Hong Kong Regulations

FACTORIES AND INDUSTRIAL UNDERTAKINGS (WORK IN COMPRESSED AIR) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 27

Compressed air health registers, etc.

(1) For every person employed in compressed air the employer shall maintain a
compressed air health register in Form 6 of the Fourth Schedule of which-

   (a)  Part I shall be filled in by the employer; and

   (b)  Part II shall be filled in by the appointed medical  practitioner.

(2) The compressed air health register for every person employed in
compressed air shall be kept by the employer whilst such person is in his
employment, except at times when it is required by such person or the
appointed medical practitioner for the purposes of these regulations, and
shall be given to such person on the termination of the employment.

(3) The compressed air worker's decompression sickness case sheet in Form 4 of
the Fourth Schedule shall be filed by the medical lock attendant together with
the relevant medical lock recording gauge charts.

(4) The employer shall keep in his possession for 5 years, or such shorter
period as the Commissioner may agree in writing in any particular case, copies
of Forms 3, 4 and 5 of the Fourth Schedule in respect of any person employed
by him in compressed air.