Hong Kong Regulations

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (DISPLAY SCREEN EQUIPMENT) REGULATION - SECT 4

Risk assessment

(1) The person responsible for a workplace shall perform a risk assessment of
a workstation in the workplace before it is first used by users.

(2) For workstations in service in the workplace immediately before the
commencement of this Regulation and used by users on or after that
commencement, the person responsible for the workplace shall perform a risk
assessment of those workstations within 14 days after that commencement.

(3) For the purpose of complying with subsections (1) and (2), the risk
assessment shall consist of a process of-

   (a)  identifying and assessing the risk to the safety and health of users
        of a workstation; (L.N. 58 of 2002)

   (b)  deciding whether existing precautions are adequate; and (L.N. 58 of
        2002)

   (c)  recording the findings. (L.N. 58 of 2002)

   (d)  (Repealed L.N. 58 of 2002)

(4) If-

   (a)  the person responsible for a workplace has reason to believe that
        there has been a significant change in the conditions of a previous
        assessment; or (L.N. 58 of 2002)

   (b)  there has been a significant change in a workstation, the person
        responsible for the workplace shall review the risk assessment
        performed in respect of the workstation and revise the record of
        findings accordingly.

(5) The person responsible for a workplace shall, so far as reasonably
practicable, keep a record of all risk assessments performed by him in respect
of a workstation, which shall include all findings recorded or revised under
subsections (3)(c) and (4), and shall retain that record for a period of at
least 2 years after that workstation ceases to be used by any user. (L.N. 58
of 2002)

(6) The person responsible for a workplace shall-

   (a)  upon request by an occupational safety officer, produce for inspection
        any record kept and retained by him under subsection (5); or

   (b)  in case he is unable to comply with paragraph (a), deliver a copy of
        the record to the officer for inspection within such period as may be
        specified in a request in writing sent by the officer. (L.N. 58 of
        2002)

(7) (Repealed L.N. 58 of 2002)