Decree of the Ministry of Health No. 89 / 2001 Coll.
Decree of the Ministry of Health laying down the conditions for classifying work into categories, the limit values of biological exposure test indicators and the formalities for reporting work with asbestos and biological agents
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DECLARATION
Ministry of Health
of 15 February 2001
laying down the conditions for classifying work into categories, the limit values for biological exposure test indicators and the formalities for reporting work with asbestos and biological agents
According to § 37 (1), § 39 (4), § 41 (1) and § 108 (1) of Act No. 258 / 2000 Coll., on the Protection of Public Health and on the amendment of certain related laws, hereinafter referred to as "the Act ':
Subject matter
This decree sets out the criteria, factors and limits for classifying work into categories, the limit values of biological exposure test indicators and the formalities for reporting work with asbestos and biological agents.
Classification of work into categories
(K § 37 of the Act)
The inclusion of work in one of the four categories (hereinafter referred to as "categorisation ') expresses a cumulative assessment of the level of workload of the staff member by factors determining the quality of working conditions from a health point of view. The categorisation shall be carried out on the basis of an assessment of the occurrence and risk of factors which may affect the health of workers and the level of security of their protection.
(1) The first category shall include work carried out under conditions where, according to the current level of knowledge, no adverse effect on the health of the worker is likely.
(2) The second category includes works where the indicators of the factors to which workers are exposed, hereinafter referred to as "exposure ', do not exceed the health limits laid down by the special legislation on the protection of workers' health and by this decree, but it cannot be excluded that at this level of exposure there will be no adverse health effects for susceptible individuals. This category shall, as a general rule, include the work for which the medical fitness requirements of the persons carrying out such work are laid down in specific legislation, (1) and the work decided on by the public health authority.
(3) Work is to be classified in the third category where the exposure of workers to factors is not reliably reduced by technical measures to the level set by the hygiene limits and, therefore, in order to ensure the protection of the health of workers, it is necessary to use personal protective equipment, organisational and other protective measures ("safeguard measures').
(4) The fourth category includes works and working processes associated with a high risk of health risk which cannot be completely excluded even when using available and applicable protective measures.
(5) The factors and limits for the classification of works in the second to fourth category according to measurable factors are set out in Annex 1. Works in which the values of these factors are more favourable than those of the second category are classified in the first category. Works whose nature does not allow classification in accordance with the criteria set out in Part A of Annex No 1 shall be classified in categories on the basis of current knowledge of their effects on the health of workers. An example list is given in Part B of Annex No 1. The inclusion of specific works in categories shall take into account the interaction of the effects of individual factors, where this is known on the basis of current scientific knowledge.
(1) The work associated with exposure to several factors shall be classified in the category corresponding to the most adverse factor evaluated.
(2) The technical documentation for the inclusion of the work in question in the category must be identified and evaluated in accordance with the requirements of the special legislation on the protection of the health of workers.
(3) The assessment of the burden on workers by ionising radiation as one of the factors of working conditions is governed by specific legislation. 2)
Limit values for biological exposure test indicators
(K § 39 of the Act)
(1) Biological exposure tests are one of the means of assessing the exposure of groups of workers or individual workers to chemicals on the basis of the determination of appropriate determinants in samples of biological material taken from exposed persons at the appropriate time.
(2) The limit values for biological exposure test indicators, the excess of which indicates an increase in exposure to chemicals above the hygienically acceptable level and the time of collection of biological material are set out in Annex 2.
Requirements for reporting work with asbestos and other work which may be a source of asbestos exposure
(K § 41 of the Act)
(1) The report on the implementation of asbestos work and other work which may be the source of asbestos exposure, including work on the removal of structures or parts thereof, structures, equipment, installations or products involving asbestos, shall be submitted to the public health authority responsible for the place of work.
