reg 9 Reduction of risks
(1) Where the results of a regulation 6 assessment reveal a risk to workers’ health and safety their exposure shall, so far as it is technically practicable, be prevented by the employer. (2) Where, having regard to the activity and the regulation 6 assessment, prevention of exposure is not technically practicable, the employer shall ensure that the risk of exposure of workers is reduced to as low a level as necessary in order to protect adequately the health and safety of the workers concerned, in particular by taking the following measures which are to be applied in the light of the regulation 6 assessment— (a) keeping as low as possible the number of workers exposed or likely to be exposed; (b) designing work processes and engineering control measures so as to avoid or minimise the release of biological agents in the ship; (c) using collective protection measures and, where exposure cannot be avoided by other means, individual protection measures; (d) using hygiene measures compatible with the aim of the prevention or reduction of the accidental transfer or release of a biological agent from the ship; (e) using the biohazard sign depicted in Annex 2 of Merchant Shipping Notice 1889 (M+F) and other relevant warning signs; (f) drawing up plans to deal with accidents involving biological agents; (g) testing, where it is necessary and technically possible, for the presence, outside the primary physical confinement, of biological agents used at work; (h) using means for the safe collection, storage and disposal of waste by workers including the use of secure and identifiable containers, after suitable treatment where appropriate; and (i) making arrangements for the safe handling and transport of biological agents within the ship.