THE STATUTES OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE

FACTORIES ACT

(CHAPTER 104)

Act
6 of 1973
Amended by
19 of 1978
27 of 1979
5 of 1984
2 of 1986
S 235/75
S 158/76
S 125/79
S 54/80
S 228/85

REVISED EDITION 1985

PRINTED BY THE GOVERNMENT PRINTER, SINGAPORE

1986
 CHAPTER 104 1985 Ed.

Factories Act
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Part I
Short Title and Application
Section
1. Short title.
2. General application of this Act.
3. Application to factories belonging to Government.
4. Power to exempt in case of public emergency.
5. Power to exempt.

Part II
Interpretation
6. Interpretation of “factory”.
7. General interpretation.

Part III
Registration of Factories
8. Register of factories.
9. Registration of factories.
10. Notification by inspector of defects in factory.
11. Interpretation.

Part IV
Health (General Provisions)
12. Cleanliness.
13. Overcrowding.
14. Ventilation.
15. Lighting.
16. Drainage of floors.
17. Sanitary conveniences.

Part V
Safety (General Provisions)
18. Prime movers.
19. Electric generators and motors.

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20. Electrical installations and equipment.
21. Transmission machinery.
22. Other machinery.
23. Provisions as to unfenced machinery.
24. Construction and maintenance.
25. Construction and disposal of new machinery.
26. Dangerous substances.
27. Self-acting machines.
28. Training and supervision of inexperienced workers.
29. Hoists and lifts.
30. Lifting gear.
31. Lifting appliances and lifting machines.
32. Register of lifting gear, etc.
33. Safe means of access and safe place of employment.
34. Dangerous fumes and lack of oxygen.
35. Precautions with regard to explosive or inflammable dust, gas,
vapour or substance.
36. Steam boilers.
37. Steam receivers and steam containers.
38. Cast-iron underfired vulcanisers.
39. Air receivers.
40. Refrigerating plant pressure receivers.
41. Pressure vessels containing corrosive, toxic, explosive or
inflammable substance.
42. Pipelines and equipment conveying certain substances.
43. Exemptions from sections 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40.
44. Gas plants.
45. Repair of pressure vessel.
46. Prevention of fire.
47. Safety provisions in case of fire.
48. Power of Chief Inspector to make orders.
49. Power to prohibit work or processes in certain circumstances.
50. Appeal from order made by Chief Inspector.
51. Notification of accidents and dangerous occurrences.
52. Investigation into accidents and dangerous occurrences.
53. Alteration or addition to machinery, equipment, etc.
54. Minister may direct inquiry to be held into accident and
dangerous occurrence.

Part VI
Welfare (General Provisions)
55. Supply of drinking water.
56. Washing facilities and accommodation for clothing.
57. Exemption as to washing facilities.
58. First-aid.

Part VII
Health, Safety and Welfare (Special Provisions and Regulations)
59. Removal of dust or fumes.
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60. Poisonous substances.
61. Meals in certain dangerous trades.
62. Protective clothing and appliances.
63. Protection of eyes in certain processes.
64. Reduction of noise or vibration.
65. Protection against harmful processes or substances.
66. Power of Chief Inspector to require separate changing and
washing facilities.
67. Notification of industrial diseases.
68. Power to make regulations.
69. Medical supervision.
70. Power to take samples.
71. Safety officers.
72. Safety committees.

Part VIII
Special Applications and Extensions
73. Premises where part of building is separate factory.
74. Docks, etc.
75. Ships.
76. Premises in which steam boilers and air receivers are used.
77. Regulations in respect of building operations, etc.

Part IX
Miscellaneous
78. Periodical examinations when a boiler inspector or an approved
person not available.
79. Factory records.
80. Duties of persons employed.
81. Persons employed not to cause danger.
82. Prohibition of deductions from wages.

Part X
Administration
83. Administration of this Act.
84. Appointment of inspectors.
85. Powers of inspectors.
86. Power of inspector to conduct proceedings before a Magistrate’s
Court or District Court.
87. Persons not to reveal secrets.

Part XI
Offences, Penalties and Legal Proceedings
88. Offences.
89. Penalty for offences for which no express penalty is provided.
90. Power of court to order cause of contravention to be remedied.
91. Forgery of certificates, false entries and false declarations.
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92. Penalty on persons actually committing offence for which other
person is liable.
93. Power of person primarily liable to exempt himself from liability.
94. Proceedings against persons not primarily liable.
95. Owner of machine liable in certain cases instead of occupier.
96. Prosecution of offences.
97. Power to compound offences.
98. Special provisions as to evidence.
99. Service and sending of documents, etc.
100. Power to modify agreements.
101. Power to apportion expenses.

Part XII
General
102. Regulations.
103. Advisory Council for Industrial Health and Safety.
104. Power of Minister to amend Schedules.
105. Saving.
106. Transitional provisions.
The Schedules.

An Act relating to the health, safety and welfare of persons

employed in factories and other work places.
[1st April 1973]
Part I
Short Title and Application
Short title. 1. This Act may be cited as the Factories Act.

General 2. Except as in this Act otherwise expressly provided, the

application provisions of this Act shall apply only to factories as defined
of this Act.
by this Act, but shall, except where the contrary intention
appears, apply to all such factories.

Application 3. This Act applies to factories belonging to or in the

to factories
belonging to
occupation of the Government and to premises in which
Government. building operations and works of engineering construction
are carried on by or on behalf of the Government.

Power to 4. In the case of any public emergency or whenever the

exempt in
case of
interests of public security or the security of the Singapore
public Armed Forces require, the President may, by order to be
emergency. published in the Gazette, to the extent and during the period
named in the order, exempt from this Act either factories
generally or any class or description of factories.

5. The Minister may by order to be published in the Power to

exempt.
Gazette exempt any class or description of factory from any
of the provisions of Parts IV, V, VI and VII.

Part II
Interpretation
6.—(1) Subject to this section, “factory” means any Interpre­
premises in which, or within the close or curtilage or tation of
“factory”.
precincts of which, persons are employed in manual labour
in any process for or incidental to any of the following
purposes:
(a) the making of any article or of part of any article;
(b) the altering, repairing, ornamenting, finishing,
cleaning, or washing, or the breaking up or
demolition of any article; or
(c) the adapting for sale of any article,
being premises in which, or within the close or curtilage or
precincts of which, the work is carried on by way of trade or
for purposes of gain and to or over which the employer of
the persons employed therein’ has the right of access or
control.
(2) Whether or not premises are factories by reason of 19/78.
the foregoing definition, “factory” also includes the
following premises in which persons are employed in
manual labour:
(a) any yard or dry dock (including the precincts
thereof) in which ships are constructed,
reconstructed, repaired, refitted, finished or
broken up;
(b) any premises in which the business of sorting
articles is carried on as a preliminary to the work
carried on in any factory or incidentally to the
purposes of any factory;
(c) any premises in which the business of washing or
filling bottles or containers or packing articles is
carried on incidentally to the purposes of any
factory;
(d) any premises in which the business of hooking,
plaiting, lapping, making up or packing of yarn
or cloth is carried on;
(e) any laundry carried on as ancillary to another
business or incidentally to the purposes of any
public institution;
(f) any premises in which the construction, reconstruc­
tion or repair of locomotives, aircraft, vehicles
or other plant for use for transport purposes is
carried on as ancillary to a transport under­
taking or other industrial or commercial under­
taking, not being any premises used for the
purpose of housing locomotives, aircraft or
vehicles where only cleaning, washing, running
repairs or minor adjustments are carried out;
(g) any premises in which printing by letter press,
lithography, photogravure, or other similar
process, or bookbinding is carried on by way of
trade or for purposes of gain or incidentally to
another business so carried on;
(h) any premises in which the making, adaptation or
repair of dresses, scenery or properties is carried
on incidentally to the production, exhibition or
presentation by way of trade or for purposes of
gain of cinematograph films or theatrical
performances, not being a stage or dressing-­
room of a theatre in which only occasional
adaptations or repairs are made;
(i) any premises in which the business of making or
mending nets is carried on incidentally to the
fishing industry;
(j) any premises in which mechanical power is used in
connection with the making or repair of any
article incidentally to any business carried on by
way of trade or for purposes of gain;
(k) any premises in which the production of cinemato­
graph films is carried on by way of trade or for
purposes of gain, so however that the employ­
ment at any such premises of theatrical
performers and of attendants on such theatrical
performers shall not be deemed to be employ­
ment in a factory;
 (l) any premises in which articles are made or
prepared incidentally to the carrying on of
building operations or works of engineering
construction, not being premises in which such
operations or works are being carried on;
(m) any premises used for the storage of gas in a gas-­
holder having a storage capacity of not less than
140 cubic metres;
(n) any premises in which persons are employed in or
in connection with the generating of electrical
energy for supply by way of trade, or for supply
for the purposes of any industrial or commercial
undertaking or of any public building or public
institution, or for supply to streets or other
public places;
(o) any premises in which mechanical power is used for
the purposes of or in connection with a water
supply, being premises in which persons are
regularly employed;
(p) any sewage works in which mechanical power is
used and any pumping station used in connec­
tion therewith;
(q) any premises in which building operations or works
of engineering construction are being carried
on.
(3) Any line or siding, which is used in connection with
and for the purposes of a factory, shall be deemed to be part
of the factory; and if any such line or siding is used in
connection with more than one factory belonging to
different occupiers, the line or siding shall be deemed to be
a separate factory.
(4) Any workplace in which, with the permission of or
under agreement with the owner or occupier, 10 or more
persons carry on any work which would constitute the
workplace a factory if the persons working therein were in
the employment of the owner or occupier of the workplace,
shall be deemed to be a factory for the purposes of this Act,
and, in the case of any such workplace, the provisions of this
Act shall apply as if the owner or occupier of the workplace
were the occupier of the factory and the persons working
therein were persons employed in the factory.
 (5) No premises shall be deemed to be a factory in which
less than 10 persons are employed and in which —
(a) no mechanical power, steam boiler, steam
container, steam receiver, cast-iron underfired
vulcaniser, air receiver, refrigerating plant
pressure receiver or gas plant is used; and
(b) no highly inflammable or noxious substance is
manipulated, used or created.
(6) Where a place situated within the close, curtilage or
precincts forming a factory is solely used for some purpose
other than the processes carried on in the factory, that place
shall not be deemed to form part of the factory for the
purposes of this Act, but shall, if otherwise it would be a
factory, be deemed to be a separate factory.
(7) A part of a factory may, with the approval in writing
of the Chief Inspector, be deemed to be a separate factory;
and two or more factories may, with the approval in writing
of the Chief Inspector, be deemed to be a single factory.
(8) Premises shall not be excluded from the definition of
a factory by reason only that they are open air premises.
(9) Any premises belonging to or in the occupation of the
Government or of any statutory board or body shall not be
deemed not to be a factory, and any premises in which
building operations or works of engineering construction
are carried on by or on behalf of the Government or any
such board or body shall not be excluded from the operation
of this Act by reason only that the work carried on thereat is
not carried on by way of trade or for purposes of gain.

General 7.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise

inter­ requires —
pretation.
19/78 “air receiver” means —
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(a) any vessel (other than a pipe or coil or an
accessory, fitting or part of a compressor)
for containing compressed air and
connected with an air compressing plant;
(b) any fixed vessel for containing compressed
air and used for the purpose of starting an
internal combustion engine;
(c) any blast air bottle; or
 (d) any vessel in which any substance in the
form of solid or liquid is stored and from
which it is forced by compressed air;
“approved person” means any person (whether an
officer of the Government or not) who is approved
by the Chief Inspector by a certificate in writing for
the purposes of carrying out examinations and
tests of hoists and lifts, lifting gear, or lifting
appliances and lifting machines, as the case may
be, in accordance with and for the purposes of
sections 29, 30 and 31 respectively;
“article” includes any solid, liquid or gas, or any
combination thereof;
“authorised boiler inspector” means any person
(whether an officer of the Government or not)
who is approved by the Chief Inspector, by
notification in the Gazette, for the purpose of
carrying out examinations and tests of steam
boilers, steam receivers, cast-iron underfired
vulcanisers, air receivers or refrigerating plant
pressure receivers, as the case may be, in accord­
ance with and for the purposes of sections 36, 37,
38, 39 and 40 respectively;
“bodily injury” includes injury to health;
“building operation” means the construction,
structural alteration, repair or maintenance of a
building (including repointing, redecoration and
external cleaning of the structure), the demolition
of a building, and the preparation for, and laying
the foundation of, an intended building, but does
not include any operation which is a work of
engineering construction within the meaning of
this Act;
“cast-iron underfired vulcaniser” or “vulcaniser”
means either a segment or a multisegment
vulcaniser in which steam is generated by means of
an external fire;
“certificated steam boiler attendant” means a person
possessing such qualification and holding such cer­
tificates of competency as may be prescribed
who is duly notified to an authorised boiler
inspector as being in control of a particular boiler;
 “Chief Inspector” means the Chief Inspector appointed
under this Act and any other inspector authorised
to act on his behalf by the Commissioner;
“class or description”, in relation to factories, includes
a group of factories described by reference to
locality;
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner for Labour
Cap. 91. appointed under section 3 of the Employment Act;
“contravention” includes, in relation to any provision,
a failure to comply with that provision, and
“contravene” shall be construed accordingly;
“dangerous occurrence” means any occurrence in any
of the classes listed in the Fourth Schedule;
“driving-belt” includes any driving strap, chain or rope;
“electrical equipment” means any machine, appliance,
apparatus or lighting fitting which consumes or
utilises electricity in its operation or use and
includes any cable, wire and other device
necessary to enable it to be connected to a source
of electricity supply;
“electrical installation” means any cable, wire, fitting,
accessory, apparatus or other device used for or
for purposes incidental to the conveyance, control
or use of electricity;
“fume” includes gas or vapour;
“industrial hygienist” means an industrial hygienist in
the employ of the Government;
“inspector” means an inspector appointed under this
Act and includes the Chief Inspector, Deputy
Chief Inspector and Senior Inspector;
“lifting appliance” includes a pulley block, gin wheel,
chain block or set of chain blocks;
“lifting gear” includes chains, ropes, chain slings, rope
slings, rings, hooks, shackles, swivels or eyebolts;
“lifting machine” includes a crane, crab, winch, teagle,
runway, transporter, piling frame and any
suspended scaffold capable of being raised or
lowered by climbers or winches;
“machinery” includes all oil engines, gas engines,
steam engines, and any other machines in which
mechanical movement, either linear or rotated or
 both, takes place, steam boilers, gas cylinders, air
receivers, steam receivers, steam containers,
cast-iron underfired vulcanisers, refrigerating
plant pressure receivers, all appliances for trans­
mission of power by ropes, belts, chains, driving
straps or bands or gearing, electrical generators
and electrical motors; but does not include any
machinery used for the propulsion of vehicles or
office machines;
“maintained” means maintained in an efficient state, in
efficient working order and in good repair;
“Malayan Railway” means the railway administered by
the government of Malaysia;
“maximum permissible working pressure” means, in
the case of a new steam boiler, that specified in the
certificate referred to in section 36 (13) and, in the
case of a steam boiler which has been examined in
accordance with section 36, that specified in the
report of the last examination;
“occupier”, in relation to a factory, means a person
who occupies or uses premises as a factory;
“owner” means the person for the time being receiving
the rents or profits of the premises in connection
with which the word is used, whether on his own
account or as agent or trustee for any other person
or who would so receive the rents or profits if the
premises were leased;
“prescribed” means prescribed by the Minister by
order or by regulations made under this Act;
“pressure vessel” means any container or vessel used
for containing any substance under pressure and
includes any steam boiler, steam receiver, steam
container, cast-iron underfired vulcaniser, air
receiver, refrigerating plant pressure receiver and
gas cylinder;
“prime mover” means every engine, motor or other
appliance which provides mechanical energy
derived from steam, water, wind, electricity, the
combustion of fuel or other source;
“process” includes the use of any locomotive;
“refrigerating plant pressure receiver” means any
vessel which contains refrigerant under pressure;
“safe working load” means —
(a) the safe working load specified in the
certificate of test obtained for the
purposes of section 30 (2) or 31 (1);
(b) where no such certificate is required the safe
working load marked on or exhibited on
the lifting gear, lifting appliance or lifting
machine, as the case may be; or
(c) where there is no such certificate or mark
the safe working load as ascertained by
an approved person;
“safe working pressure” means, in the case of a new
steam receiver or air receiver or refrigerating plant
pressure receiver, that pressure specified in the
certificate referred to in section 37 (7), 39 (7)
or 40 (1) and, in the case of a steam receiver or
air receiver or refrigerating plant pressure receiver
which has been examined in accordance with
section 37, 39 or 40, that pressure specified in the
report of the last examination;
“sanitary conveniences” includes urinals, water-­
closets, earth-closets, privies, ashpits and any
similar convenience;
“ship” includes every description of vessel used in
navigation, a floating rig, a barge or any platform
used in any form of operations at sea;
“steam boiler” means any closed vessel in which for
any purpose steam is generated under pressure
greater than atmospheric pressure, and includes
any economiser used to heat water being fed to
any such vessel, and any superheater used for
heating steam;
“steam container” means any vessel (other than a
steam pipe or coil) constructed with a permanent
outlet into the atmosphere or into a space where
the pressure does not exceed atmospheric
pressure, and through which steam is passed at
atmospheric pressure, or at approximately that
pressure for the purpose of heating, boiling,
drying, evaporating or similar purpose;
“steam receiver” means any vessel or apparatus (other
than a steam boiler, steam container, steam pipe
 or coil or a part of a prime mover) used for
containing steam under pressure greater than
atmospheric pressure;
“transmission machinery” means every shaft, wheel,
drum, pulley, system of fast and loose pulleys,
coupling, clutch, driving-belt or other device by
which the motion of a prime mover is transmitted
to or received by any machine or appliance;
“work of engineering construction” means the
construction of any railway line or siding, and the
construction, structural alteration or repair
(including repointing and repainting) or the
demolition of any dock, harbour, inland naviga­
tion, tunnel, bridge, viaduct, waterworks,
reservoir, pipe-line, aqueduct, sewer, sewerage
works or gas-holder, and shall include such other
works as may be specified by the Minister by order
published in the Gazette.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, machinery or plant shall
be deemed to have been constructed or reconstructed
before 1st June 1960, or the making of the regulations or
rules under this Act, and a factory or building shall be
deemed to have been constructed, reconstructed, extended,
added to or converted for use as a factory before the
commencement of this Act, if the construction, reconstruc­
tion, extension, addition or conversion was begun before
1st June 1960, or the making of the regulations or rules
under this Act, as the case may be.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, mechanical power shall 19/78.
not be deemed to be used in a factory by reason only that
mechanical power is used for the purpose of heating,
ventilating, cooling, airconditioning or lighting the work­
rooms or other parts of the factory.
(4) For the purposes of this Act, an apprentice shall be
deemed to be a person employed.

