Chương 1 Thông tư 04/2014/TT-BLĐTBXH hướng dẫn thực hiện chế độ trang bị phương tiện bảo vệ cá nhân: Những quy định chung

Chapter 1.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of regulation

This Circular guides the implementation of regulations on personal protective equipment; list of personal protective equipment for laborers doing occupations, works in contact with harmful, dangerous elements.

Article 2. Subjects of application

1. The employers in enterprises, agencies, organizations, cooperatives; individuals using laborers, including:

a) Administrative agencies; non-business units; armed forces (including forces doing cipher work);

b) Political organizations, socio-political organizations, socio-professional organizations, other social organizations;

c) Enterprises of all economic sectors;

d) Cooperatives;

dd) Agencies, foreign organizations, international organizations locate head office on territory of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;

e) Other organizations and individuals using laborers.

2. Civil servants, public employees, employees working in environment with harmful, dangerous elements including managers regularly going for inspection, examination and supervision on the field, research officers, teachers, internships, apprentices or laborers on probationary in enterprises, agencies, cooperatives, organizations and individuals using laborers state at Clause 1 this Article.

Article 3. Personal protective equipment

1. Personal protective equipment are necessary tools and means provided to worker during their work or performing their duties in order to protect bodies from impact of harmful, dangerous elements arising during their work, when dangerous, harmful elements are not be able to eliminated entirely by technological solutions, equipment, technical safety and labor hygiene measures at the working place.

2. Personal protective equipment includes:

a) Head protective devices;

b) Eye and face protective devices;

c) Hearing protective devices;

d) Respiratory protective devices;

dd) Hand and foot protective devices;

e) Body protective devices;

g) Protective devices preventing of falling from height;

h) Protective devices preventing of electric shock, electromagnetic field;

i) Protective devices preventing down;

k) Other devices ensuring occupational safety and health.

3. Personal protective equipment provided for employees should be adequate to prevent effectively the effective of harmful, dangerous elements of working environment but convenient and easily for use and maintenance and should not create other harmful elements.

4. Personal protective devices must satisfy the quality, specification in accordance with regulations, standards and other provisions of the State.