Occupational Safety and Health Act

1. This Act shall come into force on a date to be appointed by the Minister by statutory instrument and different dates may be appointed for the commencement of different provisions

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1. "area under the influence of" includes any area where the fall of the contaminant released directly or indirectly from an undertaking may come to rest or be present and cause its deleterious effect whether in its original form or in a chemically modified form through natural processes having been carried there by prevailing wind, rain water run-off or by any other natural agent, and any area where dangerous levels of the contaminant may be present and cause its effects, having been taken there through the effluent or other waste disposal methods used at the undertaking;
2. "article" means solid, liquid or gas or any of their combination or any plant designed for use or operation (whether exclusively or not) by persons at work or any article designed for use as a component in any plant or work process;
3. "authorised person" means in relation to the performance of any function or duty under this Act, a person who is authorised in writing by the Commissioner for Occupational Safety and Health, to perform that function or duty;
4. "bodily injury" includes injury to health;
5. "building operation" means the construction, structural alteration, repair or maintenance of a building (including re-painting, re-decoration and external cleaning of the structure), the demolition of a building, but does not include any operation which is a work of engineering construction within the meaning of this Act;
6. "chemical substance" means any natural or artificial substance intended for use in any physical state whether gaseous, liquid or solid and in particular includes, pesticides, fungicides, fumigants, herbicides,
7. "class or description" in relation to a workplace, includes a group of workplaces described by reference to locality;
8. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner for Occupational Safety and Health and includes any other inspector authorised to act on his or her behalf, by the appointing authority;

47 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. (1) Subject to any written law relating to the appointment of a person to the public service, there shall be appointed a Commissioner and any other inspectors as are necessary for the purposes of this Act.
2. (2) Notice of the appointment of an inspector shall he published in the Gazette.
3. (3) Every inspector shall be provided with a certificate of appointment, and shall while visiting a workplace to which this Act applies if required, produce the certificate to an occupier or to a person holding a responsible position of management at the workplace.

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1. The Commissioner shall be responsible for the administration of this Act

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1. (1) An inspector shall treat as confidential the source of any complaint of a contravention of this Act, brought to his or her notice and shall not disclose to an occupier or his or her representative, that the visit is made in consequence of the complaint.
2. (2) An inspector who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.

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1. (b) to enter, inspect and examine during the day, any place which the inspector has reasonable cause to believe to be a workplace and any building of which a workplace forms part and in which he or she has reasonable cause to believe that explosives or highly inflammable materials are stored or used and to exercise such powers as may be necessary to inspect any machinery, plant, appliance, fitting or chemical in the workplace;
2. (c) to be accompanied by a police officer to a workplace to be inspected and examined, where he or she has reasonable cause to encounter any serious obstruction in the execution of his or her duty;
3. (d) to require the production of registers, certificates, notices and documents kept under this Act and to inspect, examine and make copies of any of them;
4. (e) to make any examination or inquiry as may be necessary to ascertain whether this Act, is complied with, in respect of the workplace and any persons employed in it;
5. (f) to require any person who he or she finds in a workplace to give any information which is in that person's power to give, regarding the occupier of the workplace;
6. (g) to examine, either alone or in the presence of any other person, as he or she thinks fit, any person, with respect to any matters under this Act and to require that person to be examined; but that person shall not be required to answer any question or to give any evidence which tends to incriminate him or her;
7. (h) in case of an inspector who is an occupational physician, to carry out any medical examinations as may be necessary for the purposes of his or her duties under this Act;
8. (i) to take such measurements and photographs and make such recordings as he or she considers necessary for the purpose of any examination or investigation under paragraph (d);

6 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. An occupier of a workplace or his or her agents, shall furnish the means required by an. inspector, necessary for an entry, inspection, examination, inquiry, the taking of samples or any alterations, for the exercise of his or her powers, in relation to that workplace

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1. (1) A person shall be deemed to obstruct an inspector in the execution of his or her duties where that person-
2. (a) wilfully delays an inspector in the exercise of his or her duties or fails to comply with a request of an inspector;
3. (b) fails to produce any register, certificate, notice or document which is required under this Act;
4. (c) wilfully withholds any information regarding the occupier of a workplace;
5. (d) conceals or prevents or attempts to conceal or prevent a person from appearing before or being examined by an inspector.
6. (2) Where an inspector is obstructed in any workplace, the occupier of the premises commits an offence.
7. (3) A person who obstructs an inspector commits an offence and is liable, on conviction to a fine not exceeding forty eight currency points, or a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year or both.

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1. (1) An inspector may prosecute or conduct, as the case may be before a magistrate's court any charge, information, complaint or other proceeding arising under this Act, or in the discharge of his or her duty.
2. (2) Where prosecution is brought at the instance of an inspector or where prosecution is conducted by an inspector, an objection to the competency of the inspector to give evidence as a witness in the prosecution shall not be sustained.

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1. (1) There is established the Occupational Safety and Health Board.
2. (2) The Minister shall, by statutory instrument, prescribe the membership of the Occupational Safety and Health Board.
3. (3) The Board shall give expert advice to the Minister on matters concerning occupational safety and health, welfare and the working environment.
4. (4) A person appointed to the Occupational Safety and Health Board shall hold office for a period to be specified by the Minister in the instrument of appointment.
5. (5) The salaries and emoluments of the members of the Occupational Health and Safety Board shall be determined by the Minister, with the approval of the Minister responsible for finance.

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1. The Minister may appoint an advisory panel as he or she may from time to time think necessary, to give advice or assistance on any workplace process, chemical, hazard, injury or disease

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1. (1) A person appointed to an advisory panel, shall hold office for a period to be specified by the Minister in the instrument of appointment.
2. (2) The salaries and emoluments of the members of an advisory panel shall be determined by the Minister with the approval of the Minister responsible for finance.

