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MINISTERIAL ORDER NO. (32) YEAR 1982

THE DETERMINATION OF RETENTIVE METHODS AND MEASURES

FOR THE PROTECTION OF WORKERS FROM THE RISKS OF WORK

The Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, After taking cognizance of the Provisional Constitution, and Federal Law No (I) of 1972 concerning the jurisdictions of ministries and powers of ministers and amendments thereto, and Law No (8) of 1980 regulating labour relation, and after consultations with the Ministry of Health, and in accordance with what is presented by the Ministry’s Under Secretary it is hereby decided:

Article (1)

Every employer shall provide the appropriate preventive measures far the protection of workers from risks of injuries or occupational diseases, which may occur during working hours and against fire risks and all other risks, which may result from the use of machineries and other equipments. The employer shall also adopt other preventive measures specified by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.

The worker shall use the protective equipments and clothes Supplied for this purpose and shall comply with all the instructions of the employer aiming to protect him from risks and shall refrain from doing any work, which impedes the implementation of such instructions.

Article (2)

Every employer shall display at prominent and conspicuous place, detailed and clear instructions on measures for the prevention of fire and the protection of workers from the dangers which they may be exposed to during the performance of their work and ways and means of dealing with occurring accidents; and the displayed instruction shall be written in Arabic and in other language understood by workers if necessary.

The employer shall place warning signs in front of dangerous sites.

Article (3)

Every employer or his representative shall brief his employees before they assume work on the occupational risks such as fire and machinery risks, dangers of falling and relevant occupational diseases and other risks.

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Article (4)

Every employer shall assign the task of supervising first aid treatment to a specialist in first aid treatment and shall provide for the first aid box the contents specified in table No (3) attached to this Decision

Article (5)

The employer shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the conditions prevailing in the place of work provide sufficient protection for the health and safety of the worker working in the establishment and that he shall give special attention to the following: a) The space assigned to each person shall not be less than 400 cubic feet. This

measurement, however, shall exclude any height of over 14 feet. b) Avoid any insufficiency in the necessary amount of clean air or delays in

renewing this air, and keep out all harmful air drafts or sudden changes in temperature and, as far as possible, eliminate excessive humidity, excessive high or low temperatures and bad-smelling air currents.

c) Provide sufficient and appropriate lighting, natural or artificial, by ensuring that

windows and other accesses to natural lights are open and that the sources of natural or artificial lighting avoid direct forceful illumination and appreciable difference in the distribution of lights in close quarters.

d) Provide appropriate lighting for operations varying in the degree of their accuracy,

using the guiding measures prodded in table (1) attached. e) Prevent or reduce the noise and tremors, which may endanger the health of

workers in compliance with the permissible scientific standards. f) Provide a place for meals in cases where it is prohibited for workers to have their

meals al the work place. Food shall not be served at the place of work under any of the following conditions: 1. When the work involves the use or handling of poisonous or harmful

substances, which may spread in the workplace in the form of dust, smoke or vapour.

2. Works in which workers are vulnerable to detrimental radiations 3. Works where parts of the body, such as the hands or the head, or the workers’

clothes may come in contact with harmful substances. g) Provide adequate number of wash basins for the workers to wash their hands and

apply the appropriate cleaning materials for that purpose. Also supplying sufficient and adequate toilets for workers and suitable places for dressing and keeping clothes, and ensuring that the clothes are regularly clean and kept in good condition. And in all cases separate facilities of such kind shall be assigned to each sex of workers.

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Article (6)

The employer shall lake practical and appropriate measures to prevent or reduce the health risks in the work place and he shall give particular attention to the following: a) That carrying out industrial operation or otherwise are not detrimental to the

workers health or safety. b) The operation which are harmful to health shall be carried out in separate

equipment to prevent contract with harmful substances, Gases, vapour, dust, fibres or stroke shall not be allowed to spread in the place of working qualities harmful to health.

c) Veiling dangerous radiations from the workers. d) Dispose of substances harmful to health so that the quantities of such substances

used in industrial operations do not exceed the limits shown in table (2), attached. e) Provide dispose of harmful dust, spreading gases, vaporous or fibres al the source

of their formation by means of employing exhaustive equipment or by other appropriate engineering means or by supplying adequate ventilation system.

f) Provide workers with protective clothes equipped with the appropriate equipments

for personal safely, if the other adopted measures proved to be impractical or insufficient for the safely of the workers, after training the workers in the use of the equipment supplied and after providing the necessary facilities for cleaning, disinfecting and keeping in good condition the said clothes according to the safety standards required by the conditions of the work in question.

Article (7)

Particular attention shall be given to the following conditions at the workplace:

a) The floor of the work-room shall have an even surface made of materials suitable

for the work in progress. b) Sufficient space shall be left around the machinery and units allowing space for

workers to move and perform their ordinary duties without obstacles and allowing for repair of the machinery or shifting the materials used.

c) The passages shall be free of holes of unfixed manhole covers, projecting nails,

pipes or other installations which may, cause a risk of collision, and the floors of the passages shall not be made of substances that may cause slipping.

d) Passages shall not be dumped with materials, work- equipment, products or

objects that may impede the movement of the workers and subject them to the risks of collisions or falling.

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e) Staircases, elevated passages and similar places must be made of floors, which do not cause slipping.

f) Staircases shall be surrounded by side-railings made of bars set at narrow

distances to prevent object passing through the openings, or to have such opening covered by hinged metallic covers to prevent the fall of objects on persons below, which may endanger their safety.

g) The steps of the staircases shall be of sufficient strength and wide enough to allow

safe passage and shall be surrounded by side-railings from both sides when one of its sides is not a wall.

h) Mobile ladders shall be of adequate strength and their steps must be of suitable

dimensions, and their base or top must be so designed to reduce the risk of falling. However, ladders made of wood shall not be painted with any kind of paint.

