Decree of the Slovak Office of Labour Safety and Slovak Báňský Office No. 133 / 1973 Coll.

Decree of the Slovak Labour Safety Authority and the Slovak Mining Authority, which designates dedicated technical equipment and lays down certain conditions to ensure their safety

Valid Effective from 01.12.1973
133
DECLARATION
Slovak Office of Labour Security and Slovak Mining Office
of 16 August 1973
determining reserved technical installations and laying down certain conditions to ensure their safety
The Slovak Labour Safety Authority pursuant to § 5 (1) (d) and (f) of Act No. 174 / 1968 Coll., on State Professional Safety Supervision, and the Slovak Mining Authority pursuant to § 57 (1) (d) of Act No. 41 / 1957 Coll., on the Use of Mineral Wealth (Upper Law), and pursuant to § 10 (a) of the SNR Act No. 42 / 1972 Coll., on the organisation and extension of supervision of the State Mining Administration, in an agreement with the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs of the Slovak Socialist Republic and with the consent of the other authorities concerned, provides:
§ 1
Preliminary provisions
(1) Reserved technical installations are those defined in this Decree.
(2) In order to ensure the safety of the work and the safety of the operation of dedicated technical installations, 1) which design, construct, manufacture, install, reconstruct, operate, repair, maintain, revise and test dedicated technical installations, impose the specific obligations laid down in this Decree.
(3) Reserved technical installations defined by this Decree are subject to the supervision of the authorities of the state of professional supervision pursuant to the provisions of § 4 (d) to (g) of Law No 174 / 1968 Coll. and under the special regulations .2)

