Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (WORK IN COMPRESSED AIR) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 11

Duties of lock attendants

(1) The lock attendant in charge of a man-lock shall-

   (a)  control the compression of all persons in the man-lock;

   (b)  carry out the compression of all such persons according to the
        compression procedure prescribed in the Second Schedule;

   (c)  control the decompression of all persons who have been employed in
        compressed air; and

   (d)  where a person has been employed in compressed air at a pressure
        exceeding 14 pounds per square inch, carry out the decompression of
        that person according to the decompression procedure prescribed in the
        Third Schedule.

(2) Where any person is employed in compressed air in a working  chamber, the
lock attendant in charge shall-

   (a)  record in the lock attendant's register in Form 1 of the Fourth
        Schedule all the particulars specified therein in respect of that
        person; and

   (b)  keep in his custody the lock attendant's register and any man-lock
        decompression chart and give them to the person appointed under
        regulation 5(1).

(3) Where a person is employed in compressed air at a pressure exceeding 14
pounds per square inch on more than 1 occasion in any 12-hour period, the
lock attendant in charge shall ensure that such person carries a properly
completed compressed air worker's transfer record in Form 2 of the Fourth
Schedule.

(4) The contractor and the person appointed under regulation 5(1) shall ensure
that the lock attendant in charge of a man-lock complies with paragraphs (1),
(2) and (3).