Miscellaneous provisions

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41... Miscellaneous provisions

41.1. Workshops

41.1.1. Maintenance and repair shops and other workshops

should comply with:

national or other official regulations concerning occupational

safety and health in industrial establishments; or

in so far as concerns matters not dealt with in such regulations,

with the Model Code of Safety Regulations for Industrial

Establishments published by the International Labour Office.

41.2. Land clearance

41.2.1. Land-clearance operations should comply with the

relevant requirements of the Code of Practice Safety and Health

in Forestry Work published by the International Labour Office.

41.3. Poisonous plants, insects, snakes, etc.

General provisions

41.3.1. In regions infested with poisonous plants, dangerous

insects or venomous snakes, workers should be taught how to

identify them, and instructed in precautionary measures, symptoms

of i1lnss and emergency first-aid treatment.

Poisonous plants

41.3.2. Persons known to be hypersensitive to plant poisons

should not be employed in regions infested with poison oak,

poison ivy, poison sumac or other poisonous plants.

41.3.3. Persbns working in regions infested with poisonous

plants should keep as much of the body coveted as practicable, as

by wearing tight-fitting clothing, gauntlets and leggings.

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