ČÁST I

RESERVED TECHNICAL DEVICES
§ 2
Definition
The following shall be considered as dedicated technical installations:
(a) pressure equipment;
(b) motor-driven lifting appliances ("lifting appliances");
(c) heavy current electrical equipment including lightning ducts (hereinafter referred to as "electrical equipment");
(d) gas installations, as specified in Sections 3 to 6 of this Decree.
§ 3
Pressure equipment
The following shall be regarded as restricted pressure equipment:
(a) steam and liquid boilers (hereinafter referred to as "boilers"), including their accessories and positions with a design overpressure greater than 0,5 kp / cm2 and a temperature exceeding the boiling point of the liquid at that pressure, with the exception of boilers with a total pressure capacity of up to and including 10 l (inclusive), where the product of the design overpressure in kp / cm2 and the total volume of the pressure space in litres does not exceed 100;
(b) pressure vessels stable (hereinafter referred to as "pressure vessels") with a maximum working pressure greater than 0,7 kPa / cm2 intended for gases, vapours or corrosive, toxic and explosive liquids at any temperature, or non-corrosive, non-toxic and non-explosive liquids with a temperature higher than their boiling temperature at that pressure, except:
1. pressure vessels with a total volume of pressure space of up to and including 10 litres, for which the product of the highest working pressure in kp / cm2 and the total volume of pressure space in litres does not exceed 100,
2. pressure vessels made of tubes with a maximum internal diameter of 100 mm without pantographs or with pantographs with a maximum internal diameter of 150 mm,
3. heating bodies for steam and water (liquid) heating,
4. steam and hot water distributors;
5. Pipe, its extended parts and pressure vessels built into it, serving only for the transport of the working substance (pantographs, separators, etc.), as well as all extended parts of the piping and pressure vessels built into it, intended for chemical processes, pressure release, such as storage tanks, etc., with an internal diameter not exceeding five times the internal diameter of the largest connected pipe,
6. pressure parts of machines (cylinder piston engines, steam turbine cases, piston fluid pumps, compressors, etc.) which are not separate pressure vessels,
7. air, duster and blast furnace gas heaters,
8. Inflatable non-metallic devices where the internal pressure of the compressed gas ensures their shape and stiffness (e.g. pneumatic beams, floats, tyres, etc.),
(c) metal pressure vessels for the transport of gases ("gas containers") where the critical temperature of the gases transported is less than + 50 ° C or where, at that temperature, the absolute vapour pressure (tension) is greater than 3 kPa / cm2, except for gas containers with a pressure capacity of up to 220 cm3 (inclusive).
§ 4
Lifting equipment
(1) The following shall be considered as reserved lifting appliances:
(a) hoists, i.e. lifting-off devices suspended or otherwise fixed, which move loads only in a vertical direction;
(b) mobile lifts, i.e. lifting devices, which move loads by vertical and horizontal movement only in a vertically defined area;
(c) cranes, i.e. lifting devices, by which loads are moved by vertical and horizontal movement in the defined space;
(d) lifts, that is to say, lifting and lowering devices for the loads (persons and costs) carried in a cage moving along the route of the designated guide;
(e) lifting equipment for special purpose (special lifting equipment) intended for the transport of loads (persons and costs) with the partial character of the crane or lift and, where appropriate, a combination of both,
1. removable lifts for construction or similar activities for the transport of persons or of persons and goods;
2. hanging and sliding structures (facade benches, work sliding platforms on mobile chassis, etc.),
3. additional beam cranes on the means of transport (hydraulic hands with hook, crane arms, etc.),
4th shelf founder,
(f) cableway installations which serve only for the operational needs of organisations and which are not fitted to other installations, i.e. fixed permanently with the use of more than three supports;
(g) moving steps, i.e. devices for the smooth transport of persons at horizontal degrees set into motion by an endless chain;
(h) ski lifts, i.e. equipment for the transport of persons drawn by a tipper attached to a transport rope.
(2) The following shall not be regarded as lifting equipment within the meaning of this Decree:
(a) doors,
(b) lifting trucks;
(c) hoists and mobile hoists up to and including 800 kg;
(d) the auxiliary stable equipment on which the lifts and mobile lifts are located;
(e) construction, pillars, towers, portals and cableway cranes up to and including 500 kg load capacity;
(f) additional beam cranes up to 500 kg load capacity inclusive;
(g) moving working platforms and construction lifts with lifting height up to and including 3 m;
h. Lifting equipment designed and assembled for special use (mounting mast, arms, superstructures, etc.),
(i) cranes operated from the ground (bridges, portals, semi-portals, consoles and columns) up to and including 500 kg load capacity;
(j) lifts up to and including 50 kg load capacity;
(k) shelf-size founders where the operating position is not moved with the lift-up trolley;
(l) suspension conveyors,
(m) means for tying, hanging and gripping loads which are permanent components of lifting equipment, provided that they are subject to approval under specific regulations;
(n) means of fixing, hanging and gripping loads which are not a permanent part of the lifting device;
(o) auxiliary (single purpose) handling equipment which is part of technological equipment and machinery;
(p) loaders.
§ 5
Electrical equipment
The following shall be considered dedicated electrical equipment:
(a) the electrical equipment of the plant for the production and distribution of electricity, namely:
1. electrical installations in power plants with an installed power output of more than 5 MVA;
2. high and very high voltage switching station,
3. transformers with an installed power output of more than 250 kVA,
4. outdoor and cable lines of high and very high voltage between power stations, stations and transformers referred to in points 1 to 3;
(b) electrical equipment of electrical energy-collecting investment units:
1. in production plants, mines, quarries, plants, warehouses, institutes and in civil amenities
- with an installed power output of more than 300 kW or a planned number of workers of more than 100 people,
- if they are installed in potentially explosive environments or in spaces with regard to electric shock particularly dangerous,
- if they are not included in the first and second indents of this point,
2. in buildings in which the public is gathered with a number of seats greater than 250;
(c) electrical equipment for working machinery and technology lines intended for:
1. to environments with fire or explosion hazard or to spaces with regard to electric shock particularly dangerous;
2. to all other environments and spaces,
(d) distribution facilities not covered by (c).
§ 6
Gas equipment
The following shall be regarded as reserved gas installations:
(a) facilities for production and treatment
1. Gas,
2. generator gas,
3. heating gases obtained by the fracturing of hydrocarbons;
4. water gas and double gas,
5. sludge gas,
6. protective atmosphere gases,
7. liquefied heating gases,
8. Hydrogen,
9. Acetylene,
10. carbon monoxide,
11. chlorine,
12. nitrogen,
13. carbon dioxide,
14. oxygen,
(b) adaptation equipment
1. blast furnace gas,
2. coke oven gas,
(c) installations for the extraction and treatment of natural gas, including degasification installations for the degasification of coal deposits, as well as installations for the saturation and collection of gases during their storage in natural structures (underground gas storage units);
(d) gas filling and storage facilities,
1. gas filling equipment referred to in points (a) (7) to (14), methyl chloride, ammonia and natural gas;
2. storage of steel cylinders, barrels, tanks with gases referred to in point 1 with a total water content of more than 400 l;
3. gas and gas containers referred to in (a), methyl chloride, ammonia, natural gas, coke oven gas and blast furnace gas with a total volume of more than 30 m3 up to a pressure of 1 kPa / cm2, except gas storage tanks in natural structures (underground gas storage tanks),
4. gas storage tanks referred to in point 3 with a pressure greater than 1 kPa / cm2;
(e) equipment for the distribution, increase and reduction of the pressure of the gases referred to in (a) to (c) and (d) (1), namely:
1. high and very high pressure gas pipelines;
2. gas pipelines in organisations' premises, including control stations;
3. compressor and ventilation stations,
4. pressure reduction stations in organisations' premises;
5. high pressure control stations including connections,
(f) furnished for the consumption of the gases referred to in (a) to (c) and (d) (1) with a capacity of 600 000 kcal / h or more, with the exception of equipment for the direct processing of those gases in the production process.