Article (8)

The employer shall provide necessary facilities for the prevention of fire and

fire-extinguishers appropriate for the type of materials used in the establishment and he shall observe the following: 1) Provide entry, exit and ladders in the work place in order to facilitate the speedy exit of workers when fire breaks out in the establishment or in any part of it without stampeding. 2) The fire-extinguishing equipments must be always kept in a condition suitable for the purpose they are designated for and must be placed in locations of easy access, and a sufficient number of workers must be trained to use them. 3) There must be a fire alarm (warning) system and the workers must be trained or respond to fire warnings. 4) Where there are several work-rooms or chambers at the work place connected to one another, they must be separated by doors which prevent the spread of fire from one room to the other. 5) Signs containing instructions for the prevention of fire shall he displayed at the inflammable places of work. Such signs shall be projected in conspicuous position indicating the places of exit and written in Arabic and in other language understood by the workers, if necessary.

Article (9)

The employer shall undertake necessary precautionary measures to protect workers from the dangers of failing, falling objects, flying metals or sharp bodies or caustic liquid materials, or hot or inflammable or explosive materials or other harmful materials, he shall also make the appropriate precautions for protection of workers from dangers of compressed gases and electricity and means of providing persons Protection equipment designated for such purpose or by providing personal protection

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facilities such as protective glasses, gloves, belts, uniforms, mask, or oilier protective clothes suitable for the kind of work.

Article (10)

The employer shall always provide constant protective barriers to be installed around the exposed mobile part of generators or motors and around dangerous machinery, mobile or immobile, except when such parts are designed in a manner providing the required safety standard.

Article (11)

The employer when installing barriers referred to in the preceding article, shall observe the following:

1) Provide full protection against the dangers for which they installed. 2) Prevent the contact of worker or part of his body with the dangerous area

throughout the period of work and at the same time do not impede his performance.

3) They do not impede production or the work of the machine. 4) They do not impede the adjustment or repair of the machine or its inspection with

the least service. 5) They must be fire-resistant and rust-proof. 6) They may not be a possible cause for accident, which may result from the barrier,

protruding parts or because of its sharp edges or rough extensions.

Article (12)

When installing new machines or operating equipment or parts, the employer shall ensure that they are provided with the protection facilities, which meet the required protection standards.

Article (13)

The employer may not allow any person to remove or install any barrier or any other part of the protective equipment while the machine is running, and the machine shall not be operated unless being re-installed in its place.

Article (14)

The employer shall display instruction sign-boards at the locations of machinery or operations stating the necessary technical measures, and such instruction shall be written in Arabic or other language understood by the workers, if necessary.

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Article (I5)

Each worker shall comply with the orders and instructions related to the precautions taken for his safety and security of work. The workers shall use safely equipment and shall care for such equipment in his possession. The worker shall be prohibited from doing any act, which prevents the implementation of the said instructions or misuse the equipments designed for protecting the health and safely of the workers or damage such equipments. The employer may impose disciplinary punishments for any worker who violates the regulations state in the preceding paragraph.

Article (16)

When using steam boilers, the employer shall observe the following: 1) Each boiler must have a suitable safely valve, a suitable closing valve, and

apparatus for measuring the water level, and another for measuring the steam pressure and that all such equipments must be kept in good working condition as long as the boiler is in use.

2) A suitably constructed room must be allocated for the boiler, and shall be kept at a

distance of at least three meters away from any other building in the establishment, and the room shall have good lighting.

3) A qualified person must be assigned to supervise the boiler and a suitable place shall be arranged for him either inside or outside the boiler room so that he can supervise effectively.

4) The maintenance and cleaning of the boiler must be performed at least once every

month by a qualified person who shall comply with all safely measures. 5) The boiler must be checked at least once a year by a qualified person licensed to

do so by the competent labour department. 6) The person who checks the boiler must prepare a report on the condition of the

boiler and the steps taken in performing the checkup, provided that the employer shall send a copy of such report to the competent labour department and keep one copy with the establishment.

7) When using pressure appliances they must be made of material, which do not to

react to chemical materials or rust, and must be examined once a year by a qualified person licensed by the competent labour department who shall prepare a report thereon and send a copy of such report to the competent labour department.

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Article (17)

The workers shall be prevented from entering the work-site when machines are in operation except when they are wearing the suitable outfits as determined by the establishment to secure their safety.

Article (18)

The employer shall take precautionary measures to protect the workers from dangerous materials by keeping them stored safety in special places or by placing such materials inside suitable barriers or fences. When such materials are kept in containers, such containers must be closed tightly, bearing labels displaying the name of the contents and the correct method of using them, and the appropriate warnings against their dangers which must be written in Arabic and in other language understood by the workers if necessary.

Article (19) The employer shall take precautionary measures to protect the workers who are engaged in construction, demolition or digging from the risks of work by observing the following: a) In digging and demolition work: 1) When digging a trench or hole the digging must always start from upward to downward while maintaining a slope suitable to the type of land being dug. The sides of a pit over 1.5 metre deep must be planked with strong wooden bars to prevent implosions, and safe passages must be kept and warning signs must be put at the edge of holes to avoid dangers of falling. 2) The dust or sand dug from the pit must not be dumped in heaps next to the edges of the pit, but must be placed at an appropriate distance from the pit to prevent the risk of a fall-back into pit. 3) The demolition operations must start with the upper stories after taking sufficient protective measures to enforce the projecting walls, which must be technically separated before the demolition work starts. An experienced demolition supervisor must be present throughout the demolition work. 4) The debris must not be thrown down from above but shall be removed either by hoisting machines or through sloping fenced passages The site where the debris is gathered must be enclosed by a fence. b) In construction work: 1) Scaffolding and stands must be wide enough to allow for the safe passage of workers and must have side-barriers or fences when installed at heights over 8 metres from the ground. Workers must be provided with safety belts, which protect them against the danger of falling.

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2) The ground must be fenced if the nature of work requires the workers to climb to the roof. Shafts must be fenced or covered in a manner to prevent falling of persons or objects. 3) Strong protective shelters must be built at sufficient width to protect workers or passers-by from the dangers of falling objects.

