34 Pa. Code § 13.180 - Safety methods and devices

(a) For every 50 or less process men employed and exposed to the work risks of § 13.179 (relating to repairs) there shall be present at all times at least two persons who are trained or competent to apply means of resuscitation by the prone pressure or Schaeffer method or by mechanical devices.

(b) A sufficient number of helmets of an approved type shall be kept at each plant, so that they may be available for use by every employe who may enter places where there may be asphyxiating or poisonous gases, fumes, or vapors.

(c) All employes who are required by the employer to wear helmets in making repairs or in maintenance work shall be thoroughly instructed in the use of such apparatus, and be physically examined by a licensed physician at least once every 90 days, or after absence from work due to either sickness or accident. The physician shall certify to the proper physical condition of the men so employed and no employe shall be permitted to do such repair work unless so examined and certified.

(d) Oxygen inhalation apparatus shall be kept on hand, and the foreman and authorized employes shall be instructed in its use. In all cases in which the apparatus has been used, a physician shall at once be called, or the sick employe removed to a hospital. A supply of oxygen or the means for its production shall be kept on hand.

(e) If oxygen tanks are used, at least two shall be kept on hand at all times, one of which shall be full.

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34 Pa. Code § 13.180