ČÁST II

OBLIGATIONS OF ORGANISATIONS
§ 7
General
Organisations are required to comply with the requirements of safety of work and technical equipment in the design, design, manufacture, assembly, reconstruction, repair, maintenance, operation, operation and revision as well as with the requirements of general and specific regulations (including CSN) for inspection and testing of dedicated technical equipment and according to the provisions of Sections 8 to 24 of this Decree.

Oddíl 1

Production and operation
§ 8
General requirements
(1) Reserved technical equipment may be manufactured, assembled or reconstructed only in accordance with the technical documentation prescribed by this Decree (Sections 14 to 18) and in accordance with the professional and binding opinion of the State Technical Supervision Body.
(2) Manufacturers or suppliers, as appropriate, are required to submit to the customer, together with the equipment required by the technical documentation, as well as proof of the issue of a professional and binding opinion by the State expert authority.
(3) Manufacturers shall be required to verify on an ongoing basis the quality of the manufactured equipment with regard to the safety and health requirements at work and the safety of operations laid down by specific regulations or, where appropriate, by the national professional supervision bodies.
(4) Organisations shall ensure, in the framework of preventive maintenance, the implementation of designated revisions of dedicated technical installations.
§ 9
Production, assembly, reconstruction, repair, maintenance and revision of pressure equipment
(1) Only organisations authorised to do so may manufacture, install, reconstruct, repair and chemically clean pressure equipment referred to in Article 3.
(2) Revisions must be carried out in the manner set out in the relevant technical standards .3)
§ 10
Manufacture, assembly, reconstruction, repair, maintenance and revision of lifting equipment
(1) The production, assembly and reconstruction of lifting equipment referred to in Section 4, as well as the repair, maintenance and re-vision of lifting equipment, shall be permitted only by organisations authorised to do so.
(2) In the case of lifting equipment referred to in Article 4 (1) (d), the authorisation to carry out repairs, maintenance and revisions is also required from organisations operating such equipment, if they carry out these activities themselves.
§ 11
Manufacture, installation, repair and maintenance of electrical equipment
(1) The installation of the electrical equipment referred to in Article 5 (a) and (b), the production of the distribution equipment referred to in Article 5 (d), the maintenance and repair of the electrical equipment referred to in Article 5 (a), (b), (c) and (d) may only be carried out in a supplier's way by organisations authorised to do so.
(2) The supplier organisations of electrical equipment referred to in the first and second indents of Article 5 (a) and (b) (1) and in point 2 are required to request to the customer, at least 30 days before the submission of the assembly work, an inspection of the safety of the work in which the assembly work was carried out, to issue a professional and binding opinion on the safety of electrical equipment.
(3) Equipment manufacturers
(a) in accordance with Article 5 (c) (1), they shall be required to request the competent labour safety inspector to issue an expert and binding opinion for each product type and, for atypical products, to issue an expert and binding opinion for each item in terms of the safety of electrical equipment;
(b) in accordance with Article 5 (c) (2), they are required to request the competent labour safety inspector to issue an expert and binding opinion for each product type with regard to the safety of electrical equipment before production.
(4) The application referred to in paragraph 3 shall be accompanied by design documentation and a functional diagram of the electrical equipment.
(5) Importers who have concluded a contract to supply the electrical equipment referred to in Article 5 (a) and (b) shall be required to request the competent authority of the State of Professional Supervision not later than 30 days before surrender to the customer for inspection of the equipment in terms of safety of work and technical equipment.
§ 12
Production, installation and operation of gas equipment
(1) Only organisations authorised to do so may manufacture, install, repair, reconstruct or otherwise interfere with the gas installations referred to in Section 6.
(2) Only organisations authorised to fill gases with gas pressure vessels pursuant to Article 6 may:
(3) Authorised organisations shall:
(a) ensure effective technical control of their activities and, after work has been completed, demonstrate the reliability and safety of the operation of gas equipment by the prescribed tests and review management;
(b) before putting into service the gas equipment, ensure its technical examination according to specific regulations, 4)
(c) to train, as a rule during assembly, the operation of gas equipment and to provide service;
(d) in agreement with the customer organisations, at the latest 15 days in advance to notify the Labour Safety Inspectorate or, where appropriate, the Regional Mining Authority within whose jurisdiction the assembly work has been carried out, the place and date of the tests and the date of the taking-over procedure;
(e) submit complete technical documentation to the customer organisation during the taking-over procedure, including revision books, operational and safety regulations, schematic drawings of the distribution of equipment, operator instructions, indicating the dates of professional revisions and certificates from the gas organisation on the technical examination of the gas equipment.
(4) Operators are required to:
(a) to ensure that regular revisions of gas installations are carried out in accordance with specific regulations, with the manufacturer's instructions and instructions and, where appropriate, with the supplier's instructions and with the regulation of the competent authority of the state of professional supervision;
(b) ensure that technical maintenance and repair of gas installations are carried out;
(o) to notify at least 15 days in advance of the Labour Safety Inspectorate or, where applicable, the Regional Mining Authority of the prepared reconstruction, design changes or any interference with gas installations;
(d) to ensure that gas equipment is operated in a qualified manner; verification of operator competence shall be carried out by the Labour Safety Inspectorate and, where appropriate, by the District Mining Authority;
(e) ensure breathing and reviving technology and maintain it in a state of operation;
(f) develop local operational and safety regulations for gas installations;
(g) to provide gas or rescue services for emergencies (accidents, major repairs, etc.).
§ 13
The authorisations provided for in Articles 9, 10, 11 (1) and 12 (1) and (2) shall be issued by the labour security inspectors and, where appropriate, by the district mining authorities competent under the headquarters of the organisation, unless specific provisions provide otherwise. The organisation's application for authorisation shall be supported by a statement from the management authority.