(2) The report shall contain the following information:
(a) the business name, organisation identification number, registered office of the legal person or place of business with the natural person who is the employer;
(b) the place of work carried out, their nature, the likely duration of the work, the type and quantity of asbestos, if any, the definition of the controlled zone and the way in which it is inaccessible to unauthorised persons;
(c) technological procedures to be used to reduce exposure to asbestos dust workers;
(d) technical equipment and organisational measures to protect the health of workers working with asbestos and materials containing asbestos and to protect other persons present at and near the workplace;
(e) equipment for staff working in the controlled zone of protective clothing and personal protective equipment to prevent exposure to asbestos by respiratory equipment, place and manner of storage, ensure their control after use, cleaning and washing and any disposal;
(f) provision of sanitary facilities and areas for food, drink and smoking for workers;
(g) the way waste containing asbestos is handled, a description of the means to be used and a method of collecting and removing them from the workplace;
(h) the provision of race preventive care for employees, the name and surname of the doctor and the place of operation of the medical establishment carrying out such care, if any, and the name and registered office of the medical establishment as a legal person;
(i) the name and surname and qualifications of the person responsible for the performance of the employer's tasks in the care of safety and health at work;
(j) the method of ensuring the control of asbestos concentration in the working air and the method of ensuring the records of individual workers exposed to asbestos.
Forms of reporting on the treatment of biological agents
(K § 41 of the Act)
(1) The report referred to in Article 41 (1) of the Act is submitted by an employer whose workplace will be newly used by biological agents of groups 2 to 4, to the competent public health authority at the local level; a list of these biological agents is provided in a specific legislation protecting the health of workers.
(2) The report shall contain:
(a) the business name and organisation identification number, the registered office of the legal person or place of business with the natural person who is the employer;
(b) the name and surname and qualifications of the person responsible for the performance of the employer's tasks in the care of safety and health at work;
(c) a description of the activities in which workers are exposed or may be exposed to group 2 to 4 biological agents and an assessment of the level of risk associated with their execution;
(d) a proposal to classify individual works into categories;
(e) a description of the protective measures taken and planned;
(f) the name and surname of the doctor and the place of operation of the medical establishment carrying out preventive care for such activities, if any, and the name and address of the medical establishment as a legal person;
(g) an emergency plan containing measures to protect workers from exposure to biological agents of Classes 3 and 4 which may result from failure of protective measures;
(h) a list and a description of the means of collection, storage and disposal of waste containing biological agents of groups 2 to 4 and the methods of decontamination and disinfection.
(3) The risk assessment referred to in paragraph 2 (c) in the work associated with exposure to multiple groups of biological agents must affect all hazardous biological agents that may occur at the workplace and must include:
(a) analysis of the type, extent and duration of exposure of the worker to biological agents of groups 2 to 4 known by the employer to be present or suspected of being present in humans or animals in the materials and samples taken from them;
(b) analysis of uncertainties as to their presence in such materials or samples;
(c) a balance sheet on the risk of occupational diseases and other work related to diseases not included in the list of occupational diseases referred to in the specific legislation, 3) including adverse effects on the health of exposed workers due to allergenic or toxic properties of biological agents.
(4) The description of the safeguard measures referred to in paragraph 2 (e) shall include:
(a) adjustments to working processes and technical measures to eliminate or reduce the leakage of biological agents of groups 2 to 4 at work and when transporting them to the working environment;
(b) the extent to which the work and ancillary premises are adapted and the spatial layout thereof;
(c) procedures for the collection, handling and processing of samples of materials of human or animal origin;
(d) equipment for closets, washrooms, showers, toilets and staff rooms,
(e) the fitting of personnel with personal protective equipment, including protective clothing, their checking before use, cleaning and disinfection after use, storage, repair and maintenance, and the means of disposal for single use;
(f) providing first aid and disinfection of the skin,
(g) the scope and methods of applying the regime measures, in particular the prohibition of food, drinking and smoking in areas where there is a risk of exposure to biological agents;
(h) tests used to detect the presence of group 2 to 4 biological agents outside designated posts or closed facilities where the use of such tests in the treatment of biological agents is effective and technically possible;
(i) health measures designed to prevent or reduce unintentional transmission or leakage of biological agents from the workplace;
(j) to ensure the specific resistance of workers (e.g. by vaccination),
(k) the results of the measures discussed to prevent and reduce risks with the competent public health authority.
