Only the Danish version is authentic.
Chapter A I B
1 July 2002

Technical regulation onoccupational health in ships

CHAPTER I
Performance of work
Part B
Regulation 1
Regulation 2Regulation 3
Regulation 4
Regulation 5
Regulation 6
Regulation 7
Regulation 8
Regulation 9
Regulation 10Regulation 11
Regulation 12
Regulation 13
Regulation 14
Regulation 15
Regulation 16
Regulation 17
Regulation 18
Annex I
Annex II

Young people's work on board ships .............................2
Application ....................................................................2
The master's obligations, etc..........................................2Certain kinds of work that young people below
the age of 18 may not perform.......................................3
Risks of accidents ..........................................................3
Health hazards associated with workwith certain substances and materials ............................3
Noise and vibrations ......................................................3
Other health and safety hazards – physical strains ........4
Piece work .....................................................................4
Danger of items falling down or collapsing...................4
Extremely high and low temperatures ...........................4
Radiation........................................................................4
High voltage...................................................................4
Suffocation risks ............................................................4
Pressure cylinders ..........................................................4
Risks of explosion..........................................................5
Breathing masks.............................................................5
High air pressure............................................................5
Risk of violence .............................................................5
Not exhaustive list of technical aids, installations
and working processes with which young people
below the age of 18 may not work.................................6
List of substances and materials with which youngpeople below the age of 18 may not work or towhich they may not be exposed in any other way .........7

CHAPTER I
Performance of work
Part B

Young people's work on board ships

Regulation 1Application

1

The provisions of this part shall cover the employment of young
people below the age of 18 for work on board ships.

2

The obligations shall rest with employers (in the following
referred to as ship owners), masters and supervisors.

3

This part contains provisions implementing Council Directive
94/33/EC of 22 June 1994 on the protection of young people atwork, Official Journal 1994 L 216, p. 12.

4

Insofar as stricter provisions on the employment of young people
on board ships have been laid down in other rules, including
higher age limits for certain kinds of work, such provisions shallapply prior to the provisions of this part.

Regulation 2

The master's obligations, etc.

1

When young people are employed, efforts shall be made toensure that the work can be carried out in a fully reasonable way
from a health and safety perspective when tasks are being chosen
and the work is being planned and arranged.

2Measures under regulation 2 (1), cf. regulation 2 (1)-(5) of part Aof this chapter, shall be taken on the basis of an assessment of therisks that the work present to the young people, and particularconsideration shall be paid to the special risks that are due totheir lack of experience, lack of awareness of risks or the factthat they are not yet fully developed. In addition, consideration
shall be paid to the physical, biological, chemical as well as
mental effects in both the short and the longer term to which theyoung people may be exposed.

3

The master shall ensure that the young people receive thoroughtraining and instructions so that they can carry out their work in away that is free of risks. In this connection, the master shall makethe young people aware of the measures that have been taken as
regards their health and safety.

4

Where user instructions shall be available about substances andmaterials, technical aids, etc. for the use of the crew during work,
the master shall ensure that the young people are acquainted with
the information contained in such instructions.

5

The work shall be performed under the effective surveillance of aperson who has turned 18 and who has the necessary insight into
the nature of the work.

6

The master shall involve the crew and the safety organisation in
the planning, implementation and control of the health and safety
aspects of young people's work.

7

On ships where young people are employed whose labour has
been rented out to the ship or made available to the ship in someother way by another company, the ship owner or, in his place,the master has an obligation to ensure that the work of these2

Chapter A I BRegulation 2people is planned, arranged and carried out in a way that is fully
reasonable from a health and safety perspective.
Regulation 3

Certain kinds of work that young people below theage of 18 may not perform

1

Young people may not be engaged in the kinds of work
mentioned in regulations 14 to 18, unless expressly provided
otherwise.

2Work forming a necessary part of a qualifying apprenticetraining programme, a candidate training programme approvedby the Danish Maritime Authority, a basic vocational training
programme or a similar training programme of at least two years'
duration shall be exempted from the prohibitions of regulations
4, 5(1), 6(2), 8 to 12 and 19(2) and (3) to the extent that it isnecessary to complete the training programme. As regards work
after the completion of the training programme, the same
exemptions shall apply to the extent that they are necessary forthe employment of the young person.

3Work on board fishing vessels forming a necessary part of thetraining in connection with an education as a fisherman approvedby the Danish Maritime Authority may be exempted from theprohibitions of regulations 4, 5(1), 6(2), 8 to 12 and 19 (2) and(3) to the extent that it is necessary to complete the training
programme. As regards work after the completion of the training
programme, the same exemptions shall apply to the extent thatthey are necessary for the employment of the young person.

4

Paragraphs (2) and (3) shall not apply, however, to work thatinvolves exposure to lead and asbestos in some way.

Regulation 4

Risks of accidents

Young people may not work with the technical aids, installations
or working processes stipulated in annex 1 or with work thatinvolves the same degree of hazard.
Regulation 5

Health hazards associated with work with certain
substances and materials

1

Young people may not work with or in any other way be exposed
to effects from the substances and materials mentioned in annex
2.

2

It shall be permitted to engage young people in working
processes in which the substances and materials mentioned inannex 2 form a part if the processes are in closed systems or if
the young people are in any other similar way secured against theeffects.

Regulation 6

Noise and vibrations

1

Young people may not be exposed to noise or vibrations thatmay present a danger to their health.

2Young people may not work with vibrating hand tools with alevel of vibration higher than 130 dB (HA).

