Title : Self-acting Machines
State : Central
Year : 1948
No traversing part of a self-acting machine in any factory and no material carried thereon shall, if the space over which it runs is a space over which any person is liable to pass, whether in the course of hi s employment or otherwise, be allowed to run on its outward or inward traverse within a distance of1[forty-five centimetres] from any fixed structure which is not part of the machine: Provided that the Chief Inspector may permit the continued use of a machine installed before the commencement of this Act which does not comply with the requirements of this section on such conditions for ensuring safety as he may think fit to impose. ___________________ 1. Substituted by Act 20 of 1987, section 11, for "eighteen inches" ( w.e.f. 1-12-1987) . View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Prohibition of Employment of Women and Children Near Cotton-openers
State : Central
Year : 1948
No woman or child shall be employed in any part of a factory for pressing cotton in which a cotton opener is at work: Provided that if the feed-end of a cotton-opener is in a room separated from the delivery end by a partition extending to the roof or to such height as the Inspector may in any particular case specify in writing, women and children may be employed on the side of the partition where the feed-end is situated. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Floors, Stairs and Means of Access
State : Central
Year : 1948
In every factory-- (a) all floors, steps, stairs, passages and gangways shall be of sound construction and properly maintained1[and shall be kept free from obstructions and substances likely to cause persons to slip], and where it is necessary to ensure safety, steps, stairs, passages and gangways shall be provided with substantial handrails ; (b) there shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be provided and maintained safe me ans of access to every place at which any person is at any time required to work. 2[(c) when any person has to work at a height from where he is likely to fall, provision shall be made, so far as is reasonably practicable, by fencing or otherwise, to ensure the safety of the person so working.] ____________________ 1. Inserted by Act 94 of 1976,..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Protection of Eyes
State : Central
Year : 1948
In respect of any such manufacturing process carried on in any factory as may be prescribed, being a process which involves-- (a) risk of injury to the eyes from particles or fragments thrown off in the course of the process, or (b) risk to the eyes by reason of exposure to excessive light, the State Government may by rules require that effective screens or suitable goggles shall be provided for the protection of persons employed on, or in the immediately vicinity of, the process. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Precautions Against Dangerous Fumes, Gases, Etc
State : Central
Year : 1948
1[36. Precautions against dangerous fumes, gases, etc ( 1 ) No person shall be required or allowed to enter any chamber, tank, vat, pit, pipe, flue or other confined space in any factory in which any gas, fume vapour or dust is likely to be present to such an extent as to involve risk to persons being overcome thereby, unless it is provided with a manhole of adequate size or other effective me ans of egress. ( 2 ) No person shall be required or allowed to enter any confined space as is referred to in sub-section ( 1 ), until all practicable me asures have been taken to remove any gas, fume, vapour or dust, which may be present so as to bring its level within the permissible limits and to prevent any ingress of such g as , f ume, vapour or dust and unless-- (a) a certificate in..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Precautions Regarding the Use of Portable Electric Light
State : Central
Year : 1948
1[36A. Precautions regarding the use of portable electric light In any factory-- (a) no portable electric light or any other electric appliance of voltage exceeding twenty-four volts shall be permitted for use inside any chamber, tank, vat, pit, pipe, flue or other confined space2[unless adequate safety devices are provided]; and (b) if any inflammable gas, fume or dust is likely to be present in such chamber, tank, vat, pit, pipe, flue or other confined space, no lamp or light other than that flame-proof construction shall be permitted to be used therein.] ___________________ 1. Inserted by Act 94 of 1976, section 16 ( w.e.f. 26-10-1976 ) . 2. Inserted by Act 20 of 1987, section 18 ( w.e.f. 1-12-1987 ) . View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Emergency Standards
State : Central
Year : 1948
(1) Where the Central Government is satisfied that no standards of safety have been prescribed in respect of a hazardous process or class of hazardous processes, or where the standards so prescribed are inadequate, it may direct the Director-General of Factory Advice Service and Labour Institutes or any institution specialised in matters relating to standards of safety in hazardous processes, to lay down emergency standards for enforcement of suitable standards in respect of such hazardous processes. (2) The emergency standards laid down under sub-section (1) shall, until they arc incorporated in the rules made under this Act, be enforceable and have the same effect as if they had been incorporated in the rules made under this Act. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Permissible Limits of Exposure of Chemical and Toxic Substances
State : Central
Year : 1948
(1) The maximum permissible threshold limits of exposure of chemical and toxic substances in manufacturing processes (whether hazardous or otherwise) in any factory shall be of the value indicated in the Second Schedule. (2) The Central Government may, at any time, for the purpose of giving effect to any scientific proof obtained from specialised institutions or experts in the field by notification in the Official Gazelle, make suitable changes in the said Schedule. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Canteens
State : Central
Year : 1948
( 1 ) The State Government may make rules requiring that in any specified factory wherein more than two hundred and fifty workers are ordinarily employed, a canteen or canteens shall be provided and maintained by the occupier for the use of the workers.] ( 2 ) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such r u les may provide for-- (a) the date by which such canteen shall be provided ; (b) the standards in respect of construction, accommodation, furniture and o th er equipment of the canteen ; (c) the foodstuffs to be served therein and the charges which may be made therefor; (d) the constitution of a managing committee for the canteen and representation of the workers in the management of the canteen; 1[ (dd) the items of expenditure in the running of the..... View Complete Act List Judgments citing this sectionTitle : Weekly Hours
State : Central
Year : 1948
No adult worker shall be required or allowed to work in a factory for more than forty-eight hours in any week. View Complete Act List Judgments citing this section