The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Employment of Young Persons) Regulations 1998

Regulation 5

SCHEDULEU.K.Non-exhaustive list of agents, process and work

IU.K.Agents

Physical agentsU.K.

1.—(a) Ionising radiation;

(b)Work in a high pressure atmosphere, eg in pressurised containers, diving.

Biological agentsU.K.

[F12.—(a) Biological agents which are group 3 biological agents or group 4 biological agents, as defined in the Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Health and Safety at Work) (Biological Agents) Regulations 2010.]

Chemical AgentsU.K.

3.—[F2(a) Substances and mixtures which meet the criteria for classification under [F3Annex I to] the CLP Regulation in one or more of the following hazard classes and hazard categories with one or more of the following hazard statements:

• acute toxicity, category 1, 2 or 3 (H300, H310, H330, H301, H311, H331);

• skin corrosion, category 1A, 1B or 1C (H314);

• flammable gas, category 1 or 2 (H220, H221);

• flammable aerosols, category 1 (H222);

• flammable liquid, category 1 or 2 (H224, H225);

• explosives, categories ‘Unstable explosive’, or explosives of Divisions 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5 (H200, H201, H202, H203, H204, H205);

• self-reactive substances and mixtures, type A, B, C or D (H240, H241, H242);

• organic peroxides, type A or B (H240, H241);

• specific target organ toxicity after single exposure, category 1 or 2 (H370, H373);

• specific target organ toxicity after repeated exposure, category 1 or 2 (H372, H373);

• respiratory sensitisation, category 1, subcategory 1A or 1B (H334);

• skin sensitisation, category 1, subcategory 1A or 1B (H317);

• carcinogenicity, category 1A, 1B or 2 (H350, H350i, H351);

• germ cell mutagenicity, category 1A, 1B or 2 (H340, H341);

• reproductive toxicity, category 1A or 1B (H360, H360F, H360FD, H360Fd, H360D, H360Df);]

F4(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F5(d)Substances and mixtures referred to in point (ii) of point (a) of Article 2 of Directive 2004/37/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens or mutagens at work (Sixth individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Council Directive 89/391/EEC);]

(e)Lead and compounds thereof, inasmuch as the agents in question are absorbable by the human organism;

(f)asbestos.

IIU.K.Processes and work

1.  Processes at work referred to in Annex I to Directive [F6Directive 2004/37/EC].U.K.

2.  Manufacture and handling of devices, fireworks or other objects containing explosives.U.K.

3.  Work with fierce or poisonous animals.U.K.

4.  Animal slaughtering on an industrial scale.U.K.

5.  Work involving the handling or equipment for the production, storage or application of compressed, liquefied or dissolved gases.U.K.

6.  Work with vats, tanks, reservoirs or carboys containing chemical agents referred to in paragraph 1.3.U.K.

7.  Work involving a risk of structural collapse.U.K.

8.  Work involving high-voltage electrical hazards.U.K.

9.  Work the pace of which is determined by machinery and involving payment by results.U.K.