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Division IV OTHER RISKSF1

United Kingdom

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Risks Body part affected Type of PPE Examples of activities where the use of the corresponding type of PPE may be necessary (*) Industry and Sectors
Non-visibility

Whole body

PPE for signalling the user’s presence visually

  • Work in proximity of movement of vehicles

  • Asphalt works and road marking

  • Railway works

  • Driving means of transport

  • Work of ground staff at airport

  • Building construction

  • Civil engineering construction

  • Shipbuilding

  • Mining works

  • Transport services and passengers transports

Oxygen deficiency

Respiratory system

Insulating respiratory protectives devices

  • Work in confined spaces

  • Work in fermentation and distilling rooms

  • Work inside tanks and digesters

  • Work in containers, restricted areas and gas-fired industrial furnaces where there may be gas or insufficient oxygen

  • Work in shafts, sewers and other underground areas connected with sewage

  • Alcoholic drinks production

  • Civil engineering construction

  • Chemical Industry

  • Petrochemical industry

Respiratory system

Diving equipment

  • Underwater works

  • Civil engineering construction

Drowning

Whole body

Life jacket

  • Work on or near water

  • Work in the sea

  • Work in an airplane

  • Fishing industry

  • Aeronautical industry

  • Building construction

  • Civil engineering construction

  • Shipbuilding

  • Docks and harbours

Annotations

Textual amendments

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Substituted by Commission Directive 2019/1832 of 24 October 2019 amending Annexes I, II and III to Council Directive 89/656/EEC as regards purely technical adjustments.