THE MINISTRY OF LABOR, WAR INVALIDS AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 10/2013/TT-BLDTBXH

Hanoi, June 10, 2013

FOR THE MINISTER OF LABOR, WAR INVALIDS AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
DEPUTY MINISTER




Bui Hong Linh

No.

Job title

Characteristics of working conditions of the job

1

Directly boiling, pouring and transporting molten metals, removing molds and cleaning products cast at foundries

- Electric arc furnaces (of any capacity)

- Steel refining drifts

- Steel refining convertors

- Kilns

- Pig iron blast furnaces

Heavy work, directly affected by heat, noise and vibration in excess of permissible standards

2

Rolling hot metal

Heavy work, directly affected by heat, noise and vibration in excess of prescribed standards

3

Directly refining non-ferrous metal ores (copper, lead, tin, mercury, zinc, silver)

Constantly affected by noise, dust and toxic gas in excess of prescribed standards

4

Firing and pouring out coke from ovens

Being affected by heat, dust, noise, CO and CO₂ in excess of prescribed standards

5

Firing boilers for steam engines

Being affected by heat, dust, noise and toxic gas in excess of prescribed standards

6

Operating steam boilers

Extremely dangerous work in constant contact with heat

7

Operating systems to prepare and load acetylene, oxygen, hydrogen, chlorine and liquefied gases

Extremely dangerous work in contact with toxic gas in excess of prescribed standards

8

Operating cooling systems (ice making and refrigerating)

Heavy work, working in an uncomfortable posture and a cold environment

9

Operating steam, compressed air or electricity-operated machines for forging, pressing, hammering and cutting metal

Heavy work, very hot, affected by heat radiation, CO, CO₂, SO₂ concentrations and noise in excess of prescribed standards

10

Assembling, repairing and cleaning molds of metal forging, pressing, hammering and cutting machines (steam, compressed air, electricity or mechanically operated)

Heavy work in constant contact with noise in excess of prescribed standards

11

Welding in closed containers, welding in positions which are over 5 meters higher than the working floor

Heavy work in high and dangerous working places with difficult working posture

12

Collecting wastes from industrial alcohol production

Heavy work, being affected by noise, dust and toxic gas in excess of prescribed standards

13

Rolling, laminating and pressing lead products, lead plating

Uncomfortable working posture, being affected by heat and lead fume

14

Founding copper and aluminum

Heavy work, being directly affected by heat, noise and vibration in excess of prescribed standards

15

Operating fabric- and yarn-starching machines

Standing and moving over 7 km per 8 working hours; being affected by cotton dust and noise in excess of prescribed standards

16

Dyeing and dry-cleaning fabric and yarn

Being in contact with toxic chemicals, humid and hot working environment

17

Storekeepers and assistants of chemical or dye warehouses

Being in contact with toxic chemicals, humid and hot working environment

18

Digging mining pits

Heavy work, narrow and humid workplace lacking oxygen

19

Working in pits or holes of over 5 meters deep

Heavy work, narrow and humid workplace lacking oxygen

20

Mining for rock, manually breaking and removing rock on the mountains

Manual, heavy and dangerous work

21

Directly feeding materials into stone- grinding machines and working with stone-grinding machines

Heavy work, being affected by dust and noise in excess of prescribed standards

22

Screening lead ore

Being affected by lead dust and noise in excess of prescribed standards

23

Using hand-held machines operated by compressed air with a pressure of 4 atmospheres or more (such as drilling and hammering machines and the like, causing abnormal vibrations to the human body)

Being affected by noise, vibration and dust in excess of prescribed standards

24

Sifting and sorting gold, ores and ruby

Manual, very heavy and dangerous work, being affected by dust and vibration in excess of prescribed standards

25

Manually digging up stumps of over 40 cm in diameter

Very heavy work, uncomfortable working posture

26

Manually sawing logs by two persons (only girls are prohibited)

Heavy and dangerous work

27

Cutting down trees of at least 35 cm in diameter, manually sawing and cutting tree branches, and pruning off branches high above the ground

Heavy work, high and dangerous working places

28

Carrying big logs, levering and loading unloading logs of at least 35 cm in diameter manually, with wooden chutes or wooden slides

Working outdoors on hills and mountains (with a steepness of 10o-15o), hard and dangerous work

29

Salvaging for sunk logs, pulling logs in docks, pulling logs ashore

Working outdoors on a river or stream; manual, heavy and very dangerous work

30

Operating rafts on a river with many cascades

Working outdoors on a river or stream; manual, heavy and very dangerous work

31

Driving farm tractors

Uncomfortable working posture, being affected by noise, vibration and dust in excess of prescribed standards

32

Collecting natural swallow bird’s nests; collecting bat guano

Working in remote islands; heavy and very dangerous work

33

Sawing logs with circular saw machines and band saw machines

Heavy work in narrow and humid workplace, being affected by noise in excess of prescribed standards

34

Operating plane machines in carpentry

Heavy work in narrow and humid workplace, being affected by noise in excess of prescribed standards

35

Directly raising wild beasts or venomous animals

Heavy and dangerous work

36

Preliminarily processing bamboo, rattan and sedge

Heavy work, being affected by toxic gases in excess of prescribed standards

37

Firing brick kilns and lime kilns, manually slaking lime

Heavy and dangerous work, being affected by great heat

38

Processing brine fish, shrimp paste, condensed fish sauce, fish sauce, and dried aquatic and marine products

Heavy work, being affected by great heat

39

Processing green coffee for export

Heavy work, being affected by great heat

40

Working alone along railway tracks, in mountain tunnels, in underground works, in places in which laborers cannot see farther than 400 m, or in areas very difficult to access

Outdoor, heavy manual work, affected by dust in excess of prescribed standards

41

Moving, coupling and uncoupling train carriages in workshops or on railway tracks