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1. (1) It is the responsibility of an employer-
2. (a) to take, as far as is reasonably practicable, all measures for the protection of his or her workers and the general public from the dangerous aspects of the employer's undertaking at his or her own cost;
3. (b) to ensure, as far is reasonably practicable, that the working environment is kept free from any hazard due to pollution by-
4. (i) employing technical measures, applied to new plant or processes in design or installation, or added to existing plant or processes; or
5. (ii) employing supplementary organisational measures.
6. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of an employer's duty in subsection (1), the matters to which the duly extends shall include in particular-
7. (a) the provision and maintenance of plant and systems of work that give, as far as is reasonably practicable, a safe working environment including its vicinity;
8. (b) arrangements for ensuring, as far as is reasonably practicable, safety and absence of risks to health, in connection with the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances;

5 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. (1) An employer who has at least twenty workers at a workplace shall-
2. (a) prepare, and as often as may be appropriate, revise a written statement of policy with respect to the safety and health of employees while at work;
3. (b) make arrangements for carrying out the statement of policy;
4. (c) bring the statement of policy and any revision of it to the notice of all the employees.
5. (2) The guidelines for writing and checking the statement of policy are specified in Schedule 2.

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1. (1) The Minister shall make regulations to provide for the appointment, in prescribed cases, of safety representatives.
2. (2) It shall be the duty of every employer to consult a safety representative in the making and sustenance of arrangements, which enable the employer and the workers to co-operate effectively in promoting the development of measures to ensure the safety and health of employees.

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1. (1) It shall be the duty of every employer, if requested to do so by safety representatives, to establish in accordance with regulations, a safety committee for a workplace with at least twenty workers.
2. (2) The safety representatives shall represent employees on a safety committee.
3. (3) A safety committee shall keep under review the measures taken to ensure the safety and health of employees and any other functions as may be prescribed.

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1. (1) To give effect to this Act, an employer shall act in consultation with a workers' organisation and this consultation shall include-
2. (a) consultation on the role of the workers' organisation in the practical implementation of measures prescribed under this Act;
3. (b) as far as possible, providing close collaboration at all levels, between the employer and the workers in the application of the measures prescribed under this Act.
4. (2) A representative of the employers and a representative of the workers shall accompany an inspector or any other authorised person supervising the application of any measures prescribed under this Act, except where the inspector or authorised person is of the view that the accompaniment shall prejudice the performance of his or her duties.

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1. (1) Where there is major handling of chemicals or any dangerous substance which is liable to he airborne or to be released into rivers, lakes or soil and which are a danger to the animal and plant life, it shall be the duty of the concerned employer to arrange for equipment and apparatus to monitor the air, soil, and water pollution and to arrange for the actual monitoring of these mediums, with a view of rendering them safe from the dangerous undertaking.
2. (2) Records of monitoring in subsection (1) shall he kept and made available to an inspector.

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1. (1) Without prejudice to the duty in subsection (2), where the level of air pollution and chemical substances in a working environment exceed the exposure limits specified by an occupational hygienist, an employer shall provide adequate and suitable protective clothing and protective equipment to the workers of his or her undertaking.
2. (2) It shall be the duty of an employer to ensure that personal protective equipment provided under subsection (1) is used whenever it is required.

1. Where an assignment involves continuous exposure to dangerous emissions or to substances and agents which are harmful to health, and it is certified to be medically inadvisable to continue the exposure, it shall be the duty of the employer to provide the worker concerned with suitable alternative employment

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1. (1) Subject to any conditions determined by the Commissioner, every employer shall provide for the supervision of the health of the workers exposed to or liable to be exposed to occupational hazards due to pollution and other harmful agents in a working environment and this duty shall include-
2. (a) a pre-assignment medical examination of workers; before assignment to specific tasks which may involve danger to their health or of that of others;
3. (b) periodic medical examinations of workers during employment which involves exposure to a particular hazard to health;
4. (c) biological monitoring or investigations which may be necessary to control the degree of exposure and to supervise the state of health of the worker concerned;
5. (d) regular medical examinations for biological or other tests or investigations after termination of assignments which may cause or contribute to future health impairment.
6. (2) In any case as may be prescribed by the Commissioner, an employer shall make adequate arrangements to provide occupational health service in an undertaking, to secure adequate health for the workers and for any other persons in the area under the influence of the undertaking.
7. (3) It shall be the duty of every employer to inform a worker concerned of any health hazards involved in his or her work.

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1. (1) It shall be the duty of an employer to keep and maintain records of the medical examination information obtained under section 21, in a format and for a period to be prescribed by the Minister, and to avail these records for epidemiological and other research.
2. (2) To the extent determined by the Commissioner, records kept under this section shall include information on occupational exposure to air pollution and other harmful agents.

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1. (1) It is the duty of an employer to conduct his or her undertaking in a way that ensures, as far as is reasonably practicable, that any person who is not in his or her employment but who may be affected by the undertaking, is not exposed to risks to his or her health and safety.
2. (2) Where two or more employers undertake activities simultaneously at one workplace, they shall have a duly to collaborate, in order to comply with the prescribed measures, without prejudice to the responsibility of each of the employers, for his or her workers.

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1. A self-employed person shall conduct his or her undertaking in a way that ensures, as far as is reasonably practicable, that he or she and any other person who may be affected by the undertaking is not exposed to risks to his or her health or safety

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1. (b) display all information in his or her possession or control concerning the way in which he or she conducts the undertaking, which may affect any person's health or safety.

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1. (1) It shall be the duty of a person, who has to any extent, control of premises to which this Act applies, to provide the means of access to and exit from the premises or any plan or substances in the premises and to take any measures that are reasonable for a person in Ills or her position to ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, that the premises remain safe and without risk to health.
2. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person shall be treated as the person who has control of the premises to which an obligation extends, where that person has, by virtue of any contract or tenancy, an obligation to-
3. (a) maintain or repair the premises or any means of access to or exit from the premises; or
4. (b) the safety of or the absence of risk to health arising from a plant or substances in the premises.

