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77. No young person shall be employed in—
(a)the application of asbestos by means of a spray; or
(b)the breaking down for removal of asbestos lagging; or
(c)the cleaning of sacks or other containers which have contained asbestos; or
(d)the cutting of material containing asbestos by means of portable power driven saws; or
(e)the scaling, scurfing or cleaning of boilers, combustion chambers or smoke boxes, where his work exposes him to dust of such a character and to such an extent as to be likely to be injurious or offensive to persons employed in such work.
78. Lead paint shall not be applied in the form of a spray in the interior painting of any part of a ship or vessel.
79.—(1) In every shipyard there shall be provided and kept readily available—
(a)a sufficient number of suitably constructed sling stretchers or other similar appliances for raising injured persons; and
(b)a sufficient number of carrying or wheel stretchers; and
(c)a sufficient supply of suitable reviving apparatus and oxygen,
and the stretchers, appliances and apparatus so provided shall be properly maintained.
(2) In every shipyard there shall always be readily available during working hours a responsible person or responsible persons whose duty it is to summon an ambulance or other means of transport if needed in cases of accident or illness. Legible copies of a notice indicating that person or, as the case may be, those persons shall be affixed in prominent positions in every shipyard.
(3) In every shipyard other than a public dry dock—
(a)in which the number of persons employed normally exceeds five hundred; or
(b)in which the number of persons employed normally exceeds one hundred and which is more than ten miles from a hospital,
there shall be provided and maintained in good order and in clean condition a properly constructed ambulance room containing at least the equipment specified in the Third Schedule to these Regulations. The room shall be used only for the purpose of treatment and rest and shall be in the charge of a suitably qualified person who shall always be readily available during working hours, and a record shall be kept of all cases of accident or sickness treated at the room.
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