of April 28, 2001 No. 52
About approval of Industrial safety rules during the work at height
(as of November 19, 2007)
According to the resolution of Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus of January 11, 2001 "About the Concept of public administration by labor protection in the Republic of Belarus" for the purpose of ensuring labor protection of workers in case of works at height the Ministry of Labour of the Republic of Belarus decides No. 28:
1. Approve the enclosed Industrial safety rules during the work at height.
2. Determine that Industrial safety rules during the work at height are obligatory for execution by all employers.
3. Enact Industrial safety rules during the work at the height of 1 January of 2002.
Minister I.A.Lyakh
Approved by the Resolution of the Ministry of Labour of the Republic of Belarus of April 28, 2001 No. 52
1. The terms and determinations applied in Industrial safety rules during the work at height.
The shock-absorbing device - the element of safety belt or hoisting sling for safety belt intended for decrease in dynamic load in case of protective action to the set level.
Steeplejack works - the works performed at the height more than 5 m from the Earth's surface, overlapping or working flooring over which works directly from designs or the equipment are performed in case of their installation or repair at the same time the fixed asset protecting workers from fall is the safety belt.
Inventory safety barriers - barriers of workplaces at height and passes to them which designs are located in the vertical plane, the falls of the person serving for prevention.
Rope safety - the device intended for fixing of one or more workers with carbine of hoisting sling of safety belt in case of accomplishment of working activities at height, consisting of the flexible steel rope located horizontally or with inclination to 7 ° which ends are not movably fixed to structural elements of buildings and constructions directly or through special elements.
Carbine safety - the belt element intended for fixing to designs.
The woods construction - the many-tier design intended for the organization of workplaces on the different horizons.
Ladder - the design intended for movement of people on height and creations of short-term workplaces.
Cradle - the suspended design moved on height with the electric drive, lovitel, brake mechanisms and with the workplace organized on it. (In case of installation and construction works also cradles with the manual drive, for example, of lyulkitelezhka assembly are applied to work on wires of air-lines and others.)
Barrier internal - the safety barrier established within workplace to difference border on height.
Barrier protective - the safety barrier serving for prevention of inadvertent access for the person to difference border on height.
Barrier hinged - the safety barrier which does not have the bearing design and hung directly on building constructions.
Barrier external - the safety barrier established outside workplace near difference border on height.
Barrier basic - the safety barrier having the element of the bearing design (support, frame and so forth) used for barrier element hinge plate.
Barrier alarm - the safety barrier intended for designation of the danger area within which there is danger of fall from height.
Barrier safety - the safety barrier providing deduction of the person in case of loss of stability by it near difference border on height.
The platform working - the hinged design intended for formation of workplace it is direct in works zone.
Scaffolding - the single-tier design intended for performance of works in case of which movement of workplaces on the front is required.
Scaffolding portable - the devices moved along scope of work with movement on wheel support.
The safety steeplejack device - the device of protection of the worker in case of fall from height smooth braking of safety rope.
Safety bezlyamochny belt - the belt having one element covering waist or thorax of the person.
Safety lyamochny belt - the belt having two and more elements (strap) covering body of the person.
Works at height - works during which the worker is at distance less than 2 m from not protected differences on height of 1,3 of m and more.
Hot work - the works performed using naked flame (electrowelding, gas-welding, petrolcarved, using blowtorches, connected with cooking of bitumens, mastics, pitches, and to that similar works).
Independent steeplejack work - the steeplejack work performed by the worker without the help or observation of its actions from the second, more experienced worker.
Means of podmashchivaniye - the devices intended for the organization of workplaces in case of production of installation and construction works at height or depth of more 1,3 of m from the level of the earth or overlapping.
Remedy of working - the means intended for prevention or reduction of impact on working dangerous and (or) harmful production factors.
Means of collective protection of working - remedy, structurally and (or) functionally connected with production equipment, production process, the production room (building) or the production site.