Article (20) Hoisting machinery and towing tools must meet the following conditions.

a) Each hoisting machine or elevator for carrying people or loads must be manufactured in solid state, consisting of sound composition, and the parts must be sufficiently solid. Such machines must be provided with necessary technical maintenance and examined regularly, at least once a year by a specialist.

b) Places of elevators must be surrounded by high fences, which prevent any

person from jumping or approaching the moving parts of the elevators. Doors must not be opened while the elevator is moving.

c) A sign stating maximum loading capacity of the elevator or machine must be

displayed in conspicuous place in the elevator.

d) The worker may not be asked to carry loads beyond his capabilities and in cases, the carried load must not be more than 50 kilograms for a man and not more than 20 kilograms for a woman and use hoisting equipment whenever possible in carrying loads instead of depending upon human effort only.

e) The chains, ropes, or towing wires or alike, must be in a solid state and must

be fully and continuously maintained, at least once every six month, and must not be over loaded.

Article (21)

The establishment which assign to a contractor construction or building works Diary bud must inform the competent labour department, at least six months, on the following: a) The name of the establishment main contractor b) Tile name of the sub-contractor c) The type of works d) The site where the work will take place. e) The date of commencement of work and the period of time, which the execution will take.

Article (22)

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The responsibility in providing industrial security for contracting works by the employer, main contractor and sub-contractor shall be according to the following: a) The employer shall be responsible for the industrial security conditions related to the work-site and the equipment, which he uses. b) Personal safely equipment for workers shall be provided by the contracting

company. Article (23)

The competent labour inspector shall take a sample or samples of the materials

used in the manufacture process or other materials which are subject to inspection and which may have harmful effect on the workers health or safety. Such samples shall be collected for the purpose of analyzing them and determining their effect on the workers, and the inspector shall notify the employee or his representative of the result of the analysis and of any measures required to be taken in this concern. The inspector may demand if necessary that medical examination be carried out on the establishment’s worker and that other clinical and laboratory examination be made to ensure that the appropriate conditions are provided. Such checks and examinations shall be made during the official working hours when they are conducted inside the establishment as specified by provision of Article (175) of Law No (8) 1980 concerning he regulation of labour relations.

Article (24) The employer shall notify competent labour department on accidents, which may occur during working hours in his establishment and which may cause the following: a) The death of a worker b) Fires or explosions c) Rendering any of the workers unfit to perform his work for three or more days. The employer shall give notice of such accident in the form shown in table (4) attached to this decision, provided that notification shall be as follows: 1) In case of the death of a worker, fire or explosion, notice must be given

immediately after the occurrence of the accident through the fastest means of communication available.

2) When a worker becomes unable to do his work for three or more days notice must

be given within 24 hours following the occurrence of the accident. In all cases, however, the employer shall present to the Competent labour department a report in two copies, once every three months, containing an account of the injuries of work and occupational diseases in the form designated for that purpose, provided that the said report shall not be delayed for more than 15 days from the expiry date of the three month period referred to herein.

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The employer shall keep a third copy of the said report at his establishment so that the competent labour may have easy access to it when he visits the establishment.

Article (25) The labour inspector entrusted with the tasks specified in this Decision shall have the following qualifications:

1) When undertaking duties related to industrial security he must be an engineer or a technician experienced in this field.

2) When undertaking duties related to health, he must a

doctor specialized in vocational health.

Article (26) A) Each industrial establishment employing not less than 150 workers shall appoint a

full-time industrial security officer whose job shall be to supervise the precautionary measures taken against the various risks and the implementation of the provisions of the law in this connection.

B) The industrial security officer appointed by an Establishment employing more

than one thousand workers shall be an engineer or a technician qualified in industrial security and the officer appointed by an establishment employing less than one thousand workers shall he a graduate of an industrial secondary school with experience in industrial security.

C) The concerned labour department shall certify the qualifications of the industrial

security officers who are to be appointed in compliance with the provisions of this Article.

Article (27)

The Undersecretary of the Ministry may issue a decision imposing certain additional precautionary measures required by the nature of work in certain industry or establishment. He shall also be authorized to make amendments in the tables attached to this decision whenever there exists scientific or technological developments necessitate such amendments.

Article (28)

The undersecretary of the Ministry shall issue the forms required for the execution of this Decision.

Article (29)

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This Decision shall be published in the official gazette and shall become into force from the date of publication.

Seif At Jarwan Minister of Labour and Social Affairs

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TABLE No. 1

SUITABLE LIGHTING The lighting wattage indicated in the following table shall be the minimum allowed in the listed operations:

Serial.

No. Operations

Watt per

Foot

1. Operations not requiring accuracy like the assertainment of large

objects. 6

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Operations requiring some accuracy like the assembly of machine

parts, the grinding of grains and stones and similar primary

industrial operations, chambers of steam boilers, sections where

the product is put in large containers, equipment storehouses and

apparatuses used in semi-accurate operations.

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3.

Assembly of simple parts like trunery and moulding which do not

require accuracy and the tests conducted on products and

machines and the sewing of light coloured clothes, the storing of

foodstuff, the manufacturing of wooden planks, leather and

similar operations.

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4.

Operations requiring accuracy like turnery and lathe works which

require average accuracy, and office work, final operations in

production and similar operations. 20

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Serial.

No. Operations

Watt per

Foot

5.

Operations which require a great deal of accuracy like the

assembly of small parts and accurate turnery and fitter works the

cutting and reshaping of glass, accurate carpeting, office work,

drawing and similar operations.

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6.

Operations requiring extreme accuracy and patience such as test

conducted with extreme accuracy, tests conducted on small or

subtle tools and machinery, the manufacturing of precious stones

and watches, assembly of printing press letters, the weaving of

dark-coloured clothes and similar operations.