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1. It is the duty of a person with control of premises to which section 26 applies, to use the best practicable means to prevent the emissions into the atmosphere from the premises, of toxic or offensive substances and to render harmless and inoffensive any substances that may be emitted

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1. (1) It is the duty of a person who designs, manufactures, imports or supplies any article, chemical substance or mixture of chemical substances, for use at work-
2. (a) to ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, that the article or chemical substance or mixture of chemical substances is designed or constructed or formulated to be safe and without risk to health when used properly and for the purpose for which it is meant;
3. (b) to carry out or arrange for the carrying out of any testing and examination that may be necessary for the performance of the duty imposed on him or her by section 27, properly and for the purpose for which it is meant;
4. (c) to take any steps that are necessary to ensure that there is available in connection with the use of the article, chemical substance or mixture of chemicals at work, adequate and clear information about the use for which the article, chemical substance or mixture of chemicals is designed and that it is tested, and that any conditions necessary to ensure that, when put to use, it will be safe and without risks to health.
5. (2) A duty imposed on any person by this Act shall extend only to things done in the course of a trade, business, or other undertaking carried on by him or her whether for profit or not and to matters within his or her control.

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1. (1) Where a person, in this section referred to as "the supplier", designs, manufactures, imports or supplies any article, a chemical substance or mixture of chemical substances, to another person, in this section referred as "the receiver", the receiver and the supplier shall be jointly and severally liable to ensure the safety of the article, chemical substance or mixture of chemical substances.
2. (2) Not withstanding subsection (1), a receiver is not liable for any loss or injury arising from any inherent defect of any article, chemical substance or mixture of chemical substances.

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1. (1) Where a person, in this section referred to as the "the ostensible supplier", supplies any article or chemical substance for use at work, to another person, in this section referred to as "the customer", under a hire-purchase agreement or conditional sale agreement or credit-sale agreement, financed by a third person, in this section referred to as the "effective supplier", the effective supplier and not the ostensible supplier shall be treated, for the purpose of the transaction as supplying the article or substance to the customer.
2. (2) Any duty imposed by this Part on a supplier shall accordingly fall on the effective supplier and not on the ostensible supplier, except in cases of inherent defects in the article or substance supplied.

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1. It is the duty of any person who designs or manufactures any article for use at work, to carry out or to arrange to carry out any research necessary for the discovery and, as far as is reasonably practicable, to eliminate or minimize any risk to health or safety, which the design or article may give rise to

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1. Nothing in this Act shall be taken to require a person to repeat any testing, examination or research which has been carried out by any person, where it is reasonable for him or her to rely on results of a previous examination or research

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1. In circumstances to be prescribed by the Government occupational hygienist, it shall be the duty of a person who imports any article or chemical substance for use at work, to obtain adequate research information of its toxicity and harmful effects to the health of any worker exposed to it and to avail this information to any person concerned, in order to eliminate or minimize any risks to health or safety which the article or chemical substance may give rise to

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1. The manufacture, supply, transport, use or disposal of chemical substances in a working environment, which the Government chemist or any other authority mandated by law considers highly toxic, or dangerous or capable of causing grave harm to health, the environment, or an undertaking shall be subject to specific authorisation by the Government chemist or other authorities, after measures are taken to ensure adequate protection

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1. (1) It is the duty of every worker while at work-
2. (a) to take reasonable care for the health and safety of himself or herself and of any other person who may be affected by his or her acts or omissions at work; and
3. (b) as regards any duty or requirement imposed on an employer or any other person, by or under a statutory provision, to cooperate with the employer, as far as is necessary, to enable the duty or requirement to be performed or complied with.
4. (2) It is the duty of the representatives of the workers in an undertaking to cooperate with an employer in all measures to eliminate or minimize risks to health and safety at work provided in this Act and any other law.

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1. (1) It is the duty of a worker to report immediately to a supervisor any situation which the worker has reasonable grounds to believe presents an imminent or serious danger to his or her life or health or to the life or health of any other persons in the premises.
2. (2) Where a worker makes a report under subsection (1), until the employer takes remedial action, where necessary, the employer shall not require the worker to return to a work situation where there is continuing imminent or serious danger to life or health.

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1. A worker who removes himself or herself from a work situation which he or she has reasonable justification to believe presents an imminent and serious danger to his or her life or health shall not be punished or subjected to undue consequences, provided the danger is confirmed by the Commissioner

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1. An employer shall not levy or permit to be levied on any worker any penalty in respect of anything done or provided under this Act

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This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

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1. (1) The Commissioner shall keep a register of all workplaces, in the prescribed format.
2. (2) A person shall, not less than one month before he or she begins to occupy or use any premises as a workplace, serve on the Commissioner, a notice with the particulars prescribed in Schedule 3.
3. (3) Notwithstanding the requirement of subsection (2), a person may begin to occupy or use any premises as a workplace, less than one month after the notice required by this subsection has been served where-
4. (a) the Commissioner issues in his or her name a certificate of registration under section 41; or
5. (b) before serving the notice, the person takes over the premises from another person without changing the nature of the work and the notice is served as soon as practicable and in any case within one month of taking over the premises.

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1. (1) Upon receipt of a notice in accordance with section 40, the Commissioner shall cause, after the appropriate fee is paid, a workplace to be registered and shall issue to an occupier a certificate of registration, in his or her name, in the form prescribed in Schedule 4.
2. (2) A person shall, within six months from the time of occupying a registered workplace, be served with a notice by the Commissioner, requiring the occupier to set up a safety committee, where applicable.
3. (3) A certificate of registration shall bear an embossed stamp of the Occupational Safety and Health Department and shall be renewable every three years.
4. (4) On the commencement of this Act, an occupier of a workplace which is already registered, shall return the certificates of registration, to the Commissioner who shall issue a new certificate bearing the embossed stamp referred to in subsection (3), on the payment of the prescribed fee.
5. (5) A person who occupies or uses any premises as a workplace contrary to section 40 and this section commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding forty eight currency points or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both and to a further fine not exceeding two currency points or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding one month or both for every day during which the contravention continues after conviction.

