Regulations, 2015

L.N. 196 of 2015

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AUTHORITY ACT

(CAP. 424)

Protection of Young Persons at Work Places (Amendment)

Regulations, 2015

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 12 of the

Occupational Health and Safety Authority Act, the Minister for

Social Dialogue, Consumer Affairs and Civil Liberties, after

consultation with the Occupational Health and Safety Authority, has

made the following regulations:-

(1)

The title of these regulations is the Protection of

Young Persons at Work Places (Amendment) Regulations, 2015, and

these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the

Protection of Young Persons at Work Places Regulations, hereinafter

referred to as "the principal regulations".

(2) The scope of these regulations is the implementation of

Directive 2014/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council

amending Council Directive 94/33/EC on the protection of young

people at work.

The Schedule to the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following new Schedule

"SCHEDULE

Regulation 4(1)(b)

Non-exhaustive list of agents and processes of work to which

young persons cannot be exposed

I.

Agents

1. Physical agents

(a)

Ionizing radiation;

(b)

Work in a high-pressure atmosphere, e.g. in

pressurized containers, diving.

2. Biological agents

Biological agents of risk groups 3 and 4 within the meaning of

paragraphs (c) and (d) of the definition "biological agents" in

regulation 2 of the Protection of Workers from Risks related to

Exposure to Biological Agents at Work Regulations (S.L.424.25).

Chemical agents

(a)

Substances and mixtures which meet the criteria

for classification under Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the

European Parliament and of the Council in one or more of the

following hazard classes and hazard categories with one or more

of the following hazard statements

-

acute toxicity, category 1, 2 or 3 (H300,

H310, H330, H301, H311, H331);

-

skin corrosion, category 1A, 1B or 1C

(H314);

-

flammable gas, category 1 or 2 (H220,

H221);

-

flammable aerosols, category 1 (H222);

-

flammable liquid, category 1 or 2 (H224,

H225);

-

explosives, categories ‘Unstable explosive’,

or explosives of Divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 (H200,

H201, H202, H203, H204, H205);

-

self-reactive substances and mixtures, type A,

B, C or D (H240, H241, H242);

-

organic peroxides, type A or B (H240, H241);

-

specific target organ toxicity after single

exposure, category 1 or 2 (H370, H371);

-

specific target organ toxicity after repeated

exposure, category 1 or 2 (H372, H373);

-

respiratory

sensitisation,

category

1,

subcategory 1A or 1B (H334);

-

skin sensitisation, category 1, subcategory 1A

or 1B (H317);

-

carcinogenicity, category 1A, 1B or 2 (H350,

H350i, H351);

-

germ cell mutagenicity, category 1A, 1B or 2

(H340, H341);

-

reproductive toxicity, category 1A or 1B

(H360, H360F, H360FD, H360Fd, H360D, H360Df).

(b)

(repealed);

(c)

(repealed);

(d)

Substances and mixtures referred to in paragraph

(b) of the definition "carcinogen" in regulation 2 of the

Protection of Workers from the Risks related to Exposures to

Carcinogens or Mutagens at Work Regulations (S.L.424.22);

(e)

Lead and compounds thereof, inasmuch as the

agents in question are absorbable by the human organism;

(f)

Asbestos.

II.

Processes and work

1. Processes at work referred to in Schedule I to the

Protection of Workers from the Risks related to Exposures to

Carcinogens or Mutagens at Work Regulations S.L.424.22).

2. Manufacture and handling of devices, fireworks or other

objects containing explosives.

3. Work with fierce of poisonous animals.

Animal slaughtering on an industrial scale.

Work involving the handling of equipment for the

production, storage or application of compressed, liquified or

dissolved gases.

Work with vats, tanks, reservoirs or carboys containing

chemical agents referred to in paragraph 1.3.

Work involving a risk of structural collapse.

Work involving high-voltage electrical hazards.

Work the pace of which is determined by machinery and

involving payment by results.".

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