Individual protection equipment of working - the remedy which is put on body of the person or his part or used by it.
Hoisting sling (fat) restrictive - the belt element intended for restriction of height of fall in case of protective action.
2. Industrial safety rules during the work at height (further - Rules) establish single procedure for the organization and work at height, steeplejack works with the purpose of safety of the workers performing these works, and persons which are in zone of production of these works. Except for the works which are carried out by employees of bodies and divisions of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus when rescuing people (on the fire, in case of accident, natural disaster and to that similar), and also in case of the prevention or accident elimination of natural and technogenic nature in case of obligatory observance of package of measures for safety under direct management of the responsible person.
3. The requirements containing in these rules establish minimum admissible level of labor protection for workers and are obligatory for all the employers who are in the territory of the Republic of Belarus irrespective of patterns of ownership and legal forms.
4. Rules act on all territory of the Republic of Belarus and are considered during the designing of objects, development of engineering procedures, project development of works and performance of works.
Action of these rules extends to all work types, made at height. Except for the works which are carried out by employees of bodies and divisions of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Republic of Belarus when rescuing people (on the fire, in case of accident, natural disaster and to that similar), and also in case of the prevention or accident elimination of natural and technogenic nature in case of obligatory observance of package of measures for safety under direct management of the responsible person.
The regulatory legal acts of state bodies regulating questions of labor protection in this area (rules, instructions for labor protection and so forth), shall not contradict these rules.
On the basis of Rules taking into account specific conditions local regulations - standards of the company, provision and the instruction for labor protection in which safety requirements in case of performance of works at height are determined are in accordance with the established procedure developed or brought into accord with them.
5. According to Article 226 of the Labor code of the Republic of Belarus ensuring labor protection of workers in the organization is assigned to the employer.
The employer shall provide labor protection of workers, including: safety in case of operation of the territory, factory buildings (rooms), constructions, the equipment, engineering procedures and applied in production of raw materials and materials; effective operation of remedies; the labor protections of working condition conforming to requirements on each workplace; training in safe methods and acceptances of performance of works and other safety arrangements, stipulated by the legislation.
6. According to Article 227 of the Labor code of the Republic of Belarus (The national register of legal acts of the Republic of Belarus, 1999, No. 80, 2/70) for the organization of work and control for labor protection employers enter position of the labor protection specialist or create the relevant service from among persons having necessary preparation.
Positions of labor protection specialists in the production sphere are entered by employers with number of the working over 100 people, and in other industries - over 200 people. The decision on need of creation of security service of work or appointment of the labor protection specialist with smaller number of workers is accepted by the employer. In case of impossibility of accomplishment of the specified obligations by workers the employer attracts to consultations and making recommendations about safe labor organization of the corresponding specialists. In the absence of service, the labor protection specialist the corresponding obligations are carried out by persons having the corresponding preparation (trained), or one of heads.
7. The state supervision and control of observance of requirements of the legislation on labor protection are exercised by specially authorized state bodies according to the legislation.
8. Public control over compliance with law about work is exercised by labor unions or other representatives workers representative bodies.
9. The major dangerous production factor during the work at height is the workplace arrangement above the Earth's surface (floor, flooring) or over the space located below the Earth's surface and the possible fall of the worker connected with it or fall of objects on the worker.
10. The reasons of fall of workers from height:
technical - lack of barriers, safety belts, insufficient durability and stability of the woods, floorings, cradles, ladders;
technological - shortcomings of projects of works, the wrong technology of conducting works;
psychological - loss of self-control, incoordination of movements, reckless acts, negligent accomplishment of the work;
meteorological - strong wind, extreme air temperature, rain, snow, fog, ice.