Part III
Registration of Factories
8.—(1) The Chief Inspector shall keep a register of Register of
factories, in which shall be entered such particulars in factories.

relation to every factory required to be registered under the

provisions of this Act as the Chief Inspector may consider
necessary and desirable.
 (2) The Chief Inspector may vary or delete an entry in
the register of factories in relation to any premises where he
is satisfied that such variation or deletion is necessary to
maintain the accuracy of the record.

Registration 9.—(1) Any person who occupies or uses any premises as

of factories. an unregistered factory shall be guilty of an offence and
shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000
or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to
both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a fine not
exceeding $500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding
7 days or to both for every day during which the offence
continues after conviction.
(2) An application for the registration of a factory shall
be in the appropriate form set out in the First Schedule and
shall, not less than two months before the operation of the
factory, be submitted to the Chief Inspector together with a
layout plan of the factory and such other particulars as the
Chief Inspector may require.
(3) The Chief Inspector shall, upon receipt of such
application and on being satisfied that the premises are
suitable for use as a factory of the nature stated in the
application, cause the factory to be registered and shall, on
payment of the prescribed fee, issue to the occupier a
certificate of registration in the form set out in the Second
Schedule.
(4) A certificate of registration shall, unless otherwise
stated on the certificate or revoked by the Minister pursuant
to this Act, expire at the end of one year from the date of its
issue.
(5) The Chief Inspector may instead of issuing a
certificate of registration under subsection (3) issue to the
occupier a permit in the form set out in the Second Schedule
in respect of the whole or any specified part of the premises
to be valid for a period stated in the permit, and subject to
such conditions as the Chief Inspector may specify.
(6) The Chief Inspector may, on payment of the
prescribed fee, renew a certificate of registration or extend
the period of a permit.
(7) Where the Chief Inspector is satisfied that there has
been a contravention of any condition subject to which a
permit has been issued in respect of any factory he may, by
giving not less than one month’s notice in writing to the
occupier of the factory, cancel the permit and on the
expiration of the notice the permit shall, subject to
subsection (8), cease to be in force.
(8) An occupier of a factory or proposed factory who is
aggrieved by the refusal of the Chief Inspector to register
any premises as a factory or to renew the registration of any
premises as a factory, or by the cancellation of a permit in
respect of a factory, may, within 21 days after the refusal or
cancellation is notified to him, appeal to the Minister whose
decision shall be final.
(9) Where an appeal under subsection (8) is instituted in
respect of a registered factory then pending the determina­
tion of the appeal the registration of the factory shall
continue to remain in force.
(10) Where any person other than the person named in a
certificate or permit as the occupier of a factory becomes the
occupier thereof the person so named in the certificate or
permit shall serve on the Chief Inspector a written notice of
the change of occupancy within 14 days after such change
and if no such notice is served the person named in the
certificate or permit shall be deemed to be the occupier of
the factory and shall be subject to all provisions of this Act.
(11) Where in any registered factory there is a change in
the nature of the work carried on for which the premises
have been registered, or where there is any structural
change or any change in the layout of the factory, the
occupier shall, not less than one month before the
commencement of the change, give written notice thereof
to the Chief Inspector and if the occupier fails to do so he
shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction
to a fine not exceeding $3,000.
(12) Where it appears to the Minister that, in the case of
temporary factories of any class or description, it is unneces­
sary to apply this section he may, if he thinks fit, by order
exempt the temporary factories from this section.

10.—(1) If, in the opinion of an inspector, any registered Notification

by inspector
factory is by reason of — of defects
(a) any change in the nature of the work carried on for in factory.
which the premises have been registered;
 (b) any change in the layout of the factory or any
structural change; or
(c) any fact or circumstance not present when the
factory was registered,
unfit for occupation as a factory, he shall report accordingly
to the Chief Inspector who may by notice in writing direct
the occupier of the factory to comply with such require­
ments as may be specified in the notice.
(2) The occupier may, within 7 days of service of the
notice, appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final.
(3) Where requirements have been specified by the Chief
Inspector or the Minister pursuant to this section in respect
of a factory and the occupier of the factory fails to comply
with those requirements the Minister may revoke the
registration of the factory.

Inter­
11. For the purposes of this Part —
pretation. “certificate” means a certificate of registration issued
under section 9;
“permit” means a provisional factory permit issued
under section 9;
“registered factory” means a factory in respect of
which a certificate or permit is for the time being in
force;
“unregistered factory” means a factory which is not a
registered factory.

Part IV
Health (General Provisions)
Cleanliness. 12.—(1) Every factory shall be kept in a clean state, and
free from effluvia arising from any drain, sanitary con­
venience or other nuisance, and, without prejudice to the
generality of the foregoing provision —
(a) accumulations of dirt and refuse shall be removed
daily by a suitable method from the floors and
benches of workrooms, and from the staircases
and passages;
(b) the floor of every workroom shall be cleaned at
least once in every week by washing or, if it is
effective and suitable, by sweeping or other
method;
 (c) all inside walls and partitions, and all ceilings or
tops of rooms, and all walls, sides and tops of
passages and staircases shall —
(i) where they have a smooth impervious
surface, at least once in every 12
months, be washed with hot water and
soap or other suitable detergent or
cleaned by such other method as may be
approved by the Chief Inspector;
(ii) where they are kept painted with oil paint
or varnished, be repainted or
revarnished at least once in every 7
years, and at least once in every 12
months be washed with hot water and
soap or other suitable detergent or
cleaned by such other method as may be
approved by the Chief Inspector;
(iii) in other cases, be kept whitewashed or
colour-washed and the whitewashing or
colour-washing shall be repeated at least
once in every 12 months.
(2) Where it appears to the Minister that in any class or
description of factories or parts thereof any of the provisions
of subsection (1) are not required for the purpose of keeping
the factories in a clean state, or are by reason of special
circumstances inappropriate or inadequate for such
purpose, he may, if he thinks fit, by order to be published in
the Gazette direct that those provisions shall not apply to
factories, or parts of factories, of that class or description or
shall apply as varied by the order.

13.—(1) A factory shall not, while work is carried on, Over­

be so overcrowded as to cause risk of injury to the health crowding.

of the persons employed therein.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1),
a factory shall be deemed to be so overcrowded if the
number of persons employed at a time in any workroom is
such that the amount of cubic space allowed for every
person employed in the room is less than 11 1/2 cubic
metres.
(3) Every workroom shall be not less than 3 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) If the Chief Inspector is satisfied that owing to the
special conditions under which the work is carried on in any
workroom the application of subsections (2) and (3) to that
workroom would be inappropriate or unnecessary, he may
by certificate in writing exempt the workroom from those
provisions subject to any conditions specified in the
certificate.
(5) In calculating for the purposes of this section the
amount of cubic space in any room, no space more than 4
metres from the floor shall be taken into account, and where
a room contains a gallery, the gallery shall be treated for the
purposes of this section as if it were partitioned off from the
remainder of the room and formed a separate room.

Ventilation. 14. —(1) Effective and suitable provision shall be made

19/78. for securing and maintaining by the circulation of fresh air in
each workplace, adequate ventilation of the workplace and
for rendering harmless, so far as practicable, all such fumes,
dust and other impurities generated in the course of any
process or work carried out in the factory as may be
injurious to health.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any workplace where
it is impracticable to make provision for adequate ventila­
tion and where breathing apparatus is used by persons
working in the workplace.

Lighting. 15. —(1) Effective provision shall be made for securing

and maintaining sufficient and suitable lighting, whether
natural or artificial, in every part of a factory in which
persons are working or passing.
(2) All glazed windows and skylights used for the lighting
of workrooms shall, so far as practicable, be kept clean on
both the inner and outer surfaces and free from obstruction
but this subsection shall not affect the whitewashing or
shading of windows and skylights for the purpose of
mitigating heat or glare.

Drainage 16. Where any process is carried on which renders the

of floors. floor liable to be wet to such an extent that the wet is
capable of being removed by drainage, effective means shall
be provided and maintained for draining off the wet.
 17. Sufficient and suitable sanitary conveniences for the Sanitary
conve­
persons employed in the factory shall be provided, main­ niences.
tained and kept clean, and effective provision shall be made
for lighting the conveniences and, where persons of both
sexes are or are intended to be employed (except in the case
of factories where the only persons employed are members
of the same family dwelling there), such conveniences shall
be reasonably arranged for persons of each sex.

Part V
Safety (General Provisions)
18. Every flywheel directly connected to any prime Prime
movers.
mover and every moving part of any prime mover except
such prime movers as are mentioned in section 19, shall be
securely fenced, whether the flywheel or prime mover is
situated in an engine-house or not.

19. Every part of electric generators, motors and rotary Electric

converters, and every flywheel directly connected thereto, generators
and motors.
shall be securely fenced unless it is in such a position or of
such construction as to be as safe to every person employed
or working on the premises as it would be if securely fenced.

20. —(1) All electrical installations and equipment shall Electrical

be of good construction, sound material, free from defects installations
and
and in accordance with the generally accepted principles of equipment.
sound and safe practice, and shall be so maintained. 5/84.

(2) All practicable measures shall be taken to protect any 5/84.

person against the risks of electric shock arising from or in
connection with the use of any electrical installation or
equipment.

21. —(1) Every part of the transmission machinery shall Transmission

machinery.
be securely fenced unless it is in such a position or of such
construction as to be as safe to every person employed or
working on the premises as it would be if securely fenced.
(2) Efficient devices or appliances shall be provided and
maintained in every room or place where work is carried on
by which the power can promptly be cut off from the
transmission machinery in that room or place.
(3) Every machine intended to be driven by mechanical
power shall be provided with an efficient starting and
 stopping appliance, the control of which shall be in such a
position as to be readily and conveniently operated by the
person operating the machine.
(4) No driving-belt when not in use shall be allowed to
rest or ride upon a revolving shaft which forms part of the
transmission machinery.
(5) Suitable striking gear or other efficient mechanical
appliances shall be provided and maintained and used to
move driving-belts to and from fast and loose pulleys which
form part of the transmission machinery and any such gear
or appliances shall be so constructed, placed and maintained
as to prevent the driving-belt from creeping back on to the
fast pulley.
(6) The Chief Inspector may by a certificate in writing
grant, subject to any conditions specified in the certificate,
exemption from compliance with any of the requirements of
subsections (2) to (5) in any case where he is satisfied that
compliance with the requirement is unnecessary or
impracticable.

Other 22. —(1) Every dangerous part of any machinery, other

machinery.
19/78.
than prime movers and transmission machinery, shall be
securely fenced unless it is in such a position or of such
construction as to be safe to every person employed or
working on the premises as it would be if securely fenced.
19/78. (2) Subsection (1) shall not apply where the dangerous
part of any machinery is made safe for persons employed or
working on the premises by other equally effective means.
(3) Any part of a stock-bar which projects beyond the
headstock of a lathe shall be securely fenced unless it is in
such a position as to be as safe to every person employed or
working on the premises as it would be if securely fenced.

Provisions as 23. —(1) In determining for the purposes of sections 18 to

to unfenced 22 whether any part of machinery is in such a position or of
machinery.
19/78. such construction as to be as safe to every person employed
or working on the premises as it would be if securely
fenced —
(a) no account shall be taken of any person carrying
out, while the part of machinery is in motion, an
examination thereof or any lubrication or
adjustment shown by such examination to be
 immediately necessary, being an examination,
lubrication or adjustment which it is necessary
to carry out while the part of machinery is in
motion; and
(b) in the case of any part of transmission machinery
used in any process in any factory with respect to
which the Chief Inspector has declared, by
certificate in writing, that he is satisfied that,
owing to the continuous nature of such process,
the stopping of that part would seriously
interfere with the carrying on of the process in
such factory, no account shall be taken of any
person carrying out in the factory, by such
methods and in such circumstances and subject
to such conditions as may be specified in the
certificate, any such lubrication or any mounting
or shifting of belts.
(2) Subsection (1) shall only apply where —
(a)the examination, lubrication or other operation as
aforesaid is carried out by a male person who —
(i) has attained the age of 20 years;
(ii) has been trained for the purposes of the
work entailed by, and is acquainted with
the dangers of moving machinery arising
in connection with, such examination,
lubrication or other operation; and
(iii) is wearing clothing which has no loose
ends and which is fastened by means
having no exposed loose ends;
(b) another person, instructed as to the steps to be
taken in case of emergency, is immediately
available within sight or hearing of the person
carrying out such examination, lubrication or
other operation; and
(c) any ladder in use for the carrying out of such
examination, lubrication or other operation is
securely fixed or lashed, or is firmly held by a
person stationed at the foot of the ladder.

24.—(1) All fencing or other safeguards provided in Construction

and
pursuance of the foregoing provisions of this Part shall be of maintenance.
substantial construction, and constantly maintained and 19/78.
 kept in position while the parts required to be fenced or
safeguarded are in motion or in use, except when any such
parts are necessarily exposed in motion for examination and
for any lubrication or adjustment shown by such examina­
tion to be immediately necessary, and all the conditions
specified in section 23 (2) are complied with.
(2) The machinery and plant shall be properly main­
tained in order to prevent any breakdown which is likely to
cause death or bodily injury to any person.

Construction 25. —(1) In the case of any machine in a factory being a

and disposal machine intended to be driven by mechanical power —
of new
machinery. (a)every set-screw, bolt or key on any revolving shaft,
spindle, wheel or pinion shall be so sunk,
encased or otherwise effectively guarded as to
prevent danger; and
(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 so situated as to be as safe as it would
be if completely encased.
(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 factory in Singapore any machine to be
driven by mechanical power which does not comply with the
requirements of this section shall be guilty of an offence and
shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
(3) The Minister may by order to be published in the
Gazette extend subsections (1) and (2) to machinery or plant
which does not comply with such requirements of this Act or
of any regulations made thereunder as may be specified in
the order, and any order made under this subsection may
relate to machinery or plant in a specified process.
(4) Nothing in this section shall apply to any machine
constructed before 1st June 1960.

Dangerous 26. —(1) Every fixed vessel, structure, sump or pit of

substances. which the edge is less than one metre above the highest
ground or platform from which a person might fall into it
shall, if it contains any scalding, corrosive or poisonous
liquid, either be securely covered or be securely fenced to at
least one metre above that ground or platform, or where by
reason of the nature of the work neither secure covering nor
secure fencing to that height is practicable, all practicable
steps shall be taken by covering, fencing or other means to
prevent any person from falling into the vessel, structure,
sump or pit.
(2) Where any fixed vessel, structure, sump or pit
contains any scalding, corrosive or poisonous liquid but is
not securely covered, no ladder, stair or gangway shall be
placed above, across or inside it which is not —
(a) at least 500 millimetres wide; and
(b) securely fenced on both sides to a height of at least
one metre and securely fixed.
(3) Where any such vessel, structure, sump or pit as is
mentioned in subsection (2) adjoins, and the space between
them, clear of any surrounding brick or other work, is less
than 500 millimetres in width or is not securely fenced on
both sides to a height of at least one metre, secure barriers
shall be so placed as to prevent passage between them.
(4) For the purposes of this section, a ladder, stair or
gangway shall not be deemed to be securely fenced unless it
is provided either with sheet fencing or with an upper and a
lower rail and toe boards.
(5) In respect of any such vessel, structure, sump or pit, a
warning notice indicating the nature of the danger and in a
form readily understood by persons employed in the factory
shall be marked on or attached to the vessel, structure,
sump or pit, or, if this is not reasonably practicable, be
posted nearby.
(6) The Chief Inspector may by order published in the
Gazette extend any of the provisions of this section so as to
make them applicable —
(a) to a vessel or structure which is not fixed; or
(b) to a vessel, structure, sump or pit containing a
substance which is not a liquid,
and in relation to any substance which is not a liquid
“scalding”, in a provision extended under paragraph (b),
shall be taken to mean likely to cause burns.
(7) The Chief Inspector may by order published in the
Gazette exempt from the requirements of this section any
class of vessel, structure, sump or pit in the case of which he
 is satisfied that the requirements are unnecessary or
impracticable.

Self-acting 27. —(1) No traversing part of any self-acting machine

machines.
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 his employment or otherwise,
be allowed on its outward or inward traverse to run within a
distance of 500 millimetres from any fixed structure not
being part of the machine.
(2) All practicable steps shall be taken by instructions to
the person in charge of the machine and otherwise to ensure
that no person employed shall be in the space between any
traversing part of a self-acting machine 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.

Training and 28. —(1) No person shall be employed at any machine or

supervision
of inex­
in any process, being a machine or process liable to cause
perienced bodily injury, unless he has been fully instructed as to the
workers. dangers likely to arise in connection therewith and the
precautions to be observed, and —
(a) has received a sufficient training in work at the
machine or in the process; or
(b) is under adequate supervision by a person who has
a thorough knowledge and experience of the
machine or process.
19/78. (2) For the purpose of instructing any person employed
at any such machine or process on the safety measures to be
observed in respect of the safe operation of any such
machine or process an employer shall cause to be displayed
on such machine or at a place nearest to the process a notice
written in languages understood by the persons employed at
such machine or in any such process describing those safety
measures.