150

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TABLE No. 2

THE MAXIMUM CONCENTRATION LEVEL ALLOWED IN INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS

Name of substance Maximum concentration level

Ammonia 100 part of a million Ethyl Acetate or Butyle Acetate 400 part of a million

Carbon Disulphide 10 part of a million

Carbon mono oxide 100 part of a million

Tetra chloro carbon 100 part of a million

Chlorine gas 1 part of a million

Di – chlorophenyle 0.5 mm/cubic metre

Ethylene 5 part of a million

Arsine 0.05 part of million

Tri-chloro naphthalene 5 mg/cubic metre

Chromic Acid 0.10 mg/cubic metre

Di –chlorobenzine 76 part of a million

Di-chloro Ethyle 15 part of a million

Ether 400 part of a million

Di-chloro ethyline 200 part of a million

Gasoline 500 part of a million

Chloride Acid 10 part of a million

Hydrogen Cyanide 10 part of a million

Formaline 20 part of a million

Florodic Acid 2.5 part of a million

Hydrogen Cabritor 20 part of a million

Lead 0.2 mg/cubic metre

Mercury 0.1 mg/cubic metre

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Name of substance Maximum concentration level

Methanol 200 part of a million

Mono chloro benzene 75 part of a million

Nitro Benzene 1 part of a million

Nitrogen Oxide 5 part of a million

Nitrogen 1 part of a million

Phosgene 1 part of a million

Sulphur Dioxide 5 part of a million

Phosphine 0.5 part of a million

Tetra chloro apsheline 5 part of a million

Tololoine 100 part of a million

Tintagen 250 part of a million

Naphthalene carbon tar 200 part of a million

Zinc Oxide vapours 0.15 temp./cubic metre

Di-chloro ethylene 200 temp./cubic metre

Tin Chloro ethylene 50 temp./cubic metre

Silica Dust 150 one million silica molecule Asbestos 5 molecules per cubic centimetre

(The length of molecule more than 5 micro metre)

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Table No. 3

CONTENTS OF FIRST-AND BOX

No. Items Quantity

1. Bandagel/2 inch 12 pieces 2. Triangular bandages 12 pieces 3. Medicated cotton 12 pieces 4. Gouge 6 rolls 5. Plaster pieces 1/2 x 1 1/2 2 boxes 6. Plaster 2 boxes 7. Eye ointment 6 tubes 8. Bucolic Acid 6 ounces 9. Potassium permanganate 6 ounces 10. Sodium bicarbonate 6 ounces 11. Uric Lotion 8 ounces 12. Sulpha cetamide eve drops 6 tubes 13. Carphalaphic lotion I litre 14. Iodine Dye 1 litre 15. Talc powder 3 kilos 16. Churs ointment 6 tubes 17. Sulpha power 5 grams 18. Penicillin ointment 6 tubes 19. Sulpha Lazole table 100 tablets 20. Sulpha trid tablets 100 tablets 21. Long-acting sulpha 24 100 tablets 22. Spasmo cebalgion tablets 60 tablets 23. Aspirin 100 tablets 24. Vitamin 100 tablets 25. Vitamin B complex tablets 100 tablets 26. Cough tablets 100 tablets 27. Salt tablets 100 tablets 28. Ear drops 6 tubes 29. Nose Drops 6 tubes 30. Throat Swab 6 tubes 31. Dettol 1 litter 32. Camphour ointment 6 ounces

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No. Items Quantity

33. Dressing instrument 1 set 34. Eye lotion bath 1 35. Lotion pot 1 36. English Pin 1 37. Scissors 1 38. Tokit 1 39. Phenic. Soap 1

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LOCAL ORDER No: 61/1991

ISSUED BY DUBAI MUNICIPALITY EMIRATE OF DUBAI

Chapter IV - Occupational Health & Safety

Regulations

Article 37 In implementing the provisions of these regulations, the following words and expressions shall have the meaning set against each of them: 1. Construction Construction" includes erection, alteration, repair, dismantling, demolition, structural maintenance, painting, land clearing, earth moving, grading, excavating, trenching, digging, boring, drilling, blasting or concreting or any work or undertaking in connection with a project. 2. Project Means a construction project, whether public or private including: a) The construction of a building, bridge, structure, industrial establishment, mining

plant, shaft, tunnel, caisson, trench, excavation, highway, street, runway, parking lot, cofferdam, conduit, sewer, water-main, service connection, telegraph telephone or electrical cable, pipe line, etc

b) Mining development c) Any work or project or any land or appurtenances used in connection with construction. 3.Workplace Means place of work and includes a building, booth, or stall or part of such booth or stall where goods are handled, exposed or offered for sale or where services are tendered and executed for a fee. 4. Industrial Establishment Means an office building, factory, area, shop or office and any land, buildings and structures appertaining thereto. 5. Factory A building or place where work is carried out specially the following works: a. Any manufacturing process or assembling in connection with the

manufacturing of any goods or products. b. Preparing, inspecting, manufacturing, finishing, repairing, warehousing, cleaning

or adapting of industrial or food products. c. Maintenance of aircrafts, locomotives, or vehicles used for private or public

transport. d. Laundry e. Carpentry

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6. Mining Plant Means any roasting or smelting furnace, concentrator, mill or place used for or in connection with washing, crushing, grinding, sifting, reducing, leaching, roasting, smelting, refining, treating or research on any metallic ore. 7. Mine/ Quarry Means any work or project for the purpose of opening up, probing, removing, or extracting any metallic or non-metallic mineral or mineral-bearing substance, rock, earth, clay, sand or gravel. 8. Logging Means the operation of felling or trimming trees for commercial or industrial purposes and includes the measuring, storing, transporting, or floating of logs and any such activities or the clearing of land. 9 Occupational Illness Means a condition that results from exposure in a work place to a physical, chemical or biological agent to the extent that the normal physiological mechanisms are affected and the health of the worker is impaired thereby and includes an industrial disease. 10. Supervisor Means a person who is in charge of place of work or who has the authority to supervise and direct a group of workers. 11. Health and Safety Representative Any person technically qualified, selected to supervise these regulations and their implementation, and authorized to enforce occupational health and safety regulations. 12. Employer Owner of a shop, industrial establishment, a factory, or a project. or his deputy. Article 38 Employer shall comply with the following: I. Ensure that the worker works in the manner specified by the regulations and

with the use of protective devices designed for his safety, which shall be provided continuously.

2. Advise the worker of the existence of a potential or actual danger to the health or safety of the worker of which the supervisor is aware of.

3. Provide the worker with written instructions, wherever a text exists, regarding protection measures to be taken.

4. Take every precaution necessary for the protection of the worker and ensure his safety from any occupational illness or potential work accident.

5. Conduct periodical medical examination for workers to ensure they are not affected by occupational illness.

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Article 39 Worker shall comply with the following: 1. Use or wear the equipment, protective devices or clothing that his employer

requires him to use or wear. 2. Report to his employer or supervisor the absence of or defect in any equipment or

protective device of which he is aware and which may endanger himself or another worker, or any contravention of this regulation by other workers.

