### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Protection of Eyes) Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(保護眼睛)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Protection of Eyes) Regulations.

2. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
approved eye protectors (認可護眼用具), approved shield (認可護盾) and approved fixed shield (認可固定護盾) mean respectively eye protectors, a shield and a fixed shield made in conformity with specifications for the time being declared under regulation 4 to be approved specifications for the purposes of these regulations;
eye protectors (護眼用具) means any of the following (being equipment made to be worn by a person), that is to say, goggles, visors, spectacles and face screens;
fixed shield (固定護盾) means a screen which is free-standing or which is, or is made to be, attached to machinery, plant or other equipment or to a building or structure;
shield (護盾) means a helmet or hand shield, being equipment made to be worn or held by a person;
specified process (指明工序) means any process specified in the Schedule to these regulations.

3. Application and exemption
(1) These regulations shall apply to any industrial undertaking where any specified process is carried on.
(2) The Commissioner may, by certificate under his hand, exempt any industrial undertaking to which these regulations apply from all or any of the requirements of these regulations if he is satisfied that, in the case of that undertaking, the requirements in respect of which the exemption is granted are not necessary for the protection of persons employed in that undertaking or are not reasonably practicable; and any exemption granted under this paragraph shall be subject to such terms and conditions as the Commissioner may specify therein, and may be revoked at any time.

4. Specifications
(1) Eye protectors, shields or fixed shields provided under these regulations for the use of persons in any industrial undertaking to which these regulations apply shall be made in conformity with such specifications as the Commissioner may, by notice in the Gazette, declare to be approved specifications for the purposes of these regulations.
(2) The Commissioner may, by notice in the Gazette, revoke, replace or amend any notice under paragraph (1) or any specification therein.

5. Protection of persons employed in specified process
The proprietor of any industrial undertaking to which these regulations apply shall provide for the use of every person employed in any specified process carried on in that undertaking—
(a) approved eye protectors;
(b) an approved shield; or
(c) an approved fixed shield,
as the case may require for the protection of his eyes, having regard to the specified process in which that person is employed and the risk of injury to his eyes from the carrying on of that process.

### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Protection of Eyes) Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(保護眼睛)規例》

6. Protection of persons at risk from but not employed in a specified process
Where any specified process is being carried on in an industrial undertaking and any person other than those employed in that process is employed in a place where there is a reasonably foreseeable risk of injury to his eyes from the carrying on of the process, the proprietor of the industrial undertaking shall provide for the use of that person—
(a) approved eye protectors;
(b) an approved shield; or
(c) an approved fixed shield,
as the case may require for the protection of his eyes, having regard to the specified process being so carried on and the risk of injury to his eyes from the carrying on of that process.

7. Duties of proprietor in respect of protective equipment
The proprietor of an industrial undertaking to which these regulations apply shall—
(a) maintain in good condition all eye protectors, shields and fixed shields provided by him for use under these regulations and shall—
(i) so far as may be reasonably necessary for that purpose, provide proper storage for them;
(ii) if it is necessary that they should be transparent, keep them clean; and
(b) take all reasonable steps to ensure that every person for whose use he so provides eye protectors or a shield or a fixed shield, as the case may be, makes full and proper use of the same. (71 of 1989 s. 13)

8. Duties of employees in respect of protective equipment
Where the proprietor of an industrial undertaking to which these regulations apply provides eye protectors or a shield or a fixed shield, as the case may be, for the use of any person under these regulations, that person shall—
(a) make full and proper use thereof; and
(b) report forthwith to the proprietor the loss or destruction thereof or any damage thereto or defect herein.

9. Offences
(1) A proprietor of an industrial undertaking who contravenes regulation 5, 6 or 7 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 6.
(2) A person who contravenes regulation 8 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 5.
(5 of 2023 s. 46) 

### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Woodworking Machinery) Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(木工機械)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Woodworking Machinery) Regulations.

2. Application
These regulations shall apply to any industrial undertaking in which any woodworking machine is used.

3. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
circular saw (圓鋸) means a circular saw working in a bench (including a rack bench) for the purpose of ripping, deep-cutting or crosscutting; but does not include a swing saw or other saw which is moved towards the wood;
plain band saw (普通帶鋸) means a band saw, other than a log saw or a band re-sawing machine, the cutting portion of which runs in a vertical direction;
planing machine (刨床) includes a machine for overhand planing or for thicknessing or for both operations; (L.N. 171 of 1974)
swing saw (搖擺鋸) or pendulum saw (鐘擺鋸) means a revolving saw mounted in a frame, column or chassis which is suspended from a pivot above the table, bench or other support on which the wood is placed and which is operated by being pulled across the table, bench or other support on which the wood is placed;
underground room (地下室) means a room any part of which is so situated that half or more of the whole height thereof measured from the floor to the ceiling is below the surface of the footway of the adjoining street or of the ground adjoining or nearest to the room;
woodworking machine (木工機器) means any circular saw, swing saw, pendulum saw, plain band saw, planing machine, vertical spindle moulding machine or chain mortising machine that operates on wood.
(L.N. 238 of 1984)

4. Stopping and starting devices
A woodworking machine shall be provided with an efficient stopping and starting appliance, and the control of this appliance shall be in such a position as to be readily and conveniently operated by the person in charge of the machine.

5. Clear space
Sufficient clear and unobstructed space shall be maintained at a woodworking machine while in motion to enable the work to be carried on without unnecessary risk.

6. Floors
The floor surrounding a woodworking machine shall be maintained in good and level condition, and, so far as practicable, free from chips and other loose material, and shall not be allowed to become slippery.
(71 of 1989 s. 13)

### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Woodworking Machinery) Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(木工機械)規例》

7. Lighting
(1) Adequate lighting shall be provided for a woodworking machine.
(2) Artificial lighting shall be so placed or shaded as to prevent direct rays of light from impinging on the eyes of the operator while he is operating such machine.
(3) No illumination will be considered adequate which provides less than 160 lux of light of working area. (L.N. 238 of 1984)

8. Underground rooms
No woodworking machine shall be worked in any underground room which is certified by the Commissioner for Labour to be unsuitable for the purpose as regards height, construction, light, ventilation or in any other respect.

9. Training
(1) A person while being trained to work a woodworking machine shall be fully and carefully instructed as to the dangers arising in connexion with such machine and the precautions to be observed.
(2) No person under 16 years of age shall be employed on any woodworking machine. (L.N. 115 of 2002)