Emergencies13

1

The compressed air contractor shall ensure that a person shall not work in compressed air unless there are suitable and sufficient arrangements for action to be taken in the event of an emergency.

2

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), the arrangements required by that paragraph shall extend to –

a

arrangements for ensuring that the requirement of regulations 18, 19 and 24(3) of the 1996 Regulations are complied with;

b

the provision and maintenance of a sufficient number of suitable means of access;

c

the provision and maintenance of suitable means of raising the alarm; and

d

(where an airlock is required for the purpose of putting into operation an evacuation pursuant to regulation 19(1) of the 1996 Regulations) the maintenance of that airlock in such a condition as to be fit to receive persons in the event of an emergency having regard, in particular, to the air supply to and the temperature of that airlock.