3. Agree to conduct periodic medical examination at the time specified by the employer or his deputy at the expense of employer at the time or place as prescribed. Article 40 Each person who supplies any machine, device, tool or equipment under any rental, leasing, or similar arrangement shall ensure that such machines/ equipment are of good condition and that there is no danger to individuals of its use if operation instructions were complied with. Article 41 The Municipality shall adopt standards for workplace exposures to industrial chemicals and other materials and specify their maximum and minimum limits. It may take actions to measure these limits and take necessary action to ensure compliance with such standards. Also it shall interfere if it discovered that the use of biological, chemical, or physical agents or combination of such agents or the manner of their use is likely to endanger the worker. It may prohibit the use, restrict in such a manner that ensures the safety and public health of workers, subject the use of technical or administrative control conditions to ensure safety. Article 42 Worker shall advise the employer or his deputy if he has reason to believe that the use of all/ some equipment/ machines/ devices are dangerous or safety requirements are not complete, which may lead to accident, to himself or other workers, or when conditions in work place are not healthy, to take necessary action to adjust work conditions to suitable standard and provide technical measures for safety and health of workers during operation periods. Employer shall initiate taking all procedures to improve work conditions or take occupational, technical and health safety procedures to provide healthy environment for his workers. Article 43 In case of work accident to any worker in workplace, nobody shall interfere with, disturb, destroy, alter or carry away any wreckage, article, or thing at the scene of accident or connected to the occurrence until permission to do so has been given by the police conducting the investigations, except the following:

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1. If the purpose was saving life or relieving human suffering. 2. Maintaining an essential public utility service or a public transportation system. 3. Preventing unnecessary damage to equipment or property near the accident. Article 44 The duties of health and safety representative shall include carrying out the following works: 1. Enter work places during official working hours and examine work conditions. 2. Conduct experiment or tests for any machines/ tools/ equipment to check the

technical safety. 3. Take samples of any biological, chemical or physical agents to conduct the

necessary laboratory analysis. 4. Request copy or copies of any drawings, specifications, licenses, documents,

registers or reports for the purpose of verification and assessment. 5. Request the submission of any of technical reports on the expense of employer,

for example: a) Floor, ceiling, scaffolding or works under construction, whether temporary or

permanent are able to support or bear all loads under normal work conditions, without exceeding allowable Unit stresses as stipulated by their construction plans.

b) That biological, chemical or physical processes or agents or their combinations used or intended to be used in work place, in addition to manner of use do not affect the safety or health of workers. The report shall include: 1. Materials components, scientific or common name; 2. Composition, characteristics and toxicological effect if any; 3. Effect of exposure by skin contact, inhalation or ingestion as well as the treatment or precautionary procedures where affected. 4. Emergency measures used to deal with an exposure. 5. Methods of using, transportation, storage and disposal of the mentioned materials.

Article 45 Health Department in the Municipality shall, from time to time, draft regulations to achieve the following purposes: 1. Prepare updated rules for additional safety measures required. 2. Prohibit the use of any hazardous chemicals or any other similar material when necessary. 3. Adopt reasonable standards on the exposure limits of workers to any chemical, biological, physical or any occupational hazard in a workplace. Article 46 Director of Municipality shall issue necessary decisions to implement the provisions of this regulation.

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CHAPTER VII: NOISE CONTROL REGULATIONS Article (74) In implementing the provisions of these regulations, the following words and expressions shall have the meaning set against each of them: 1. Noise: Means any noise of such nature that unreasonably interfere with the peace, comfort and convenience of any person, other than a person in or at the premises from which the noise is being emitted. Noise may be emitted by: -

a) Any musical instrument/ radio program; b) Any electrical appliances/ microphone; c) Any vehicle; d) Any machines, while being operated in or at any premises;

e) Any person or persons, while attending any gathering or meeting in or at any residential premises or place of assembly.

2. DB: Means the decibel scale for the measurement of sound pressure level. 3. Noise Control Officer: The person authorized by Dubai Municipality to inspect, assess and recommend control of noise. 4. Person Making the Noise: In relation to any premises, includes any tenant, agent, manager, foreman, or other person acting or apparently acting in the general management or control of the premises or of any plant or machinery on those premises. 5. Premises: include any place where a trade, an industry or a craft is practised or a private house or worshipping place. Article (75) It shall be the duty of the occupier of any premises or persons operating mechanical devices or drivers of public or private transportation vehicles, houses’ owners, or supervisors of worshipping place, to adopt the best practicable means of ensuring that the emission of noise from those premises does not exceed a reasonable level. The level is considered reasonable if it does not exceed 55 decibel during the period 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and 45 DB during the period 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. Article (76) Holidays and official and popular celebrations shall be exempted from the provisions of the above-mentioned article during such periods only.

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Article (77) Any person may complain against noise emitted from any premises to Control Room in Dubai Municipality in order to inform Noise Control Officer. The Officer then shall take any of the following procedures: a) Move to the complaint site and deal with the person causing the noise, and remove the cause of complaint, or b) Inform the police, if he was convinced that there is a real risk of violence or that for any other special reason the case appears to require the involvement of the police to deal with the case. Article (78) If, upon investigating the complaint, the Noise Control Officer or the policeman, is of the opinion that the noise is excessive, he shall direct the person responsible for causing the excessive noise to forthwith abate the noise to a reasonable level or at the time set by the Noise Control Officer or the Policeman. Article (79) If the person causing the noise is not complying with the issued order, the Noise Control Officer may take the following procedures: 1. Seize the instrument or render it inoperable by the removal of any part therefrom. 2. Lock or seal or temporary seizure of the noise emitting instrument and transport it to the Municipality stores for safekeeping. 3. Write the necessary report of the case and of taken action and propose proper penalty. Article (80) Owner may, if he was subjected to any action as mentioned in the previous article, or at any time after the elapse of 72 hours starting from the date of taking the action, may recover/ restitute the instrument, upon the payment of all costs incurred by the Municipality in transportation and storage. Article (81) Any person who removes locks or seals or operate a suspended machine without obtaining the Municipality approval, shall be considered to violate the provisions of these regulations and shall be subjected to appropriate penalty. Article (82) Noise Control Officer or the policeman may enter the premises from which the noise is being or has been emitted. The former shall not be entitled to enter any dwelling

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house for that purpose unless accompanied by a policeman, and shall produce an evidence of his identity if requested to do so by the occupier of the premises. Article (83) Director of Municipality shall: 1. Issue the necessary decisions to specify the limits of permitted emissions of noise from premises, activities, appliances, vehicles, machinery or articles to be labelled to show the specified limits. 2. Prescribe standards in respect of alarms and other devices designed to emit noise in certain specific circumstances to ensure that such devices do not emit noise in other circumstances or at a level or for a period beyond that necessary to achieve the purpose for which such devices are used.