Hoists and 29. —(1) No hoist or lift shall be used unless —

lifts.
19/78. (a) it is of good mechanical construction, sound
material and adequate strength, and is properly
maintained;
(b) in the case of a lift, it has been tested and
thoroughly examined before installation by or
 on behalf of the manufacturer and a certificate
of such test and examination, specifying the safe
working load and signed by or on behalf of the
manufacturer, shall be kept available for
inspection; and
(c) it has been tested and examined by an approved
person after installation and a certificate of such
test and examination, specifying the safe
working load and signed by the approved
person, shall be kept available for inspection.
(2) Every hoist or lift shall be thoroughly examined at
least once in every 6 months by an approved person
and a report of the result of every such examination in
the prescribed form shall be prepared in duplicate signed
by the person making the examination. A copy of the
report shall be handed to the occupier of the factory, and
the other copy shall within 28 days of the completion of the
examination be sent to the Chief Inspector, but where the
examination shows that the hoist or lift cannot continue to
be used with safety unless certain repairs are carried out
immediately or within a specified time, the approved person
shall forthwith send a copy of his report to the Chief
Inspector.
(3) Every hoistway or liftway shall be efficiently
protected by a substantial enclosure fitted with gates, being
such an enclosure as to prevent, when the gates are shut,
any person falling down the way or coming into contact with
any moving part of the hoist or lift.
(4) Any such gate as aforesaid shall be fitted with
efficient interlocking or other devices to secure that the gate
cannot be opened except when the cage or platform is at the
landing and that the cage or platform cannot be moved away
from the landing until the gate is closed.
(5) Every hoist or lift and every such enclosure as
aforesaid shall be so constructed as to prevent any part of
any person or any goods carried in the hoist or lift being
trapped between any part of the hoist or lift and any fixed
structure or between the counterbalance weight and any
other moving part of the hoist or lift.
(6) There shall be marked conspicuously on every hoist
or lift the maximum working load which it can safely carry,
 and no load greater than that load shall be carried on any
hoist or lift.
19/78. (7) The following additional requirements shall apply to
lifts:
(a) efficient automatic devices shall be provided and
maintained to prevent the cage or platform
over-running;
(b) every cage shall, on each side from which access is
afforded to a landing, be fitted with a gate, and
in connection with every such gate efficient
devices shall be provided to secure that, when
persons or goods are in the cage, the cage
cannot be raised or lowered unless all the gates
are closed, and will come to rest when a gate is
opened;
(c) in the case of a lift constructed or reconstructed
after 1st June 1960 where the platform or cage is
suspended by rope or chain, there shall be at
least two ropes or chains separately connected
with the platform or cage, each rope or chain
and its attachments being capable of carrying
the whole weight of the platform or cage and its
maximum working load, and efficient devices
shall be provided and maintained which will
support the platform or cage with its maximum
working load in the event of a breakage of the
ropes or chains or any of their attachments.
(8) In the case of a hoist or lift not connected with
mechanical power —
(a) subsection (7) shall not apply;
(b) for subsection (4) the following subsection shall be
substituted:
“(4) Any such gate as aforesaid shall be
kept closed and fastened except when the
cage or platform is at rest at the landing.”;
and
(c) in subsection (2), for the reference to 6 months
there shall be substituted a reference to
12 months.
(9) Every hoistway or liftway inside a building
constructed or reconstructed after 1st June 1960 being a
hoistway or liftway which passes through two or more
floors, shall, subject as hereinafter in this subsection
provided, be completely enclosed with fire-resisting
materials, and all means of access to the hoist or lift shall be
fitted with doors of fire-resisting materials except that any
such hoistway or liftway shall be enclosed at the top only by
some material easily broken in case of fire, or be provided
with a vent at the top.
(10) For the purposes of this section — 19/78.

(a) no lifting machine or appliance shall be deemed to

be a hoist or lift unless it has a platform or cage
the direction of movement of which is restricted
by a guide or guides;
(b) “lift” includes any lifting machine or appliance
used for carrying persons, whether together with
goods or otherwise.
(11) If it is shown to the satisfaction of the Minister that it
would be unreasonable in the special circumstances of the
case to enforce any requirement of this section in respect of
any class or description of hoist, lift, hoistway or liftway, he
may by order direct that such requirement shall not apply as
respects that class or description.

30.—(1) No lifting gear of whatever material shall be Lifting gear.

used unless it is of good construction, sound and suitable
material, adequate strength, and free from patent defect,
and is properly maintained.
(2) No lifting gear shall be used unless it has been tested
and examined by or on behalf of the manufacturer or by an
approved person and a certificate of such test and examina­
tion, specifying the safe working load and signed by or on
behalf of the manufacturer or by the approved person, has
been obtained and is kept available for inspection.
(3) Every lifting gear shall be thoroughly examined at
least once in every 12 months by an approved person and a
report of the result of every such examination in the
prescribed form shall be prepared in duplicate and signed by
the person making the examination. One copy of such
report shall be handed to the occupier of the factory and the
other copy shall within 28 days of the completion of the
examination be sent to the Chief Inspector.
 (4) The provisions of subsection (2) as to testing and
examining shall not apply to fibre ropes or fibre rope slings.
(5) Every lifting gear, except a rope or a rope sling, shall,
unless of a class or description exempted by the Chief
Inspector by notification published in the Gazette, be
annealed at least once in every 12 months or, in the case of
chains used in connection with molten metal or molten slag,
in every 6 months, so however that lifting gear not in regular
use need be annealed only when necessary.
(6) No lifting gear shall be loaded beyond its safe
working load except by an approved person or an inspector
for the purpose of testing such gear.
(7) An inspector may at any time test any lifting gear and
may prohibit its further use if not satisfied that it is safe for
the use to which it is put.
(8) Neither the Government nor any inspector or
approved person shall be liable for any damage done to any
lifting gear in the course of any test.

Lifting 31.—(1) No lifting appliance or lifting machine shall be

appliances used unless —
and lifting
machines. (a) it and every part of it including all working gear
and all plant or gear used for anchoring or fixing
the appliance or machine is of good construc­
tion, sound material, adequate strength and
substance, and free from patent defect;
(b) it is properly maintained; and
(c) it has been tested and thoroughly examined by or
on behalf of the manufacturer or by an approved
person and a certificate of such test and
examination specifying the safe working load
and signed by or on behalf of the manufacturer
or by the approved person has been obtained
and is kept available for inspection.
(2) Every lifting appliance and every lifting machine shall
be thoroughly examined at least once in every 12 months by
an approved person and a report of the result of such
examination in the prescribed form shall be prepared in
duplicate and signed by the person making the examination.
One copy of such report shall be handed to the occupier of
the factory and the other copy shall within 28 days of the
completion of the examination be sent to the Chief
Inspector, but where the examination shows that the lifting
appliance or lifting machine cannot continue to be used with
safety unless certain repairs are carried out immediately or
within a specified time, the approved person shall forthwith
send a copy of his report to the Chief Inspector.
(3) Every crane, crab and winch shall be provided with a
readily accessible and efficient brake or other safety device
which will prevent the fall of the load when suspended and
by which the load can be effectively controlled while being
lowered. Every hand winch shall be fitted with an efficient
pawl capable of sustaining the safe working load.
(4) Every lifting appliance and every lifting machine shall
be plainly marked with its safe working load or loads and a
distinctive number or other means of identification except
that, in the case of a jib crane so constructed that the safe
working load may be varied by the raising or lowering of the
jib there shall be attached thereto so as to be clearly visible
to the driver an accurate indicator showing the radius of the
jib at any time and the safe working load corresponding to
that radius.
(5) No lifting appliance and no lifting machine shall be
loaded beyond its safe working load except by an approved
person or an inspector for the purpose of testing such
appliance or machine.
(6) No lifting appliance having a safe working load of
more than 150 kilogrammes and no lifting machine shall be
used unless it has been thoroughly examined by an
approved person within an appropriate period determined
by its construction and conditions of service so however that
no such period shall exceed 12 months, and the particulars
of that examination have been entered in the register kept in
pursuance of section 32.
(7) Every lifting appliance and every lifting machine shall
be adequately and securely supported and every rope, chain
or wire and every part of a stage, framework or other
structure and every mast, beam, pole or other article of
plant supporting any part of a lifting appliance or lifting
machine shall be of good construction, sound material and
adequate strength having regard to the nature of the lifting
appliance, its lifting and reaching capacity and the circum­
stances of its use.
 (8) All rails on which a travelling crane moves and every
track on which the carriage of a transporter or runway
moves shall be of proper size and adequate strength, and
have an even running surface; and all such rails or track
shall be properly laid, adequately supported or suspended,
and properly maintained.

(9) If any person is employed or working on or near the

wheel tracks of an overhead travelling crane in any place
where he would be liable to be struck by the crane, effective
measures shall be taken to ensure that the crane does not
approach within 6 metres of that place.

(10) If any person is employed or working otherwise than

mentioned in subsection (9) but in a place above floor level
where he would be liable to be struck by an overhead
travelling crane, or by any load carried by the crane,
effective measures shall be taken to warn him of the
approach of the crane, unless his work is so connected with
or dependent on the movements of the crane as to make a
warning unnecessary.

(11) A lifting machine shall not be operated except by a

person trained and competent to operate that machine but it
shall be permissible for the machine to be operated by a
person who is under the direct supervision of a qualified
person for the purpose of training; no person, however,
under 18 years of age shall be employed to operate any
lifting machine driven by mechanical power or to give
signals to the operator of any such machine.
(12) An inspector may at any time test any lifting
appliance or lifting machine and may prohibit its further use
if not satisfied that it is safe for the use to which it is being
put.

(13) Neither the Government nor any inspector or

approved person shall be liable for any damage done to any
lifting appliance or lifting machine in the course of any test.

Register of 32. A register containing the particulars set out in the

lifting gear,
etc.
Third Schedule shall be kept in the factory with respect to
lifting gear, lifting appliances and lifting machines to which
sections 30 and 31 apply.
 33.—(1) All places of work, floors, steps, stairs, Safe means
of access
passages, gangways and means of access shall — and safe
(a) be of sound construction and properly maintained; place of
employment.
and 19/78.
(b) so far as it is reasonably practicable, be kept free
from any obstruction and from any substance
likely to cause persons to slip.
(2) All openings in floors shall be securely fenced except
in so far as the nature of the work renders such fencing
impracticable.
(3) There shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, be 5/84.
provided and maintained safe means of access to and egress
from every place at which any person has at any time to
work and every such place shall, so far as is reasonably
practicable, be made and kept safe for any person working
there.
(4) For every staircase in a building or affording a means
of exit from a building, a substantial handrail shall be
provided and maintained, which, if the staircase has an open
side, shall be on that side, and, in the case of a staircase
having two open sides, such a handrail shall be provided and
maintained on both sides. Any open side of a staircase shall
also be guarded by the provision and maintenance of a
lower rail or other effective means.
(5) All ladders shall be — 19/78.
(a)soundly constructed and properly maintained; and
(b) securely fixed, or held by a person, to prevent them
from slipping.
(6) Sufficient clear and unobstructed space shall be main­
tained at every machine while in motion to enable the work
to be carried on without unnecessary risk.
(7) Where any person has to work at a place from which 5/84.
he would be liable to fall a distance of more than 3 metres or
into any substance which is likely to cause drowning or
asphyxiation, a secure foothold and handhold shall be
provided so far as practicable at the place for ensuring his
safety.
(8) Where it is not practicable to provide a secure 5/84.
foothold and handhold as required under subsection (7),
other suitable means such as a safety belt and fencing shall
 be provided for ensuring the safety of every person working
at such places.
5/84. (9) Where a safety belt is provided pursuant to sub­
section (8), there shall be sufficient and secured anchorage,
by means of life line or otherwise for the safety belt, and
the anchorage shall not be lower than the level of the
working position of the person wearing the safety belt.
5/84. (10) No person shall require, permit or direct any person
to work at a place from which he would be liable to fall a
distance of more than 3 metres or into any substance which
is likely to cause drowning or asphyxiation unless the
requirements of subsection (7) or (8) have been complied
with.
(11) Every teagle opening or similar doorway used for
hoisting or lowering goods or materials, whether by
mechanical power or otherwise, shall be securely fenced,
and shall be provided with a secure handhold on each side of
the opening or doorway. The fencing shall be properly
maintained and shall, except when the hoisting or lowering
of goods or materials is being carried on at the opening or
doorway, be kept in position.
(12) All goods, articles and substances which are stored
or stacked in a factory shall be stored or stacked —
(a) in such manner as not to interfere with the
adequate distribution of natural or artificial
light, the proper operation of machines or other
equipment, the unobstructed use of passage­
ways or traffic lanes, and the efficient func­
tioning of sprinkler systems or the use of other
fire-fighting equipment;
(b) on firm foundations not liable to settle and in such
manner as not to overload the floors;
(c) in such manner as will best ensure stability and
prevent any collapse of such goods, articles or
substances or their supports,
and shall not be stored or stacked against a wall or partition
unless the wall or partition is of sufficient strength to
withstand the pressure.
(13) (a) The foundation and floor of every factory shall
be of sufficient strength to sustain the loads for which it is
designed and no foundation or floor shall be overloaded.
 (b) The roof of every factory shall be of sufficient
strength to carry where necessary suspended loads.
(14) Where persons are exposed to the risk of falling into 19/78.
water and of drowning, there shall be provided —
(a) equipment and means of rescuing and resuscitating
drowning persons; and
(b) suitable life jackets or other equipment for keeping
such persons afloat in the event that they fall
into the water.
(15) The equipment referred to in subsection (14) shall 19/78.
be properly maintained and kept free from defects at all
times.

34.—(1) Subsections (2) to (8) shall have effect where Dangerous

work in any factory has to be done inside any chamber, fumes and
lack of
tank, vat, pit, pipe, flue or confined space, in which — oxygen.
19/78.
(a) dangerous fumes are liable to be present to such an
extent as to involve risk of persons being over­
come thereby; or
(b) the supply of air is inadequate, or is likely to be
reduced to be inadequate, for sustaining life.
(2) The confined space shall, unless there is other
adequate means of ingress, be provided with a manhole,
which may be rectangular, oval or circular in shape, and
shall be not less than 457 millimetres long and 406 milli­
metres wide or (if circular) not less than 457 millimetres in
diameter, or in the case of tank wagons and other mobile
plant, not less than 406 millimetres long and 355 millimetres
wide or (if circular) not less than 406 millimetres in
diameter.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), no person shall enter or 19/78.
remain and no person shall require, instruct or direct any
person to enter or remain in the confined space for any
purpose unless the person entering or remaining in the
confined space is wearing a suitable breathing apparatus and
has been authorised to enter by a competent person, and,
where practicable, he is wearing a belt with a rope securely
attached and a person keeping watch outside and capable of
pulling him out is holding the free end of the rope.
(4) Where the confined space has been certified by a 19/78.
competent person as being, for a specified period, safe for
 entry without breathing apparatus and the period so
specified has not expired, subsection (3) shall not apply, but
no person shall enter or remain in the space unless he has
been warned when that period will expire.
19/78. (5) A confined space shall not be certified under sub­
section (4) unless —
(a)effective steps have been taken to prevent any
ingress of dangerous fumes;
(b) any sludge or other deposit liable to give off
dangerous fumes has been removed and the
space contains no other material liable to give
off dangerous fumes; and
(c) the space has been adequately ventilated and
tested for dangerous fumes and has a supply of
air adequate to sustain life,
but no account shall be taken for the purposes of paragraph
(b) of any deposit or other material liable to give off
dangerous fumes in insignificant quantities only.
19/78. (6) A record shall be kept of every test made pursuant to
subsection (5) and be kept available at all times for
inspection.
(7) There shall be provided and kept readily available a
sufficient supply of suitable breathing apparatus, of belts
and ropes, and of suitable reviving apparatus and oxygen,
and the apparatus, belts and ropes shall be maintained and
shall be thoroughly examined, at least once a month or at
such other intervals as may be prescribed, by a competent
person; and a report on every such examination, signed by
the person making the examination and containing the
prescribed particulars, shall be kept available for inspection.
(8) A sufficient number of the persons employed shall be
trained and practised in the use of the apparatus mentioned
in subsection (7) and in a method of restoring respiration.
19/78. (9) No person shall enter or remain in, and no person
shall require, permit or direct any other person to enter or
remain in, any confined space in which the proportion of
oxygen in the air is liable to have been substantially reduced
unless either —
(a) he is wearing a suitable breathing apparatus; or
(b) the space has been and remains adequately
ventilated and a competent person has tested
 and certified it as containing an adequate supply
of oxygen and safe for entry without breathing
apparatus.