Final provisions
They shall be deleted:
1. the Health Requirements Directive for the Working Environment, published under No 46 / 1978 Coll.
2. directives amending and supplementing Directive No 46 / 1978 Coll.
3. the Decree amending Directive No 46 / 1978, Coll.
4. the Directive on the provision of protective drinks at work in hot premises, published under No 30 / 1964 Coll., Health Regulations and notified in the amount of 14 / 1982 Coll.;
5. the Directive on Health Principles for the Work of Lasers, published under No 61 / 1982 Coll.
6. the Health Guidelines for Chemical Carcinogens, published under No. 64 / 1984 Coll., Health Regulations and notified at 1 / 1985 Coll.;
7. the Decree amending and supplementing Directive No 64 / 1984, Coll.
8. the Directive on the protection of the health of workers against the effects of harmful dust in organisations subject to the Mining Act, published under No 31 / 1966 Coll., Hygiene Regulations and notified in the amount of 8 / 1967 Coll.,
9. the Directive on the protection of health against adverse effects of benzene, published under No 37 / 1974 Coll.
10. the Directive on sanitary requirements for stationary machinery and technical equipment, published under No 40 / 1976 Coll., Health Regulations and notified at the amount of 20 / 1976 Coll.;
11. maximum permissible noise and vibration values - Annex to Decree No. 13 / 1977 Coll., on the protection of health against adverse effects of noise and vibration, published under No. 41 / 1977 Coll., Hygiene Regulations and notified in the amount of 4 / 1977 Coll.,
12. directives laying down the method of measurement and assessment of noise and ultrasound in the working environment, published under No 42 / 1977 Coll.
13. directives laying down the method of measuring and evaluating noise in buildings for housing, in civil and outdoor buildings, published under No. 43 / 1977 Coll.
14. the Directive establishing the method for measuring and evaluating the noise from air traffic, published under No 44 / 1977 Coll.
15. directives laying down the method of measurement and assessment of vibration, published under No 53 / 1980 Coll.
16. the Directive on health requirements for mobile machinery and technical equipment, published under No 7 / 1985 Coll.
17. health requirements for the construction and operation of radiodiagnostic and radiotherapy centres of X-ray departments, published under No. 67 / 1985 Coll., Health Regulations and notified in the amount of 34 / 1985 Coll.;
18th Decree No. 13 / 1977 Coll., on the protection of health against adverse effects of noise and vibration;
19th Decree No. 45 / 1966 Coll., on the Creation and Protection of Healthy Living Conditions;
20th Decree No. 408 / 1990 Coll., on the protection of health against adverse effects of electromagnetic radiation;
21st Directive on health requirements for working with radiolabelled lamps, published under No. 42 / 1959 in the Journal of the Ministry of Health of the Czech Republic and announced in the amount of 26 / 1987 Coll.
This decree shall take effect on the day of its publication.
Minister:
Prof. MUDr. Fisher, CSc.
Příloha č. 1
Annex No 1 to Decree No 89 / 2001 Coll.
Criteria for the categorisation of works
Classification by factors
1. Dust
Category 2
The second category includes work in which workers are exposed
(a) dust with an average exposure limit in the working air of more than 30% of the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for that type of dust provided for by the special legislation governing the protection of the health of workers, but not exceeding that value;
(b) dust containing chrysotile fibres whose average exposure limits in the working air are in the range of 0,2 fibres. cm-3 to 0,6 fibers. cm-3 or fibres of other types of asbestos or mixtures thereof, including mixtures with chrysotile, whose average exposure limits are in the range of 0,1 to 0,3 fibres. cm-3.
Works which are not associated with daily asbestos exposure are to be classified in Category 2 if the exposure of workers characterised by the product of the average eight-hour concentration of chrysotile fibres [vl.cm-3] and the number of working days associated with exposure (hereinafter fibre lines) in the three-month period is greater than 12 fibres. cm-3, however, does not exceed 36 fibres. cm-3. For fibres of other types of asbestos and mixtures thereof, including mixtures containing chrysotile, the range of values characterising the second category is 6 to 18 fibres. cm-3.