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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 211 OF 1991 ON THE ISSUE OF EXECUTIVE REGULATIONS FOR THE

LOCAL ORDER NO. 61/1991 ON THE ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION REGULATIONS IN THE EMIRATE OF DUBAI

Chapter VI Noise Control

Article (42) Level of noise emission from premises will be deemed reasonable if it does not exceed 55 decibel during the period 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. and 45 decibel during the period 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. Exception to that will be holidays, official and popular celebrations and during such periods only. Article (43) Exposure period of a worker in a noisy workplace shall not exceed the under-mentioned hours and noise measured in decibel: Sound Level in Decibel Maximum number of hours of

exposure per employee per workday

More than 87 but not more than 90 8 More than 90 but not more than 92 6 More than 92 but not more than 95 4 More than 95 but not more than 97 3 More than 97 but not more than 100 2 More than 100 but not more than 102 1.5 More than 102 but not more than 105 1.1 More than 105 but not more than 110 0.5 More than 110 but not more than 115 0.25 More than 115 0 Article (44) To be implemented from the date of approving the Local Order No. 61 of 1991 on Environment Protection Regulations in the Emirate of Dubai. Article (45) Competent Departments/ Sections shall take necessary implementation procedures. Article (46) To be published in the official gazette of the Emirate of Dubai and in the available mass-media.

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EXPLANATORY MEMO WITH REGARD TO

LOCAL ORDER NO. 61 OF 1991

ON ENVIRINMENT PROTECTION REGULATIONS IN THE EMIRATE OF DUBAI

4. Occupational Health & Safety Regulations

Labour Law in the United Arab Emirates contains a chapter on work accidents and occupational diseases and specifies compensation rates for workers involved in accidents during working hours, or sustain injury because of work, in accordance with the provisions mentioned therein. However, the mentioned law or its executive regulations did not include security and safety conditions, which the worker shall be familiar with during working hours whether working in the construction, alteration, repair, demolition, carry out structural maintenance or painting works, in shops, factory or industrial establishments. The Local Order stipulated that industrial establishments, factories, mining plants, mines, construction sites shall take certain procedures to protect workers from any occupational illness that results from exposure to a physical, chemical or biological agent in a work place. It also stipulated that worker shall comply with certain rules and co-operate with the employer to protect himself from occupational illness or work accidents. The order obligates the employer to comply with the following: 1. Ensure that the worker performs his job in safe manner and with the protective devices, measures, and procedures required by this regulation and provide such devices continuously. 2. Advise a worker of the existence of a potential or actual danger to his health or safety of which the supervisor is aware of, to take precautions. 3. Provide a worker with written instructions as to the measures and procedures to be taken for protection of the worker from any potential occupational illness or work accident. 4. Conduct periodic medical examination for workers to ensure they do not suffer from occupational illness. According to the order, the worker shall: 1. Use or wear the equipment, protective devices or clothing that his employer requires him to use or wear. 2. Report to his employer or his representative the absence of or defect in any equipment or protective device of which he is aware of and which may endanger himself or another worker, or any violation of these regulations by other workers.

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3. Agree to conduct a periodic medical examination in such time or place as prescribed by the employer or his deputy at the expense of the employer. Since the objective of the regulation is to protect the worker and ensure his safety, it provided for making him technically familiar with machines and equipment and ensure that their use is not risky provided he complies with operation instructions. Therefore the order requires that whoever supplies, leases, or maintains machines, equipment or industrial devices shall ensure that such machines are in good condition, and will not endanger the user or operator under normal operating procedure. The order gave the Municipality the right to interfere, where a biological, chemical or physical agent or combination of such agents is used or used in a way that endangers the health of a worker, the Municipality shall prohibit, limit or restrict such use to ensure the general safety and health of worker and subject it to technical or administrative control to ensure safety in accordance with the adopted standards. The local order requires that the worker shall inform the employer or his deputy if he discovers that the use of all or some tools, equipment or machines is risky, or safety requirements is not completed and that such use may result in injury for himself and other workers, or if conditions in the workplace are not healthy, in order to take necessary procedures to adjust work condition to the suitable extent and provide technical basis for the safety and health of workers during operation periods. In case of work accident to any worker in workplace, the order requires that no person shall tamper with, disturb, destroy, alter or carry away any wreckage, article, or thing at the scene of or connected with the occurrence until permission to do so has been given by the police, investigating the case, except for the purpose of: 1. Saving life or relieving human suffering. 2. Maintaining an essential public utility serve or a public transportation system. 3. Preventing unnecessary damage to equipment or other property. The order stipulated the appointment of public health and safety representative to carry out certain duties to ensure safety of workers during performing their works.

7. Noise Control Regulation We all suffer from excessive noise, which affect the health and comfort of everybody. Excessive noise may emit from: 1. Musical instrument/ radio programme/ microphone 2. Electrical appliance/ machine/ compressor; 3. Motor vehicle (stationary or mobile); 4. Any machine, however powered, while being operated in/ on any residential premises or industrial premises;

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5. Construction sites; 6. Any person or persons while attending any gathering or meeting in or at any residential premises or place of assembly. The Order stipulated that occupants of shops, operators of mechanical equipment, drivers of public or private vehicles, owners of houses, or supervisors of worshipping places shall take the best possible means to ensure that noise emitted from such places and premises does not exceed the reasonable level. It is natural to exempt holidays and popular celebrations from the provisions of the order, during such periods only. Police plays an important role in minimizing noise. Any person annoyed by noise, emitted from a premises, may complain to Emergency Section in the Municipality, which will inform the Noise Control Officer to move to the place of noise, deal with the person causing the noise and settle the problem. If he was not able to do so, he should call the police. If the person causing excessive noise does not comply with directions giving to him, the Noise Control Officer may take any of the following procedures: 1. Seize the instrument or render it inoperable by the removal of any part therefrom; 2. Lock or seal or temporary confiscation and transport the instrument to Municipality Stores; 3. Write down the necessary report about the case, taken action and propose a suitable penalty.

