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Regulation 222 Blasting enclosures for cleaning of castings

(1) An employer shall ensure that blasting is only carried out in a blasting enclosure.

(2) An employer shall ensure that the only work carried out in a blasting enclosure is -

(a)blasting and work immediately incidental to blasting, and

(b) the cleaning and repairing of the enclosure and any plant and appliances situated in the enclosure.

(3) An employer shall ensure that every door of a blasting enclosure is kept closed while blasting is being carried out.

(4) An employer shall ensure that blasting enclosures are maintained in good condition and that all reasonably practicable measures are taken to prevent dust escaping from such enclosures into the air of any other room.

(5) An employer shall ensure that there is provided and maintained, in connection with every blasting enclosure, efficient apparatus for separating, in so far as is reasonably practicable, an abrasive which has been used in a blasting apparatus and which is to be used again as an abrasive in a blasting apparatus, fr

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