Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (CONFINED SPACES) REGULATION - SECT 9

Use of personal protective equipment

Where-

   (a)  a risk assessment report recommends the use of an approved 
        breathing apparatus; or

   (b)  a person has to enter a confined space for underground pipework, a
        proprietor or contractor shall, in addition to the safety precautions
        listed in sections 7 and 8, ensure that-

        (i)    a person entering or remaining in that particular confined 
               space is properly wearing an approved breathing apparatus of a
               type that gives appropriate protection given the nature of the
               confined space; and

        (ii)   a person referred to in paragraph (i) is wearing a suitable
               safety harness connected to a lifeline that is strong enough to
               enable him to be pulled out, and that the free end is held by a
               person outside the confined space who has sufficient physical
               strength to be capable of pulling the person out of the
               confined space.