9. Penalties Penalties stipulated in the order vary from a warning, a fine, temporary premises closure, to license cancellations. In addition to that, the violator shall bear the cost of removal or rectification expenses specified by the Municipality and the confiscation of instruments and devices used in committing the violation. Some local orders issued by the Municipality (7 & 6 of 1961) on public health and noise and (28 of 1985) on public cleanliness in the Emirate of Dubai, include type of penalties related to environment protection objectives, penalties vary from Dhs. 100 to 500 along with the violator bearing the cost of removal or correction of conditions. Legislator was of the opinion to increase penalties to deter violators and to prevent committing a violation, which may harm the environment or safety of people.

Violations of the local order were classified in 19 offences. Opposite to each, the action to be taken was written to

facilitate application and to unify penalty if enforced upon more than one violator.

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Table of Violations and Penal Actions: Violations of Occupational Health and Safety Regulations. Article No

Type of violation First Action Second Action

Third Action

Fourth Action

10 Non – compliance with standard specified by municipality, or use of materials that create biological, chemical or physical hazards in a way that may endanger the worker and property

Dhs. 500 fine and warn violator to rectify violation within one month.

Dhs. 1000 fine and extend the warning time limit to another one month

Dhs. 1500 fine and extend the warning time limit to another one month

Dhs. 2000 fine and extend the warning time limit to another one month

11.1 11.2 11.3

Workers are not provided with written instructions on procedures to be followed for their protection and safety from any possible occupational illness or work accident Non-compliance with instructions given by health and safety inspectors to ensure the workers health security and safety Annual Periodic medical check – up is not conducted for premises workers.

Dhs. 200 fine and warm violator to rectify violation within two weeks

Dhs. 300 fine and extend the warning time limit to other two following weeks

Dhs. 400 fine and extend the warning time limit to other two following weeks

Dhs. 500 fine and extend the warning time limit to other two following weeks

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Table of violation and penal actions: Violations of Noise Control Regulations. Article No Type of violation First Action Second

Action Third Action Fourth

Action 16 Removal of locks of

seals placed on any instrument, which the municipality decides to suspend its operation before obtaining the municipality approval.

Dhs. 500 fine. Dhs. 1000 Fine

Dhs. 1500 fine

Dhs. 2000 fine

17 Noise emitted from the premises exceed, 55 decibel during the period 7. AM to 8 PM and 45 decibel during the period 8 PM to 7 AM

Dhs. 100 fine Dhs. 200 fine

Dhs. 300 fine Dhs. 400 fine

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FEDERAL LAW NO: 8/1980 REGULATIONS OF LABOUR RELATIONS AND ITS

AMENDMENTS

Part V INDUSTRIAL SAFETY, PREVENTIVE MEASURES, HEALTH AND

SOCIAL CARE FOR WORKERS Article 91 Every employer shall provide adequate preventive equipment to protect workers against the dangers of employment accidents and occupational diseases that may occur during the work, and also against fire hazards and other hazards that may result from the use of machines and other equipment. He shall also adopt all other preventive methods ordered by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Every worker shall use the protective equipment and the clothing supplied to him for this purpose, shall comply with all instructions given by the employer to protect him against hazards and shall not take any action liable to hamper compliance with such instructions. Article 92 Every employer shall display detailed instructions in a conspicuous position at the workplace indicating the measures to be taken to prevent fire and protect the workers against hazards to which they may be exposed while performing their work. Such instructions shall be in Arabic and, if necessary, in another language understood by the worker. Article 93 Every employer shall provide one or more first-aid boxes contaiI1ing medicines, bandages, antiseptics and such other first-aid material as may be ordered by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. There shall be one first-aid box for every 100 workers. The box shall be located in a conspicuous place and within easy reach of the workers. Use of the box shall be entrusted to a person specialized in giving first aid. Article 94 Without prejudice to the provisions of the regulations and orders issued by the competent government authorities, an employer shall ensure perfect cleanliness and ventilation in each workplace and shall provide each workplace with adequate lighting, drinking water and toilets. Article 95 An employer shall arrange for one or more medical practitioners to carry out a periodic general and thorough examinations at intervals of not more than six months on those of his workers 'who are exposed to the danger of contracting any of the

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occupational diseases specified in Schedule (1) attached to this Law and shall enter the findings of such examinations in his records and in the workers files. The medical practitioners shall immediately inform the employer and the labour department of cases of occupational disease occurring among the workers and of deaths resulting there from, after the facts have been ascertained by means of medical and laboratory tests and the necessary procedures. The employer shall in mm report these findings to the labour department. The medical practitioner carrying out the periodic examination may require any worker who is exposed to occupational disease to be re-examined after a period less than the interval prescribed in the first paragraph of this article if he finds that the worker's conditions so warrants. Article 96 An employer shall provide his workers with medical care facilities corresponding to the standards laid down by the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs in co-operation with the Minister of Health. Article 97 The Minister of Labour and Social Affairs may, after consulting the Minister of Health, by order prescribe the general precautions and health protection measures applicable to all establishments employing workers, and, in particular, the measures relating to safety, lighting, ventilation, canteens, the supply of drinking water and water for washing, the elimination of any dust and smoke polluting the air, and the precautions to be taken against fire and electricity. Article 98 The employer or his representative shall inform each worker at the time of his recruitment of the dangers connected with his occupation and of the protective measures he must take, and shall post up detailed written instruction in this behalf in the workplaces. Article 99 It shall be unlawful for an employer or his representative or any person having authority over workers to bring or allow any one else to bring any kind of alcoholic beverages into a workplace for consumption therein or to allow any person in a state of drunkenness to enter or remain in the establishment. Article 100 Every worker shall comply with the instructions and orders respecting industrial and personal safety precautions, use the necessary Protective devices and treat any such devices in his possession with due care. It shall be unlawful for a worker to commit

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any act leading to non-compliance with such instructions, to the misuse of the equipment provided for protecting the health and safety of the workers or to the damage or destruction of such equipment. An employer may, include in the disciplinary code penalties to be imposed on workers contravening the provisions of the preceding paragraph. Article 101 Every employer employing workers in areas remote from towns and not connected with them by any normal means of transport shall provide his workers with the following services: 1- adequate means of transport;

2- suitable living accommodation; 3- drinking water; 4- suitable food stuff; 5- first-aid facilities; 6- recreation and sports facilities; The areas to which all or part of the provisions of this article apply shall be specified by order of the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. Except in the case of foodstuffs, the cost of the services referred to in this article shall be defrayed by the employer and shall be entirely flee of charge to the workers.