3

In cases where it is permitted under regulation 3(2) and (3) toperform work with vibrating hand tools, the daily work shall bearranged so that there are frequent interruptions.

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Chapter A I BRegulation 7Regulation 7

Other health and safety hazards – physical strains

1

Young people may not be exposed to physical strains that may be
harmful to their health or development in the short or long term.

2

Unnecessary physical strains as well as inappropriate postures ormovements shall be avoided.

3

To the widest possible extent, young people shall be prevented
from lifting or carrying loads of more than 12 kg.

4This may, however, be departed from in connection with work
taking place under ergonomically appropriate conditions, butefforts shall be made to ensure that the loads carried or lifted byeach individual person do not weigh more than 25 kg.

5Efforts should be made to avoid that young people are exposed togreater loads during their work than those mentioned inregulation 7(3) and (4).

Regulation 8

Piece work

Young people may not be engaged in work where the pace isdecided by a machine and that involves piece work.
Regulation 9

Danger of items falling down or collapsing

If a task is associated with a risk of items falling down orcollapsing, young people may not be engaged in such work until
the danger has been effectively obviated by means of technicalaids that do not involve the use of personal protective equipment.
Regulation 10 Extremely high and low temperatures
1

Young people may not work in surroundings or be engaged inwork that may present a danger to their safety due to extremely
high or extremely low temperatures.

2On ships registered on Greenland, work may, however, beperformed at extremely low temperatures if efforts have been
made to ensure that the work can be performed in a fully
reasonable way from a health and safety perspective.

Regulation 11 Radiation
Young people may not be engaged in work where they are
exposed to ionising radiation.
Regulation 12 High voltageYoung people may not be engaged in work involving a risk ofhigh voltage shocks.
Regulation 13 Suffocation risks
Young people may not be engaged in work that may involve arisk of suffocation as a consequence of a lack of oxygen.
Regulation 14 Pressure cylinders
Young people may not be engaged in the recharging of pressure
cylinders.

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Regulation 15 Risks of explosion
Young people may not be engaged in working processes that
may involve a risk of explosion unless effective technicalmeasures have been taken to prevent personal injury.
Regulation 16 Breathing masks
Young people may be engaged in work involving the use ofbreathing masks supplied with fresh-air only for a maximum offour hours a day.
Regulation 17 High air pressure
Young people may not be engaged in work under high airpressure in, for example, pressure cabins.
Regulation 18 Risk of violence
Young people may not work on their own if the work may
involve a special risk of them being exposed to violence.

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Annex IANNEX I
Not exhaustive list of technical aids, installations
and working processes with which young people
below the age of 18 may not work1

2

Mechanically driven technical aids
1Machines with fast-cutting tools.1

2Machines with piston-like movements.1

3

Machines with open rollers or worms.1

4Mixing, painting, grinding and chopping machines, cutting
machines, tearing machines and centrifuges.1

5

Beating tools.2

6

Apparatuses for cleaning, painting, rust protection treatment
or the like with a working pressure of more than 7 Mpa (70bars).

Engine-driven machinery, etc.
Industrial trucks as well as fork stackers and fork trucks as
regards the work as driver or operator.

3

Mechanically driven lifting devices or transporters, lifts,
cranes, working platforms, suspended scaffolds, winches andotter boards
However, young people shall be permitted to operate push-button
lifts.

1

2

Young people may be permitted to use the technical aids mentioned if they have been
designed or shielded so that the moving and processing parts are inaccessible during
operation.
However, young people may be permitted to carry out work for a short while, i.e. forless than 30 minutes in an eight-hour working day.

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Annex II

ANNEX II
List of substances and materials with which young
people below the age of 18 may not work or towhich they may not be exposed in any other way
1

Substances and materials covered by regulation 2 (2-1) ofchapter II, part A, used on board ships and which:
A: are marked with the following danger symbols and danger
designations:Tx,very toxic

T,

toxic

C,

causticE,

explosive

including substances and materials marked with the risk phrases:
R39,

Danger of very serious irreversible effects

R45,

May cause cancer

R46,

May cause heritable genetic damage

R60,

May impair fertility

R61,

May cause harm to the unborn child

B: are marked with the danger symbol and danger designation
Xn, harmful to health, and are also marked with at least oneof the following risk phrases:
R40,

Possible risks of irreversible effects

R42,

May cause sensitisation by inhalation

R48,

Danger of serious damage to health by prolonged
exposure

R62,

Possible risk of impaired fertility

R63,

Possible risk of harm to the unborn child

C: are marked with the danger symbol and danger designation
Xi, irritant, and are also marked with the risk phrase:
R43,

May cause sensitisation by skin contact

D: are marked with the following risk phrase:
R12,

Extremely flammable.

2

Substances and processes on the list issued by the Danish
Working Environment Authority of substances and processes
regarded as carcinogenic in the AT-instruction on limit values forsubstances and materials.

3

Materials containing more than 0.1 percentage by weight ofsubstances mentioned under paragraph (2).

4Organic solvents on the list issued by the Danish Working
Environment Authority of organic solvents, cf. the ATinstruction on limit values for substances and materials.

5

Materials containing more than 0.5 percentage by weight of thesolvents mentioned under paragraph (4).

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Annex II

6

Biological agents in groups 3 and 4, cf. the technical regulation
issued by the Danish Maritime Authority on the protection ofemployees against the dangers of being exposed to biologicalagents during work.

7

Lead and lead compounds insofar as they can be absorbed by thehuman organism.

8

Asbestos.

9

The handling of fireworks as well as different objects,
machinery, etc. that contain explosives.

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