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Council Directive 92/91/EEC of 3 November 1992 concerning the minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers in the mineral-extracting industries through drilling (eleventh individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 (1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)
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MINIMUM SAFETY AND HEALTH REQUIREMENTS AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 10 OF THE DIRECTIVE
PART A Common minimum requirements applicable to the on-shore and off-shore sectors...
2. Organization and supervision
7.1. Emergency routes and exits must remain clear and lead by...
7.3. The number, distribution and dimensions of the emergency routes and...
7.4. Emergency doors must open outwards or, if this is impossible,...
7.5. Specific emergency routes and exits must be indicated by signs...
7.7. Emergency routes and exits requiring illumination must be provided with...
11. Natural and artificial lighting
11.1. Every workplace must be provided throughout with lighting capable of...
11.2. Workplaces must as far as possible receive sufficient natural light...
11.3. Lighting installations in rooms containing workplaces and in passageways must...
11.4. Workplaces in which workers are especially exposed to risks in...
11.5. Lighting installations must be designed to ensure that operational control...
13.1. The position, number and dimensions of doors and gates, and...
13.2. Transparent doors must be appropriately marked at a conspicuous level....
13.3. Swing doors and gates must be transparent or have see-through...
13.4. If transparent or translucent surfaces in doors and gates are...
13.5. Slidings doors must be fitted with a safety device to...
13.6. Doors and gates opening upwards must be fitted with a...
13.7. Doors along escape routes must be appropriately marked.
13.8. Doors for pedestrians must be provided in the immediate vicinity...
13.9. Mechanical doors and gates must function without risk of accident...
13.10. Where chains or similar devices are used to prevent access...
14.1. It must be possible to reach workplaces without danger and...
14.2. Traffic routes, including stairs, fixed ladders and loading bays and...
14.3. Routes used for pedestrian traffic and /or goods traffic must...
14.4. Sufficient clearence must be allowed between vehicle traffic routes and...
14.5. Traffic and access routes must be clearly identified for the...
PART B Special minimum requirements applicable to the on-shore sector
1. Fire detection and fire fighting
1.2. Workplaces must be equipped with appropriate fire-fighting equipment and, as...
1.3. Non-automatic fire-fighting equipment must be easily accessible and simple to...
1.4. A fire protection plan detailing the precautions to be taken,...
1.5. The fire-fighting equipment must be indicated by signs in accordance...
PART C Special minimum requirements applicable to the off-shore sector
2. Fire detection and fire fighting
2.1. Appropriate precautions, as identified by the safety and health document...
2.2. Adequate fire detection and protection systems, fire-fighting systems and alarms...
2.3. Non-automatic fire-fighting equipment must be easily accessible, simple to use...
2.4. A fire protection plan detailing the precautions to protect against,...
2.5. Emergency systems must be segregated or otherwise afforded protection from...
2.6. The equipment must be indicated by signs in accordance with...
5. Safe assembly points and muster list
5.1. Adequate measures must be taken to protect evacuation points and...
5.2. Where required by the safety and health document referred to...
5.3. Safe assembly points and evacuation points must be readily accessible...
5.4. For each individual safe assembly point, a list containing the...
5.5. A list of persons assigned special duties in the event...
6. Means of evacuation and escape
6.1. Workers must be trained in the appropriate actions to be...
6.2. Workers must be given suitable training in survival techniques, taking...
6.3. Suitable and sufficient means of evacuation in an emergency and...
6.4. An emergency plan for sea rescue and workplace evacuation situations...
6.5. The minimum requirement for every survival craft (lifeboat), life-raft, life-buoy...
6.6. Adequate life-saving appliances must be available for immediate use.
10.1. If the nature, scale and duration of operations so require,...
10.2. Such accommodation must contain sufficient beds or bunks for the...
10.3. Such accommodation must include a sufficient number of showers and...
10.4. The accommodation must be equipped with a sufficient number of...
10.5. The accommodation and its equipment must be maintained to adequate...
12. Positioning of installations at sea — safety and stability
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