35.—(1) Where, in connection with any process giving Precautions

with regard
rise to dust, gas, vapour or substance, there may escape into to explosive
any workplace dust, gas, vapour or substance, of such a or inflam­
character and to such an extent as to be liable to explode on mable dust,
gas, vapour
ignition, all practical steps shall be taken to prevent such an or substance.
explosion — 19/78
5/84.
(a) by enclosure of the plant used in the process;
(b) by removal or prevention of accumulation of the
dust, gas, vapour or substance;
(c) by exclusion or effective enclosure of possible
sources of ignition; and
(d) by the use of suitable flame-proof equipment.
(2) Where there is present in any plant used in any such
process as aforesaid dust of such a character and to such an
extent as to be liable to explode on ignition, then, unless the
plant is so constructed as to withstand the pressure likely to
be produced by any such explosion, all practicable steps
shall be taken to restrict the spread and effects of such an
explosion by the provision, in connection with the plant, of
chokes, baffles and vents, or other equally effective
appliances.
(3) Where any part of a plant contains any explosive or
inflammable gas or vapour under pressure greater than
atmospheric pressure, that part shall not be opened, except
in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) before the fastening of any joint of any pipe
connected with the part of the plant or the
fastening of the cover of any opening into the
part is loosened, any flow of the gas or vapour
into the part or into such pipe shall be effectively
stopped by a stop-valve or otherwise; and
(b) before any such fastening is removed, all practic­
able steps shall be taken to reduce the pressure
of the gas or vapour in the pipe or part of the
plant to atmospheric pressure,
and if any such fastening has been loosened or removed, no
explosive or inflammable gas or vapour shall be allowed to
 enter the pipe or part of the plant until the fastening has
been secured or, as the case may be, securely replaced.
(4) No plant, tank or vessel which contains or has
contained any explosive or inflammable, substance shall be
subjected —
(a) to any welding, brazing or soldering operation;
(b) to any cutting operation which involves the
application of heat; or
(c) to any operation involving the application of heat
for the purpose of taking apart or removing the
plant, tank or vessel or any part of it,
until all practicable steps have been taken to remove the
substance and any fumes arising from it, or to render them
non-explosive or non-inflammable; and if any plant, tank or
vessel has been subjected to any such operation, no
explosive or inflammable substance shall be allowed to
enter the plant, tank or vessel until the metal has cooled
sufficiently to prevent any risk of igniting the substance.
19/78. (5) No plant, tank or vessel which contains, or has
contained, any explosive or inflammable substance shall be
subjected to any of the operations referred to in sub­
section (4) (a), (b) or (c) unless such plant, tank or vessel
has been inspected and certified by a competent person —
(a) to be free from any explosive or inflammable
substance or from any fumes arising from any
such substance, or that the substance or any
fumes arising from it have been rendered non­
explosive or non-inflammable; and
(b) that it is safe for any such operations to be carried
out.
19/78. (6) Any certificate issued by a competent person
pursuant to subsection (5) shall be kept available at all
times for inspection by an inspector.
(7) The Chief Inspector may by a certificate in writing
grant, subject to any conditions specified in the certificate,
exemption from compliance with any of the requirements of
subsections (3) and (4) in any case where he is satisfied that
compliance with the requirement is unnecessary or
impracticable.
5/84. (8) In this section “tank” includes any pipe and valve
thereof and all its fittings and attachments.
 36.—(1) Every steam boiler and every part thereof and Steam
all its fittings and attachments shall be of good construction, boilers.
5/84.
sound material, adequate strength and free from patent
defect, and shall be properly maintained.
(2) Every steam boiler, whether separate or one of a 2/86.
range —
(a) shall have attached to it —
(i) a suitable safety valve (separate from and
incapable of being isolated by any
stop-valve), which shall be so adjusted
as 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;
(ii) a suitable stop-valve connecting the boiler
to the steam pipe;
(iii) 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 or have marked upon it, in a
distinctive colour, the maximum permis­
sible working pressure;
(iv) at least one water gauge, of transparent
material or other type approved by the
Chief Inspector, to show the water level
in the boiler, and if the gauge is of the
glass tubular type and the working
pressure in the boiler normally exceeds
275 kilo-newtons per square metre, the
gauge shall be provided with an efficient
guard, but not so as to obstruct the
reading of the gauge;
(v) where it is one of two or more boilers, a
plate bearing a distinctive number which
shall be easily visible;
(b) shall be provided with means for attaching a test
pressure gauge; and
(c) shall be provided with a suitable fusible plug or an
efficient low-water alarm device.
 (3) Subsection (2) (a) (ii) shall not apply with respect to
economisers, and subsections (2) (a) (iii), (iv) and (v), (2)
(b) and (2) (c) shall not apply with respect to either
economisers or superheaters.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (2) a lever-valve shall
not be deemed a suitable safety valve.
(5) No steam boiler shall be operated except by or under
the control of a person who is the holder of a certificate of
competency issued under regulations made under this Act.
(6) No person shall enter or be in any steam boiler which
is one of a range, of two or more steam boilers unless —
(a) all inlets through which steam or hot water might
otherwise enter the boiler from any other part of
the range are disconnected from the part; or
(b) all valves or taps controlling such entry are closed
and securely locked, and, where the boiler has a
blow-off pipe in common with one or more
other boilers or delivering into a common
blow-off vessel or sump, the blow-off valve or
tap on each such boiler is so constructed that it
can only be opened by a key which cannot be
removed until the valve or tap is closed and is
the only key in use for that set of blow-off valves
or taps.
(7) No work shall be permitted in any boiler-furnace or
boiler-flue until it has been sufficiently cooled by ventilation
or otherwise to make work safe for the persons employed.
(8) Every steam boiler and all its fittings and attachments
shall be thoroughly examined by an authorised boiler
inspector at least once in every period of 12 months, and
also after any extensive repairs except that such authorised
boiler inspector may at his discretion arrange to make the
examination up to one month after the 12 months have
expired.
5/84. (9) The Chief Inspector may, if he thinks fit, by a
certificate in writing authorise, subject to any conditions
specified in the certificate, a period exceeding 12 months
within which the examination under subsection (8) is to be
made.
(10) Any examination in accordance with the require­
ments of subsection (8) shall consist, in the first place, of an
examination of the boiler when it is cold and the interior and
the exterior have been prepared in the prescribed manner,
and secondly, except in the case of an economiser or
superheater, of an examination when it is under normal
steam pressure; the examination under steam pressure shall
be made as soon as possible after the examination of the
boiler when cold, and the person making the examination
shall see that the safety valve is so adjusted as to prevent the
boiler from being worked at a pressure greater than the
maximum permissible working pressure.
(11) A report of the result of every such examination, in
the prescribed form and containing the prescribed
particulars (including particulars of the maximum
permissible working pressure and such other conditions as
may be necessary for the safe working of the boiler), shall,
as soon as practicable and in any case within 28 days of the
the completion of the examination, be prepared in duplicate
and signed by the person making the examination. A copy
of such report shall be handed to the occupier of the factory
and the other copy shall be sent to the Chief Inspector.
(12) For the purposes of subsections (11) to (15) 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.
(13) No steam boiler which has previously been used
shall be taken into use in any factory for the first time in that
factory until it has been examined and reported on in
accordance with subsections (8) to (11); and no new steam
boiler shall be taken into use unless there has been obtained
from the Chief Inspector a certificate specifying the
maximum permissible working pressure of the boiler and
stating the nature of the tests to which the boiler and fittings
have been submitted, and the certificate is kept available for
inspection, and the boiler is so marked as to enable it to be
identified as the boiler to which the certificate relates.
(14) Where the report of any examination under this
section specifies conditions for securing the safe working of
a steam boiler, the boiler shall not be used except in
accordance with those conditions.
(15) Any person who for the purposes of this section
desires that an examination of a steam boiler should be
carried out by, and any person who desires to obtain the
 certificate referred to in subsection (13) from, any
authorised boiler inspector who is an inspector, shall notify
the Chief Inspector accordingly and, on payment by that
person of the prescribed fee, the Chief Inspector shall
instruct such an authorised boiler inspector to carry out the
examination or to carry out the necessary tests with a view
to the issue of the certificate.
(16) This section shall not apply to the boiler or boilers of
any locomotive the property of or used by the Malayan
Railway.

Steam 37.—(1) Every steam receiver and every part thereof and
receivers all its fittings shall be of good construction, sound material,
and steam
containers. adequate strength, and free from patent defect, and shall be
2/86. properly maintained.
(2) Every steam receiver, not so constructed and main­
tained as 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 —
(a) a suitable reducing valve or other suitable auto­
matic appliance to prevent the safe working
pressure of the receiver being exceeded;
(b) a suitable safety valve so adjusted as 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
soon as the safe working pressure is exceeded;
(c) a correct steam pressure gauge, which shall
indicate the pressure of steam in the receiver;
(d) a suitable stop-valve; and
(e) except where only one steam receiver is in use, a
plate bearing a distinctive number which shall be
easily visible,
and the safety valve and pressure gauge shall be fitted either
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 being exceeded.
(3) For the purpose of subsection (2), except paragraph
(e) thereof, any set of receivers supplied with steam through
a single pipe and forming part of a single machine may be
treated as one receiver, and for the purpose of that
subsection, except paragraphs (d) and (e) thereof, any other
set of receivers supplied with steam through a single pipe
may be treated as one receiver but this subsection shall not
apply to any such set of receivers unless the reducing valve
or other appliance to prevent the safe working pressure
being exceeded is fitted on that single pipe.
(4) Every steam receiver and all its fittings shall be
thoroughly examined by an authorised boiler inspector, so
far as the construction of the receiver permits, at least once
in every 24 months.
(5) The Chief Inspector may, if he thinks fit, by a certi­ 5/84.
ficate in writing authorise, subject to any conditions speci­
fied in the certificate, a period exceeding 24 months within
which the examination under subsection (4) is to be made.
(6) A report of the result of every such examination in
the prescribed form and containing the prescribed
particulars (including particulars of the safe working
pressure), shall be prepared in duplicate and signed by the
person making the examination. A copy of such report shall
be handed to the occupier of the factory and the other copy
shall be sent to the Chief Inspector.
(7) No steam receiver which has previously been used
shall be taken into use in any factory for the first time in that
factory until it has been examined and reported on in
accordance with subsections (4) and (6); and no new steam
receiver shall be taken into use unless there has been
obtained from the Chief Inspector a certificate specifying
the safe working pressure of the receiver and stating the
nature of the tests to which the receiver and fittings have
been submitted, and the certificate is kept available for
inspection, and the receiver is so marked as to enable it to
be identified as the receiver to which the certificate relates.
(8) Any person who for the purposes of this section
desires that an examination of a steam receiver should be
carried out by, and any person who in order to obtain the
certificate referred to in subsection (7) desires that the
necessary tests should be carried out by, any authorised
boiler inspector who is an inspector, shall notify the Chief
Inspector accordingly and, on payment by such person of
the prescribed fee, the Chief Inspector shall instruct such an
 authorised boiler inspector to carry out the examination or
the tests, as the case may be.
(9) Every steam container shall be so maintained as to
secure that the outlet is at all times kept open and free from
obstruction.

Cast-iron 38.—(1) Every cast-iron underfired vulcaniser and all its

underfired fittings and attachments shall be of good construction,
vulcanisers.
2/86. sound material, adequate strength and free from patent
defects, and shall be properly maintained.
(2) Every cast-iron underfired vulcaniser shall have
attached to it —
(a) a suitable safety valve (separate from and
incapable of being isolated by any stop-valve),
which shall be so adjusted as to prevent the
vulcaniser 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 vulcaniser;
(b) a correct steam pressure gauge connected to the
steam space and easily visible, which shall indi­
cate the pressure of steam in the vulcaniser or
have marked upon it, in a distinctive colour, the
maximum permissible working pressure;
(c) a water gauge, of transparent material or other
type approved by the Chief Inspector, to show
the water level in the vulcaniser, and if the gauge
is of the glass tubular type and the working
pressure in the vulcaniser normally exceeds 275
kilo-newtons per square metre, the gauge shall
be provided with an efficient guard, but not so as
to obstruct the reading of the gauge;
(d) where there are two or more vulcanisers in use in
the same premises, a plate bearing a distinctive
number which shall be easily visible.
(3) The working pressure of a cast-iron underfired
vulcaniser shall not exceed 413 kilo-newtons per square
metre.
(4) No cast-iron underfired vulcaniser shall be used to
supply steam to another vulcaniser or other receiver
external to the vulcaniser.
 (5) Every cast-iron underfired vulcaniser and all its
fittings and attachments shall be thoroughly examined by an
authorised boiler inspector at least once in every
12 months, and also after any extensive repairs except that
the authorised boiler inspector may, at his discretion,
arrange to make the examination up to one month after the
12 months have expired.
(6) Any examination in accordance with the require­
ments of subsection (5) shall consist, in the first place, of an
examination of the vulcaniser when it is cold, and secondly,
of an examination under normal steam pressure; the
examination under normal steam pressure shall be made as
soon as possible after the examination of the vulcaniser
when cold, and the person making the examination shall see
that the safety valve is so adjusted as to prevent the
vulcaniser from being worked at a pressure greater than the
maximum permissible working pressure.
(7) A report of the result of every such examination in
the prescribed form shall, as soon as practicable and in any
case within 7 days of the completion of the examination, be
prepared in duplicate and signed by the person making the
examination. One copy of the report shall be handed to the
occupier of the factory and the other copy shall be sent to
the Chief Inspector.
(8) No cast-iron underfired vulcaniser which has
previously been used shall be taken into use in any factory
for the first time in that factory until it has been examined
and reported on in accordance with subsections (5) to (7);
and no new cast-iron underfired vulcaniser shall be taken
into use unless there has been obtained from the Chief
Inspector a certificate specifying the maximum permissible
working pressure of the vulcaniser and stating the nature of
the tests to which the vulcaniser and fittings have been
submitted, and the certificate is kept available for inspec­
tion, and the vulcaniser is so marked as to enable it to be
identified as the vulcaniser to which the certificate relates.
(9) Where the report of any examination under this
section specifies conditions for securing the safe working of
a cast-iron underfired vulcaniser, the vulcaniser shall not be
used except in accordance with those conditions, and in no
case shall the maximum permissible working pressure
exceed 413 kilo-newtons per square metre.
 (10) Any person who for the purposes of this section
desires that an examination of a cast-iron underfired
vulcaniser should be carried out by, and any person who in
order to obtain the certificate referred to in subsection (8)
desires that the necessary tests should be carried out by, any
authorised boiler inspector who is an inspector shall notify
the Chief Inspector accordingly and on payment by that
person of the prescribed fee, the Chief Inspector shall
instruct such an authorised boiler inspector to carry out the
examination or the tests, as the case may be.

Air 39.—(1) Every air receiver and its fittings shall be of

receivers. sound construction and properly maintained.
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(2) Every air receiver shall —
(a) have marked upon it, so as to be plainly visible, the
safe working pressure;
(b) in the case of a receiver connected with an air
compressing plant, either be so constructed as to
withstand with safety the maximum pressure
which can 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 being exceeded;
(c) be fitted with a suitable safety valve so adjusted as
to permit the air to escape as soon as the safe
working pressure is exceeded;
(d) be fitted with an accurate pressure gauge indicating
the pressure in the receiver;
(e) be fitted with a suitable appliance for draining the
receiver (except a receiver in which substance in
the form of solid or liquid is stored and from
which it is forced by compressed air);
(f) be provided with a suitable manhole, handhole or
other means which will allow the interior to be
thoroughly cleaned; and
(g) where there is more than one receiver in use in the
factory, bear a distinguishing mark which shall
be easily visible.
(3) For the purpose of subsection (2), relating to safety
valves and pressure gauges, any set of air receivers supplied
with air through a single pipe may be treated as one receiver
but in the case where a suitable reducing valve or other
suitable appliance to prevent the safe working pressure being
exceeded is required to be fitted, this subsection shall not
apply unless the valve or appliance is fitted on the single pipe.
(4) Every air receiver shall be thoroughly cleaned and
examined at least once in every 24 months except that in the
case of a receiver of solid drawn construction, if it is so
constructed that the internal surface cannot be thoroughly
examined, a suitable hydraulic test of the receiver shall be
carried out in lieu of internal examination.
(5) The Chief Inspector may, if he thinks fit, by 5/84.
certificate in writing authorise subject to any conditions
specified in the certificate, a period exceeding 24 months
within which the examination under subsection (4) is to be
made.
(6) Every examination and test referred to in subsection
(4) shall be carried out by an authorised boiler inspector,
and a report of the result of every such examination and
test, in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed
particulars (including particulars of the safe working
pressure), shall be prepared in duplicate and signed by the
person making the examination. One copy of the report
shall be handed to the occupier of the factory and the other
copy shall be sent to the Chief Inspector.
(7) No air receiver which has previously been used shall
be taken into use in any factory for the first time in that
factory until it has been examined and reported on in
accordance with subsection (6); and no new air receiver
shall be taken into use unless there has been obtained from
the Chief Inspector a certificate specifying the safe working
pressure of the receiver and stating the nature of the tests to
which the receiver and fittings have been submitted, and the
certificate is kept available for inspection and the receiver is
so marked as to enable it to be identified as the receiver to
which the certificate refers.
(8) Any occupier of a factory who for the purposes of
this section desires that an examination or test of an air
receiver should be carried out by an authorised boiler
inspector who is an inspector shall notify the Chief Inspector
accordingly and, on payment by such occupier of the
prescribed fee, the Chief Inspector shall instruct such an
authorised boiler inspector to carry out the examination.
 (9) No air receiver shall be charged from the cylinder of
an internal combustion engine.

Refrigerating 40. —(1) No refrigerating plant pressure receiver which

plant has previously been used shall be taken into use in any
pressure
receivers. factory for the first time in that factory until it has been
examined and reported on by an authorised boiler
inspector; and no new refrigerating plant pressure receiver
shall be taken into use unless there has been obtained from
the Chief Inspector a certificate specifying the safe working
pressure of the receiver and stating the nature of the tests to
which the receiver and fittings have been submitted, and the
certificate is kept available for inspection and the receiver is
so marked as to enable it to be identified as the receiver to
which the certificate refers.
(2) Any occupier of a factory who for the purposes of
this section desires that an examination or test of a
refrigerating plant pressure receiver should be carried out
by an authorised boiler inspector who is an inspector shall
notify the Chief Inspector accordingly and, on payment by
such occupier of the prescribed fee, the Chief Inspector
shall instruct such an authorised boiler inspector to carry out
the examination.

Pressure 41. Every pressure vessel which contains any corrosive,

vessels con­ toxic, explosive or inflammable substance, and every part
taining corro­
sive, toxic, thereof and all its fittings and attachments, shall be of good
explosive or construction, sound material, adequate strength, and free
inflammable
substance. from patent defect and shall be properly maintained.
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Pipelines and 42. Every pipeline, pump, compressor and other equip­
equipment ment which are used to convey steam, air, refrigerant or any
conveying
certain corrosive, toxic, explosive or inflammable substance, and
substances. every part thereof and all fittings and attachments thereto,
5/84.
shall be of good construction, sound material, adequate
strength, and free from patent defect and shall be properly
maintained. [40b

Exemptions 43. The Minister may by order to be published in the

from sections Gazette exempt from any of the provisions of sections 36,
36, 37, 38,
39 and 40. 37, 38, 39 and 40 any class or type of pressure vessel to
which he is satisfied that such provision cannot reasonably
be applied. Any such exemption may be unqualified or may
be subject to such conditions as may be specified in the
order. [41

44.—(1) All gas plants shall be of sound construction and Gas plants.
properly maintained.
(2) The Minister may make regulations to be published in
the Gazette specifying the nature of any gas plant that may
be used, the type of fittings and pipes that may be used in
all or any types of gas plant, and may in such regulations
make provision for the inspection of gas plants and the
prohibition of their use if they contravene or do not comply
with any of the provisions of such regulations.
(3) Section 102 (2) and (3) shall apply to regulations
made under this section.
(4) In this section —
“gas” includes any gas whether in its gaseous or liquid
state;
“gas plant” means any plant, apparatus or machine for
the manufacture or storage of gas and includes
pipes and appliances used in carrying the gas to the
place where it is to be used.
(5) Every water-sealed gasholder which has a storage
capacity of not less than 25 cubic metres shall be thoroughly
examined externally by a competent person at least once in
every two years and a record containing the prescribed
particulars of every such examination shall be entered in or
attached to a register.
(6) No gasholder shall be repaired or demolished except
under the direct supervision of a person who, by his training
and experience and his knowledge of the necessary precau­
tions against risks of explosion and of persons being over­
come by gas, is competent to supervise such work.
(7) No gas filling shall be allowed except under the direct
supervision of a person who, by his training and experience
and his knowledge of the necessary precautions against any
risk, is competent to supervise such work.
(8) No gas cylinder for corrosive gases shall be filled
unless it has been examined or tested by a competent person
at least once within a period of two years and no gas cylinder
 for other gases shall be filled unless it has been examined or
tested by a competent person at least once within a period of
5 years and the result of such examination or test shall be
entered into a register and kept for inspection by an
inspector. [42

Repair of 45. Where the repair of any pressure vessel would if

pressure improperly carried out be likely to cause a dangerous
vessel.
occurrence, no repair of the pressure vessel shall be
executed without the prior approval of the Chief Inspector
given in writing. [43

Prevention 46. —(1) All practical steps shall be taken to keep sources
of fire. of heat or ignition separate from inflammable materials or
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any process giving rise to any inflammable gas or vapour.
(2) In every factory there shall be provided and main­
tained, so as to be readily accessible, means of extinguishing
fire, which shall be adequate and suitable having regard to
the circumstances of each case.
(3) The means of extinguishing fire provided in accord­
ance with subsection (2) shall be tested at regular intervals
by a competent person. [44

