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Safety and health in construction

6.5. Mobile asphalt layers and finishers .................................................... 32
6.6. Pavers.................................................................................................. 33
6.7. Road rollers......................................................................................... 33
7. Plant, machinery, equipment and hand tools ................................................. 34
7.1. General provisions.............................................................................. 34
7.2. Hand tools........................................................................................... 35
7.3. Pneumatic tools................................................................................... 35
7.4. Cartridge-operated tools ..................................................................... 36
7.5. Electrical tools .................................................................................... 37
7.6. Woodworking machines ..................................................................... 37
7.7. Engines ............................................................................................... 38
7.8. Silos .................................................................................................... 38
7.9. Concrete work equipment................................................................... 39
7.10. Pressure plant...................................................................................... 40
7.11. Conveyors........................................................................................... 42
7.12. Crusher plants..................................................................................... 43
7.13. Power generators ................................................................................ 43
8. Work at heights including roof work .............................................................. 44
8.1. General provisions.............................................................................. 44
8.2. Roof work........................................................................................... 44
8.3. Work on tall chimneys........................................................................ 45

9. Excavations, shafts, earthworks, underground works and tunnels.............. 47
9.1. General provisions.............................................................................. 47
9.2. Excavations......................................................................................... 47
9.3. Underground construction .................................................................. 49
9.3.1. General provisions.............................................................................49
9.3.2. Shaft sinking......................................................................................49
9.3.3. Ventilation.........................................................................................51
9.3.4. Fire protection ...................................................................................51
9.3.5. Electricity ..........................................................................................52
9.3.6. Underground lighting ........................................................................52
9.4. Drilling................................................................................................ 52
9.5. Transport, storage and handling of explosives ................................... 53
9.6. Blasting............................................................................................... 53
9.7. Haulage............................................................................................... 53
9.8. Dust control ........................................................................................ 54
9.9. Underground pipelines........................................................................ 54
10. Cofferdams and caissons and work in compressed air.................................. 55
10.1. General provisions.............................................................................. 55
10.2. Work in cofferdams and caissons....................................................... 56
10.3. Work in tunnels in compressed air ..................................................... 59

11. Structural frames, formwork and concrete work .......................................... 61
11.1. General provisions............................................................................... 61
11.2. Erection and dismantling of steel and prefabricated structures.......... 61
11.3. Cast-in-situ concrete structures........................................................... 64
11.4. Provision of temporary floors............................................................. 64
11.5. Formwork ........................................................................................... 65

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