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1. A plan and any architectural drawings of a new workplace and of any alterations of an existing workplace shall be submitted to the Commissioner for approval, before the construction of buildings or alterations of existing buildings of workplaces begins

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1. The Commissioner may vary or delete an entry in the register of workplaces, in respect of any premises, where he or she is satisfied that the variation or deletion has become necessary, to maintain the accuracy of records, and may, in the same instance, vary the certificate of registration issued in respect of the premises

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1. An occupier shall notify the Commissioner in writing, of the full particulars of any mechanical power used at a workplace, not less than one month before the date upon which the mechanical power is first used in the workplace

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1. (1) Where a worker has to work in, or in the course of his or her work to pass through, any part of a building, that part of the building shall be of sound construction and shall be kept in a good state of repair.
2. (2) Every building used as a workplace shall-
3. (a) be designed to protect workers from the weather;
4. (b) have a water-tight roof; and
5. (c) be free from any significant amount of dampness that is liable to affect the safety of the building or the health of the workers.
6. (3) Where any process carried out in a workplace renders the floor of a building of the workplace liable to be wet to an extent that necessitates the wetness to he removed by drainage, a drainage system shall be provided and maintained in the building.

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1. (1) Every workplace shall be kept in a clean state and free from effluvia arising from any drain, sanitary convenience or other nuisance,
2. (2) Without prejudice to die generality of subsection (1)-
3. (a) any accumulation of dirt and refuse shall be removed daily by a suitable method from the floor and benches of workrooms, and from the staircases and passages;
4. (b) the floor of every workroom shall be cleaned at least once in every week by an effective and suitable method;
5. (c) inside walls and partitions, ceilings or tops of rooms, walls, sides, tops of passages and staircases, shall-
6. (i) where they have a smooth impervious surface; be washed with hot water and soap or cleaned by some other suitable method; at least once every fourteen months;
7. (ii) where they are kept painted with oil paint or varnished, be re-painted or re-varnished at least once every seven years, and at least once every fourteen months be washed with hot water and soap or cleaned by some other suitable method; and
8. (iii) in any other case, be kept whitewashed or colour-washed and the whitewashing or colour-washing be repeated at least once every fourteen months.

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1. (1) A suitable room temperature shall be secured for workers in buildings, having regard in any workplace, to the numbers of workers, the ventilation and air movement, the air humidity and temperature of the surroundings.
2. (2) A workplace shall not, while work is being carried on, be so over-crowded, so as to cause risk of injury to the health of the workers.
3. (3) Every workroom shall not be less than three metres in height, measured from the floor to the lowest point of the ceiling or where there is no ceiling, to the lowest point of the roofing material.
4. (4) There shall be made an effective and suitable system for securing and maintaining the circulation of fresh air, in each workroom.
5. (5) Where mechanical means of ventilation are used, they shall not be regarded as satisfactory unless they provide a supply of air that adequately removes odours and contamination of the atmosphere that arises from human occupation of the room.

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1. (1) Suitable lighting, whether natural or artificial, shall be secured and maintained in every part of a workplace in which any person works or passes.
2. (2) All glazed windows and skylights used for lighting workrooms shall, so far as is practicable, be kept clean on both the inner and outer surfaces and free from obstruction, except in cases of whitewashing or shading of windows and skylights, for the purpose of mitigating heat or glare.
3. (3) All apparatus provided for producing artificial lighting shall be properly maintained.

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1. (b) effective provisions shall be made for lighting the conveniences;
2. (c) where persons of both sexes are or are intended to be employed, except in the case of buildings where the workers are all members of the same family, the conveniences shall have-
3. (i) proper, separate accommodation for persons of each sex;
4. (ii) separate approaches for each sex; and
5. (d) the conveniences for each sex shall be indicated by a suitable notice.

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1. An adequate supply of wholesome drinking water shall be provided and maintained at suitable points in a workplace, conveniently accessible to all workers

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1. (1) An employer shall provide and maintain for the use of workers, adequate and suitable facilities for washing, which shall be conveniently accessible and kept in a clean condition.
2. (2) Where any premises become a workplace after the coming into force of this Act, the washing facilities shall be provided adjacent to the sanitary conveniences.

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1. A suitable cloakroom shall be provided and maintained for the use of workers

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1. (1) Where workers have reasonable opportunity to sit during the period of their work, sufficient and suitable seats shall be provided and maintained by the employer, to enable the workers take advantage of the opportunity to sit.
2. (2) Where a substantial proportion of any work can be properly done while sitting, an employer shall provide and maintain, for each employee doing the work, a seat of a design, construction and dimension suitable for that work.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Every employer shall provide and maintain adequate facilities for taking meals, due regard being made to the number of workers who remain on the premises during meal times.
2. (2) The facilities for taking meals shall be situated away from the habitual work positions and shall include tables and chairs or benches with backrests.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) An employer shall provide a first-aid room or a room capable of being used for the purpose of administering first-aid.
2. (2) Where the provision of a first-aid room is not reasonably practicable, an employer shall provide and maintain a readily accessible first-aid box or cupboard of a prescribed standard.
3. (3) Where there are more than one hundred and fifty persons employed, an employer shall provide an additional box or cupboard for every additional fifty persons.
4. (4) For the purposes of this section-
5. (a) the number of workers in a workplace shall be taken to be the largest number of persons employed in it at any one time;
6. (b) a fraction of one hundred and fifty workers shall be taken as one hundred and fifty workers;
7. (c) where line workers work in shifts, the calculation of the number of persons employed shall be according to the largest number of persons at work at any one time.
8. (5) A first-aid room, box or cupboard shall contain requisites of a nature and to a scale to be prescribed by the Minister; but in all cases the first-aid room, box or cupboard shall not contain articles other than those which are necessary for administering first-aid.