Safety 47. —(1) Every factory shall be provided with such means
provisions of escape in case of fire for the persons employed therein as
in case
of fire. may be reasonably required in the circumstances of each
case.
(2) All such means of escape as aforesaid shall be
properly maintained and kept free from obstruction.
(3) The contents of any room in which persons are
employed shall be so arranged or disposed that there is a
free passageway for all persons employed in a room to a
means of escape in case of fire.
(4) While any person is within a factory for the purpose
of employment, the doors of the factory, and of any room
therein in which the person is, and any doors which afford a
means of exit for persons employed in the factory from any
building or from any enclosure in which the factory is
situated, shall not be locked or fastened in such manner that
they cannot be easily and immediately opened from the
inside.
 (5) In every factory, all doors affording means of exit
from the factory for the persons employed therein shall,
except in the case of sliding doors, be constructed to open
outwards.
(6) Every window, door or other exit affording means of
escape in case of fire or giving access thereto, 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 in languages understood by the persons
employed in the factory.
(7) In every factory effective steps shall be taken to
ensure that all the persons employed are familiar with the
means of escape in case of fire and their use, and with the
routine to be followed in case of fire.
(8) In every factory effective warning devices, capable of
being operated without exposing any person to undue risk,
shall be provided, maintained and tested at least once every
month giving warning in case of fire, which shall be clearly
audible throughout the factory. [45

48.—(1) If in the opinion of the Chief Inspector the use Power of

of any part of the ways, works, machinery or plant in a Chief
Inspector to
factory involves imminent liability of a dangerous make orders.
occurrence he may serve on the occupier of the factory an
order in writing prohibiting the use thereof until such
danger is removed to the satisfaction of an inspector.
(2) Any person aggrieved by an order of the Chief
Inspector under this section may, within 30 days after such
order, appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final.
(3) In the event of a failure to comply with an order
lawfully given under this section the occupier of the factory
concerned shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
conviction, without prejudice to any other penalty that may
have been incurred, to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to
both, and if the contravention in respect of which he was so
convicted continues after the conviction he shall be guilty of
a further offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine
not exceeding $500 or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 7 days or to both for every day during which the
offence was so continued. [46
Power to 49.—(1) If the Chief Inspector is satisfied that —
prohibit
work or (a) any factory or part of a factory is in such condition,
processes or is so placed that any process or work carried
in certain
circum­ on therein cannot be so carried on with due
stances. regard to the safety, health and welfare of
5/84.
persons employed; or
(b) any process or work is carried on or anything is or
has been done in any factory in such a manner as
to cause risk of bodily injury,
he may by order direct the occupier of the factory to take
such steps as may be specified in the order, in remedying the
danger complained of, or to cease forthwith the carrying on
of any process or work indefinitely or until such steps have
been taken as may be specified in the order to enable the
process or work to be carried on with due regard to the
safety, health and welfare of persons employed.
(2) The occupier of a factory who fails to comply with an
order under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and
shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000
or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to
both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a fine not
exceeding $1,000 for every day during which the offence
continues after conviction.
(3) Where the occupier of a factory has failed to comply
with any order under subsection (1), the Chief Inspector
may at all reasonable times enter upon the premises of the
factory and take such measures and do such work as may be
necessary to comply with the order and any costs and
expenses incurred by the Chief Inspector may be recovered
as a debt due to the Government from the occupier of the
factory. [47

Appeal 50.—(1) Any person aggrieved by an order made by the

from order Chief Inspector under section 49 may within 14 days of the
made by
Chief order appeal to the Minister who may rescind or vary the
Inspector. order.
5/84.
(2) Notwithstanding that an appeal has been made under
subsection (1), the aggrieved person shall comply with the
order pending the outcome of the appeal and the Chief
Inspector may exercise the powers conferred by
section 49 (3). [48
 51.—(1) Where — Notification
of accidents
(a) an accident in a factory — and
dangerous
(i) causes loss of life to a person employed in occurrences.
the factory; 19/78.

(ii) disables any such person for more than 3

days from earning full wages at the work
at which he was employed; or
(iii) causes any injury to any such person which
requires such person to be detained in a
hospital for at least 24 hours for
observation or treatment; or
(b) a dangerous occurrence takes place in a factory,
written notice thereof in the form set out in the Ninth
Schedule shall be sent forthwith to the Chief Inspector by
the occupier of the factory.
(2) Where a person employed is involved in an accident
or a dangerous occurrence and the occupier of the factory is
not the actual employer of the person killed or injured, the
actual employer shall, instead of the occupier of the factory,
forthwith send a written notice thereof in the form set out in
the Ninth Schedule to the Chief Inspector.
(3) Where an accident causing incapacity is notified
under this section, and after notification thereof the person
incapacitated dies, written notice of the death shall be sent
to the Chief Inspector by the occupier of the factory or the
employer of that person, as the case may be, as soon as the
death comes to his knowledge. [49

52.—(1) Upon receipt of information of an accident, the Investigation

Chief Inspector may, if he thinks it necessary, instruct an into accidents
and
inspector to visit the place where the accident has taken dangerous
place to make a preliminary investigation of the circum­ occurrences.
19/78.
stances and record in writing his findings upon such
investigation.
(2) Upon receipt of information of a dangerous
occurrence, an inspector shall visit the place where the
dangerous occurrence has taken place and shall make a
preliminary investigation of the circumstances and record in
writing his findings upon such investigation. [49a
Alteration or 53. —(1) No alteration or addition shall, without the
addition to
machinery,
consent of the Chief Inspector, be made to any machinery,
equipment, equipment, plant or article which may have contributed to
etc. cause an accident resulting in the death of any person or a
19/78.
dangerous occurrence, nor shall any alteration or addition
be made without such consent to the site of the fatal
accident or the dangerous occurrence, except that nothing
herein shall operate to interfere with rescue work or work
necessary for the general safety of life and property.
(2) It shall be presumed, unless it is proved to the
contrary, that any alteration or addition as is referred to in
subsection (1) has been made by the occupier of the factory,
unless the occupier is not the employer of the injured or
deceased person. [49b

Minister 54. —(1) If it appears desirable as a result of an investiga­

may direct
inquiry to be
tion held under section 52, the Chief Inspector shall furnish
held into a full report of an accident or a dangerous occurrence to the
accident and Minister, and the Minister may where he considers it
dangerous
occurrence. expedient to do so, direct a Magistrate, with one or more
19/78. assessors appointed by the Minister, to hold an inquiry into
the accident or dangerous occurrence in a factory and of its
causes and circumstances and subsections (2) to (7) shall
have effect with respect to any such inquiry.
(2) The Magistrate and the assessors so appointed shall
hold the inquiry in open court in such manner and under
such conditions as they think most effectual for ascertaining
the causes and circumstances of the accident or the
dangerous occurrence, and for enabling them to make the
report required by this section.
(3) The Magistrate and the assessors shall have for the
purposes of the inquiry all the powers of a Magistrate’s
Court when trying offences under this Act and all the
powers of an inspector under this Act, and, in addition,
power —
(a) to enter and inspect any place or building, the entry
or inspection of which appears to them requisite
for the purposes of the inquiry;
(b) by summons signed by the Magistrate to require
attendance of all such persons as the Magistrate
and the assessors think fit to call before them
and examine and to require answers or returns
to such inquiries as they think fit to make;
 (c) to require the production of all books, papers and
documents which the Magistrate and the
assessors consider important for the purposes of
the inquiry; and
(d) to administer oaths and require any person
examined to make and sign a declaration of the
truth of the statements made by him in his
examination.
(4) The Magistrate and the assessors shall make a report
to the Minister stating the causes and circumstances of the
accident or dangerous occurrence and its circumstances, and
adding any observations which the Magistrate and the
assessors think right to make, and if the Magistrate is of the
opinion that criminal proceedings ought to be instituted
against any person in connection with the accident or
dangerous occurrence, he shall also forward to the Public
Prosecutor a copy of that report.
(5) Any person who without reasonable excuse (proof
whereof shall lie on him) either fails to comply with any
summons, order or requisition of the Magistrate, or
prevents or impedes the Magistrate and the assessors in
the execution of their duties shall be guilty of an offence
and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
$2,000.
(6) The Minister may cause the report of the Magistrate
and the assessors to be made public at such time and in such
manner as he thinks fit.
(7) The Chief Inspector may suspend the certificate of
competency of any person pending an inquiry under this
section and any criminal proceedings that may ensue, and
for the period of suspension the person suspended shall
deliver up his certificate of competency to the Chief
Inspector and shall not take or be in control of any steam
boiler; and any court, or, upon consideration of the finding
of an inquiry under this section, the Minister, may suspend
for such period as it or he (as the case may be) thinks fit, or
cancel the certificate of competency of any person, and
no person whose certificate of competency has been
suspended or cancelled under this subsection shall take or
be in control of any steam boiler during the period of the
suspension or cancellation. [49c
 Part VI
Welfare (General Provisions)
Supply of 55. —(1) There shall be provided and maintained at suit­
drinking able points conveniently accessible to all persons employed
water.
an adequate supply of wholesome drinking water from a
public main.
(2) A supply of drinking water which is not laid on shall
be contained in suitable vessels and all practical steps shall
be taken to preserve the water and vessels from contamina­
tion. [50

Washing 56. —(1) There shall be provided and maintained for the
facilities and
accommoda­
use of employed persons adequate and suitable facilities for
tion for washing which shall include a supply of clean water and, in
clothing. addition, soap and clean towels or other suitable means of
cleaning or drying; and the facilities shall be conveniently
accessible and shall be kept in a clean, safe and orderly
condition.
(2) There shall be provided and maintained for the use of
employed persons adequate and suitable accommodation
for clothing not worn during working hours. [51

Exemption as 57. The Chief Inspector may by a certificate in writing

to washing exempt any factory from section 56. [52
facilities.

First-aid. 58. —(1) There shall be provided and maintained so as to

be readily accessible a first-aid box or cupboard of such
standard as may be prescribed from time to time.
(2) Nothing except appliances or requisites for first aid
shall be kept in a first-aid box or cupboard.
(3) Each first-aid box or cupboard shall be placed under
the charge of a responsible person who shall, in the case of a
factory where more than 25 persons are employed, be
trained in first-aid treatment, and the person in charge shall
always be readily available during working hours. A notice
shall be affixed in every workroom stating the name of the
person in charge of the first-aid box or cupboard provided in
respect of that room.
(4) In every factory, where more than 500 persons are
employed, there shall be provided and maintained a first-aid
room of such standard as may be approved by the Chief
Inspector.
(5) If a first-aid room is provided at the factory and such
arrangements are made as to ensure the immediate treat­
ment there of all injuries occurring in the factory, the Chief
Inspector may by a certificate exempt the factory from the
requirements of subsections (1), (2) and (3) to such extent
and subject to such conditions as he may specify in the
certificate. [53

Part VII
Health, Safety and Welfare
(Special Provisions and Regulations)
59.—(1) In every factory in which, in connection with Removal of
dust or
any process carried on, there is given off any dust or fume or fumes.
other impurity of such a character and to such extent as to 19/78.
be likely to be injurious or offensive to the persons
employed, or any substantial quantity of dust of any kind,
all practicable measures shall be taken to protect the
persons employed against inhalation of the dust or fume or
other impurity and to prevent its accumulating in any
workplace, and in particular, where the nature of the
process makes it practicable, exhaust appliances shall be
provided and maintained, as near as possible to the point of
origin of the dust or fume or other impurity, so as to prevent
it entering the air of any workplace.
(2) No stationary internal combustion engine shall be 19/78.
used unless provision is made for conducting the exhaust
gases from the engine into the open air.
(3) The atmosphere of any workplace in which dangerous 19/78
5/84.
or obnoxious substances are manufactured, handled or
used shall be tested by a competent person at sufficient
intervals to ensure that toxic or irritating dusts, fumes,
gases, fibres, mist or vapours are not present in quantities
liable to injure health of persons employed.
(4) A record of the result of every test carried out under 5/84.
subsection (3) shall be kept available for inspection by an
inspector for at least 3 years from the date of the test.
(5) The occupier of a factory shall place warning notices
in places where there are special risks to which the persons
 employed are exposed and the precautions to be taken to
obviate such risks.
19/78. (6) The requirements of subsections (1) and (3) shall not
apply to any workplace where it is impracticable to comply
with such requirements and where breathing apparatus is
used by a person working thereat.
19/78. (7) The Minister may by order published in the Gazette
specify the permissible levels of toxic substances in the
workplace of a factory. [54

Poisonous 60. —(1) Poisonous substances in a factory shall be placed

substances. under the control of a competent person who has adequate
19/78.
knowledge of the properties of the poisonous substances
and their dangers.
(2) Warning notices in languages understood by the
persons employed in the factory specifying the nature of the
danger of the poisonous substances shall be placed at all
entrances to or adjoining the poisonous substances.
(3) Persons employed in a factory who are liable to be
exposed to poisonous substances shall be warned of the
hazards involved and of the safety measures to be observed.
(4) Labels easily understood by persons employed in the
factory shall be affixed to containers of poisonous
substances to warn them of the hazards involved. [54a

Meals in 61. —(1) Where in any room any poisonous or otherwise

certain injurious substance is so used as to give rise to any dust or
dangerous
trades. fume, a person shall not be permitted to partake of food or
drinks in that room or to remain in that room during the
intervals allowed to him for meals or rest and no food or
drinks shall be kept in or conveyed through that room at any
time.
(2) Suitable facilities shall be made for enabling the
persons employed in any such room as is mentioned in
subsection (1) to take their meals elsewhere in the factory.
[55

Protective 62. —(1) Where in any factory workers are employed in

clothing and
appliances.
any process involving exposure to wet or to excessive
5/84. temperature or noise or to extreme cold or to any injurious
or offensive substance, suitable protective clothing and
appliances, including where necessary suitable gloves, foot­
wear, goggles, ear mufflers and head coverings, shall be
provided and maintained for the use of such workers.
(2) Where in any factory persons are employed in any
process involving the hazard of flying or falling objects or
substances, approved head protections shall be provided
and maintained for the use of such persons.
(3) Where there is risk of injury from hair entanglement
in moving parts of machinery, head covering shall be
provided to confine the hair of persons employed who are
exposed to such risks.
(4) Hand protection shall be provided for persons
employed in any factory who regularly expose their hands to
cuts or burns.
(5) Foot protection shall be provided for persons
employed in any factory who are exposed to foot injury
from hot, corrosive substances or falling objects.
(6) Where persons have to work under water, under­ 19/78.
water breathing apparatus, goggles and other necessary
protective clothing and appliances shall be provided for
their use.
(7) The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette,
specify the type of approved clothing and appliances for the
purpose of this section. [56

63. —(1) In the case of any of the processes specified in Protection

of eyes in
the Fifth Schedule or any process which involves a special certain
risk of injury to the eyes from particles or fragments thrown processes.
off in the course of the process, suitable goggles or effective
screens shall be provided to protect the eyes of the persons
employed in the process.
(2) Where, in any factory, electric arc welding is carried
on in such a manner as to involve risk of persons employed
(other than persons employed in the welding process) being
exposed to the electric arc flash, effective provision shall be
made, by screening or otherwise, to prevent such exposure.
[57

64. Where in any factory persons are employed in any Reduction

of noise or
process involving exposure to excessive noise or vibration vibration.
which may constitute a danger to their health, effective
 means shall as far as practicable be provided for the
reduction of the noise or vibration. [58

Protection 65. —(1) The occupier of a factory shall wherever possible

against
harmful
substitute harmless or less harmful substances, processes or
processes or techniques for harmful substances, processes or techniques.
substances.
5/84. (2) Hazardous processes shall be carried out in separate
rooms, buildings or premises occupied by a minimum
number of workers.
(3) Preventive measures shall be taken against the libera­
tion of harmful substances and for the protection of workers
from harmful radiations.
5/84. (4) No person shall enter or remain in, and no person
shall require, permit or direct any person to enter or remain
in, any room, building or premises in which any hazardous
process is carried out unless he or that person is employed in
the process. [59

Power of 66. The Chief Inspector may, if he thinks fit, by order in

Chief
Inspector
writing direct the occupier of a factory in which any process
to require involving the manufacture, handling or use of poisonous,
separate injurious or offensive substance is carried on to provide,
changing
and washing within the time specified in the order, separate changing and
facilities. washing facilities for persons employed in the process.
5/84.
[59a

Notification 67. —(1) Every registered medical practitioner attending

of industrial on or called in to visit a patient whom he believes to be
diseases.
19/78. suffering from any of the diseases specified in the Sixth
Schedule and contracted in a factory shall (unless such a
notice has been previously sent) forthwith send to the Chief
Inspector a notice in the form set out in the Tenth Schedule.
(2) If, in contravention of this section, any registered
medical practitioner fails to send any notice in accordance
with the requirements thereof, he shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not
exceeding $500.
19/78. (3) Written notice of every case of any of the diseases
specified in the Sixth Schedule occurring in a factory shall be
sent by the occupier in the form set out in the Eleventh
Schedule and accompanied by the prescribed particulars to
the Chief Inspector; and section 51 with respect to the
notification of dangerous occurrences shall apply to any
such case in like manner as to any such dangerous
occurrence as is mentioned in those provisions.
(4) The Minister may, as regards all factories or any class
or description of factory, by order to be published in the
Gazette apply this section to any disease other than those
specified in the Sixth Schedule. [60
68.—(1) Where the Minister is satisfied that any manu­ Power
facture, machinery, plant, equipment, appliance, process or to make
regulations.
description of manual labour used in factories is of such
a nature as to cause risk of bodily injury to the persons
employed or any class of those persons, he may make such
regulations as appear to him to be reasonably practicable
and to meet the necessity of the case.
(2) The regulations so made may, among other things — 19/78.
(a) prohibit the employment of, or modify or limit the
hours of employment of, all persons or any class
of persons in connection with any manufacture,
machinery, plant, process or description of
manual labour;
(b) prohibit, limit or control the use of any material or
process;
(c) modify or extend with respect to any class or
description of factories any provisions of Part
IV, V, VI or this Part, being provisions imposing
requirements as to health or safety; and special
regulations so made may apply to all factories
in which the manufacture, machinery, plant,
equipment, appliance, process or description of
manual labour is used or to any specified class or
description of such factories and may provide for
the exemption of any special class or description
of factories either absolutely or subject to condi­
tions;
(d) prescribe maximum weights which may be lifted,
carried or moved by persons employed in
factories; and any such regulations may
prescribe different weights in different circum­
stances and may relate either to persons
generally or to any class of persons or to persons
employed in any class or description of factories
or in any process; and
 (e) prescribe the qualifications of persons who are
employed at any machine or plant, or the
training in work at the machine or plant to be
received by such persons.
(3) The regulations so made may impose duties on
owners, employed persons and other persons as well as on
occupiers.
(4) All regulations made under this section shall be
published in the Gazette and shall be presented to Parlia­
ment as soon as possible after publication. [61

