Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (CARCINOGENIC SUBSTANCES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 6

Safety precautions

The proprietor of every industrial undertaking shall-

   (a)  take all practicable steps to prevent persons employed therein in any
        manufacture, process or work referred to in regulation 5 being exposed
        to the risk of inhaling, ingesting or otherwise absorbing any
        controlled substance;

   (b)  warn every person employed therein by posting notices (in the English
        and Chinese languages, in a form approved by the Commissioner) in
        conspicuous places where any controlled substance is present and where
        any such manufacture, process or work referred to in regulation 5 is
        being carried out, of the dangers to health involved in such
        employment and of the need for regular medical examinations and
        attention to safe working practices; and

   (c)  ensure that all controlled substances within the industrial
        undertaking (except when in the course of manufacture, formation or
        use) are kept in suitable closed receptacles legibly marked with the
        name of
the substance it contains and also with the words "CARCINOGENIC SUBSTANCE" and
the characters "可致癌物品". (Enacted 1986)