Ordinance on Prevention of Lead Poisoning
(Special Ordinance of September 30, 1972)
(Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 37)
Chapter IV. Management
Section 3. Storage, etc.
(Storage)
Article 43.The employer shall take the following measures when he/she stores powdered lead in an indoor storage facility:
- Store powdered lead in containers or the like, which will not spill the dust of lead, etc., or which do not allow it to diffuse.
- clean spills of dust of lead as soon as possible with a vacuum cleaner or by flushing with water.
(Disposal of Empty Containers)
Article 44.The employer shall take measures to prevent dust of lead, etc., from diffusing over a workplace by means of sealing up the mouth of a container or sufficiently wetting the inside of a container and placing the containers at a specified outdoor site if the empty containers, etc., which previously held powdered lead, etc., have the risk of diffusing the dust.
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