Medical 69.—(1) Where it appears to the Minister that in any

supervision. factory or class or description of factories —
(a) cases of illness have occurred which he has reason
to believe may be due to the nature of the
process or other conditions of work;
(b) by reason of changes in any process or in the
substances used in any process, or by reason of
the introduction of any new process or new
substance for use in a process, there may be risk
of injury to the health of persons employed in
that process;
(c) persons below the age of 18 years are or are about
to be employed in work which may cause risk of
injury to their health; or
(d) there may be risk of injury to the health of persons
employed in any of the occupations specified in
the Seventh Schedule or from any substance or
material brought to the factory to be used or
handled therein or from any change in the
conditions of work or other conditions in the
factory,
he may make regulations requiring such reasonable
arrangements to be made for the medical supervision and
medical examination (not including medical treatment of a
preventive character) of the persons, or any class of the
persons, employed at the factory or class or description of
factories as may be specified in the regulations.
5/84. (2) Regulations made under this section may require the
medical supervision and medical examination under the
regulations to be carried out by persons registered with the
Chief Inspector and may prescribe the qualifications and
other conditions to be satisfied in order to be registered for
the purposes of this section. [62

70. —(1) An inspector may, at any time after informing Power to

the occupier or, if the occupier is not readily available, a take samples.
19/78.
foreman or other responsible person in the factory, take for
analysis sufficient samples of any substance used or
intended to be used in a factory, or any substance required
for the purposes of an investigation or inquiry under this
Act or which is a substance in respect of which he suspects a
contravention of the provisions of this Act, or which in his
opinion is likely or may prove on analysis to be likely to
cause bodily injury to the persons employed.
(2) The occupier or the foreman or other responsible
person may, at the time when a sample is taken under this
section, and on providing the necessary appliances, require
the inspector to divide the sample into 3 parts, to mark and
seal or fasten up each part in such manner as its nature
permits, and —
(a) to deliver one part to the occupier, or the foreman
or other responsible person;
(b) to retain one part for future comparison; and
(c) to submit one part to the Director of Scientific
Services for analysis.
(3) A certificate purporting to be a certificate by a
Scientific Officer as to the result of an analysis of a sample
under this section shall be admissible in any proceedings
under this Act as evidence of the matters stated therein, but
either party may require the person by whom the analysis
was made to be called as a witness.
(4) It shall not be lawful for any person, except in so far
as is necessary for the purposes of a prosecution for an
offence, to publish or disclose to any person the results of an
analysis made under this section, and if any person acts in
contravention of this subsection, he shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not
exceeding $2,000. [63

71. —(1) This section shall apply to such class or descrip­ Safety
tion of factories as the Minister may, by order published in officers.

the Gazette, specify.

 (2) The occupier of any factory to which this section
applies shall employ a competent person to act as a safety
officer in the factory.
(3) The safety officer employed under this section shall
be appointed and employed exclusively for the purpose of
exercising general supervision of the observance of the
provisions of this Act and any regulations made thereunder
and to promote the safe conduct of the work generally
within the factory.
(4) The safety officer shall possess such qualifications or
have received such training as the Minister may, by notifica­
tion in the Gazette, from time to time prescribe. [64

Safety 72.—(1) The occupier of a factory, in which 50 or more

committees.
persons are for the time being employed, shall establish a
safety committee on which both employees and manage­
ment are represented for the purpose of keeping under
review circumstances in the factory which affect or may
affect the safety or health of the persons employed therein.
(2) The functions of a safety committee at a factory shall
be —
(a)to promote co-operation in achieving and main­
taining safe and healthy working conditions in
the factory between the management and the
persons employed by the occupier to work in the
factory; and
(b) to carry out from time to time inspections in the
factory in the interests of the safety and health
of the persons so employed and to inspect the
scene of any accident or dangerous occurrence.
(3) A safety committee shall be given such facilities and
assistance as the committee may reasonably require for the
purpose of carrying out its functions under this section.
(4) A safety committee carrying out an inspection under
this section may, on completing the inspection, make and
sign a record of the inspection stating the date of the
inspection, the parts of the factory inspected and anything
disclosed by the inspection which in its opinion was at the
date of the inspection prejudicial to the safety or health of
persons employed in the factory; and the occupier shall
provide a register in which any such record shall be entered.
[65

Part VIII
Special Applications and Extensions
73.—(1) Where a part of a building is let off as a separate Premises
where part
factory — of building
(a) the provisions of this Act mentioned in this para­ is separate
factory.
graph shall apply to any part of the building used 19/78.
for the purposes of the factory but not
comprised therein, that is to say:
(i) the provisions of Part IV with respect to
cleanliness and lighting;
(ii) the provisions of Part V with respect to
prime movers, electric generators and
motors, transmission machinery, hoists
and lifts, lifting gear, lifting appliances
and lifting machines, safe means of
access and safe place of employment,
steam boilers, steam receivers and
steam containers, cast-iron underfired
vulcanisers, air receivers and refrigerat­
ing plant pressure receivers (including
the provisions as to exemptions in
respect thereto);
(iii) the provisions of Part V as to the power of
the Chief Inspector to make orders and
the power of the Minister to make
orders,
and the owner of the building shall be respon­
sible for any contravention of the provisions
mentioned in sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii);
(b) the owner of the building shall also be responsible
instead of the occupier of the factory, for any
contravention as regards the factory of the
provisions of Part IV with respect to sanitary
conveniences and the provisions of Part V
relating to hoists and lifts, prevention of fire,
and safety provisions in case of fire, and, for the
purposes of section 47 as regards prevention of
fire and safety provisions in case of fire, the
 factory shall be deemed to include any part of
the building used for the purpose of the factory,
except that the owner of the building shall be responsible for
the cleanliness of sanitary conveniences only when used in
common by several tenants, and shall be responsible for any
contravention of any of the provisions of Part V only in so
far as those provisions relate to matters within his control.
(2) The occupier of the factory shall, in any event, be
responsible for any contravention (whether as regards the
factory or otherwise) of any of the provisions of Part V with
respect to any machinery or plant belonging to or supplied
by him.
(3) In sections 48 and 49, as they apply in relation to the
factory and as they are applied by subsection (1) (a) (iii),
references to the occupier shall be taken as references to the
occupier of the factory or to the owner of the building,
according as to which of them is responsible in respect of the
matters complained of.
(4) For the purposes of the provisions applied by sub­
section (1), lifting appliances or machines attached to the
outside of the building, and lifting gear used in connection
with those appliances or machines, shall be treated as being
in the building.
(5) Where, under subsection (1), any provision is applied
containing a reference to the factory records, then, in
relation to matters in respect of which the owner of the
building is responsible, that reference shall be taken as a
reference to records to be kept by him, and section 79 (2)
shall apply in relation to any such records as if the owner
were the occupier of a factory. [66

Docks, etc. 74.—(1) The provisions of this Act specified in sub­

section (2) shall apply to every dock, wharf or quay in or for
the purposes of which mechanical power is used —
(a) as if it were a factory; and
(b) as if the person having the actual use or occupation
of it or of any premises within it or forming part
of it, were the occupier of a factory.
(2) The said provisions are —
(a) Part I;
(b) Part II;
 (c) the provisions of Part V with respect to steam
boilers, steam receivers and steam containers
(including the provisions relating to the exemp­
tion of steam boilers) and air receivers but with
the modification that the owner of the boiler,
receiver or container shall, instead of the person
deemed to be the occupier, be responsible for
any contravention of those provisions;
(d) the provisions of Part V with respect to the power
of the Chief Inspector to make orders and the
power of the Minister to make orders;
(e) sections 67 and 68;
(f) the provisions of Part IX with respect to factory
records, subject to such modifications as may be
made by rules made by the Commissioner and
the provisions of that Part with respect to duties
of persons employed, and the prohibition of
deductions from wages;
(g) the provisions of Part X with respect to powers and
duties of inspectors;
(h) Part XI; and
(i) Part XII.
(3) Subject to subsection (4), subsection (2) (b), (c), (d),
(e), (f), (g), (h) and (i), shall (subject to the modification in
paragraph (c) ) apply to the processes of loading, unloading
or bunkering of any ship in any dock or harbour and to all
machinery or plant used in those processes, as if the
processes were carried on in a factory and the machinery or
plant were machinery or plant in a factory and the person
who carries on those processes were the occupier of a
factory.
(4) The provisions of this Act mentioned in subsection
(2) (c) and (d) shall not apply in relation to any such
machinery or plant which is on board a ship and is the
property of the ship owner.
(5) For the purposes of subsections (3) and (4), “plant”
includes any gangway or ladder used by any person
employed to load or unload or bunker a ship. [67

75.—(1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), the Ships.

provisions of this Act specified in subsection (2) shall apply
 to any work carried out in a harbour or wet dock in
constructing, re-constructing, repairing, refitting, painting,
finishing or breaking up a ship, or in scaling, scurfing or
cleaning boilers (including combustion chambers and smoke
boxes) in a ship, or in cleaning any tank, bilges or holds in a
ship; and for the purposes of those provisions as so applying
the ship shall be deemed to be a factory, and any person
undertaking the work shall be deemed to be the occupier of
a factory.
(2) The provisions referred to in subsection (1) are:
(a) Part I;
(b) Part II;
(c) sections 14 and 15 (1);
(d) the provisions of Part V with respect to electrical
installations and equipment, training and super­
vision of inexperienced workers, lifting gear,
lifting appliances and lifting machines, air
receivers, prevention of fire, powers and duties
of the Chief Inspector to make orders, power of
the Minister to make orders to prohibit work or
processes in certain circumstances, and notifica­
tion of accidents and dangerous occurrences;
19/78. (e) sections 21 (1), 22 (1) and (2), 33 (2), (3), (5), (7),
(8), (9), (10), (14) and (15), 34 (1), (3), (4), (5),
(6), (7), (8) and (9), 35 (4), (5) and (6) and 47
(1), (2) and (3);
(f) Part VII except those provisions with respect to
meals in certain dangerous trades;
(g) the provisions of Part IX with respect to factory
records subject to such modifications as may be
made by rules made by the Commissioner and
the provisions of that Part with respect to the
duties of persons employed and the prohibition
of deductions from wages;
(h) the provisions of Part X with respect to the powers
and duties of the inspector;
(i) Part XI; and
(j) Part XII.
(3) The Chief Inspector may by a certificate in writing
grant, subject to any conditions specified in the certificate,
to any person named in the certificate exemption from
compliance with any of the provisions of this Act specified
in subsection (2) in respect of any work carried out on or in
any ship.
(4) Nothing in this Act shall apply to any such work as
aforesaid done by the master or owner of a ship or done on
board the ship during a trial run. [68

76.—(1) The provisions of this Act mentioned in this Premises in

which steam
subsection shall apply to any premises (not being premises boilers and
forming part of a factory, or premises to which the applica­ air receivers
tion of this Act is otherwise extended by this Part) other are used.

than private domestic premises, in which a steam boiler or

air receiver is used, as if the premises were a factory and as
if the person having the actual use or occupation of the
premises were the occupier of a factory:
(a) Part I;
(b) Part II;
(c) the provisions of Part V with respect to steam
boilers, steam receivers and steam containers
(including the provisions relating to the exemp­
tion of steam boilers) and air receivers so
however that the owner of the boiler, receiver or
container shall, instead of the person deemed to
be the occupier, be responsible for any contra­
vention of those provisions in so far as they
relate to matters within his control;
(d) the provisions of Part V as to the power of the
Chief Inspector to make orders and the power of
the Minister to make orders;
(e) section 67;
(f) the provisions of Part IX with respect to factory
records, subject to such modifications as may be
made by rules made by the Commissioner, and
the provisions of that Part with respect to the
duties of persons employed;
(g) the provisions of Part X with respect to the powers
and duties of inspectors;
(h) Part XI; and
(i) Part XII.
(2) The occupier of any premises (not being premises
forming part of a factory) in which a steam boiler or air
 receiver is intended to be taken into use in the premises
shall send to the Chief Inspector a written notice containing
the particulars set out in the Eighth Schedule to seek the
approval of the Chief Inspector before the steam boiler or
receiver is taken into use in the premises. [69

Regulations 77.—(1) The Minister may make regulations in regard to

in respect health, safety and welfare in respect of the following classes
of building
operations, of premises, processes, and operations:
etc.
(a) warehouses not forming part of a factory;
(b) building operations undertaken by way of trade or
business, or for the purpose of any industrial or
commercial undertaking, and any line or siding
which is used in connection therewith and for
the purposes thereof and is not part of a railway;
and
(c) works of engineering construction undertaken by
way of trade or business, or for the purpose of
any industrial or commercial undertaking, and
any line or siding which is used in connection
therewith and for the purpose thereof and is not
part of a railway.
(2) Regulations made under subsection (1) may apply
any of the provisions of this Act to the classes of premises,
processes or operations therein mentioned.
(3) All regulations made under this section shall be
published in the Gazette and shall be presented to Parlia­
ment as soon as possible after publication. [70

Part IX
Miscellaneous
Periodical 78. In respect of any periodical examination required by
examinations this Act or by any regulations made thereunder to be carried
when a boiler
inspector or out either by an authorised boiler inspector or by an
an approved approved person, in the event of that examination not
person not
available. having been done within the specified period by reason of
the occupier or owner not having been able to arrange for
an authorised boiler inspector or an approved person, as the
case may be, to carry out that examination, he shall
forthwith notify the Chief Inspector by registered post of the
circumstances and shall give particulars of the machinery or
plant concerned and of the date of the last examination
carried out as required by this Act or by any regulations
made thereunder and by whom it was carried out. There­
after and until 30 days after the Chief Inspector has notified
the occupier or owner, as the case may be, of an authorised
boiler inspector or an approved person, as the case may be,
who has agreed to carry out the examination within the next
30 days, the occupier or owner, as the case may be, shall not
be guilty of an offence by reason only of the contravention
of the particular provision requiring that examination.
[71

79. —(1) There shall be kept in every factory the Factory

following factory records: records.
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(a) the certificate of registration or the provisional
factory permit of the factory;
(b) every other certificate issued in respect of the
factory by the Chief Inspector under the
provisions of this Act;
(c) the prescribed particulars as to every dangerous
occurrence, accident and industrial disease
occurring in the factory of which notice is
required to be sent to the Chief Inspector under
sections 51 and 67; and
(d) all reports and particulars prepared in respect of
the factory under the provisions of this Act.
(2) Such factory records shall be kept available for
inspection by an inspector for at least 5 years or such other
period as may be prescribed for any class or description of
factory records, after the date thereof. [72
80. No person employed in a factory or in any other place Duties of
to which any provisions of this Act apply shall wilfully persons
employed.
interfere with or misuse any means, appliance, convenience
or other thing provided in pursuance of this Act for securing
the health, safety or welfare of the persons employed in the
factory or place, and where any means or appliance for
securing health or safety is provided for the use of any such
person under this Act, he shall use the means or appliance.
[73
81. No person employed in a factory or in any other place Persons
employed
to which any provisions of this Act apply shall wilfully and not to cause
without reasonable cause do anything likely to endanger danger.
himself or others. [74
Prohibition 82. The occupier of a factory shall not, in respect of
of deductions anything to be done or provided by him in pursuance of this
from wages.
Act, make any deduction from the sum contracted to be
paid by him to any person employed, or receive, or allow
any person in his employment to receive, any payment from
any such person. [75

Part X
Administration
Administra­ 83. The Commissioner shall be responsible for the
tion of this administration of this Act. [76
Act.

