{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1999-92/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1999-92/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1999/92",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 1999/92/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1999 on minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres (15th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1999-92",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Assessment of explosion risks",
  "text": "1. In carrying out the obligations laid down in Articles 6(3) and 9(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC the employer shall assess the specific risks arising from explosive atmospheres, taking account at least of:\nthe likelihood that explosive atmospheres will occur and their persistence,\nthe likelihood that ignition sources, including electrostatic discharges, will be present and become active and effective,\nthe installations, substances used, processes, and their possible interactions,\nthe scale of the anticipated effects.\nExplosion risks shall be assessed overall.\n2. Places which are or can be connected via openings to places in which explosive atmospheres may occur shall be taken into account in assessing explosion risks.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1999/92/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:03.829782+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}