Regulations, 2018

L.N. 57 of 2018

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AUTHORITY ACT

(CAP. 424)

Protection of the Health and Safety of Workers from

the risks related to Chemical Agents at Work (Amendment)

Regulations, 2018

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 12 of the

Occupational Health and Safety Authority Act, the Minister for

European Affairs and Equality, after consultation with the

Occupational Health and Safety Authority, has made the following

regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Protection of the Health

and Safety of Workers from the risks related to Chemical Agents at

Work (Amendment) Regulations, 2018, and they shall be read and

construed as one with the Protection of the Health and Safety of

Workers from the risks related to Chemical Agents at Work

Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

Regulation 1(2) of the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following

"(2) The scope of these regulations is to

(a) lay down minimum requirements for the

protection of workers from risks to their health and safety

arising, or likely to arise, from the effects of chemical

agents that are present at the workplace or as a result of any

work activity involving chemical agents;

(b) implement Directive 2014/27/EU of the

European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February

2014 amending Council Directives 92/58/EEC, 92/85/EEC,

94/33/EC, 98/24/EC and Directive 2004/37/EC of the

European Parliament and of the Council, in order to align

them to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification,

labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures;

(c) implement Commission Directive (EU) 2017/

164 of 31 January 2017 establishing a fourth list of

indicative occupational exposure limit values pursuant to

Council Directive 98/24/EC, and amending Commission

Directives 91/222/EC, 2000/39/EC and 2009/161/EU.".

Schedule V of the principal regulations shall be substituted Substitutes

Schedule V to

by the following

the principal

regulations.

"SCHEDULE V

OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE LIMIT VALUES

Limit values

Eight hours ( 4 )

Short-term ( 5 )

Notati

EC No ( 1 )

CAS No ( 2 )

Name of agent

on ( 3 )

mg/

ppm

ppm

mg/m 3

3 ( 6 )

( 7 )

7 )

m

(

( 6 )

200-193-3

54-11-5

Nicotine

0.5

-

-

-

skin

200-240-8

55-63-0

Glycerol trinitrate

0.095

0.01

0.19

0.02

skin

Carbon tetrachloride;

200-262-8

56-23-5

4

skin

Tetrachloromethane

200-467-2

60-29-7

Diethylether

-

200-521-5

61-82-5

Amitrole

0.2

-

-

-

-

200-579-1

64-18-6

Formic acid

-

-

-

200-580-7

64-19-7

Acetic acid

-

200-659-6

67-56-1

Methanol

-

-

skin

200-662-2

67-64-1

Acetone

-

-

-

200-663-8

67-66-3

Chloroform

-

-

skin

200-679-5

68-12-2

N,N-Dimethylformamide

skin

200-756-3

71-55-6

1,1,1-Trichloroethane

-

Hydrogen cyanide (as

200-821-6

74-90-8

0.9

4.5

skin

cyanide)

200-830-5

75-00-3

Chloroethane

-

-

-

200-834-7

75-04-7

Ethylamine

4

-

-

-

200-835-2

75-05-8

Acetonitrile

-

-

skin

Methylene chloride;

skin

200-838-9

75-09-2

Dichloromethane

200-843-6

75-15-0

Carbon disulphide

-

-

skin

200-863-5

75-34-3

1,1-Dichloroethane

-

-

skin

Vinylidene chloride; 1,1-

200-864-0

75-35-4

-

Dichloroethylene

200-870-3

75-44-5

Phosgene

0.08

0.02

0.4

0.1

-

200-871-9

75-45-6

Chlorodifluoromethane

-

-

-

201-083-8

78-10-4

Tetraethyl orthosilicate

-

-

-

201-142-8

78-78-4

Isopentane

-

-

-

201-159-0

78-93-3

Butanone

-

201-176-3

79-09-4

Propionic acid

-

Acrylic acid; Prop-2-enoic

59( 8 )

20( 8 )

201-177-9

79-10-7

-

acid

201-188-9

79-24-3

Nitroethane

skin

Bisphenol A; 4,4’-

2( 9 )

201-245-8

80-05-7

-

-

-

-

Isopropylidenediphenol

201-297-1

80-62-6

Methyl methacrylate

-

-

-

201-865-9

88-89-1

Picric acid

0.1

-

-

-

-

202-049-5

91-20-3

Naphtalene

-

-

-

202-422-2

95-47-6

skin

o-Xylene

202-425-9

95-50-1

1,2-Dichlorobenzene

skin

202-436-9

95-63-6

1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene

-

-

-

202-500-6

96-33-3

Methyl acrylate

-

202-704-5

98-82-8

Cumene

skin

202-705-0

98-83-9

2-Phenylpropene

-

202-716-0

98-95-3

Nitrobenzene

0.2

-

-

skin

202-849-4

100-41-4

Ethylbenzene

skin

202-981-2

101-84-8

Diphenyl ether

-

203-234-3

104-76-7

2-Ethylhexan-1-ol

5.4

-

-

-

ε-Caprolactam (dust and

203-313-2

105-60-2

-

-

-

vapour)

