Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (CONFINED SPACES) REGULATION - SECT 2

Interpretation

In this Regulation, unless the context otherwise requires-

"approved breathing apparatus" (認可呼吸器具) means a breathing
apparatus of a type approved by the Commissioner under section 12;

"certified worker" (核准工人) means a person-

   (a)  who has attained the age of 18 years; and

   (b)  who holds a certificate issued by a person whom the Commissioner has
        authorized to certify workers as being competent to work in a
        confined space;

"competent person" (合資格人士) means a person-

   (a)  who has attained the age of 18 years;

   (b)  who is either-

        (i)    a safety officer registered under the Factories and Industrial 
               Undertakings (Safety Officers and Safety Supervisors) Regulations
               ( Cap 59 sub. leg. Z); or

        (ii)   a person who holds a certificate issued by a person whom the
               Commissioner has authorized to certify persons as being
               competent to prepare risk assessment reports; and

   (c)  who has at least one year's relevant experience, after obtaining the
        registration or certification referred to in paragraph

   (b)  (i) or (ii), in assessing risk to the safety and health of workers
        working in confined spaces;

"confined space" (密閉空間) means any place in which, by virtue of its
enclosed nature, there arises a reasonably foreseeable specified risk, and
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, includes any chamber, tank,
vat, pit, well, sewer, tunnel, pipe, flue, boiler, pressure receiver, hatch,
caisson, shaft or silo in which such risk arises; (L.N. 17 of 1999)

"risk assessment report" (危險評估報告) means an assessment and
recommendations carried out by a competent person in accordance with
section 5.

"specified risk" (指明危險) means a risk of-

   (a)  serious injury to any person at work arising from a fire or explosion;

   (b)  the loss of consciousness of any person at work arising from an
        increase in body temperature;

   (c)  the loss of consciousness or asphyxiation of any person at work
        arising from gas, fume, vapour or the lack of oxygen;

   (d)  the drowning of any person at work arising from an increase in the
        level of liquid; or

   (e)  the asphyxiation of any person at work arising from a free flowing
        solid or the inability to reach a respirable environment due to
        entrapment by a free flowing solid. (L.N. 17 of 1999)

"approved breathing apparatus" (認可呼吸器具)

"certified worker" (核准工人)

"competent person" (合資格人士)

"confined space" (密閉空間)

"risk assessment report" (危險評估報告)

"specified risk" (指明危險)