Category 3
The third category includes work where employees are exposed
(a) dust whose average exposure limits in the working air are higher than PEL for a given type of dust but do not exceed three times that value;
(b) dust containing asbestos fibres whose average exposure limits in the working air are higher than PEL for that type of asbestos but not more than three times that value; If a mixture of different types of asbestos is used, it shall always be used as a PEL for amphibolic asbestos.
Works which are not linked to daily exposure to asbestos shall be classified in the third category if the value of fibres. cm-3, which characterises exposure to different types of asbestos or mixtures thereof, is higher than that indicated for the second category but does not exceed three times these values.
Category four
The fourth category includes work where workers are exposed to dust whose concentrations are higher than those indicated for the third category.
2. Chemicals
The basic criterion of categorisation of work associated with exposure to chemical workers is the evaluation of the results of the concentration of these substances in the working air in the worker's breathing zone. However, since the respiratory tract may not be the only way of entering the body of the exposed person and exposure may also involve the entry of the digestive system and skin, and the amount of the substance received by the respiratory system may vary relatively significantly depending on pulmonary ventilation in particular, in addition to the results of measurement of the concentration of substances in the working air, the results of the examination of the staff using biological exposure tests and the ability of some substances to penetrate the body through other routes of entry, e.g. intact skin, are taken into account where justified.
The work associated with exposure to chemicals included in the list of chemical carcinogens and mutagens in a separate legislation on the protection of workers' health and other chemicals identified by R45, R46 and R49 shall be categorised according to the same criteria as other chemicals. Where PEL or NPK-P are not established in the working air for these substances, they shall be categorised individually on the basis of an assessment of the type, degree and duration of exposure.
The following are the principles for the categorisation of substances according to the results of monitoring their concentration in the working air.
Category 2
The second category includes work in which workers are exposed
(a) chemicals in working air whose average exchange-rate concentrations established by the special legislation governing the protection of workers' health are greater than 0,3 PEL but do not exceed PEL or maximum permissible concentration (NPK-P);
(b) mixtures of chemicals with an expected additive effect if the sum of the proportions of the exchange average concentrations of each substance in air from their PEL is greater than 0,3 but less than 1.
Category 3
The third category includes work where employees are exposed
(a) chemicals whose exchange average concentrations in working air exceed PEL but do not exceed NPK-P,
(b) mixtures of chemicals with an expected additive effect if the sum of the proportions of the exchange average concentrations of each substance in air from their PEL is greater than or equal to 1 but less than 2;
(c) substances with significant allergenic effects marked with R 42 or R 43 according to the special Regulation (5).
Category four
The fourth category includes work in which the criteria for the third category are exceeded.
3. Noise
Category 2
The second category includes work in which workers are exposed to noise whose values exceed the limits laid down by special legislation4), less 15 dB, but do not exceed the maximum permitted values.
Category 3
The third category includes work where workers are exposed to noise whose values exceed the maximum permissible values by less than 20 dB.
Category four
The fourth category includes work where workers are exposed to noise, the values of which are higher than those of the third category.
The fourth category shall include, regardless of the results of the noise measurement, any noisy work in which the group of workers performing such work is detected by biological evaluation of noise damage, the average increase in hearing loss indicative of severe noise exposure.
Noise means noise between 1 Hz and 40 kHz for the purposes of this Decree.
The highest permissible noise values are uncorrected for the purposes of categorisation.
4. Vibrations
Category 2
The second category includes work where workers are exposed to vibrations whose average weighted acceleration for normal working hours is 8 hours. Law, 8h is higher than the limits laid down by special legislation4) less by 10 dB, but do not exceed the limits.
Category 3
The third category includes work where workers are exposed to vibrations whose average weighted acceleration for the normal working time of 8 h, Law, 8h exceeds the maximum permissible values but by less than 10 dB.
Category four
The category includes works where workers are exposed to vibrations whose acceleration values exceed those set for the third category.
The highest permitted vibration values are uncorrected for the purposes of categorisation.
