Regulatory Committee on the Minimum Requirements for the Use by Workers of Individual Protection Equipment

Production/related worker, transport equipment operator/laborer

forestry crew supervisor

emergency worker

transfer of plant and workers

worker with a disability [ disabled worker | handicapped worker | incapacitated worker ]

working poor | low-wage earners | low-wage workers | low-waged workers | poor workers

corridor warrior | corridor cruiser | corridor worker

- Proposal for a Council Directive amending for the second time Directive 89/658/EEC concerning the minimum safety and health requirements for the use of work equipment by workers at work (2nd individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16 of Directive 89/391/EEC) - COM (98) 678 final (OJ C 247 of 31.8.99, p.23)

Council Directive 89/391/EEC [43] on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work, in particular Directive 98/24/EC [44]on the protection of the health and safety of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work and Council Directive 89/656/EEC [45] on the minimum health and safety requirements for the use by workers of personal protective equipment at the workplace, have created conditions for improvements in the safety of workers and operators.

6. Where Article 3(3)(a) applies, specific protection measures shall be taken, such as the training of workers in accordance with Article 6 and the use of technical means and personal protection, for example the grounding of work objects, the bonding of workers with work objects (equipotential bonding) and, where appropriate and in accordance with Article 4(1)(a) of Council Directive 89/656/EEC of 30 November 1989 on the minimum health and safety requirements for the use by workers of personal protective equipment at the workplace (third individual directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) , the use of insula ...[+++]ting shoes, gloves and protective clothing.

6. Where Article 3(3)(a) applies, specific protection measures shall be taken, such as the training of workers in accordance with Article 6 and the use of technical means and personal protection, for example the grounding of work objects, the bonding of workers with work objects (equipotential bonding) and, where appropriate and in accordance with Article 4(1)(a) of Council Directive 89/656/EEC of 30 November 1989 on the minimum health and safety requirements for the use by workers of personal protective equipment at the workplace (third individual directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (11), the use of in ...[+++]sulating shoes, gloves and protective clothing.