Provisions the documents cite: 4th edition, 2013
What it requires
RPE selection by hazard and assigned protection factor, fit testing of tight-fitting facepieces, the clean-shaven rule, maintenance and records.
The instrument itself: https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg53.htm. The summary above is our plain-English reading, not the text of the instrument — always work from the source.
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The 7 documents that cite it
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