11. The reasons of fall of objects on the worker:
fall of the freight moved with hoisting machines owing to break of load gripping devices, the wrong strapping (binding), loss of breakbulk cargo from container and others;
fall of the mounted designs owing to constructive shortcomings, violations of the sequence of technological transactions and others;
accidents of building constructions owing to project mistakes, violations of manufacturing techniques of combined designs, low quality of installation and construction works and others;
fall of materials, elements of designs, equipments, the tool and to that similar owing to violation of requirements governed bezopasnostiotsutstviye of onboard board at edge of working flooring of the woods and others.
12. In case of work at height barriers shall be established and be designated in accordance with the established procedure borders of danger areas proceeding from the following safety requirements:
borders of danger areas in places over which there is cargo transfer by cranes are accepted from extreme point of horizontal projection of external greatest dimension of the moved freight with addition of size of flying away of freight depending on height of its possible fall according to appendix 3 (the table 1);
borders of the danger area in places of possible fall of objects during the works on buildings, constructions are determined from contour of horizontal projection of dimension of the falling subject at wall of the building, the construction basis by addition of size of flying away of subject of data according to appendix 3 (the table 1) and the greatest overall dimension of subject;
borders of the danger area near moving parts of machines and the equipment are determined within 5 m if other increased requirements are absent in the passport or the instruction of manufacturing plant;
the danger area around masts and towers in case of operation and repair is determined by distance from the center of support (mast, tower), equal 1/3 of its heights;
for exception of hit of the heated metal particles to adjacent rooms, the neighboring floors and so forth in case of hot work all viewing, technological and other hatches (openings) in overlappings, walls and partitions of rooms shall be closed by nonflammable materials and the venue of hot work shall be cleared of combustible substances and materials in radius according to appendix 3 (the table 2).
13. Steeplejack works belong to works with the increased danger and are carried out according to the work permit in which organizational and technical actions for preparation and safe accomplishment of these works shall be provided.
14. The list of the production sites and work types which are carried out according to the work permit is developed in the organization taking into account its profile and affirms the head of the organization. According to the work permit the works at height requiring for their safe accomplishment of high coordination in actions of workers, implementation of special organizational and technical events, and also constant control behind works are performed. Taking into account specifics of separate work types on their production process charts or projects of works can be developed.
15. The work permit determines works location with the increased danger, their content, conditions of safe accomplishment, time of the beginning and completion of works, structure of crew or persons performing works, responsible persons in case of accomplishment of these works. The work permit is filled in in form according to appendix 2.
Taking into account requirements of these rules of the ministry, other republican state bodies, consolidation (organization) subordinated to the Government of the Republic of Belarus in need of established procedure can enact for application in the subordinated organizations other forms of the work permit considering specifics of industry, separate work types.
16. Sketches of protection devices and devices, schemes of arrangement of posts of cordon, installation of signs and posters of safety and so forth can be attached to the work permit if necessary.
17. In case of performance of works in conservation zones of constructions or communications the work permit is issued in the presence of the written permission of the organization - the owner of this construction or communication.
18. The work permit is issued for the term necessary for accomplishment of the set amount of works. In case of origin in the course of works of the dangerous production factors which are not provided by the work permit, works stop, the work permit is cancelled and resumption of work is made after issue of the new work permit.
19. In exceptional cases for the purpose of elimination of threat of life of people, the prevention of accident or mitigation of consequences it and natural disaster especially dangerous works on their initial stage can be begun without execution of the work permit, but with obligatory observance of package of measures for safety of workers and under direct management of the responsible official.
If these works accept long nature, execution of the work permit is made without fail.
20. The work permit is drawn up in duplicate for the term necessary for accomplishment of the set amount of works. The first copy is at person which issued the work permit (the list of the officials having the right of issue of the work permit affirms the order of the head of the organization), the second - at the responsible works manager. During the works in the territory of operating plant the work permit is drawn up in triplicate, the third copy is issued to the responsible person of operating plant.
21. Before the admission to work the responsible works manager acquaints workers with actions for safe works, carries out target instructing with entry in the work permit.
