective long shoes and ointments made to be used by workers who are engaged in work liable to cause health impairment of the said workers, resulting from the cutaneous absorption of the substances into the workers, or from damage caused to the skins of the workers due to the said specified chemical substances, etc.

(Number of Personal Protective Equipment)

Article 45.   In terms of personal protective equipment set forth in the preceding two Articles, the employer shall provide personal protective equipment the same or greater in number than the number of workers who are engaged in the work at the same time, and shall keep the devices clean and effective.