3 further items remain in the statutory text above.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) There shall, as far as is reasonably practicable, be provided and maintained safe means of access to every place at which any person has to work at any time.
2. (2) All floors, steps, passages, walkways and gangways, including any supports or supporting structure, shall-
3. (a) be soundly constructed and properly maintained;
4. (b) as far as is reasonably practicable, be kept free of obstructions which may cause a worker to fall or suffer any other injury;
5. (c) be kept free of any substance likely to cause an employed person to slip.
6. (3) The staircases on the premises inside and outside a building shall have hand-rails and guard-rails which shall be properly maintained at all times.
7. (4) A staircase shall have-
8. (a) at least one hand-rail throughout the length of the staircase;

12 further items remain in the statutory text above.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) All premises to which this Act applies shall have means of escape from fire, for workers, as may be reasonably required in the circumstances, and in determining what is required by way of escape, regard shall be paid to the number of persons expected to be working in the premises at any one lime and to the number of persons other than employed persons expected to be in the premises at that time.
2. (2) All means of escape from fire shall be properly maintained and kept free from obstruction.
3. (3) The contents of any room in which a person is employed shall be arranged or disposed to provide a free passage way for the persons employed in the room, as a means of escape in case of fire.
4. (4) A door of a building of a workplace and of any room in it, which afford a means of exit for a person employed in the workplace shall not be locked or fastened in such a manner that it cannot be easily and immediately opened from inside.
5. (5) In the case of any workplace constructed or converted for use as a workplace after the commencement of this Act, all doors which afford means of exit from any building of the workplace for the persons employed in it, shall, except in the case of sliding doors, be constructed to open outwards.
6. (6) Every window, door, or other exit which afford means of escape in case of fire or giving access to it, other than the means of exit in ordinary use, shall be distinctively and conspicuously marked by a notice printed in red letters of an adequate size.
7. (7) In every workplace to which this Act applies, effective steps shall be taken to ensure that all the persons employed are familiar with the means of escape in case of fire, and with the routine to be followed in case of fire.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. In all workplaces subject to this Act, there shall be provided and maintained, to be readily accessible, means of extinguishing fire, which shall be adequate and suitable having regard to the circumstances of each case

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) All stocks of highly inflammable substances shall be kept in a fire-resistant store or in a safe place outside any occupied buildings.
2. (2) The store shall not be situated in a way that endangers the means of escape from the workplace or from any part of the workplace by persons employed in it, in the event of fire occurring in any part of the workplace.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Every flywheel directly connected to any prime mover and every moving part of any prime mover, shall be securely fenced, whether the flywheel or prime mover is situated in an engine-house or not.
2. (2) The head and tail race of every water wheel and of every water turbine shall be securely fenced.
3. (3) Every part of an electric generator, motor or rotary converter and every flywheel directly connected to it, shall be securely fenced unless it is in such a position or of such construction that is safe to every person employed or working on the premises as it would be if it were securely fenced.
4. (4) Every part of the transmission machinery shall be securely fenced unless it is in such a position or of such construction that is safe to every person employed or working on the premises, as it would be if it were securely fenced.
5. (5) Every dangerous part of any machinery, other than a prime mover and transmission machinery shall be securely fenced unless it is in a position or of construction that is safe to every person employed or working on the premises, as it would be if it were securely fenced.
6. (6) The prime requirement for secure fencing shall be for an effective guard which may be fixed or interlocked hut where this is not possible, the requirement shall be deemed to be satisfied where a device is provided which-
7. (a) automatically prevents any employed person or his or her clothing from coming into contact with the dangerous parts; or
8. (b) stops the machine immediately in case of approach by an employed person to a dangerous part.

2 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. The Commissioner may, by certificate, subject to any conditions specified in the certificate, exempt an occupier from compliance with any of the requirements of section 61, where the Commissioner is satisfied that compliance with the requirements is unnecessary or impracticable

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1. (1) Efficient devices or appliances shall be provided and maintained in every room or place where work is carried on, by which power can promptly be cut off from the transmission machinery in that room or place, where there is eminent danger.
2. (2) Every machine intended to be driven by mechanical power shall be provided with an efficient starting and stopping appliance and the control of the starting and stopping appliance of which shall be in such a position as to be readily and conveniently operated by the person operating the machine.
3. (3) A driving belt shall, when it is not in use, be allowed to rest or ride upon a revolving shaft, which forms part of the transmission machinery.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. Suitable striking gear or other efficient mechanical appliances shall be provided, maintained and used to move driving-belts to and from fast and loose pulleys which form part of the transmission machinery, and the gear or appliances shall be constructed, placed and maintained in a way that prevents the driving-belt from creeping back on the fast pulley

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (b) in the case of any part of transmission machinery used in any process in a workplace in respect to which the Commissioner, by certificate is satisfied that, owing to the continuous nature of the process, the stopping of that part would seriously interfere with the carrying on of the process in the workplace, no account shall be taken of any person carrying out the work in the workplace by the methods and in such circumstances and subject to any conditions as may be specified in the certificate.

