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This ESSENTIAL describes the safety of electrical equipment in explosive atmospheres requirements of South Korea, based on the:
- Occupational Health and Safety Act and its enforcement acts and regulations
- KOSHA Certification information
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Legislation in force: |
The Occupational Health and Safety Act describes safety maesures and certification for dangerous machinery includuing equipment for use in explosive atmospheres.
Article 38 (Safety Measures)
(1) A business owner shall take measures necessary to prevent industrial accidents caused by any of the following dangers:
1. Dangers caused by machinery, apparatus, or other equipment;
2. Dangers caused by explosive, combustible, or inflammable substances, etc.;
3. Dangers caused by electricity, heat, or other energy.
Article 84 (Safety Certification)
(1) A person who manufactures or imports (including those who install or relocate machinery, etc. subject to safety certification prescribed by Ordinance of the Ministry of Employment and Labor or who makes any major structural alteration thereof; hereafter in this Article and Articles 85 through 87, the same shall apply) any hazardous or dangerous machinery, etc., prescribed by Presidential Decree as potentially causing risk to the safety and health of employees (hereinafter referred to as "machinery, etc. subject to safety certification") shall obtain safety certification granted by the Minister of Employment and Labor as to whether they meet the safety certification standards.
Article 85 (Safety Certification Marks)
Article 86 (Revocation of Safety Certification)
Article 87 (Prohibition on Manufacturing Machinery Subject to Safety Certification)
Article 88 (Safety Certification Institutions)
Article 74 (Machines, etc. Subject to Safety Certification) (1) “Those prescribed by Presidential Decree” in Article 84 (1) of the Act refer to any of the following items (Note: Article 84 describes the Product Safety certification)
1) machinery or equipment
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2) A protective device falling under any of the following items
(a) Protective devices of presses and shearing machines;
(b) Overload limiters for lifting machines;
(c) Safety pressure valves on boilers;
(d) Safety pressure valves on pressure vessels;
(e) Rupture disks for releasing pressure from pressure vessels;
(f) Insulation devices and tools for live-wire operations;
(g) Explosion-proof electric machines, tools and parts;
(h) Temporary equipment and materials for preventing hazards, such as crashing, falling, and collapse, and protecting people from such hazards, as determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Employment and Labor;
(i) An industrial protective robot necessary to prevent dangers such as collisions and strictures, as determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Employment and Labor;
3) Personal protective equipment (listed)
The specific types, specifications, and models of machinery, etc. subject to safety certification shall be determined and publicly notified by the Minister of Employment and Labor.
CHAPTER VII Safety Certification
Article 58 (Machinery and Apparatus Subject to Safety Certification)
Article 58-2 (Exemption from Safety Certification)
(2) If, for any item of machinery, apparatus etc. subject to mandatory safety certification, the levels required in any of the following certification or tests or any part thereof are deemed equal to or surpass the levels required in the safety certification as set forth in the former part of Article 34 (1) of the Act, such item shall be exempt from the safety certification as set forth in the former part
of Article 34 (1) of the Act with respect to the applicable certification or tests or part thereof only:
1. where such item has been certified by an overseas safety certification organization as prescribed and published by the Minister of Employment and
Labor;
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4. where such item has been subjected to tests conducted by a testing and inspection agency under the Framework Act on National Standards; or
5. where such item has been certified under the International Electrotechnical Commission System for the Certification to Standards for Electrical Equipment for Explosive Atmospheres (IECEx) Scheme.
Article 58-3 (Application etc. for Safety Certification)
Article 58-4 (Types and Methods of Safety Certification Assessments)
Article 58-5 (Method, Frequency etc. of Verification)
Article 58-6 (Recording, Retention etc. of Materials on Safety-Certified Products)
Article 58-7 (Submission etc. of Materials on Safety Certification)
Article 58-8 (Safety Certification Marks)
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