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NOTIFICATION OF THE MINISTRY OF INTERIOR

Re : Working Safety in Respect to Environmental Condition*

* Government Gazette Vol. 93, Part 148, dated 30 November 2519.

By virtue of the provisions of Clause 2 (7) of theAnnouncement of the Revolutionary Party No. 103, dated 16 March2515, the Ministry of Interior hereby prescribes the welfare

on health and safety for the employees as follows:

GENERAL

Clause 1. In this Notification:

"Condition of heat" means the temperature around theemployee while under normal working condition.

"Employer" means the person who agrees to accept theemployee for employment by paying wages, and shall also includethe person assigned by the employer to act on his behalf. In thecase that the employer is a juristic person, it means the person

authorized to act on behalf of such juristic person, and shallalso include the person assigned to act on behalf of theauthorized person of said juristic person.

"Employee" means the person who agrees to work for anemployer for a return in wages, regardless of the fact whetherhe receives the wages himself or not, and shall include permanentemployee and temporary employee but not including an employee whoperforms domestic service.

"Permanent Employee" means an employee whom the employeragrees to employ on a permanent basis.

"Temporary Employee" means an employee whom the employeragrees to employ not on permanent basis, but for the employmentof which the nature is occasional, temporary or seasonal.

CHAPTER 1: HEAT

Clause 2. Within the place where the employees are working,the condition of heat shall not cause the body temperature of theemployee to rise above 38 Q Celsius.

Clause 3. In places of work where condition of heat causesthe body temperature of employees to rise over 38 Celsius, theemployer shall carry out a remedy or modification to reduce such

condition of heat. If such remedy or modification cannot becarried out, the employer shall provide the employees with heatprotective equipment to prevent their body temperaturerising above 38 Celsius.

Clause 4. In the event the body temperature of an employeerises over 38 Celsius, the employer shall grant a temporary rest

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period to such employee until his body temperature returns tonormal.

Clause 5. At the sources of heat where the condition of heatare hazardous to individual health the employer shall postnotices to such effect as a sign of caution thereof.

Clause 6. The employer shall provide employees working inthe vicinity of a source of heat generating a temperature of over45 Celsius to the surrounding area, with protective apparels,shoes and gloves throughout the working period in accordance with

the standards as prescribed in Chapter 4.

CHAPTER 2: LIGHTING

Clause 7. Within the places of work the employees shall workas follows:

(1) For work of non-precision nature such as moving, filing,grinding or grading of rough material, the lighting intensityshall not be less than 50 lux;

(2) For work requiring a small degree of precision such asthe production or assembling of rough pieces of work, the milling

of rice, combing of cotton or the initial stage of work in thevarious industrial processes, the lighting intensity shall notbe less than 100 lux.

Clause 8. At a place of work, any one employee shall workas follows:

(1) For work requiring medium degree of precision such assewing of cloth, sewing of leather, assembling of utensils etc.,the lighting intensity shall not be less than 20() lux;

(2) For work requiring higher degree of precision thanmentioned in (1) but not higher than prescribed in (3) such as

the milling or working of metal, repairing of machinery,inspecting and testing of products, dressing of leather or cottoncloth, weaving etc., the lighting intensity shall not be lessthan 300 lux;

(3) For work requiring special degree of precision and longperiod of working time such as the assemblings of machinery orequipment of small size, watches, the cutting of diamonds,polishing of precious stones, sewing of cloth of dark shadesetc., the lighting intensity shall not be less than 1000 lux.

Clause 9. Roads and pathways outside of buildings within theplace of work; shall have a lighting intensity of not less than20 lux.

Clause 10. Godowns or storerooms, walk-ways, cat-walks andstairs within a place of work shall have a lighting intensity ofnot less than 50 lux.

Clause 11. The employer shall take measures to preventdirect light or reflected rays of the sun or light generatingsource from shining into the eyes of employees while at work. Inthe event such prevention cannot be effectively rendered, theemployer shall have employees working under such conditions wear,throughout the working period, light protective eye-piecesor visors of the standards as prescribed in Chapter 4.

Clause 12. The employer shall have any employee working incaves, tunnels or places with insufficient lighting wear,throughout the working period, protective helmet equipped withlighting source of the standards as prescribed in Chapter 4.

CHAPTER 3: NOISE



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Clause 13. Within a place of work, any employee shall workas follows:

(1)Not more than seven hours per day; the sound level whichthe employee is continuously exposed to, shall not exceed ninety-one decibel (a);

(2) More than seven but less than eight hours per day; thesound level which the employee is continuously exposed to, shallnot exceed ninety decibels (a);

(3) More than eight hours per day; the sound level which theemployee is continuously exposed to, shall not exceed eightydecibels (a).

Clause 14. The employer shall not have any employee to workin a place where the sound level is in excess of one hundred andforty decibels (a).

Clause 15. In a place where the sound level which theemployee is continuously exposed to is in excess of thatprescribed under Clause 13, the employer shall rectify or modifythe source of such sound or sound passage not to exceed theprescribed level.

Clause 16. In the event where rectification or modificationcannot be carried out as prescribed under Clause 15, the employershall arrange for the employee to wear, throughout the workingperiod, ear plugs or ear muffs of the standards as prescribed inChapter 4.

CHAPTER 4: STANDARDS CONCERNING PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR PERSONALSAFETY

Clause 17. Protective helmet shall not weight more than fourhundred and twenty four grams, made of non-metallic material andshall be able to withstand impact of not less than three hundred

and eighty five kilograms. The interior shall be fitted with ahead-band made of leather, plastic, cloth or other similarmaterial at a distance of not less than one centimeter whichshall be adjustable according to the size of the user's head toprevent the head from hitting against the interior.

For helmets equipped with lighting device, apart fromcompliance. to the standards specified in proceeding paragraph,there shall be a lighting device generating an intensity of notless than 20 lux fixed at the forward position.

Clause 18. Ear plugs shall be made of plastic or rubber orother material for insertion into both ears and shall be able toreduce the sound level by no less than 15 decibels (a).

Clause 19. Ear muffs shall be made of plastic or rubber orother material covering both ears and shall be able to reduce thesound level by no less than 25 decibels (a).

Clause 20. Protective eye-pieces shall have coloured glasscapable of reducing the intensity of light to a level nothazardous to the eyes. The frame shall be light and equipped witha light shield of soft material.

Clause 21. Visors shall be made of coloured glass capableof reducing the intensity of light to a level not hazardous tothe eyes. The frame shall be light and not flammable.

Clause 22. Protective apparels, shoes and gloves capable ofpreventing that heat in accordance with Clause 6 shall be madeof light-weight material and able to withstand heat from thesource of heat.

CHAPTER 5: MISCELLANEOUS



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Clause 23. Prescriptions on health and safety in this

Notification are only minimum basic requirements which must beadhered to.

Clause 24. The employer may, for work of any nature forwhich the employee cannot conveniently utilize the protectivepersonal safety equipment as prescribed in this Notification,allow the employee to suspend the use of such protectiveequipment temporarily for such specific work

Clause. 25. In the event the competent officer finds theconditions of heat, lighting or sound within a place of work tobe contrary to those prescribed under this Notification, he shallmake recommendation in writing to the employer to carry outproper action within the specified time.

Clause 26. This Notification of the Ministry if Interiorshall become effective after the lapse of one hundred and eightydays from the date of publication on the Government Gazette.

Given on the 12 November 2519

KANUANG LUECHAI

Deputy Minister of Interior,acting for Minister of Interior.

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