Facilities and staff · OSH Code
Dust, gas and fumes: factories
- All the time
- Employer
What to do
Do not let any employee enter a workplace or confined space until practicable measures have brought any noxious gas, fume, vapour or dust within the permissible limits rule 24(iii).
Who it applies to
The employer of every factory rule 24.
When
All the time rule 24.
How
Do not connect an exhaust system for flammable fumes, gases, mists, vapours or residues to any other ventilating system, or discharge it into a chimney or flue for combustion gases rule 24(i).
Where exhaust discharges could harm employees or the neighbourhood, pass them through a system that neutralises toxic substances, sterilises infectious ones and deodorises fumes rule 24(ii).