Appointment 84. —(1) The Minister may appoint a Chief Inspector and
of inspectors. such other inspectors and officers as he thinks necessary
(under whatever title he may from time to time determine)
for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Notice of the appointment of every inspector shall be
published in the Gazette.
(3) Every inspector shall be furnished with a certificate of
his appointment, and when visiting a factory or place to
which any of the provisions of this Act apply, shall, if so
required, produce the certificate to the occupier or foreman
or other responsible person in the factory. [77

Powers of 85. —(1) An inspector shall, for the purpose of the execu­
inspectors. tion of this Act, have power to do all or any of the following
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things:
(a) to enter, inspect and examine, by day or by night, a
factory, and every part thereof when he has
reasonable cause to believe that any person is
employed therein, and to enter, inspect and
examine by day, any place which he has reason­
able cause to believe to be a factory and any part
of any building of which a factory forms part and
in which he has reasonable cause to believe that
explosive or highly inflammable materials are
stored or used and to exercise such powers as
may be necessary to inspect and examine any
machinery, plant, appliance or fitting therein;
(b) to take with him a police officer if he has reason­
able cause to apprehend any serious obstruction
in the execution of his duty;
(c) to require the production of factory records,
certificates, notices and documents kept in
pursuance of this Act and to inspect, examine
and copy any of them;
(d) to make such examination and inquiry as may be
necessary to ascertain whether the provisions of
this Act and of Parts VIII, IX, and XI of the
Employment Act are complied with, so far as Cap. 91.
regards a factory and any person employed in a
factory;
(e) to require any person whom he finds in a factory to
give such information as it is in his power to give
as to who is the occupier of the factory;
(f) to examine orally any person supposed to be
acquainted with the facts and circumstances of
any accident or dangerous occurrence, or with
respect to matters under this Act, and to reduce
into writing any statement made by the person
so examined; and such person shall be bound to
state truly the facts and circumstances with
which he is acquainted concerning the accident
or dangerous occurrence, or with respect to
matters under this Act, except only that he may
decline to make with regard to any fact or
circumstances a statement which would have a
tendency to expose him to a criminal charge, or
to a penalty or forfeiture; and a statement made
as aforesaid by any person shall be read over to
him and shall, after correction, if necessary, be
signed by him;
(g) to require by order in writing the attendance before
himself of any person, being within the limits of
Singapore, who, from information given or
otherwise, appears to be acquainted with the
facts and circumstances of any accident or
dangerous occurrence, or with respect to
matters under this Act, and that person shall
attend as so required; and if any person fails to
attend as so required, to report such failure to a
Magistrate who may thereupon issue a warrant
to secure the attendance of that person as
required by such order as aforesaid;
 (h) in the case of an inspector who is a registered
medical practitioner, to carry out such medical
examinations as may be necessary for the
purposes of his duties under this Act;
(i) to take samples of any material whether solid,
liquid, gaseous or vaporous being discharged
from a factory;
(j) to take such photographs as he thinks necessary to
record the conditions in a factory and the
processes carried on therein which may be
dangerous to the safety or health of the persons
employed in the factory;
(k) to take into custody any article in the factory which
is required for the purpose of an investigation or
inquiry under this Act and to release the article
as soon as may be practicable after it has been
examined and tested;
(l) to require any person whom he finds in the factory
to produce his identity card for inspection for
the purpose of an investigation or inquiry under
this Act.
19/78. (2) The occupier of every factory, his agents and
employees and any person who is found in a factory, shall
furnish the means required by an inspector as necessary for
an entry, inspection, examination, inquiry, the taking of
samples or otherwise for the exercise of his powers under
this Act in relation to that factory.
(3) If any person wilfully delays an inspector in the
exercise of any power under this section, or fails to comply
with the requisition of an inspector in pursuance of this
section or to produce any record, certificate, notice or
document which he is required by or in pursuance of this
Act to produce, or wilfully withholds any information as to
who is the occupier of any factory, or conceals or prevents
or attempts to conceal or prevent, a person from appearing
before or being examined by an inspector, that person shall
be deemed to obstruct an inspector in the execution of his
duties under this Act.
(4) Where any inspector is obstructed in the execution of
his powers or duties under this Act, the person obstructing
him shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on
conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprison­
ment for a term not exceeding 3 months.
(5) Any certificate or notice issued by the Chief Inspector
under the provisions of this Act may be issued for a limited
period or without limit of period and may be varied or
revoked by the Chief Inspector. [78

86.—(1) An inspector may prosecute or conduct before a Power of

inspector to
Magistrate’s Court or District Court any charge, informa­ conduct
tion, complaint or other proceeding arising under this Act, proceedings
or in the discharge of his duty as an inspector. before a
Magistrate’s
Court or
(2) It shall not be an objection to the competency of an District
inspector to give evidence as a witness in any prosecution Court.
for an offence under this Act that the prosecution is brought
at his instance, or conducted by him. [79

87. No person shall otherwise than in the performance of Persons not

to reveal
his duties reveal any manufacturing or commercial secret secrets.
which may at any time come to his knowledge in the course of
his duty as an inspector. If any person acts in contravention of
this section he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable
on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprison­
ment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. [80

Part XI
Offences, Penalties and Legal Proceedings
88.—(1) In the event of any contravention in, or in Offences.
connection with, or in relation to, a factory of the provisions
of this Act or of any regulations, rules or orders made
thereunder, the occupier or (if the contravention is one in
respect of which the owner is by or under this Act made
responsible) the owner of the factory shall, subject as
hereafter in this Act provided, be guilty of an offence.
(2) In the event of a contravention by an employed
person of the provisions of Part IX with respect to duties of
persons employed or of a contravention by any person of
any regulations, rules or orders made under this Act which
expressly impose any duty upon him, that person shall be
guilty of an offence and the occupier or owner, as the case
may be, shall not be guilty of an offence by reason only of
the contravention of the provisions of Part IX, or the
contravention of the provision imposing the duty, as the
case may be, unless it is proved that he failed to take all
reasonable steps to prevent the contravention; but this
subsection shall not be taken as affecting any liability of the
occupier or owner in respect of the same matters by virtue
of some provision other than the provisions or provision
aforesaid.
(3) An employed person who has contravened section 80
may be arrested without warrant by any police officer or by
an inspector authorised in writing in that behalf by the
Commissioner and taken before a Magistrate’s Court and
shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 and
in the case of a second or subsequent conviction to a fine not
exceeding $2,000.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3) or any other written
law for the time being in force, any police officer or any
inspector who, having effected an arrest in accordance with
subsection (3), is satisfied as to the identity, name and place
of residence of the person arrested, may in his discretion
instead of taking him before a Court or to a police station
serve upon the person a notice, in such form as may be
prescribed under section 102, requiring the person to attend
at the Court described at the hour and on the date specified
in the notice.
(5) For the purpose of satisfying himself as to the identity
of the person arrested, such police officer or inspector may
require the person arrested to furnish such evidence of
identity as he may think necessary.
(6) A duplicate of the notice referred to in subsection (4)
shall be prepared by the police officer or inspector, as the
case may be, and, if so required by a Court, produced by
him to the Court.
(7) On an accused person appearing before a Court in
pursuance of a notice referred to in subsection (4), the
Court shall take cognizance of the offence alleged and shall
proceed as though he were produced before it in pursuance
of subsection (3).
(8) If a person upon whom such a notice has been served
as aforesaid fails to appear before a Court in accordance
therewith, the Court shall thereupon issue a warrant for the
arrest of that person.
(9) Upon a person arrested in pursuance of a warrant
issued under subsection (8) being produced before it, a
Court shall proceed as though he were produced before it in
pursuance of subsection (3) and shall at the conclusion of
the proceedings call upon him to show cause why he should
not be punished for failing to attend in compliance with the
notice delivered to him and if cause is not shown may order
him to pay such penalty not exceeding $2,000 or may
commit him to prison for a term not exceeding 2 months.
(10) If the occupier of a factory avails himself of any
special exception allowed by or under this Act and fails to
comply with any of the conditions attached to the exception,
he shall be deemed to have contravened the provisions of
this Act.
(11) If persons are employed in a factory otherwise than
in accordance with the provisions of this Act or of any
regulations, rules or orders made thereunder, there shall be
deemed to be a separate contravention in respect of each
person so employed.
(12) Where an offence under this Act committed by a
company, co-operative society or other body of persons is
proved to have been committed with the consent or conni­
vance of, or to have been facilitated by any neglect on the
part of, any director, chairman, manager, secretary or other
officer of the company, co-operative society or other body
of persons, he, as well as the company, co-operative society
or other body of persons, shall be deemed to be guilty of the
offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and
punished accordingly. [81

89.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Part, Penalty

for offences
any person guilty of an offence under this Act for which no for which
express penalty is provided by this Act shall be liable on no express
conviction — penalty is
provided.
(a) if he is an employed person, to a fine not exceeding 19/78.
$1,000; and
(b) in any other case, to a fine not exceeding $2,000,
and, if the contravention in respect of which he was so
convicted continues after the conviction, he shall (subject to
section 90) be guilty of a further offence and shall be liable
in respect thereof to a fine not exceeding $100 for every day
during which the contravention was so continued.
(2) In relation to a contravention which was likely to
cause the death of, or bodily injury to, any person, the
 person guilty of an offence shall be liable on conviction to a
fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term
not exceeding 6 months or to both and, if the contravention
in respect of which he was so convicted continues after the
conviction, he shall (subject to section 90) be guilty of a
further offence and shall be liable in respect thereof to a fine
not exceeding $1,000 for every day during which the
contravention was so continued.
27/79. (3) In relation to a contravention which results in the
death of, or serious bodily injury to, any person, the person
guilty of an offence shall be liable on conviction to a fine not
exceeding $25,000 or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding one year or to both. [82

Power of 90. Where the occupier or owner of a factory is convicted

court to of an offence under this Act, the court may, in addition to or
order cause
of contra­ instead of imposing any penalty, order him, within the time
vention to specified in the order, to take such steps as may be so
be remedied.
specified for remedying the matters in respect of which the
contravention occurred, and may, on application, enlarge
the time so specified, and where such an order is made, the
occupier or owner shall not be liable under this Act in
respect of the continuation of the contravention during the
time allowed by the court; but if after the expiration of that
time as originally specified or enlarged by a subsequent
order, the order is not complied with, the occupier or
owner, as the case may be, shall be liable on conviction to a
fine not exceeding $300 for every day during which the non-­
compliance was so continued. [83

Forgery of 91. If any person —

certificates,
false entries (а) forges or counterfeits any certificate required by,
and false under, or for the purposes of, this Act, or any
declarations.
regulations, rules or orders made thereunder;
(b) gives or signs any such certificate knowing it to be
false in any material particular;
(c) knowingly utters or makes use of any such
certificate so forged, counterfeited, or false as
aforesaid;
(d) knowingly utters or makes use of, as applying to
any person, any such certificate which does not
so apply;
 (e) personates any person named in any such
certificate;
(f) falsely pretends to be an inspector;
(g) wilfully connives at any such forging, counter­
feiting, giving, signing, uttering, making use,
personating or pretending as aforesaid;
(h) wilfully makes a false entry in any factory record,
notice, certificate or document required by,
under or for the purposes of this Act or any
regulations, rules or orders made thereunder to
be kept or served or sent;
(i) wilfully makes or signs a false declaration required
by, under or for the purposes of this Act or any
regulations, rules or orders made thereunder; or
(j) knowingly makes use of any such false entry or
declaration as aforesaid,
he shall, without prejudice to any other penalty, be guilty of
an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not
exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding 6 months. [84

92. Where an act or default for which any person is liable Penalty on
under this Act is in fact the act or default of some other persons
actually
person then that other person shall be guilty of an offence committing
and shall be liable on conviction to the like penalty as if he offence for
which other
were the first-mentioned person. [85 person is
liable.
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93.—(1) Where a person is charged with an offence Power of

person
under this Act, he shall be entitled, upon a charge duly primarily
made by him and on giving to the prosecution not less than 3 liable
days’ notice in writing of his intention, to have any other to exempt
himself from
person whom he charges as the actual offender (whether or liability.
not that person is his agent or employee) brought before the 19/78.
court at the time appointed for hearing the charge; and if,
after the commission of the offence has been proved, the
first-mentioned person proves to the satisfaction of the
court —
(a) that he has used all due diligence to enforce the
execution of this Act and of any relevant regula­
tions, rules or orders made thereunder; and
 (b) that the said other person had committed the
offence in question without his consent,
connivance or wilful default,
that other person shall be convicted of the offence and the
first-mentioned person shall not be guilty of the offence,
and the person so convicted shall, in the discretion of the
court, be also liable to pay any costs incidental to the
proceedings.
(2) The prosecution shall have the right in any such case
to cross-examine the first-mentioned person if he gives
evidence and any witnesses called by him in support of his
charge, and to call rebutting evidence.
(3) When it is made to appear to the satisfaction of an
inspector at the time of discovering an offence —
(a) that the person who would be proceeded against
apart from this subsection has used all due
diligence to enforce the execution of this Act
and of any relevant regulations, rules or orders
made thereunder;
(b) by what person the offence has been committed;
and
(c) that it has been committed without the consent,
connivance or wilful default of the first-­
mentioned person and in contravention of
his orders,
the inspector shall proceed against the person whom he
believes to be the actual offender without first proceeding
against the first-mentioned person.
(4) In determining for the purposes of the provisions of
Part V with respect to prime movers, transmission
machinery, and other machinery, whether any part of
machinery is in such a position as to be as safe to every
person employed or working on the premises as it would be
if securely fenced, no account shall be taken of any person
approaching such part if it can be shown to the satisfaction
of the court —
(a) that the occupier or owner (as the case may be) of
the factory has used all due diligence to enforce
the execution of this Act and of any relevant
regulations, rules or orders made thereunder;
 (b) that the approach was made without the consent,
connivance or wilful default of the occupier or
owner and in contravention of his orders; and
(c) that the act of approaching was of such a nature as
to amount to serious and wilful misconduct on
the part of the person doing such act. [86

94. Where, under this Act, any person is substituted for Proceedings
against
another with respect to any provisions of this Act, any persons not
order, summons, notice or proceeding which, for the primarily
purpose of any of those provisions, is by or under this Act liable.
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required or authorised to be served on or taken in relation
to that other person, is hereby required or authorised (as
the case may be) to be served on or taken in relation to the
first-mentioned person. [87

95. Where in a factory the owner or hirer of a machine or Owner of

machine
implement moved by mechanical power is some person liable in
other than the occupier of the factory, the owner or hirer certain
shall, so far as respects any offence under this Act cases
instead of
committed in relation to a person who is employed in or occupier.
about or in connection with that machine or implement, and
is in the employment or pay of the owner or hirer, be
deemed to be the occupier of the factory. [87a

96. —(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any written Prosecution

law to the contrary, a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court of offences.
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shall have jurisdiction to try any offence and to award the
full punishment for any such offence, excepting that a
Magistrate’s Court shall not impose a sentence of imprison­
ment for a term exceeding one year.
(2) In any proceedings under this Act, it shall be suffi­
cient in the charge or information to allege that the factory
is a factory within the meaning of this Act and to state the
name of the ostensible occupier of the factory or, where the
occupier is a firm, the title of the firm; and the burden of
proving that the premises are not a factory, or that the
occupier specified in the charge or information is not the
occupier of the factory, shall lie upon the person alleging
such fact.
(3) Where any offence is committed under this Act by
reason of a failure to make an examination, enter a report,
or do any other thing, at or within a time specified by this
 Act or any regulations, rules or orders made thereunder,
the offence shall be deemed to continue until the examina­
tion is made, or the report entered, or the other thing done,
as the case may be. [88

Power to 97. The Chief Inspector may compound any offence

compound under this Act by accepting from the person reasonably
offences.
19/78. suspected of committing such offence a sum of money not
exceeding $200. [88a

Special 98. Where any entry is required by this Act or by any

provisions as regulations, rules or orders made thereunder to be made in
to evidence.
the factory records or in any other record, the entry made
by the occupier of the factory or on his behalf shall, as
against him, be admissible as evidence of the facts therein
stated, and the fact that any entry so required with respect
to the observance of any provision of this Act or of any
regulations, rules or orders made thereunder has not been
made, shall be admissible as evidence that the provision has
not been observed. [89

Service and 99. —(1) Any document (including any summons or

sending of
documents,
order) required or authorised to be served under this Act
etc. may be served —
(a) on any person by delivering it to him, or by leaving
it at, or sending it by registered post to, his
residence;
(b) on any firm by delivering it to any partner of the
firm, or by leaving it at, or sending it by
registered post to, an office of the firm;
(c) on the owner or occupier of a factory (including
any such owner or occupier being a company
Cap. 50. registered under the Companies Act, or a
co-operative society registered under the
Cap. 62. Co-operative Societies Act) in any such manner
as aforesaid or by delivering it, or a true copy
thereof, to the manager, foreman or other
responsible person at the factory.
(2) Any such document may be addressed, for the
purpose of the service thereof on the occupier of a factory,
to “the occupier” at the proper postal address of the
factory, without further name or description.
 (3) Subsections (1) and (2) shall apply, with the necessary
modifications, to documents required or authorised under
this Act to be sent to any person, firm, owner or occupier,
and to the sending, addressing and delivery of such
documents. [90

100. If by reason of an agreement between the owner and Power to

the occupier of premises the whole or any part of which has modify
agreements.
been let as a factory the owner or occupier is prevented
from carrying out any structural or other alterations in the
premises which are necessary to enable him to comply with
the provisions of this Act or of any regulations, rules or
orders made under this Act or in order to conform with any
standard or requirement imposed by or under this Act, he
may apply to the High Court for the terms of the agreement
to be set aside or modified; and the Court, after hearing the
parties and any witnesses whom they may desire to call, may
make such an order setting aside or modifying the terms of
the agreement as the Court considers just and equitable in
the circumstances of the case. [91

101. Where in any premises the whole or any part of Power to

apportion
which has been let as a factory any structural or other expenses.
alterations are required in order to comply with the
provisions of this Act or of any regulations, rules or orders
made thereunder or in order to conform with any standard
or requirement imposed by or under this Act, and the owner
or occupier (as the case may be) alleges that the whole or
part of the expenses of the alterations ought to be borne by
the occupier or owner, the owner or occupier may apply to
the High Court for the expenses of the alterations to be
apportioned between them; and the Court may, after
hearing the parties and any witnesses whom they may desire
to call, make such an order concerning the apportionment
of their expenses as the Court considers just and equitable
in the circumstances of the case, regard being had to the
terms of any contract between the parties, or in the
alternative, the Court may, at the request of the owner or
occupier, determine the lease. [92

Part XII
General
102. —(1) The Minister may make regulations generally Regulations.
for carrying out the provisions of this Act and without
 prejudice to such general powers may make regulations
providing for —
(a) the lighting, ventilation, temperature, humidity
and hygiene in factories, the fixing of standards
therefor, and the means, if any, required for
removing impurities from the air in workrooms
and for reducing excessive heat in factories;
(b) the control and disposal of any poisonous or
noxious materials, whether solid, liquid,
gaseous or vaporous;
(c) the fees to be paid in respect of any matter or thing
done under this Act;
(d) the issue of certificates of competency to persons
taking charge of or operating steam boilers or
internal combustion engines, the nature of the
examination for such certificates of competency,
the constitution of a board of examiners, the
form of the certificates of competency, and the
fees to be paid for such examination and
certificates;
(e) all matters stated or required in this Act to be
prescribed.
(2) Such regulations may impose duties on owners,
employed persons and other persons as well as occupiers.
(3) All such regulations shall be published in the Gazette
and shall be presented to Parliament as soon as possible
after publication. [93

Advisory 103. —(1) For the purpose of giving advice and assistance
Council for in regard to matters affecting safety, health and welfare in
Industrial
Health and factories, the Minister shall appoint an advisory council to
Safety. be called the Advisory Council for Industrial Health and
Safety.
(2) The Minister may by order make provisions with
respect to the constitution and procedure of the Council.
(3) Every person appointed to the Council shall hold
office for such period as may be specified by the Minister in
making the appointment. [94

Power of 104. The Minister may, by order published in the

Minister
to amend
Gazette, amend any of the Schedules. [95
Schedules.
 105. Except where otherwise provided the provisions of Saving.
this Act shall be in addition to and not in substitution for or
diminution of the provisions of any other Act for the time
being in force. [96

106. —(1) All subsidiary legislation made under the Transitional

provisions.
Factories Act, repealed by this Act, and in force immedi­ 1970 Ed.
ately before the commencement of this Act shall, so far as it Cap. 123.
is not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue
in force as if made under this Act.
(2) Any appointment made or having effect as if made,
authorisation or permit granted or having effect as if
granted, approval, consent, designation, direction or notice
issued, given or delivered or having effect as if issued, given
or delivered, condition, prohibition or requirement imposed
or attached or having effect as if imposed or attached, or
other thing done or having effect as if done, under the
Factories Act, repealed by this Act, could have been
granted, issued, given, delivered, imposed, attached or
done under a corresponding provision of this Act, shall have
effect as if made, granted, issued, given, delivered,
imposed, attached or done under that corresponding
provision.
(3) Any register kept, registration effected, certificates
issued or having effect as if issued, notice or information
given, return made or other thing done under the Factories
Act, repealed by this Act, which, immediately before the
commencement of this Act, was of force or effect shall
continue in force and have effect as if kept, effected, issued,
given, made or done under the corresponding provision of
this Act.
(4) Any form used and any requirement as to the
particulars to be entered in any form used for the purposes
of the Factories Act, repealed by this Act, which was of
force or effect immediately before the commencement of
this Act shall continue in force and have effect as though
prescribed under this Act until forms or particulars are so
prescribed. [97
 FIRST SCHEDULE

Form A Section 9 (2).