Oddíl 2

Technical documentation
§ 14
General requirements
(1) For dedicated technical equipment, the manufacturer or, where applicable, the supplier shall ensure that the technical documentation is drawn up to the extent provided for by the applicable regulations and any specific requirements of the national professional supervision body.
(2) The technical documentation must include operational and safety regulations. 5)
(3) The design or design organisation shall ensure technical control of the documentation.
(4) Organisations are required to submit technical documentation in accordance with the provisions of Sections 15 to 18 at the same time as a request for an expert and binding opinion.
(5) In case a new installation is proposed which is subject to mandatory approval under the state testing rules, (6) the organisation must indicate this in the technical documentation.
(6) The technical documentation submitted shall be submitted in accordance with the conditions laid down in the professional and binding opinion of the national professional surveillance authority, which shall not be more than 2 years old.
§ 15
Technical documentation of pressure equipment
Organisations are required to submit to the labour safety inspector responsible for the site of operation, before the production or assembly of the pressure equipment referred to in Section 3 begins.
(a) pressure equipment referred to in Article 3 (a) and (c);
(b) pressure vessels referred to in § 3 (b) with a maximum working pressure of 1 kp / cm2, whose product of working pressure in kp / cm2 and the volume of pressure space in litres is between 1000 and 10,000 (inclusive), or pressure vessels with a maximum working pressure of 1 kp / cm2 to 2 kp / cm2, whose product of working pressure in kp / cm2 and the volume of pressure space in litres is above 10 000;
(c) pressure vessels referred to in § 3 (b) with a maximum working pressure exceeding 2 kp / cm2 whose product of working pressure in kp / cm2 and the volume of pressure space in litres is greater than 10 000 and pressure vessels referred to in (b) with a maximum working temperature above + 350 ° and below - 50 ° C.
§ 16
Technical documentation of lifting equipment
(1) Organisations are required to submit to the Labour Safety Inspectorate or, where appropriate, to the district mining office responsible for the technical documentation according to the place of activity, at least 60 days before the start of production of the first piece or before the start of the reconstruction of the lifting equipment referred to in Article 4, which must include in particular:
(a) a technical description;
(b) drawings of assemblies (total available),
(c) drawings of the main units;
(d) calculations according to technical standards;
(e) propulsion and control schemes;
(f) installation and dismantling instructions;
(g) operating instructions;
(h) maintenance and revision instructions;
(i) the scope and methodology of tests of the first and the next pieces; and
(j) a statement on the use of parts of lifting equipment which have been tested for the intended operation under specific regulations. 7)

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CitationDecree of the Slovak Labour Safety Authority and Slovak Mining Authority No. 133 / 1973 Coll., which determines reserved technical equipment and lays down certain conditions to ensure their safety
Regulation Type-
Author-
CollectionCode of Laws
Date of Promulgation30.10.1973
Effective from01.12.1973
Effective until-
Status Valid
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