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1. (a) the examination, lubrication or any other operation is carried out by a person who-
2. (i) is sufficiently trained for the work and who is acquainted with the dangers of moving the machinery, arising in connection with the examination, lubrication or other operation;
3. (ii) is instructed on the steps to be taken in case of an emergency and who is immediately available within sight, or hearing of the person carrying out the examination, lubrication or other operation; and
4. (b) a ladder to use for the carrying out the examination, lubrication or other operation is securely fixed or lashed, or is firmly held by a person stationed at the foot of the ladder.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Where any machine is intended to be driven by mechanical power-
2. (a) every set-screw, bolt or key on any revolving shaft, spindle, wheel or pinion shall be sunk, encased or effectively guarded in any way, to prevent danger; and
3. (b) all spur and other toothed or friction gearing, which does not require frequent adjustment while in motion, shall be completely encased unless it is situated to be safe as it would be if it were completely encased.
4. (2) Any person who sells or lets on hire, or as agent of the seller or hirer causes or procures to be sold or let on hire for use in a workplace, any machine to be driven by mechanical power which does not comply with the requirements of this section commits an offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding forty eight currency points or a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year or both.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) No traversing part of any self-acting machine and no material carried by it shall, if the space over which it runs is a space which any person is liable to pass in the course of his or her employment or at any other time, be allowed on its outward or inward traverse to run within a distance of five centimetres from any fixed structure which is not part of the machine.
2. (2) All practicable steps shall be taken by instructions to the person in charge of the machine to ensure that a person employed is not in the space between any traversing part of a self-acting spinning mule and any fixed part of the machine towards which the traversing part moves on the inward run, except when the machine is stopped, with the traversing part on the outward run.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Where a hoist or lift is newly taken into use in any premises (other than premises forming part of a workplace), the occupier shall, within one month after the date upon which the hoist or lift is first used, send to the Commissioner a written notice in the formal specified in Schedule 5.
2. (2) Every hoist or lift shall be of good mechanical construction, sound material and of adequate strength, and shall be properly maintained.
3. (3) Every hoist or lift shall be thoroughly examined at least once every six months, or such longer period as the Commissioner may, by notice in the Gazette direct, by an authorised person, and a report of the result of every examination in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed particulars, shall be signed by the person who makes the examination and shall, within fourteen days, be entered in or attached to the General Register.
4. (4) Every hoist-way or lift-way shall be efficiently protected by a substantial enclosure fitted with gates, and the enclosure shall be of a nature that prevents any person from falling down the hoist-way or lift-way or coining into contact with any moving part of tire hoist or lift, when the gates are shut.
5. (5) A gate in subsection (4) shall be fitted with efficient interlocking or other devices to ensure that it cannot be opened except when the cage of the platform is at the landing and that the cage of the platform cannot be moved away from the landing until the gate is closed.
6. (6) Every hoist or lift and every enclosure shall be constructed in a way that prevents any part of any person or any goods carried in the hoist or lift from being trapped between any part of the hoist or lift and any fixed structure or between the counter-balance weight and any other moving part of the hoist or lift.
7. (7) There shall be marked conspicuously on every hoist or lift the maximum working load which it can safely carry, and no load greater than die prescribed load shall be carried on any hoist or lift.
8. (8) The following additional requirements shall apply to a hoist and a lift used for carrying persons, with or without goods-

6 further items remain in the statutory text above.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Except for section 69 (4) and (7), this section does not apply to hoists and lifts which are not connected with mechanical power.
2. (2) The gates of the lifts and hoists to which this section applies, shall be kept closed and fastened except when the cage or platform is at rest at the landing.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Lifting gear of whatever material, shall not be used unless it is of good construction, sound and suitable material, adequate strength, free from patent defect and properly maintained.
2. (2) Lifting gear used to lift loads exceeding fifty kilograms shall not be used unless it is tested and examined by or on behalf of the manufacturer or by an authorised person and a certificate of the test and examination, specifying the safe working load, signed by or on behalf of the manufacturer or by the authorised person, is obtained and kept available for inspection.
3. (3) Every lifting gear, except a rope or a rope sling, shall, unless it is of a class or description exempted by the Commissioner by notice in the gazette, be annealed at least once every fourteen months or, in the case of chains used in connection with molten slag, once every six months, but any lifting gear which is not in regular use is to be annealed only when necessary.
4. (4) Subsection (3) does not apply to fiber ropes or fiber rope slings.
5. (5) Lifting gear shall not be loaded beyond its safe working load except by an authorised person or an inspector, for the purpose of testing the gear.
6. (6) An inspector may, at any time, test any lifting gear and may prohibit further use, if not satisfied that it is safe for the use to which it is put.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) A lifting appliance or lifting machine shall not be used unless-
2. (a) the appliance or lifting gear and every part of it including all the working gear and all plant or gear used for anchoring or fixing the appliance or machine is of good mechanical construction, sound material, adequate strength and substance, and free from patent defects;
3. (b) it is properly maintained; and
4. (c) it is tested and thoroughly examined by or on behalf of the manufacturer or by an authorised person and a certificate of the test and examination specifying the safe working load, signed by or on behalf of the manufacturer or by the authorised person is obtained and kept available for inspection.
5. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any lifting appliance used only to lift weights of one hundred kilograms or less.
6. (3) Every crane, crab and fork lift shall be provided with a readily accessible and efficient brake or other safety device, to prevent the fall of a load when suspended and to ensure that the load is effectively controlled while being lowered.
7. (4) Every hand winch shall be fitted with an efficient pawl capable of sustaining a safe working load.
8. (5) Every lifting appliance and lifting machine shall be plainly marked with its safe working load or loads and distinctive numbers or other means of identification, except that in the case of a jib crane which is constructed that the safe working load may be varied by raising or lowering of the jib, there shall be attached to the jib case, so as to be clearly visible to the driver, an accurate indicator showing the radius of the jib at any time and safe working load corresponding to that radius.