22. The responsible works manager exercises control over the implementation of the actions for ensuring safe works provided in the work permit.
23. Accomplishment construction and repair construction works shall be performed on projects of works which contain technical solutions and the main organizational actions for safety of works and sanitary and hygienic servicing of working.
24. In projects of works requirements are reflected on:
to ensuring assembly technological effectiveness of designs and equipment;
to decrease in amounts and labor input of the works performed in the conditions of production danger;
to safe placement of machines and mechanisms;
the organizations of workplaces using technical means of safety.
25. In projects of works are specified:
the nomenclature of the safety devices and remedies working is also determined the need for them;
means of lighting of the building site, workplaces, passes and drives, and also means of the alarm system and communication;
requirements for sanitary consumer services of workers.
26. For the prevention of danger of fall of workers from height shall be provided in projects of works:
reducing amounts of steeplejack works;
the first-priority device of the permanent protecting designs (walls, panels, barriers of balconies and apertures);
the temporary protecting devices meeting requirements of labor protection;
places and methods of fixture of safety ropes and safety belts;
means of podmashchivaniye;
ways and means of rise (descent) of workers to workplaces or production sites of works;
the load gripping devices allowing to perform remote rasstropovka of freights.
27. For the purpose of the prevention of danger of fall of designs, products or materials from height when moving by their crane or in case of loss of stability in the course of installation or warehousing in the project of works are specified:
means of containerization and container for movement piece and bulks, concrete and solution taking into account nature of the moved freight and convenience of its giving to work location;
the strapping methods providing giving of elements in the provision corresponding or close to project;
devices (pyramids, cartridges) for steady storage of elements of designs;
procedure and methods of warehousing of products, materials, equipment;
methods of final fixing of designs;
methods of temporary fixing of the sorted elements in case of dismantle of structures of buildings and constructions;
methods of waste disposal and garbage;
need of the device of protective overlappings (floorings) or peaks in case of performance of works on one vertical.
28. Are provided in the projects of works which are carried out using machines (mechanisms):
choice of types, installation site and operating mode of machines;
methods, remedies of the driver and the people working close from action of harmful and dangerous production factors;
sizes of restriction of way of movement or angle of rotation of the machine;
means of communication of the driver with workers (the sign and sound alarm system, radio - and telephone communication);
special conditions of installation of the machine in the danger area.
29. For ensuring protection against defeat with electric current join in the project of works:
instructions for the choice of routes and determination of tension of temporary power and lighting power supply networks, barrier of current carrying parts and arrangement of introduction distributive systems and devices;
instructions for grounding of metal parts of electric equipment and execution of the grounding contours;
additional protective measures in case of works with the increased danger and especially dangerous works.
30. In the project of works actions for protection of workers against impact of noise, vibration, hazardous substances are also considered.
31. Organizational actions for the project of works provide preparation:
the list of the works performed on work permits;
the additional actions which are carried out during the combined works, during the works in the conditions of the working production near constructions, communications, the working installations.
32. In case of danger to life and health of workers, person performing management of works stops works and takes measures for elimination of the arisen danger, and if necessary provides evacuation of workers from the danger area.
33. Performance of works at height in open places is not allowed at speed of wind of 15 m/s and more, in case of ice, thunder-storm or the fog excluding visibility within scope of work. During the works with designs with big windage of work on their installation (dismantle) stop at speed of wind of 10 m/s and more.
34. The works at height in the open air performed directly from designs, overlappings, the equipment and to that similar in case of change of weather conditions with deterioration in visibility, in case of thunder-storm, ice, strong wind, snowfall stop and workers are removed from workplace.
35. If in work zone at height there take place the electric and other operating communications, works are allowed according to the work permit approved with the organization in whose maintaining there are these communications.
