Ordinance on Prevention of Hazards Due to Dust
Ministry of Labour Ordinance No.18 of April 25, 1979
Latest Amendments:
Ministry of Labour Ordinance No. 41 of October 31, 2000
In Japanese
Chapter VI. Personal Protective Equipment
(Use of Respiratory Protective Equipment)
- Article 27. The employer whose workers engage in the work designated in Table 3 (not including the cases falling under the categories of the items of paragraph 1 or paragraph 2 of Article 7) shall have such workers use effective respiratory protective equipment (restricted to air-supplied respirators or air respirators for workers to engage in the work designated in item 5 of Table 3) except where a dust source enclosure system or local exhaust ventilation system or push-pull type ventilation system or a humidifying system for dust sources related to the said work is provided which effectively prevents the dispersal of dust related to said work.
- Workers shall, when they are instructed to use respiratory protective equipment in accordance with the provisions of Articles 7, 8, paragraph 1 of Article 9, the proviso of paragraph 2 of Article 24 and the preceding paragraph, use this respiratory protective equipment.
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