5. Non-ionising radiation and electromagnetic fields
Category 2
The second category includes work
(a) lasers classified in Class III; and (5)
(b) in which workers are exposed to ultraviolet, visible or infra-red radiation from technological sources whose values exceed 30% of the maximum permitted values laid down in a specific regulation, (5) but do not exceed the maximum permitted values;
(c) carried out in an environment in which electromagnetic or magnetic fields of a frequency between 0,1 Hz and 300 GHz range between 30% and 100% of the maximum permitted values laid down by a specific legislation. 5)
Category 3
The third category includes work
(a) in which workers are exposed to ultraviolet or visible radiation or infrared radiation from technological sources whose values exceed the limits laid down by specific legislation; 5)
(b) carried out in an environment where the intensity of electromagnetic or magnetic fields exceeds the maximum permissible values, the physical nature of such fields allowing the protection of workers by personal protective equipment;
(c) with class III.b and IV lasers.
Category four
Not defined.
6. Ionising Radiation
Category 2
The second category includes work with sources of ionising radiation performed by category workers And according to the special legislation and work carried out by state-owned nuclear safety and radiation protection.2)
Category 3
Not defined.
Category four
Not defined.
7. Physical load
Category 2
The second category includes work
(a) predominantly dynamic, performed by large muscle groups, where:
(aa) the full-exchange energy output (net) in men ranges from 4,5 MJ to 6,8 MJ in women from 3,4 MJ to 4,5 MJ,
(ab) the minimum permissible energy output (net) is between 400 and 575 W (24,1 - 34,5 KJ.min-1) in men and 240 to 395 W (14,5 - 23,7 kJ.min-1) in women,
(ac) the exchange average heart rate ranges from 92 to 102 beats. min-1 in both men and women, with a minute heart rate of not more than 140 beats in the primary surgery. min-1,
(b) carried out by small muscle groups when the dynamic component is outweighed by:
(ba) the average of all-shift muscular force deployed ranges from 15% Fmax at a maximum of 13,500 movements carried out per shift up to 30% Fmax at a maximum of 7,200 movements carried out per shift, while the workload with the force applied above 60% Fmax does not exceed a maximum of 600x per shift and the force deployed or occasionally exceed 70% Fmax;
(bb) the number of movements performed by small hand and finger muscles, e.g. when working with a keyboard, shall not exceed 3% Fmax 110, for 6% Fmax 90 / min.
(c) carried out by small muscle groups at static load predominance, at which the average all-exchange muscle force is between 6% and 10% Fmax and the force applied does not at times exceed 45% Fmax;
(d) in which the weight of the loads carried by hand does not exceed 30 kg and the weight of the loads carried by hand by women does not exceed 10 kg.
Category 3
The third category includes work
(a) predominantly dynamic, performed by large muscle groups, where:
(aa) the full-time energy output (net) does not exceed 8,25 MJ for men and 5,1 MJ for women;
(ab) the permissible minimum energy output (net) shall not exceed 690 W (45,1 kJ.min-1) for men and 450 W (27,1 kJ.min-1) for women,
(ac) the exchange average heart rate in men and women does not exceed 117 beats. min-1, with a minute heart rate of not more than 150 beats in the main operation. min-1,
(b) carried out by small muscle groups with the predominance of a dynamic component in which:
(ba) the average all-exchange muscular force exceeds the values specified for the second category but does not exceed 36% of Fmax, the number of upper leg movements carried out is greater than the values given in category 2, but does not exceed 8,600 movements per shift, the number of forces deployed above 60% Fmax is higher than in category 2, with the forces deployed neither occasionally nor at 75% Fmax;
(bb) the number of movements carried out by small muscle groups of the hand and fingers depending on muscle strength is greater than the values given for category 2;
(c) carried out by small muscle groups when the static load component is outweighed, at which the average full-time muscle force is higher than for category 2, but does not exceed 15% Fmax and the force applied does not at times exceed 54% Fmax,
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| Citation | Decree of the Ministry of Health No. 89 / 2001 Coll., laying down the conditions for classifying works into categories, the limit values of biological exposure test indicators and the formalities for reporting work with asbestos and biological agents |
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| Regulation Type | Order |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 28.02.2001 |
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| Effective from | 28.02.2001 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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