The Work Environment Authority’s Statute Book
Our Statute Book (AFS), which is translated into English, contains a number of Provisions with AFS designations, each carrying a year and a serial number, e.g. AFS 2006:04.
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Provisions and General Recommendations in English
| [ IN NUMERICAL ORDER ] [ IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER ] | ||
| AFS 2006:08 |  | Testing at Over or Under Pressure |
| AFS 2006:07 | | Temporary Lifting of Persons Using Cranes or Trucks |
| AFS 2006:06 | | Use of lifting devices and lifting accessories |
| AFS 2006:04 | | Use of work equipment |
| AFS 2006:01 | | Asbestos |
| AFS 2005:18 | | Thermosetting Plastics |
| AFS 2005:17 | | Occupational exposure limit values and measures against air contaminants |
| AFS 2005:02 | | Manufacture of Certain Vessels, Piping and Installations |
| AFS 2005:01 | | Microbiological work environment risks– infection, toxigenic effect, hypersensitivity |
| AFS 2004:03 | | Ladders and Trestles |
| AFS 2004:01 | | Synthetic Inorganic Fibres |
| Rock Work | |
| AFS 2002:01 | | Use of Pressure Retaining Devices |
| AFS 2001:09 | | Dock Work |
| AFS 2001:07 | | Anaesthetic Gases |
| AFS 2001:03 | | Use of Personal Protective Equipment |
| AFS 2001:01 | | Systematic Work Environment Management |
| AFS 2000:06 | | Mast and Pole Work |
| AFS 2000:05 | | Contained Use of Genetically Modified Micro-Organisms |
| AFS 2000:04 | | Chemical Hazards in the Working Environment |
| AFS 2000:02 | | Use of chainsaws and brush saws |
| AFS 1999:03 | | Building and civil engineering work |
| AFS 1998:06 | | Pesticides |
| AFS 1998:05 | | Work with Display screen equipment |
| AFS 1998:01 | | Ergonomics for the Prevention of Musculoskeletal Disordes (Illustrations to AFS 1998:1 here 3,5 MB)
Models for assessment |
| AFS 1997:10 | | Laboratory Work with Chemicals |
| AFS 1993:57 | | Diving Work (Illustrations to AFS 1993:57 here) |
| AFS 1993:17 | | Victimization at Work |
| AFS 1993:03 | | Work in Confined Spaces |
| AFS 1993:02 | | Violence and Menaces in the Working Environment |
| AFS 1992:18 | | Motor Fuels |
| AFS 1990:11 | | Work with Laboratory Animals |
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