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Original name: Forskrift (Nr 1357 av 2011) om utførelse av arbeid, bruk av arbeidsutstyr og tilhørende tekniske krav (forskrift om utførelse av arbeid).
Name: Ordinance (No. 1357 of 2011) concerning the performance of work, use of work equipment and associated technical requirements (Ordinance on the performance of work).
Country: Norway
Subject(s): Occupational safety and health
Type of legislation: Regulation, Decree, Ordinance
Adopted on: 2011-12-06
Entry into force:
ISN: NOR-2011-R-89919
Link: https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=89919&p_lang=en
Bibliography: Legislation on-line Legislation on-line Norsk Lovtidend, www.lovdata.no, Norway, 95 pp. PDF in Norwegian last updated to FOR-2020-04-06-696 PDF in Norwegian last updated to FOR-2020-04-06-696 (consulted on 2020-04-16)
Legislation on-line Legislation on-line Norsk Lovtidend, Norway PDF of Unofficial English Translation last updated 23.03.2020 amended to Regulation FOR-2017-12-20-2354 PDF of Unofficial English Translation last updated 23.03.2020 amended to Regulation FOR-2017-12-20-2354 (consulted on 2020-04-16)
Abstract/Citation: Contains 32 chapters concerning, inter alia:

Part 1: Preliminary provisions:
Chapter 1: Preliminary provisions.

Part 2: Requirements for work with chemical and biological risk factors:
Chapter 2: Chemical database.
Chapter 3: Work in which chemicals can pose a danger to workers' safety and health.
Chapter 4: Working with asbestos.
Chapter 5: Working in heat.
Chapter 6: Working in an environment that can lead to exposure to biological factors.
Chapter 7: Working with the risk of genetic defects.
Chapter 8: Working with sewage.
Chapter 9: Working with cytotoxic agents.

Part 3: Requirements for working with physical risk factors:
Chapter 10: Requirements for use of work equipment.
Chapter 11: Facilitating the use of work equipment.
Chapter 12: Inspection and maintenance of work equipment and facilities.
Chapter 13: Working with equipment required by an inspector.
Chapter 14: Work that can lead to exposure to noise or mechanical vibrations.
Chapter 15: Ionizing radiation.
Chapter 16: Artificial optical radiation.
Chapter 17: Working at height.
Chapter 18: Working with equipment for lifting.
Chapter 19: Working with mobile work equipment.
Chapter 20: Water jetting.
Chapter 21: Excavation labor.
Chapter 22: Safety signs and signaling.

Part 4: Requirements related to other risk work:
Chapter 23: Risk assessments, training and information by manual labor.
Chapter 24: Working with operational control and security monitoring.
Chapter 25: Inspection and testing of air bottles for breathing air.
Chapter 26: Working with diving.
Chapter 27: Working with rocks.
Chapter 28: Work with CO2 systems for fire fighting.
Chapter 29: Work in or on tanks, pipelines, rooms where there may be flammable goods or hazardous substances.
Chapter 30: Avalanche danger of residence and construction sites.

Part 5: Register of exposed workers:
Chapter 31: Register of exposed workers.

Part 6: Final provisions:
Chapter 32: Final provisions (penalty, entry into force).
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