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    The Occupational Safety and Health (Use and Standards of Exposure of Chemicals Hazardous to Health) Regulations 2000 establishes standards and guidelines for worker exposure to hazardous chemicals. Key terms defined include airborne concentration, approved, assessor, ceiling limit, chemicals hazardous to health, chemical safety data sheet, Director General, engineering control equipment, health surveillance, hygiene technician, maximum exposure limit, medical surveillance, occupational health doctor, and permissible exposure limit. The regulations provide interpretation of technical terms and establish roles and responsibilities regarding assessment and monitoring of chemical exposure in workplaces.

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    The Occupational Safety and Health (Use and Standards of Exposure of Chemicals Hazardous to Health) Regulations 2000 establishes standards and guidelines for worker exposure to hazardous chemicals. Key terms defined include airborne concentration, approved, assessor, ceiling limit, chemicals hazardous to health, chemical safety data sheet, Director General, engineering control equipment, health surveillance, hygiene technician, maximum exposure limit, medical surveillance, occupational health doctor, and permissible exposure limit. The regulations provide interpretation of technical terms and establish roles and responsibilities regarding assessment and monitoring of chemical exposure in workplaces.

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    The Occupational Safety and Health (Use and Standards of Exposure of Chemicals Hazardous to Health) Regulations 2000 establishes standards and guidelines for worker exposure to hazardous chemicals. Key terms defined include airborne concentration, approved, assessor, ceiling limit, chemicals hazardous to health, chemical safety data sheet, Director General, engineering control equipment, health surveillance, hygiene technician, maximum exposure limit, medical surveillance, occupational health doctor, and permissible exposure limit. The regulations provide interpretation of technical terms and establish roles and responsibilities regarding assessment and monitoring of chemical exposure in workplaces.

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    The Occupational Safety and Health (Use and Standards of Exposure of Chemicals Hazardous to Health) Regulations 2000 establishes standards and guidelines for worker exposure to hazardous chemicals. Key terms defined include airborne concentration, approved, assessor, ceiling limit, chemicals hazardous to health, chemical safety data sheet, Director General, engineering control equipment, health surveillance, hygiene technician, maximum exposure limit, medical surveillance, occupational health doctor, and permissible exposure limit. The regulations provide interpretation of technical terms and establish roles and responsibilities regarding assessment and monitoring of chemical exposure in workplaces.

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    Use and Standard of Exposure of

    Chemicals Hazardous to Health


    (USECHH) Regulations, 2000

    PART I - PRELIMINARY
    1. Citation and commencement
    Known as the Occupational Safety and
    Health (Use and Standards of Exposure
    of Chemicals Hazardous to Health)
    Regulations 2000.
    Operation on 4 April 2000.

    2. Interpretation
    "airborne concentration" = quantity of a
    chemical measured in terms of its volume or
    its mass in a specified volume of air or the
    number of fibres, if the physical form of the
    chemical is fibrous, in specified volume of air
    which is carried by or through the air
    "approved" = approved in writing by the
    Director General

    "assessor" = an employee or any other


    person appointed by the employer and
    registered with the Director General to carry
    out assessments of risks to health
    "ceiling limit = airborne concentration that
    should not be exceeded during any part of
    the working day

    "chemicals" = chemical elements, or


    compounds or mixtures thereof,(natural or
    synthetic)
    "chemicals hazardous to health= any
    chemical or preparation which :a)listed in Schedule I or II
    b)possesses any of the properties categorised in
    Part B of Schedule I of the Occupational
    Safety and Health (Classification, Packaging
    and Labelling of Hazardous Chemicals)
    Regulations 1997 [P. U. (A) 143/97]

    c) comes within the definition of "pesticide" under


    the Pesticides Act 1974 [Act 149]
    d) listed in the First Schedule of the Environmental
    Quality (Schedule Wastes) Regulations 1989 [P.
    U. (A) 139/89]
    "Chemical Safety Data Sheet" = document which
    contains relevant information on a chemical and
    is furnished in pursuance of the Occupational
    Safety and Health (Classification, Packaging, and
    Labelling of Hazardous Chemicals) Regulations
    1997 [P. U. (A) 143/97]

    "Director General" = Director General of


    Occupational Safety and Health
    "engineering control equipment = any
    equipment which is used to control exposure
    of employees to chemicals hazardous to
    health
    "health surveillance" = any examination and
    investigations which may be necessary to
    detect exposure levels

    "hygiene technician" = an employee or any


    person appointed by the employer and
    registered with the Director General to carry
    out any inspection on engineering control
    equipment installed in a place of work or to
    carry out chemical exposure monitoring
    "maximum exposure limit" = a fifteen-minute
    time-weighted average airborne concentration
    (three times the eight-hour time-weighted
    average airborne concentration of the
    chemicals specified in Schedule I)

    "medical surveillance" = monitoring of a


    person for identifying changes in health
    status due to occupational exposure to
    chemicals hazardous to health
    "occupational health doctor" = a doctor
    registered with the Director General to
    conduct medical surveillance programmes of
    employees
    "permissible exposure limit" = the maximum
    exposure limit

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