Facilities and staff · OSH Code
Dust, gas and fumes: motor transport undertakings
- 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 38(iii).
Who it applies to
The employer of every motor transport undertaking rule 38.
When
All the time rule 38.
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 38(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 38(ii).