General measures of prevention and protection

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General duties
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3.4.5. Employers should provide the equipment, including personal protective
equipment, necessary for the production and handling of insulation wools, and offer
appropriate washing and changing facilities for workers exposed to insulation wools.
3.4.6. Employers should ensure that exposures to fibres and dust are kept as low
as reasonably achievable, and at least below the exposure limits set by the competent
authority. Unnecessary exposures should be avoided.
3.4.7. Employers should ensure appropriate site maintenance, removal and
disposal procedures which minimize the generation of fibres and dust. Disposal should
be carried out in accordance with the requirements laid down by the competent
authority.
3.4.8 Whenever two or more employers undertake activities simultaneously at
one workplace, they should cooperate in applying the provisions of this code, without
prejudice to the responsibility of each employer for the health and safety of workers in
his or her employment. Insulation contractors should inform other workers on the job
site, including supervisors, regarding the presence of insulation wools brought on to the
site by the insulation contractor.
3.4.9. Employers should initiate and maintain a process of consultation and
cooperation with workers and their representatives concerning all aspects of safety in the
use of insulation wools specified in this code, and in particular as regards the preventive
and protective measures listed in paragraphs 3.4.1 to 3.4.8. This process should be
carried out within the framework of safety and health committees, where they exist, or
through another mechanism determined by the competent authority or by voluntary
agreements.
3.5. Workers
3.5.1. Workers should contribute to preventing, controlling and minimizing the
generation of fibres and dust, within the limitations of their responsibilities, taking into
account the information, instructions and training they have received.
3.5.2. Workers should carry out the work with insulation wools in accordance
with the instructions and training they have received in safe work practices. They should
report to their supervisor, and to the employer when necessary, any observed short-
comings in the safe work practices and their implementation.
3.5.3. Workers should report to their supervisor unusual conditions at the
workplace or affecting installations and equipment. When preventive measures, as
specified, are not taken or the appropriate personal protective equipment is not available,
workers should have the right to withdraw, until remedial action has been taken, from
such working conditions if they have reasonable justification to believe that they
endanger their health or safety.

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