10 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. The Minister may make regulations for the training of crane drivers, slingers, persons who give signals to crane drivers and works transport drivers.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

This section states a single governing proposition and does not enumerate separate elements.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. A register containing the particulars specified in Schedule 6 shall be kept in the workplace, with respect to lifting gear, lifting appliances and lifting machines, to which this Part applies

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1. (1) A steam boiler and all its fittings and attachments shall be of good construction, sound material, adequate strength and free from patent defect, and shall be properly maintained.
2. (2) Every steam boiler, whether separate or one of a range, shall have attached to it-
3. (a) a suitable safety valve separate from and incapable of being isolated by any stop-valve, which shall be adjusted to prevent the boiler from being worked at a pressure greater than the maximum permissible working pressure and which shall be fixed directly to, or as close as practicable to the boiler;
4. (b) a suitable stop-valve connecting the boiler to the steam pipe;
5. (c) a correct steam pressure gauge, connected to the steam space and easily visible by the boiler attendant, which shall indicate the pressure of steam in the boiler in kilograms per square centimetre and have marked upon it in a distinctive colour, the maximum permissible working pressure;
6. (d) at least one water gauge of a transparent material or other type approved by the Commissioner, to show the water level in the boiler and where the gauge is of the glass tubular type and the working pressure in the boiler normally exceeds seven kilograms per square centimetre, the gauge shall be provided with an efficient guard but which shall not obstruct the reading of the gauge;
7. (e) where it is one of two or more boilers, a plate bearing a distinctive number which is easily visible, and means for attaching a test pressure gauge and a suitable fusible plug or an efficient low-water alarm device.
8. (3) Notwithstanding the generality of subsection (2), subsection (2) (a) shall not apply with respect to economizers, and subsection (2) (b), (c), (d) and (e) shall not apply with respect to economizers or superheaters.

9 further items remain in the statutory text above.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) A steam boiler and all its fittings and attachments shall be thoroughly examined by an authorised person at least once every fourteen months, or a longer period as the Commissioner may, by notice in the gazette direct, and after any extensive repairs.
2. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the person making the examination may specify in writing, a period exceeding fourteen months but not exceeding twenty four months within which the next examination is to be made.
3. (3) The following previsions shall apply to an examination under subsection (1)-
4. (a) a boiler shall be examined when it is cold and when the interior and the exterior have been prepared in the prescribed manner; except that the person making the examination may, in addition to examination when the boiler is cold, require it to be examined by an authorised person when it is under normal steam pressure;
5. (b) whether or not an examination by an authorised person when the boiler is under normal steam pressure is required in accordance with paragraph (a), on the first occasion when steam is raised after an examination has been carried out when the boiler is cold, a competent person shall inspect the fittings and attachments that require to be inspected by the authorised person at the time of carrying out the examination when the boiler is cold and shall satisfy himself or herself, as far as is reasonably practicable, that they are in good working order and condition and that the safety valve is adjusted to prevent the boiler from being worked at a pressure greater than the maximum permissible working pressure; and
6. (c) a certificate in the prescribed form, stating the fittings and attachments required to be inspected in accordance with paragraph (b), and that they were inspected and that the safety valve was adjusted to prevent the boiler from being worked at a pressure greater than the maximum permissible working pressure, shall be signed and dated by the competent person and entered into or attached to the General Register before the boiler is taken into use again.
7. (4) A report of the result of every examination, in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed particulars (including particulars of the maximum permissible working pressure and any other conditions as may be necessary for the safe working pressure and for the safe working of the boiler), shall, as soon as is practicable and in any case within twenty-eight days of the completion of the report, be signed by the person who makes the examination.
8. (5) For the purposes of this section relating to reports of examinations, the examination of a boiler when it is cold and its examination when it is under steam pressure shall be treated as separate examinations.

7 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. (1) Every steam receiver and all its fittings shall be of good construction, sound materials, adequate strength, and free from patent defect and shall be properly maintained.
2. (2) Every steam receiver which is not constructed and maintained to withstand with safety, the maximum permissible working pressure of the boiler or the maximum pressure which can be obtained in the pipe connecting the receiver with any source of supply, shall be fitted with-
3. (a) a suitable reducing valve or other suitable automatic appliance to prevent the safe working pressure of the receiver from being exceeded;
4. (b) a suitable safety valve or other valve, adjusted to permit the steam to escape as soon as the safe working pressure is exceeded, or a suitable appliance for cutting off automatically the supply of steam as the safe working pressure is exceeded;
5. (c) a steam pressure gauge, which shall correctly indicate the pressure of steam in the receiver in kilograms per square centimetre;
6. (d) a suitable stop-valve;
7. (e) a plate bearing a distinctive number, which shall be easily visible, except where only one steam receiver is in use.
8. (3) The safety valve and pressure gauge shall be fitted on the steam receiver or on the supply pipe between the receiver and the reducing valve or other appliance to prevent the safe working pressure from being exceeded.

2 further items remain in the statutory text above.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Every steam receiver and all its fittings shall be thoroughly examined by an authorised person, as far as the construction of the receiver permits, at least once every twenty-six months or a longer period as the Commissioner may, by statutory order, direct.
2. (2) A report of the result of an examination in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed particulars (including particulars of the safe working pressure), shall be entered in or attached to the General Register, and the report shall be signed by the person who makes the examination.
3. (3) A steam receiver which has previously been used shall not be taken into use in a working place for the first time until it has been examined and reported on in accordance with subsections (1) and (2).
4. (4) A new steam receiver shall not be taken into use unless there is obtained from an authorised person, a certificate specifying the safe working pressure of the receiver and stating the nature of the tests to which the receiver and fitting have been submitted.
5. (5) The certificate shall be kept available for inspection, and the receiver shall be marked to enable it to be identified as the receiver to which the certificate relates.
6. (6) Every steam container shall be maintained in a way that ensures that the outlet is at all times kept open and free from obstruction.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Every air receiver shall-
2. (a) have marked upon it in a plainly visible form, the safe working pressure;
3. (b) in the case of a receiver connected with an air compressing plant, be constructed to withstand with safety, the maximum pressure which may be obtained in the compressor, or be fitted with a suitable reducing valve or other suitable appliance to prevent the safe working pressure of the receiver from being exceeded;
4. (c) be fitted with an accurate pressure gauge indicating the pressure in the receiver in kilograms per square centimetre;
5. (d) be fitted with a suitable safety valve, adjusted to permit air to escape where the safe working pressure is exceeded;
6. (e) be fitted, with a suitable appliance for draining the receiver;
7. (f) be provided with a suitable manhole, handhole, or other means which allows the interior to be thoroughly cleaned;
8. (g) bear a distinguishing mark which shall be easily visible.