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PART VIII COMPENSATION IN RESPECT OF EMPLOYMENT

ACCIDENTS AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES ARTICLE 142 Where a worker sustains and employment accident or contract an occupational disease listed in Schedules l and 2 attached to this Law, the employer or his representative shall report the matter immediately to the police and to the labour department or its local office within whose jurisdiction the place of business is located. The report shall indicate the worker's name, age, occupation, address and nationality and contain a brief account of the occurrence, its circumstances and the medical aid or treatment provided. On receipt of the report the police shall carry out the necessary inquiries. The report shall contain the statements of the witnesses and the employer or his representative and those of the injured person (if his condition so permits) and shall indicate, inter alia, whether the occurrence was connected with the worker's work and whether it was deliberate or resulted from gross misconduct on the worker's part. Article 143 On completion of the inquiries the police shall send one copy of the report to the labour department and one to the employer. The labour department may request a supplementary inquiry or may itself conduct a supplementary inquiry, if it finds it necessary to do so. Article 144 Where a worker sustains an employment accident or contracts an occupational disease, the employer shall pay for the cost of his treatment in a local government or public medical center until he recovers or until he is disabled. Treatment shall include residence in a hospital or sanatorium, surgical operations, expenditure on X-rays and medical analyses, the purchase of medicines and rehabilitation equipment and the supply of artificial limbs and other prosthetic appliances for any person who is declared disabled. In addition to what he supplies, the employer shall pay the cost of any transport entailed by treatment provided for the worker. Article 145 Where an injury prevents a worker from carrying out his work, the employer shall pay him a cash allowance equal to his full pay throughout the period of treatment or for a period of six months whichever is shorter, Where the treatment last more than six months, the allowance shall be reduced by one-half for a further period of six months or until the worker has fully recovered or his disability is confirmed or he dies, whichever occurs first.

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Article 146 The cash allowance referred to in the preceding article shall be calculated on the basis of the last remuneration received in the case of a worker remunerated on a monthly, weekly, daily or hourly basis or, in the case of a worker remunerated at piece rates, on the basis of the average daily remuneration referred to in article 57. Article 147 On the termination of the treatment the medical practitioner in attendance shall make out a report in two copies, one to be delivered to the worker and the other to the employer, in which he shall specify the nature and cause of the injury, the date on which it occurred, the extent to which it is connected with the work, the period of treatment, whether it is resulted in permanent or non-permanent infirmity, the degree of disability, if any whether such disability is total or partial and, if there is disability the extent to which the worker is able to continue to perform his work. Article 148 Where a dispute arises as to the extent of a worker's physical fitness for work, his degree of disability or any other matter related to his injury or treatment, the matter shall be referred to the Ministry of Health through the competent labour department. The Ministry of Health shall, whenever a dispute of this nature is referred to it, constitute medical board consisting of three government medical officers to determine the extent of the worker's physical fitness for employment, his degree of disability or any other matter related to the injury or treatment. The board may call in any experts it thinks capable of helping it. Its decision shall be final and shall be submitted to the labour department in order that the measures necessary for its implementation may be taken. Article 149 Where a worker dies as a result of an employment accident or an occupational disease, the members of his family shall be entitled to compensation equal to his basic remuneration for 24 months: Provided that the amount of compensation shall not be less than 18,000 or more than 35,000 dirhams. The amount of compensation shall be calculated on the basis of the last remuneration received by the worker before his death. The compensation shall be distributed among the deceased worker's dependants in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 3 attached to this Law. For the purposes of the provisions of this article the expression "deceased worker's family means such of the following persons as were wholly or principally dependent for their subsistence on the deceased worker's income at the time of his death: (a) the widow or widower ; (b) the children, namely-

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l -sons who are under 17 years of age, and also sons who are regularly enrolled in educational institutions and are under 24 years of age or who are mentally or physically incapacitated for earning a living. The term "sons" includes the sons of the husband or of the wife who were in the deceased worker's care at the time of his death; 2- unmarried daughters, which term includes unmarried daughters of the husband or of the wife who were in the deceased worker's care at the time of the his death; (c) the parents ; (d) the brothers and sisters, subject to the conditions prescribed for sons and daughters. Article 150 Where an employment accident sustained or an occupational disease contracted by a worker results in permanent partial disability, he shall be entitled to compensation at the rate specified in the two schedules attached to this Law, multiplied by the amount of death compensation provided for in the first paragraph of the preceding article, as the case may be. Article 152 The amount of compensation payable to a worker in the event of his permanent total disability shall be the same amount as that payable in the event of his death. Article 152 The Minister of Labour, when necessary, and with the consent of the Minister of Health may amend schedule 1 concerning occupational diseases and schedule 2 concerning disability compensation assessment attached to this Law. Article 153 An injured worker shall not be entitled to any compensation in respect of an injury or disability not resulting in his death if the inquiries held by the competent authorities establish that he willfully brought about his own injury with the intention of committing suicide or of obtaining compensation or sick leave or for any other reason or if, at the time of the occurrence, he was under the influence of a narcotic drug or alcohol or if he intentionally violated the safety instructions posted up in conspicuous positions in the workplace or if his injury or disability was the result of gross and deliberate misconduct on his part or if he refused without serious cause to submit to a medical examination or undergo the treatment ordered by the medical board constituted in accordance with article 148. The employer shall not be required in such circumstances to provide treatment for the worker or to pay him any cash allowance.

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