### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Spraying of Flammable Liquids) Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(易燃液體的噴塗)規例》

7. Notices to be displayed
(1) A proprietor shall display or cause to be displayed in a prominent position inside every spraying room and spraying area, including in the case of a spraying area any booth or cabinet within such area, at least 2 notices in both English and Chinese as follows—“NO SMOKING—NO NAKED FLAMES不准吸煙——不准點燃無遮蓋之燈火”.
(2) Any notices displayed in accordance with paragraph (1) shall bear English capital letters and Chinese characters at least 100 millimetres in height and each letter and character shall be red in colour on a white background. (L.N. 238 of 1984)

8. Electrical equipment
All electrical equipment likely to be exposed to a flammable atmosphere arising from a flammable liquid spraying process shall be—
(a) so constructed and designed; and
(b) so installed and maintained,
as to prevent, so far as is reasonably practicable, the ignition of the flammable atmosphere. (71 of 1989 s. 13)

9. Provision of fire extinguishing appliances
(1) Every spraying room and spraying area, including in the case of a spraying area any booth or cabinet within such area, shall be provided with portable fire extinguishing appliances of the type and quantity specified in the Schedule.
(2) All fire extinguishing appliances required by paragraph (1) shall be—
(a) so placed or fitted having regard to the size and situation of the spraying room, spraying area or of any booth or cabinet within such area as to be readily available for use; and
(b) regularly checked, inspected and maintained so as to ensure the proper functioning of the appliance in the event of fire.

### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Spraying of Flammable Liquids) Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(易燃液體的噴塗)規例》

10. Storage of flammable liquid
(1) Subject to paragraph (3), any flammable liquid which is present inside a spraying room or spraying area or inside any booth or cabinet within such area shall be stored in a strong metal box, bin or tank, or similar metal container, fitted with a self-closing lid.
(2) Every metal box, bin, tank or metal container used for the storage of a flammable liquid in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be—
(a) inscribed in bold capital letters in English and in Chinese characters on the outside thereof, in the following manner—“FLAMMABLE LIQUID易燃液體”;
(b) so far as practicable be so designed, constructed, installed, placed and maintained as to avoid leakage;
(c) kept closed when any flammable liquid spraying process is in operation.
(3) The quantity of any flammable liquid stored at any one time in any spraying room, spraying area or in any booth or cabinet within such area in accordance with this regulation shall be as small as is reasonably practicable having regard to—
(a) the nature of the spraying process being carried on; and
(b) the safety of the premises and any person therein.
(4) The provisions of this regulation shall be in addition to and not in substitution for any provision relating to the keeping or storage of a flammable liquid to which the Dangerous Goods Ordinance (Cap. 295) applies.

11. Cleanliness
(1) Every spraying room, spraying area and every booth or cabinet within such area shall at all times be kept clean and tidy.
(2) Where any flammable liquid has been spilled on any floor, wall, door or ceiling, or on any piece of equipment, fitting or fixture, immediate steps shall be taken to remove, contain, draw-off or otherwise treat such spill so as to make the premises as safe as reasonably practicable.
(3) Where a deposit of any solid waste residue on any surface may give rise to a risk of fire, such deposit shall be removed forthwith.

12. Disposal of cotton waste etc.
(1) No cotton waste, cleaning rags or other materials which have come into contact or become contaminated with a flammable liquid shall be allowed to remain in any spraying room or spraying area or in any booth or cabinet within such area unless contained in a strong metal box or similar metal container fitted with a self-closing lid.
(2) All cotton waste, cleaning rags or other materials which have come into contact or become contaminated with a flammable liquid shall, unless stored in accordance with paragraph (1), be removed without delay from the spraying room or spraying area or from any booth or cabinet situated within such area, to a safe place.

### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Spraying of Flammable Liquids) Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(易燃液體的噴塗)規例》

13. Removal of contaminated material, etc.
Any person who has used cotton waste, cleaning rags or other materials for the purpose of removing, containing, drawing-off or otherwise treating deposits or spills of any flammable liquid shall comply with regulation 12.

14. Employees’ duties to comply with regulations etc.
Every employee shall make full and proper use of all ventilating equipment at all such times as such equipment is required to be put into use in accordance with these regulations.

15. Employee’s duty to report defects
Every employee shall report forthwith to the proprietor any fault or defect in—
(a) any ventilating apparatus, fire extinguishing appliance or any electrical appliance including any cable, wire switch or plug; or
(b) any pipe or conduit or container used for the conveyance or storage of any flammable liquid.

16. Offences and penalties
(1) If regulation 4 or 8 is contravened, the proprietor of the industrial undertaking in respect of which the contravention occurs commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $400,000.
(2) If regulation 5, 9, 10(1), (2) or (3), 11 or 12 is contravened, the proprietor of the industrial undertaking in respect of which the contravention occurs commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 6.
(3) A proprietor of an industrial undertaking who—
(a) contravenes regulation 6 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $400,000;
(b) contravenes regulation 7 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 6; or
(c) permits or suffers a contravention of regulation 12 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 6.
(4) A person who contravenes regulation 13, 14 or 15 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 5.
(5) A person who smokes or uses a naked flame inside any spraying room, spraying area or within a distance of 6 metres of any spraying area commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine of $150,000.
(5 of 2023 s. 39)

### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Notification of Occupational Diseases) Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(職業病呈報)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Notification of Occupational Diseases) Regulations.

2. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
medical practitioner (醫生) means a person who is registered, or deemed to be registered, as a medical practitioner under the Medical Registration Ordinance (Cap. 161);
occupational disease (職業病) means any disease specified in the First Schedule.

3. Medical practitioners to notify cases of occupational disease
(1) If, upon an examination of any person who is or has been employed in an industrial undertaking or of the body of any deceased person who was at the time of his death so employed or who had been so employed, a medical practitioner believes that that person is suffering from an occupational disease or was at the time of his death suffering from an occupational disease, he shall forthwith notify the Director of Health by sending to him 2 copies of a notice in the form prescribed in the Second Schedule.
(2) The Director of Health shall deliver to the Commissioner 1 copy of the notice given pursuant to paragraph (1).
(3) (a) A medical practitioner who makes application therefor within 1 month after the giving of the notice shall be paid by the Director of Health a fee of $2 in respect of each notice given pursuant to paragraph (1).
(b) Subparagraph (a) does not apply in the case of a medical practitioner who is a public officer.
(L.N. 76 of 1989)

4. Offences and penalties
Any person who contravenes regulation 3(1) commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 5.
(L.N. 317 of 1981; E.R. 1 of 2021; 5 of 2023 s. 23)