36. Before accomplishment of steeplejack works obligatory instructing on workplace with explanation to workers is carried out:
acceptances of safe work at height;
procedure for approach to workplace;
workplace conditions;
nature and safe methods of accomplishment of the forthcoming work;
procedure for use of safety devices;
procedure and installation site of load-lifting means and so on;
measures for the prevention of fall from height, methods of safe transition from one workplace on another;
actions for safety in case of installation in project provision or removal of designs, nodes, details and so on;
providing factors of the production circle, acceptable for workers (illumination, temperature, humidity, air movement speed, atmospheric precipitation, noise, vibration and so on);
conditions of the woods, scaffolding, platforms, ladders, barriers, safety ropes and to that similar;
need of use of individual protection equipment - helmets, safety belts, steeplejack safety devices, lovitel with vertical rope and others.
37. For transition between farms bridges with barriers are arranged.
38. Pass on subcrane beams and the lower belts of rafter and subrafter farms is allowed only if along beams or farms at the height of 1 m pull the insuring cable intended for fixing of chain of safety belt.
39. Movement along the insuring cable more than 2 people at the same time, and also approaching traffic of workers is not allowed.
40. It is not allowed to carry freight on subcrane beams.
41. Giving of any objects is performed by means of heavy lift gears or devices up and down.
42. Means of podmashchivaniye, container, heavy lift gears and load gripping devices, devices for reconciliation and temporary fixing of designs, farms and so forth (further - the industrial equipment), barriers, protective grids, overlappings and other similar warning facilities of fall of the worker, materials, objects and to that similar from height, defeat by electric current, from impact of moving parts of machines, the equipment, from influence of noise, vibration and hazardous substances in air of the working area (further - means of collective protection), applied in case of works at height, shall conform to normative safety requirements of work, and again acquired standardized products shall have the certificate on compliance to safety requirements.
43. It is not allowed to apply as the equipment and means of collective protection the objects which are not intended for these purposes.
44. The industrial equipment and means of collective protection of workers shall contain in technically serviceable condition with the organization of their maintenance, control of parameters and repair.
45. The list of defects in case of which operation of the industrial equipment is not allowed is specified in operational documentation of manufacturing plant.
46. In cases of use of the equipment of own production the list of defects in case of which operation of the industrial equipment is not allowed is determined by the works manager.
47. The workers who are directly operating the industrial equipment and means of collective protection prior to work shall be trained in safe methods and acceptances of work with their application according to requirements of operational documentation of manufacturing plant and instructions for labor protection for workers of the corresponding professions.
48. According to the legislation on work each worker has the right to the workplace conforming to requirements of labor protection, and compensation under the terms of work, established by the legislation.
49. The employer shall ensure safety of workers and protection against risks of all persons which are in close proximity to workplaces or production sites of works.
50. The workplace shall be kept clean; storage of procurements, materials, the tool, finished goods, production wastes shall be ordered and conform to requirements of labor protection.
On workplace it is not allowed to place and accumulate not used materials, production wastes and so forth, to encumber ways of approach and exit.
51. Apertures in walls in case of unilateral adjunction of flooring (overlapping) to them shall be protected if distance from flooring level to bottom edge of aperture of less 0,7 of m.
52. In case of performance of works at height below under work location are determined and danger areas are as appropriate designated and protected. In case of combination of works on one vertical the below-located places are equipped with the corresponding protection devices (floorings, grids, peaks) established at distance no more than 6 m down from the below-located workplace.
53. Building sites, the platforms of works located out of the fenced territory are protected for prevention of unauthorized entrance of strangers.
Disclaimer! This text was translated by AI translator and is not a valid juridical document. No warranty. No claim. More info
Database include more 50000 documents. You can find needed documents using search system. For effective work you can mix any on documents parameters: country, documents type, date range, teams or tags.
More about search system
If you cannot find the required document, or you do not know where to begin, go to Help section.
In this section, we’ve tried to describe in detail the features and capabilities of the system, as well as the most effective techniques for working with the database.
You also may open the section Frequently asked questions. This section provides answers to questions set by users.