### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Blasting by Abrasives) Special Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(噴砂打磨)特別規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Blasting by Abrasives) Special Regulations.

2. Interpretation
In these regulations blasting process (噴砂工序) means the cleaning, smoothing, roughening or removing of part of the surface of any substance or thing including granite, stone or brick by the use as an abrasive of a jet of sand, metal shot or grit or other material propelled by a blast of compressed air or steam or water or by a wheel.

3. Restriction on use of sand or free silica as an abrasive in a blasting process
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no person shall, in any industrial undertaking, use sand or other material containing free silica as an abrasive in any blasting process. (L.N. 158 of 1978)
(2) If the Commissioner for Labour, or any officer authorized in writing by him, is satisfied that in any industrial undertaking the use of sand or any other material containing free silica as an abrasive in a blasting process (other than a process incidental or supplemental to the making of metal castings) is necessary in any particular case, he may by certificate in writing (which he may in his discretion revoke at any time) permit the use of the sand or other material containing free silica in that blasting process subject to the following conditions—
(a) that there shall be provided and maintained for the use of every person who is employed in that blasting process a protective helmet of a type approved in writing by the Commissioner or by any officer authorized in writing by the Commissioner for Labour designed to enclose the head, face and neck of such person and every such person shall wear the helmet provided for his use whilst he is employed in that blasting process; and
(b) that every person employed in that blasting process shall, whilst so employed, be supplied with clean fresh air at a rate of not less than 170 litres per minute from a source removed from that blasting process, (L.N. 238 of 1984; L.N. 307 of 1998)
and such other conditions as the Commissioner for Labour, or any officer authorized in writing by him, may in his discretion specify in the certificate.
(3) Any person who uses sand or any other material containing free silica as an abrasive in a blasting process in contravention of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence. (L.N. 315 of 1981)
(4) A person who is convicted of an offence under paragraph (3) is liable to—
(a) if the person is a proprietor—a fine at level 6; or
(b) in any other case—a fine at level 5. (5 of 2023 s. 21)

### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (First Aid in Notifiable Workplaces) Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(應呈報工場的急救設備)規例》

1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (First Aid in Notifiable Workplaces) Regulations.
(50 of 1985 s. 9)

1A. Application
These regulations shall not apply to any quarry.
(L.N. 33 of 1969)

2. Interpretation
(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—
person trained in first aid (曾受急救訓練的人) means a person who—
(a) holds a current certificate of competency in first aid issued by the St. John Ambulance Association;
(b) is a registered nurse within the meaning of the Nurses Registration Ordinance (Cap. 164); or
(c) has otherwise completed a course of training in first aid approved by certificate under the hand of the Commissioner. (L.N. 223 of 1973)

(2) For the purposes of these regulations, the number of persons employed in a notifiable workplace shall be taken to be the number of persons actually working therein at any time. (50 of 1985 s. 9)

3. Provision of first aid box or cupboard
(1) In any notifiable workplace, there shall be provided and maintained therein by the proprietor so as to be readily accessible a separate first aid box or cupboard for each 100 persons or part thereof employed therein. (50 of 1985 s. 9)
(2) Each first aid box or cupboard shall be of adequate capacity and shall contain the items specified in the Schedule and any additional items required under paragraph (3)(a), (b) or (c).
(3) The Commissioner may by notice in writing to the proprietor of a notifiable workplace require that all or any of the following items be provided in that notifiable workplace— (50 of 1985 s. 9; 80 of 1997 s. 102)
(a) a sufficient supply of assorted sizes of waterproof adhesive wound dressings;
(b) a sufficient supply of waterproof adhesive plaster;
(c) a sufficient supply of eye baths;
(d) a stretcher.
(4) All items provided in a first aid box or cupboard in accordance with paragraph (2) shall be in good condition at all times.
(5) A stretcher provided in accordance with a requirement under paragraph (3)(d) shall be—
(a) kept alongside a first aid box or cupboard; and
(b) maintained in good condition at all times.
(6) Nothing except appliances and requisites for first aid shall be kept in a first aid box or cupboard.
(7) Each first aid box or cupboard shall be marked plainly “FIRST AID” in English and “急救” in Chinese.

### Factories and Industrial Undertakings (First Aid in Notifiable Workplaces) Regulations 《工廠及工業經營(應呈報工場的急救設備)規例》

4. Persons in charge of first aid box or cupboard
(1) In any notifiable workplace all first aid boxes or cupboards shall be placed in the charge of a team of responsible persons designated by the proprietor of such workplace.
(2) The proprietor of a notifiable workplace shall ensure that at least 1 member of such team is always readily available during working hours.
(3) There shall be affixed to each first aid box or cupboard provided pursuant to regulation 3 a notice in English and Chinese specifying the names of the members of the team designated in accordance with this regulation.
(4) If a first aid box or cupboard is not provided in a workroom in a notifiable workplace, a notice in English and Chinese stating the location of the nearest first aid box or cupboard and the names of the members of the team designated in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be displayed in a prominent place in such workroom.
(50 of 1985 s. 9)

5. Team to include person trained in first aid
In any notifiable workplace such team shall include at least 1 person trained in first aid for each 100 persons or part thereof employed therein after the first hundred.
(50 of 1985 s. 9)

6. Standards for dressings
All materials for dressings contained in first aid boxes or cupboards shall be those designated in, and of a grade or quality not lower than the standards specified by, the British Pharmaceutical Codex or any supplement thereto.

7. Exemption where first aid room provided in notifiable workplace
(1) If a room is provided in a notifiable workplace for the sole purpose of providing first aid or medical treatment, and arrangements are made so as to ensure the treatment therein of all injuries occurring in the workplace, the Commissioner may by notice in writing exempt the workplace from the requirements of these regulations to such extent and subject to such conditions as he may specify in the notice. (50 of 1985 s. 9)
(2) Such a notice shall be prominently displayed in the room provided.

8. Offences and penalties
The proprietor of a notifiable workplace who— (L.N. 316 of 1981; 50 of 1985 s. 9; E.R. 1 of 2021; 5 of 2023 s. 22)
(a) contravenes regulation 3, 4, 6 or 7 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 4; or
(b) contravenes regulation 5 commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine at level 6. (5 of 2023 s. 22)