S 125/79.
The Factories Act
(Chapter 104)

Particulars to be Submitted by Occupiers or Intending Occupiers

of Factories other than Building Operations or
Works of Engineering Construction

Instructions: 1. This form should be completed in triplicate.

2. Please submit three sets of layout plan.
3. Delete where inapplicable.*

1. Name of occupier/intending occupier* of the factory

2. Particulars of sole proprietor/partners/directors*

S’pore NRIC No./

Name (with Chinese
Position Work Permit No./
characters, if Address
in company Employment
applicable)
Pass No.

3. Name of factory

4. Postal address of occupier/intending occupier*

Singapore

5. Telephone No.

6. Location of factory

Singapore

7. Nature of work/proposed work*

 FIRST SCHEDULE — continued

8. Number of workers 9. Number of shifts

Male: Female:

10. Type of establishment 11. Whether mechanical

Govt. Dept./Statutory Board/ power used
Private Enterprise*
Yes/No*

12. Number of machines used

a. Power press: c. Guillotine machine: e. Woodworking

machine:

b. Forklift: d. Plastic injection f. Motor vehicle other

moulding machine: than forklift:

13. Other machines (please specify type and number)

14. Number of pressure vessels used

a. Steam boiler: b. Steam receiver: c. Air receiver:

15. Name of Safety Officer (if any)

16. Name of Chairman and Secretary of Safety Committee (if any)

17. If it is intended to discharge any material, whether solid, liquid, gaseous or

vaporous from the factory, please give the following particulars:
a. Position of the discharge

b. Composition of the material

c. Means by which the discharge is to be disposed of

I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge the particulars given above
are correct.

Date Signature of Occupier/

Intending Occupier*
 FIRST SCHEDULE — continued

Form B Section 9 (2).

S 125/79.
The Factories Act
(Chapter 104)

Particulars to be Submitted by Occupiers or

Intending Occupiers of Premises Undertaking Building
Operations or Works of Engineering Construction

Instructions: 1. This form should be completed in triplicate.

2. Please submit a set of layout plan, a site plan and
a safety programme.
3. Delete where inapplicable.*

1. Name of occupier/intending occupier* 2. Telephone No.

3. Postal address

Singapore

4. Particulars of sole proprietor/partners/directors*

S’pore NRIC No./

Name (with Chinese
Position Work Permit No./
characters, if Address
in company Employment
applicable)
Pass No.

5. Location of worksite (where applicable, state number of neighbourhood, phase

and contract)

6. Building Plan No. 7. Mukim/T.S. 8. Lot No.

9. Nature and description of work (where applicable, state number of storeys and
blocks of buildings to be constructed)
 FIRST SCHEDULE — continued

10. Number of workers 11. Number of shifts

Male: Female:

12. Type of establishment

Govt. Dept./Statutory Board/Private Enterprise*

13. Number of machinery used or intended to be used

a. Lifting equipment
(i) Passenger hoist (ii) Material hoist

(iii) Lifting machine (iv) Lifting appliance

(v) Lifting gear (vi) Others

b. Pressure vessels
(i) Steam boiler (ii) Steam receiver

(iii) Air receiver (iv) Others

c. Type and number of other machinery used or intended to be used

14. Date or expected date of commencement 15. Expected date of

of work completion

16. Particulars of site safety supervisor (if any)

a. Name b. NRIC No.

17. Name of Chairman and Secretary of Safety Committee (if any)

18. Nature of explosives (if used or intended to be used)

PARTICULARS OF DEVELOPER

19. Name of company 20. Telephone No.

21. Postal address

Singapore
 FIRST SCHEDULE — continued

22. Particulars of sole proprietor/partners/directors of developer*

S’pore NRIC No./

Name (with Chinese
Position Work Permit No./
characters, if Address
in company Employment
applicable)
Pass No.

23. Please submit on separate sheets a list of projects (giving name, location,
commencement and completion dates of each project) undertaken by the
developer or companies owned partly or wholly by the sole proprietor,
partners or directors of the developer for the past 3 years.

I hereby certify that to the best of my knowledge the particulars given above
are correct.

Date Signature of Occupier/

Intending Occupier*
 SECOND SCHEDULE

Form A Section 9 (3).

S 54/80.
The Factories Act Factory No.
(Chapter 104)

Certificate of Registration of a Factory

I hereby certify that the factory named below has been duly registered in
pursuance of section 9 of the Factories Act.

Name of factory

Name of occupier

Address of factory

Nature of work

Number of workers

Whether mechanical power is used

Expiry date

Fee due
Chief Inspector of Factories VALUE LABEL

This certificate is not valid unless an official value label which serves as a
receipt for the amount stated is affixed thereto.
 SECOND SCHEDULE — continued

Form B Section 9 (5).

S 54/80.
The Factories Act Factory No.
(Chapter 104)

Provisional Factory Permit of a Factory

I hereby certify that the factory named below has been duly registered in
pursuance of section 9 of the Factories Act.

Name of factory

Name of occupier

Address of factory

Nature of work

Number of workers

Whether mechanical power is used

Expiry date

Fee due
Chief Inspector of Factories VALUE LABEL

This permit is not valid unless an official value label which serves as a receipt
for the amount stated is affixed thereto.
 THIRD SCHEDULE Section 32.

Register of Lifting Gear, Lifting Appliances

and Lifting Machines

(A separate page to be used for each lifting gear,

lifting appliance or lifting machine)

To be entered on the cover of the register.

The number of the certificate of registration of the factory ................................
Signature of occupier or his representative ..........................................................
To be entered on each page.
1. Description of gear, appliance or machine....................................................

2. Distinctive number or other means of identification....................................

3. Date when first taken into use in the factory ................................................

4. Date and number of the certificate of test and examination required by

section 30 (2) or section 31 (1) (c) and the name and address of the person
who issued the certificate ................................................................................

5. Date of each examination required by section 31 (6), the name of the

person who carried it out, particulars of any defect found and the steps to
remedy such defect ..........................................................................................

6. Date of each annealing or other heat treatment required by section 30 (5)

and by whom it was carried out ......................................................................
 FOURTH SCHEDULE Sections 7 and 51.

Classes of Dangerous Occurrences

1. Bursting of a revolving vessel, wheel, grindstone or grinding wheel moved

by mechanical power.
2. Collapse or failure of a crane, derrick, winch, hoist, piling frame, or other
appliance used in raising or lowering persons or goods, or any part thereof (except
breakage of chain or rope slings), or the overturning of a crane.
3. Explosion or fire causing damage to the structure of any room or place in
which persons are employed, or to any machine or plant contained therein, and
resulting in the complete suspension of ordinary work in the room or place or
stoppage of machinery or plant for not less than 5 hours, where the explosion or fire
is due to the ignition of dust, gas or vapour, or the ignition of celluloid or substance
composed wholly or in part of celluloid.
4. Electrical short circuit or failure of electrical machinery, plant or
apparatus, attended by explosion or fire or causing structural damage thereto, and
involving its stoppage or disuse for not less than 5 hours.
5. Explosion or fire affecting any room in which persons are employed and
causing complete suspension of ordinary work therein for not less than 24 hours.
6. Explosion or failure of structure of a steam boiler, or of a cast-iron
vulcaniser, or of a receiver or container used for the storage at a pressure greater
than atmospheric pressure of any gas or gases (including air) or any liquid or solid
resulting from the compression of gas.

FIFTH SCHEDULE Section 63 (1).

Processes Requiring Provision of Suitable Goggles

or Effective Screens

1. Dry grinding of metals, or articles of metal, by a revolving wheel or disc

driven by mechanical power at which a person or persons is or are employed.
2. Turning (external or internal) of non-ferrous metals, or of cast iron, or of
articles of such metals or such iron, where the work is done dry, other than
precision turning where the use of goggles or a screen would seriously interfere with
the work, or turning by means of hand tools.
3. Welding or cutting of metals by means of an electrical, oxy-acetylene or
similar process.
4. The following processes when carried on by means of hand tools or other
portable tools:
(a) fettling of metal castings involving the removal of metal;
(b) cutting out or cutting off (not including drilling or punching back) of
cold rivets or bolts from boilers or other plant or from ships;
(c) chipping or scaling of boilers or ships’ plates;
(d) breaking or dressing of stone, concrete or slag;
5. The sanding of wood by mechanical process.
 SIXTH SCHEDULE Section 67.
S 235/75.
S 228/85.
Notifiable Industrial Diseases
Aniline poisoning.
Anthrax.
Arsenical poisoning.
Asbestosis.
Barotrauma.
Beryllium poisoning.
Byssinosis.
Cadmium poisoning.
Carbon Bisulphide poisoning.
Chrome ulceration.
Chronic benzene poisoning.
Compressed air illness.
Epitheliomatous ulceration (due to tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil or paraffin
or any compound product or residue of any such substance).
Industrial dermatitis.
Lead poisoning.
Liver angiosarcoma.
Manganese poisoning.
Mercurial poisoning.
Mesothelioma.
Noise-induced deafness.
Occupational asthma.
Phosphorous poisoning.
Silicosis.
Toxic anaemia.
Toxic hepatitis.

SEVENTH SCHEDULE Section 69 (1).

Occupations Involving Special Risks to Health

1. Any occupations involving the use or handling of, or exposure to the

fumes, dust, or vapour of silica, asbestos, raw cotton dust, lead, mercury, arsenic,
phosphorus, carbon bisulphide, benzene, organic-phosphate, nitrous fumes, cad­
mium, beryllium.
2. Any occupations involving the use or handling of or exposure to tar, pitch,
bitumen, mineral oil (including paraffin), chromate acid, chromate or bichromate
of ammonium, potassium, zinc or sodium.
3. Any occupations involving exposure to x-rays, ionizing particles, radium
or other radio-active substances or other forms of radiant energy.
4. Any occupations or processes carried on in compressed air.
 EIGHTH SCHEDULE Section 76 (2).

Particulars to be Submitted by Occupiers of Premises

(other than Factories) in which a Steam Boiler or Air Receiver is Used

1. Name of the occupier of the premises.

2. Postal address and telephone number, if any, of the occupier.
3. Precise location of the premises.
4. Nature of the work carried on in the premises.
5. The following particulars in respect of each steam boiler or air receiver in
use:
(a) type, description and distinctive number;
(b) country and year of manufacture, where known;
(c) date of the last thorough examination and name of the person by whom
the examination was made;
(d) maximum permissible working pressure in newtons per square metre.

NINTH SCHEDULE Section 51.

19/78.
The Factories Act
(Chapter 104)

Notice of Accident/Dangerous Occurrence

(This notice shall be completed FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY

in triplicate by the occupier of a
factory or the actual employer of Case No.
the injured for each person
injured in an accident/dangerous Date Recorded
occurrence pursuant to section
51 (1) of the Factories Act and File No.
forwarded to the Chief Inspector
of Factories, Ministry of Labour, Code No.
Havelock Road, Singapore 0105).
Factory Registration
 NINTH SCHEDULE — continued

I. Particulars of Occupier

Name

Office address

Factory address

Type of Industry/Trade

II. Particulars of Employer (if different from occupier)

Name

Address

Type of Industry/Trade

Note:
The Chief Inspector of Factories must be informed of —
(а) any accident in a factory which —
(i) causes loss of life to a person employed in the factory;
(ii) disables any such person for more than 3 days from
earning full wages at the work at which he was
employed; or
(iii) causes any injury to any such person which requires
such person to be detained in a hospital for at least
24 hours for observation or treatment; and
(b) any dangerous occurrence (defined in the Act) taking place in
a factory.

III. Particulars of Injured/Deceased

Name NRIC No.

Address* Marital status

Age Sex
 NINTH SCHEDULE — continued

Race Occupation

Work Permit (if any) No. Citizenship

Period employed by present occupier/employer prior to accident

Period employed in present type of occupation prior to accident

Time the Injured/Deceased started work on the day of accident

Expected period of absence

IV. Particulars of Accident/Dangerous Occurrence

Date Time

Place

Nature of Injury

Description of machine involved, if any

Description of Accident/Dangerous Occurrence

* Address in Singapore.

I hereby certify that the particulars given in this form and in Appendix I are
correct to the best of my knowledge.

Date
Signature of Occupier/Employer

Tel.

For Official Use Only

Note: The person giving notice of an accident or of a dangerous occurrence should

complete Appendix I by inserting a tick (✓) in the appropriate boxes.
 APPENDIX I

Classification of Accident/Dangerous Occurrence

I. Nature of Injury
Abrasions Concussions and Fracture
Amputation internal injuries Freezing
Asphyxia Cuts Laceration
Burns (heat) Dislocation Multiple injuries
Burns (chemical) Effects of electric Poisoning
Bruises and current Puncture wound
contusions Effects of radiation Sprains and strains
Others

II. Part of Body Injured

Head and Upper Lower
Neck Extremities Body Extremities
Scalp Shoulder Back Hips Multiple
Skull Upper Chest Thighs locations
Eyes arms Abdomen Legs
Ears Elbow Pelvis Knee
Nose Forearm Groin Ankle
Mouth Wrist Others Feet
Teeth Hand Toes
Face Palm Others
Neck Fingers
Others Others

III. Type of Accident/Dangerous Occurrence

Struck against objects Contact with temperature extremes
Struck by sliding, falling, flying Exposure to or contact with
or other moving objects electric current
Caught in or between objects Exposure to or contact with
Fall or slip on same level harmful substances or radiations
Fall to different level Inhalation, absorption, ingestion,
Overexertion poisoning
Drowning
Others

IV. Agency of Accident/Dangerous Occurrence

Machines Floors or level surfaces
Lifting equipment Ladders
Transport equipment or vehicles Scaffolds and stagings
Hand tools Stairs or steps
Pressure vessels Explosive or inflammable substances
Furnaces, ovens, kilns Poisonous substances
Electrical equipment Others
 APPENDIX II (For Official Use Only)

Cause of Accident/Dangerous Occurrence

I. Hazardous Condition
Absence of guard rails Absence of safety appliance
Absence of safety guard Defective safety appliance
Inadequate guarding Improper appliance or equipment
Ineffective safety guard Ineffective protective equipment
Safety guard not properly adjusted Improper clothing
Faulty electrical installation Defective tools
Unsafe electrical appliance Unsound structure
Faulty machinery Improper illumination
Unsafe design or construction Improper ventilation
Poor housekeeping Unsafe place of work
Hazardous arrangement Other hazardous condition

II. Unsafe Act

Improper use of protective Improper or unsafe lifting or
equipment carrying
Failure to use personal protective Unsafe climbing
equipment Unsafe driving
Using improper or defective tools, Riding on loads, forklifts or other
equipment, vehicles or materials lifting equipment
Using tools, equipment, vehicles Taking an unsafe position
or materials unsafely Tampering with machinery in motion
Making safety devices inoperative Operating without authority
or unsafe Operating at unsafe speed
Tampering with equipment Working under suspended load
By-passing safety devices Horseplay
Wrong method of working or Carelessness or recklessness
faulty operation Other unsafe act
Unsafe loading, placing or mixing No unsafe act

III. Contributing Factors

Lack of knowledge or skill Lack of co-ordination
Disregard of instructions No proper supervision
Act of person other than injured Bodily defects
Foul play Other contributing factors
Fatigue
 TENTH SCHEDULE Section 67 (1).

The Factories Act

(Chapter 104)

Notice of Patient Suffering from Industrial Diseases

(This notice shall be completed by a registered medical practitioner attending

on or called in to visit a patient whom he believes to be suffering from an industrial
disease and forwarded to the Chief Inspector of Factories, Ministry of Labour,
Havelock Road, Singapore 0105).

Name of Patient Age Sex Race

NRIC No.

Residential address Present occupation

Name and address of Employer Diagnosis

If patient is deceased, state date of last

attendance

Name of Doctor List of Notifiable Industrial

Diseases:
Aniline Poisoning
Name and address of Hospital/Clinic Anthrax
Arsenical Poisoning
Asbestosis
Tel. No. Doctor’s Ref. No. Barotrauma
Beryllium Poisoning
Byssinosis
Cadmium Poisoning
Carbon Bisulphide Poisoning
Chrome Ulceration
Chronic Benzene Poisoning
Compressed Air Illness
Epitheliomatous Ulceration
(due to tar, pitch, bitumen, mineral oil
or paraffin or any compound product or
residue of any such substance)
Industrial Dermatitis
Lead Poisoning
Liver Angiosarcoma
Manganese Poisoning
Mercurial Poisoning
Mesothelioma
Noise-Induced Deafness
Occupational Asthma
Phosphorous Poisoning
Silicosis
Toxic Anaemia
Date Signature of Doctor
Toxic Hepatitis
 ELEVENTH SCHEDULE Section 67 (3).

The Factories Act

(Chapter 104)

Notice of Patient Suffering from Industrial Diseases

(This notice shall be completed by the occupier of factory pursuant to section

67 (3) of the Factories Act, and forwarded to the Chief Inspector of Factories,
Ministry of Labour, Havelock Road, Singapore 0105).

Name of Occupier

Office address

Factory address

Nature of Business

Particulars of patient who has List of Notifiable Industrial

contracted the industrial Diseases:
disease: Aniline Poisoning
Name Anthrax
Arsenical Poisoning
Asbestosis
NRIC No. Barotrauma
Beryllium Poisoning
Byssinosis
Address Cadmium Poisoning
Carbon Bisulphide Poisoning
Sex Age Chrome Ulceration
Chronic Benzene Poisoning
Compressed Air Illness
Occupation Epitheliomatous Ulceration
Industrial Dermatitis
How long employed prior to the date Lead Poisoning
of contracting the industrial disease Liver Angiosarcoma
Manganese Poisoning
Mercurial Poisoning
Name of industrial disease diagnosed Mesothelioma
by the doctor Noise-Induced Deafness
Occupational Asthma
Phosphorous Poisoning
Name of doctor who makes the Silicosis
diagnosis Toxic Anaemia
Toxic Hepatitis

Name and address of Hospital/Clinic

Date Signature of Occupier of Factory.