Summary/citation: "Article 320. Requirements on labour protection and labour safety during design, construction and operation of production facilities and means of production
1. Design, construction and reconstruction of production buildings and structures, development and use of technologies, development and manufacture of machines, mechanisms and equipment not meeting labour protection and labour safety requirements shall be prohibited.
2. New and renovated production facilities, means of production or other types of output may not be accepted and started up if they do not comply with the labour protection and labour safety requirements.
3. Production facilities shall be subject to mandatory periodical certification with respect to working conditions in the manner established by the state labour authority.
4. Commissioning of a production-purpose facility shall be carried out by the acceptance commission with obligatory participation by the state labour inspector.
Article 321. Work-place protection requirements
1. Buildings (structures) accommodating work places shall, in their structure, comply with their functional purpose and the labour protection and labour safety requirements.
2. Working equipment shall comply with the protection standards established for the given type of equipment, bear appropriate warning signs and be provided with barriers or protective devices to ensure protection of employees in the work place.
3. Emergency routes and exits for employees from premises shall remain free and lead to the open air or a safe zone.
4. Danger zones shall be clearly marked. If work places are located in danger zones, in which, in view of the nature of the work, there exist a danger to the employee or of falling objects, such places shall be equipped, when possible, with appliances preventing unauthorized access to these zones. Safe conditions must be provided for movement of pedestrians and means of transport across the territory of the organisation.
5. Employees shall have means of personal protection for performing work at hazardous production facilities (sectors), including at heights, underground, in open chambers, on the shelf of seas and internal waters.
6. During working hours, the temperature, natural and artificial lighting, and ventilation on the premises accommodating the work places shall comply with safe working conditions.
7. Employees shall be permitted to work under harmful working conditions (dustiness, gaseousness and other factors) after the employer has ensured safe working conditions."
Remarks / comments: The OSH legislation exempts no sectors/branches of economic activity.
• Labour Code of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 251 of 15 May 2007. (Arts. 320, 321)
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