Outdoor, heavy and dangerous work

42

Operating vehicles with engines of a cylinder capacity of 50 cm3 or more

Heavy and dangerous work, affected by dust, vibration and noise in excess of prescribed standards

43

Operating horizontal cranes, cranes, trolley cranes and electric pulleys (except hand-operated chain pulleys not subject to technical safety inspection)

Working high above the ground, being affected by vibration and noise in excess of prescribed standards

44

Hooking or tying weights to horizontal cranes, cranes, trolley cranes and electric pulleys

Heavy and dangerous work

45

Operating construction machines (such as excavators, bulldozers, leveling machines, drilling machines, pile drivers, crawler vehicles)

Heavy work, uncomfortable working posture, being affected by dust, noise and vibration in excess of prescribed standards

46

Operating dredgers

Working in a seriously polluted environment, being affected by noise in excess of prescribed standards

47

Surveying river ways

Outdoor, heavy and mobile work, being affected by dust in excess of prescribed standards

48

Underwater concreting

Working on a river, very heavy work, being affected by noise in excess of prescribed standards

49

Divers

Very heavy and dangerous work, uncomfortable working posture, being affected by high pressure

50

Working on seagoing ships

Working at sea, suffering pressure of sea waves, noise and vibration in excess of prescribed standards

51

Working on aircraft

Dangerous work, suffering mental and psychological tension, being affected by noise and vibration in excess of prescribed standards, and being regularly affected by temperature and pressure changes

52

Air traffic technicians and air traffic safety electronics technicians

Suffering mental and psychological tension

53

Guarding and watching vessels in docks or on river banks

Dangerous work, suffering mental and psychological tension

54

Installing drilling platforms

Outdoor, very heavy and dangerous work, being affected by noise, vibration and toxic chemicals in excess of prescribed standards and being constantly affected by waves and wind

55

Working on offshore drilling platforms

Outdoor, very heavy and dangerous work, being affected by noise, vibration and toxic chemicals in excess of prescribed standards and being constantly affected by waves and wind

56

Exploratory drilling of oil and gas wells

Mobile work in forest and mountainous areas lacking oxygen, heavy and dangerous work, being directly affected by noise and vibration in excess of prescribed standards, uncomfortable working posture, dirty workplace

57

Exploratory drilling, blast drilling

Heavy and dangerous work, being affected by noise, dust and NO₂ in excess of prescribed standards

58

Working in tobacco fermentation furnaces or cigarette-drying furnaces

Being affected by dust, noise and nicotine in excess of prescribed standards

59

Rolling and pressing large pieces of hard leather

Heavy work, uncomfortable working posture, being in constant contact with heat

60

Coating paraffin inside wine tanks

Working in closed and hot cellars, lacking oxygen and having a high concentration of alcohol. Very uncomfortable working posture, manual work

61

Vulcanizing, shaping and loading/unloading large rubber products such as fuel containers car ires

Being in constant contact with heat, noise, dust and toxic chemicals in excess of prescribed standards

62

Working in contact with petrol and oil in caves and tunnels: receiving and delivering, preserving and operating petrol and oil pumps and measuring machines

Working in dark tunnels, being in constant contact with toxic chemicals in excess of prescribed standards; facing danger during taking samples in the field

63

Firing glass-melting furnaces and blowing glass products by the mouth

Being affected by heat and dust in excess of prescribed standards

64

Igniting oil-fired machines which consume 400 liters/hours or more

Heavy work in contact with heat and oil

65

Building hulls (of wooden or iron ships) which requires laborers to carry or fix weights of 20 kg or more

Heavy and dangerous work

66

Manufacturing, using and transporting dangerous products like explosives, flammable substances, oxidized substances, gas, gunpowder, ammunition, and artillery pieces which may cause explosion or fire

Extremely dangerous work at risk of fire and explosion, suffering nervous tension

67

Operating garbage incinerators and wastewater treatment systems

Heavy work, constantly working in an environment be polluted in excess of prescribed standards

68

Making and bleaching paper pulp with chlorine

Being in contact with chlorine and heat

69

Installing and repairing electric lines in underground tunnels or on open- air posts, installing high-voltage electric lines and pylons

Outdoor, heavy and dangerous work, being affected by electromagnetic field, noise and dust in excess of prescribed standards

70

Installing and repairing underground and overhead cables of communication and electric lines

Outdoor heavy work, being affected by electromagnetic field, noise and dust in excess of prescribed standards

71

Operating and watching low-, medium- and high-voltage stations

Complex work, moving a lot (over 7 km per 8 working hours), being affected by noise and dust in excess of prescribed standards

72

Examining, repairing and handling electric circuits of a voltage of 700 V, for direct currents, or of over 220V, for alternating currents, and articles to maintain these electric circuits

Heavy and dangerous work, uncomfortable working posture

73

Working in radio and radio frequency transmitting stations such as radio, television, radar stations or satellite telecommunications stations, etc., being affected by electromagnetic field in excess of prescribed standards

Complex work, moving a lot, being affected by electromagnetic field, noise and dust in excess of prescribed standards

74

Repairing furnaces, containers and closed towers and pipelines in chemical production

Working in narrow place, heavy work, uncomfortable working posture, being affected by great heat and strongly toxic chemicals

75

Working in contact with organic solvents such as soaking sleepers, spreading emulsion on photographic paper, printing flowers on thin films, printing labels on thin coated paper, rolling and pressing phenolic resin, and operating phenol-adhesive multi- capacitor boilers

Difficult working conditions, being affected by heat and strongly and dangerously toxic chemicals

76

Working in direct contact with chemicals causing gene mutation

- 5 Fluorouracil

- Benzene

Being in contact with gene-modifying chemicals