### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Work in Compressed Air) Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(在壓縮空氣中工作)規例》

26. Medical supervision and certification
(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), no person shall be employed in compressed air unless he has been examined by an appointed medical practitioner and certified by him, by a signed entry in the person’s compressed air health register in Form 6 of the Fourth Schedule to be fit for such employment.
(2) In the case of a person who—
(a) is a new starter, the certificate of fitness under paragraph (1) shall be obtained not more than 3 days prior to the employment;
(b) is not a new starter and who continues to be employed in compressed air at a working pressure not exceeding 14 pounds per square inch, the certificate of fitness under paragraph (1) shall be obtained not less than once in every 3 months;
(c) is not a new starter and who continues to be employed in compressed air at a working pressure exceeding 14 pounds per square inch, the certificate of fitness under paragraph (1) shall be obtained not less than once in every 4 weeks.
(3) Notwithstanding that a person has been certified fit for employment in compressed air under this regulation, he shall not be so employed if he is suffering from a cold in the head, chest infection, sore throat or earache.
(4) A person who is required to be employed in compressed air and who is suffering from a cold in the head, chest infection, sore throat or earache shall report the matter to the person appointed under regulation 5(1).
(5) Any person suffering from a cold in the head, chest infection, sore throat, earache or any other illness or injury necessitating absence from work for more than 3 consecutive days shall be re-examined by an appointed medical practitioner and certified by him to be fit for employment in compressed air before he resumes such employment.

27. Compressed air health registers, etc.
(1) For every person employed in compressed air the employer shall maintain a compressed air health register in Form 6 of the Fourth Schedule of which—
(a) Part I shall be filled in by the employer; and
(b) Part II shall be filled in by the appointed medical practitioner.
(2) The compressed air health register for every person employed in compressed air shall be kept by the employer whilst such person is in his employment, except at times when it is required by such person or the appointed medical practitioner for the purposes of these regulations, and shall be given to such person on the termination of the employment.
(3) The compressed air worker’s decompression sickness case sheet in Form 4 of the Fourth Schedule shall be filed by the medical lock attendant together with the relevant medical lock recording gauge charts.
(4) The employer shall keep in his possession for 5 years, or such shorter period as the Commissioner may agree in writing in any particular case, copies of Forms 3, 4 and 5 of the Fourth Schedule in respect of any person employed by him in compressed air.

### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Work in Compressed Air) Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(在壓縮空氣中工作)規例》

28. Radiographic examinations
(1) Every person employed in compressed air at a pressure exceeding 14 pounds per square inch shall undergo a radiographic examination of his major joints within 4 weeks after such employment, unless the person has had such an examination during the 12 months immediately preceding such employment. (L.N. 162 of 1982)
(2) Every person who continues to be employed in compressed air at a pressure exceeding 14 pounds per square inch shall undergo the examination referred to in paragraph (1) at intervals of about, but not less than, 12 months. (L.N. 162 of 1982)
(3) Any radiographic examination required under this regulation shall be arranged by the appointed medical practitioner with the approval of the employer and the cost of the examination shall be borne by the employer.
(4) The appointed medical practitioner shall enter the particulars of a radiographic examination under this regulation in the compressed air worker’s medical card in Form 3 of the Fourth Schedule.

29. Duty to submit to medical examination
Every person employed or proposed to be employed in compressed air shall submit himself for medical examination in accordance with these regulations.

30. Notification of work in compressed air
A contractor shall, before he commences for the first time any construction work in compressed air at a pressure exceeding 14 pounds per square inch, notify in Form 7 of the Fourth Schedule—
(a) an occupational safety officer; (32 of 2000 s. 48)
(b) the Senior Occupational Health Officer; (L.N. 248 of 1982)
(c) the police station nearest to the construction site; and
(d) the fire services station nearest to the construction site.

31. Employment of persons without previous experience
(1) No person shall be employed in compressed air unless—
(a) he has had previous experience of such work; or
(b) if he has not had such experience, he is accompanied by a person experienced in such work.
(2) In the case of a person not previously employed in compressed air, compression shall not be carried out unless he is accompanied in the man-lock by a person competent to advise him as to the appropriate conduct of persons during compression.
(3) A person who has not previously been employed in compressed air at a pressure exceeding 14 pounds per square inch shall work his first shift for not exceeding 4 hours, and such shift shall coincide with the latter part of a normal shift period so that the person is decompressed together with the other members of the shift who have previously been so employed.

32. Advisory leaflets
Before any person is employed in compressed air for the first time, the employer shall give such person a leaflet in Form 8 of the Fourth Schedule and shall cause the contents of the leaflet to be explained to such person.

### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Work in Compressed Air) Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(在壓縮空氣中工作)規例》

33. Personal labels
(1) Where a person is employed in compressed air at a pressure exceeding 14 pounds per square inch, the employer shall give such person a suitable and durable label, to be worn next to the body, for the guidance of others should the person be taken ill after leaving work, indicating that the person has been employed in compressed air and giving the address of the medical lock to which he should be conveyed if taken ill.
(2) A person who has been employed in compressed air at a pressure exceeding 14 pounds per square inch shall wear the label referred to in paragraph (1) next to his body at all times during the 24 hours immediately following such employment.

34. Consumption of alcohol and smoking
(1) No person shall consume alcohol whilst he is employed in compressed air.
(2) No person under the influence of alcohol shall undergo compression in any lock other than in a medical lock.
(3) No person shall smoke whilst he is employed in compressed air.

35. Duty to follow instructions of lock attendants
No person shall wilfully—
(a) obstruct; or
(b) delay or refuse to follow any instruction given by,
a lock attendant or medical lock attendant in the course of his duties.

36. Supply of food and hot drinks
Food and hot drinks shall be available to persons undergoing treatment in a medical lock.

37. Fire fighting procedure and fire drills
The contractor shall—
(a) display in a prominent position on the construction site the procedure to be followed in the event of an outbreak of fire and such procedure shall be approved by the Director of Fire Services;
(b) ensure that every person employed in compressed air is familiar with the procedure referred to in sub-paragraph (a); and
(c) hold a fire drill on the construction site not less than once in every month during the duration of the construction work.