9 further items remain in the statutory text above.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. The Commissioner may, by notice in the Gazette exempt from, sections 77, 78, 79 or 80, any class or type of steam boiler, steam receiver, steam container or air receiver, of which he or she is satisfied that the section from which it is exempt cannot be reasonably applied, and the exception may be unqualified or may be subject to any conditions as may be contained in the notice.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) All gas plants shall be of sound construction and properly maintained.
2. (2) The Minister may, in accordance with the procedure for making special rules set out in Schedule 7, make special rules-
3. (a) specifying the nature of gas plants that may be used;
4. (b) specifying the types of fittings and pipes that may be used in gas plants;
5. (c) providing for the inspection of gas plants;
6. (d) providing for the prohibition of the use of gas plants where they do not comply with or where they contravene any of the rules.
7. (3) For the purposes of this section "gas" means any combustible gas produced for the purpose of heating or lighting and "gas plant" means any plant, apparatus or machine for generating gas (including any container holding compressed, dissolved or liquefied gas under pressure) connected to a system of pipes intended to distribute the gas to two or more appliances or points and includes all pipes and appliances for storing the gas or for conveying or regulating the flow of the gas to the places where it is to be used, but does not include any plant, apparatus, machine, pipes or appliances used solely in connection with a single private dwelling house.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Where there may be escape of dust of a character and to an extent liable to explode on ignition, as a result of grinding, sieving or any other process which gives rise to dust, all practicable steps shall be taken to prevent the explosion-
2. (a) by enclosure of the plant used in the process;
3. (b) by removal or prevention of accumulation of any dust that may escape in spite of the enclosure;
4. (c) by exclusion or effective enclosure of possible sources of ignition.
5. (2) Where there is dust of a character and an extent liable to explode on ignition, in a plant used in a process in subsection (1), unless the plant is constructed to withstand the pressure likely to be produced by an explosion, all practicable steps shall be taken to restrict the spread and effects of the explosion by the provision of chokes, baffles and vents, or other equally effective appliances, to the plant.
6. (3) Any plant, tank or vessel which contains or has contained any explosive or inflammable substance shall not be subjected to any welding, brazing or soldering operation or to any cutting operation which involves the application of heat, until all practicable steps are taken-
7. (a) to remove the substance and any fumes arising from it; and
8. (b) to render them non-explosive or non-inflammable.

2 further items remain in the statutory text above.

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1. All electrical apparatus, fittings and conductors shall be sufficient in size and power for the work they are meant for and shall be constructed, installed, protected, worked and maintained to prevent danger, as far as is reasonably practicable

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Toxic materials or substances shall only be used where the use of a non-toxic material or substance is not reasonably practicable.
2. (2) Without prejudice to subsection (1), where toxic materials or substances are present or used, the number of employed persons exposed to risk shall be kept to a minimum and where there is a recognised antidote, supplies of the antidote shall be kept readily available.
3. (3) In any premises where there arc operations to which this Act applies, nothing shall be done to or in connection with toxic materials except under an efficient exhaust draught system.
4. (4) An exhaust draught system shall be constructed, placed and maintained, to prevent the escape into the air of toxic materials of a character and to an extent liable to be a danger to the health of employed persons.
5. (5) Where there is a risk that a toxic material or substance may be ingested, an employed person shall not eat, drink or smoke in any workroom or other place where the material or substance is handled.
6. (6) Without prejudice to any other requirement for washing facilities, where there is a risk to health from contamination of the surface of the body, washing facilities shall be provided and maintained and conveniently situated near the place where the toxic material or substance is used.
7. (7) In case where toxic materials or substances are manufactured, handled, used or stored, the Commissioner may serve upon an occupier or employer, a notice requiring him or her to-
8. (a) provide additional bathing facilities including showers, where practicable;

2 further items remain in the statutory text above.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (b) sufficient and suitable means of flushing or irrigating the eyes, conveniently situated and clearly indicated by a distinctive sign which is visible at all times.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Where work has to be done inside a confined space-
2. (a) the confined space shall be provided with adequate means of exit; and
3. (b) a person shall not enter the confined space for any purpose, unless-
4. (i) all practicable steps are taken to remove any fumes and, unless it is ascertained by a suitable test that the space is free from dangerous fumes and the person wears a belt to which there is securely attached a rope of which the free end is held by a person outside; or
5. (iii) the person entering wears a suitable breathing apparatus.
6. (2) There shall be provided and maintained in every confined work place a sufficient number of workers, trained in the practice and use of breathing and reviving apparatus, belts and ropes and in the methods of restoring respiration, and who shall be readily accessible.
7. (3) Without prejudice to subsection (1), an employee shall not enter or remain in any chamber, tank, vat, pit, pipe, flue or similar confined space for any purposes unless he or she is-
8. (a) assured of a supply of air, adequate for respiration and to render harmless any fumes; or

2 further items remain in the statutory text above.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. (1) Where ammonia, chlorine, carbon dioxide or other asphyxiant or irritant gas or vapour is present or liable to be present in a workplace, all practicable measures shall be taken to ensure that the gas or vapour does not present a danger to the health of an employee by locating the plant in another place or by ventilation or by any other means.
2. (2) Breathing apparatus or other equipment of a type approved by the Commissioner shall be provided and maintained and kept readily available to be used to effect a rescue or to make premises or operations safe.

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.

1. An employee shall not be required to lift, carry or move a load which is heavy and likely to cause him or her injury

No judgment in the current Wakilii corpus expressly cites this section. Bare rule-number references are not assigned where the Order cannot be verified.