203-388-1

106-35-4

Heptan-3-one

-

-

-

203-396-5

106-42-3

skin

p-Xylene

1,4-Dichlorobenzene; p-

203-400-5

106-46-7

skin

Dichlorobenzene

Acrolein; Acrylaldehyde;

203-453-4

107-02-8

0.05

0.02

0.12

0.05

-

Prop-2-enal

203-470-7

107-18-6

Allyl alcohol

4.8

1

skin

203-473-3

107-21-1

Ethylene glycol

skin

203-481-7

107-31-3

Methyl formate

skin

203-539-1

107-98-2

1-Methoxy-2-propanol

skin

203-545-4

108-05-4

Vinyl acetate

17. 6

2

skin

203-550-1

108-10-1

4-Methylpentan-2-one

-

203-576-3

108-38-3

skin

m-Xylene

203-585-2

108-46-3

Resorcinol

-

-

skin

2-Methoxy-1-methylethyl

203-603-9

108-65-6

skin

acetate

Mesitylene

203-604-4

108-67-8

-

-

-

(Trimethylbenzes)

203-625-9

108-88-3

Toluene

skin

203-628-5

108-90-7

Monochlorobenzene

-

203-631-1

108-94-1

Cyclohexanone

8

81.6

skin

203-632-7

108-95-2

Phenol

skin

203-692-4

109-66-0

Pentane

-

-

-

203-713-7

109-86-4

2-Methoxyethanol

-

-

-

skin

203-716-3

109-89-7

Diethylamine

-

203-726-8

109-99-9

Tetrahydrofuran

skin

203-737-8

110-12-3

5-Methylhexan-2-one

-

-

-

203-767-1

110-43-0

Heptan-2-one

skin

203-772-9

110-49-6

2-Methoxyethyl acetate

-

-

-

skin

203-777-6

110-54-3

n-Hexane

-

-

-

203-788-6

110-65-6

But-2-yne-1,4-diol

0.5

-

-

-

-

203-804-1

110-80-5

2-Ethoxyethanol

-

-

skin

203-806-2

110-82-7

Cyclohexane

-

-

-

203-808-3

110-85-0

Piperazine

0.1

-

0.3

-

-

203-809-9

110-86-1

Pyridine

-

-

-

203-815-1

110-91-8

Morpholine

-

203-839-2

111-15-9

2-Ethoxyethyl acetate

-

-

skin

203-905-0

111-76-2

2-Butoxyethanol

skin

2-(2-

203-906-6

111-77-3

1

-

-

skin

Methoxyethoxy)ethanol

203-933-3

112-07-2

2-Butoxyethyl acetate

skin

203-961-6

112-34-5

2-(2-Butoxyethoxy)ethanol

5

101.2

-

204-065-8

115-10-6

Dimethylether

-

-

-

204-428-0

120-82-1

1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene

15.1

37.8

skin

204-469-4

121-44-8

Triethylamine

8.4

12.6

skin

204-661-8

123-91-1

1,4-Dioxane

-

-

-

204-662-3

123-92-2

Isopentylacetate

-

204-696-9

124-38-9

Carbon dioxide

-

-

-

204-697-4

124-40-3

Dimethylamine

3.8

9.4

-

204-825-9

127-18-4

Tetrachloroethylene

skin

204-826-4

127-19-5

N,N-Dimethylacetamide

skin

205-438-8

140-88-5

Ethyl acrylate

-

205-480-7

141-32-2

n-Butyl acrylate

-

205-483-3

141-43-5

2-Aminoethanol

2.5

7.6

skin

205-500-4

141-78-6

Ethyl acetate

-

205-563-8

142-82-5

n-Heptane

-

-

-

205-599-4

143-33-9

Sodium cyanide (as cyanide)

-

-

skin

205-634-3

144-62-7

Oxalic acid

-

-

-

-

Potassium cyanide

205-792-3

151-50-8

-

-

skin

(as cyanide)

206-992-3

420-04-2

Cyanamide

0.58

-

-

skin

207-069-8

431-03-8

Diacetyl; Butanedione

0.07

0.02

0.36

0.1

-

207-343-7

463-82-1

Neopentane

-

-

-

208-394-8

526-73-8

1,2,3-Trimethylbenzene

-

-

-

208-793-7

541-85-5

5-Methylheptan-3-one

-

210-866-3

624-83-9

Methyl isocyanate

-

-

-

0.02

-

210-946-8

626-38-0

1-Methylbutyl acetate

-

211-047-3

628-63-7

Pentyl acetate

-

211-128-3

630-08-0

Carbon monoxide

-

212-828-1

872-50-4

n-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone

skin

1( 10 )

4( 10 )

215-137-3

1305-62-0

Calcium dihydroxide

-

-

-

1( 10 )

4( 10 )

215-138-9

1305-78-8

Calcium oxide

-

-

-

215-236-1

1314-56-3

Diphosphorus pentaoxide

-

-

-

-

215-242-4

1314-80-3

Diphosphorus pentasulphide

-

-

-

-

215-293-2

1319-77-3

-

-

-

Cresols (all isomers)

215-535-7

1330-20-7

Xylene, mixed isomers, pure

skin

216-653-1

1634-04-4

Tert-Butyl methyl ether

183.5

-

222-995-2

3689-24-5

Sulphotep

0.1

-

-

-

skin

231-116-1

7440-06-4

Platinum (metallic)

-

-

-

-

231-131-3

7440-22-4

Silver, metallic

0.1

-

-

-

-

Silver (soluble compounds

231-131-3

0.01

-

-

-

-

as Ag)

231-195-2

7446-09-5

Sulphur dioxide

1.3

0.5

2.7

-

0.02( 9 )

231-484-3

7580-67-8

Lithium hydride

-

-

-

-

231-595-7

7647-01-0

Hydrogen chloride

-

231-633-2

7664-38-2

Orthophosphoric acid

-

-

-

231-634-8

7664-39-3

Hydrogen fluoride

1.5

1.8

2.5

-

231-635-3

7664-41-7

Ammonia, anhydrous

-

11 )( 12 )

231-639-5

7664-93-9

0.05

-

-

-

-

Sulphuric acid mist (

231-714-2

7697-37-2

Nitric acid

-

-

2.6

-

231-778-1

7726-95-6

Bromine

0.7

0.1

-

-

-

231-954-8

7782-41-4

Fluorine

1.58

3.16

-

231-959-5

7782-50-5

Chlorine

-

-

1.5

0.5

-

231-977-3

7783-06-4

Hydrogen sulphide

-

231-978-9

7783-07-5

Dihydrogen selenide

0.07

0.02

0.17

0.05

-

232-260-8

7803-51-2

Phosphine

0.14

0.1

0.28

0.2

-

Pyrethrum (purified of

232-319-8

8003-34-7

-

-

-

-

sensitising lactones)

233-060-3

10026-13-8

Phosphorus pentachloride

-

-

-

-

233-113-0

10035-10-6

Hydrogen bromide

-

-

6.7

-

13 )

233-271-0

10102-43-9

2.5

-

-

-

Nitrogen monoxide(

233-272-6

10102-44-0

Nitrogen dioxide

0.96

0.5

1.91

-

247-852-1

26628-22-8

Sodium azide

0.1

-

0.3

-

skin

(2-Methoxy-methylethoxy)-

252-104-2

34590-94-8

-

-

skin

propanol

262-967-7

61788-32-7

Terphenyl, hydrogenated

-

620-11-1

3-Pentylacetate

-

625-16-1

Amylacetate, tert

-

Fluorides, inorganic

2.5

-

-

-

-

Barium (soluble compounds

0.5

-

-

-

-

as Ba)

Chromium Metal, Inorganic

Chromium (II) Compounds

-

-

-

-

and Inorganic Chromium

(III) Compounds (insoluble)

Tin (inorganic compounds

-

-

-

-

as Sn)

Mercury and divalent

inorganic mercury

compounds including

0.02

mercuric oxides and

mercuric chloride (measured

as mercury) ( 14 )

0.2 ( 9 )

Manganese and inorganic

manganese compounds (as

0.05

manganese)

( 10 )

EC No: European Community (EC) number, the numerical identifier for substances within the European

Union.

CAS No: Chemical Abstract Service Registry Number.

A skin notation assigned to the occupational exposure limit value indicates the possibility of significant

uptake through the skin.

Measured or calculated in relation to a reference period of eight-hours as a time-weighted average.

Short-term exposure limit (STEL). A limit value above which exposure should not occur and is related to a

15-minute period, unless otherwise specified.

mg/m 3 : milligrams per cubic metre of air at 20 °C and 101.3 KPa.

ppm: parts per million by volume in air (ml/m 3 ).

Short-term exposure limit value in relation to a reference period of 1 minute.

Inhalable fraction

Respirable fraction.

When selecting an appropriate exposure monitoring method , account should be taken of potential

limitations and interferences that may arise in the presence of other sulphur compounds.

The mist is defined as the thoracic fraction.

13 )Established in accordance with the Annex to Directive 91/322/EEC.

During exposure monitoring for mercury and its divalent inorganic compounds, account should be taken of

relevant biological monitoring techniques that complement the OELV. ".

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