OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE

CHAPTER 55:07
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Interpretation

    3.    Workplace

    4.    General application

    5.    Application to workplaces belonging to the Government

PART II
REGISTRATION OF WORKPLACES

    6.    Register of workplaces

    7.    Premises not to be used as a workplace unless registered

    8.    Application for erection or alteration of workplaces

    9.    Application for registration of workplaces

    10.    Notification of change

    11.    Transfer of workplace

    12.    Fees for registration, etc.

PART III
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

    13.    Duties of employers

    14.    General duties of employers and self-employed persons to

        persons other than their employees

    15.    Duties of other persons

    16.    General duties of persons in control of workplaces in relation to

        harmful emissions

    17.    General duties of manufacturers or suppliers as regards articles

        and substances used at workplaces

    18.    General duties of employees at workplaces

    19.    Interference with or misuse of safeguards

    20.    Duty not to levy charges on employees

    21.    Safety committees

PART IV
HEALTH AND WELFARE

    22.    Cleanliness

    23.    Overcrowding

    24.    Ventilation and temperature

    25.    Lighting

    26.    Drainage of floor

    27.    Sanitary conveniences

    28.    Washing facilities

    29.    Drinking water

    30.    Change rooms

    31.    Seats

    32.    Facilities for meals

    33.    First aid

    34.    Medical examination

PART V
MACHINERY SAFETY

    35.    Fencing and guarding of dangerous machinery

    36.    Provision as to unfenced machinery

    37.    Construction and maintenance of fencing

    38.    Hoists and lifts

    39.    Escalators

    40.    Cranes and other lifting machines

    41.    Chains, ropes and lifting tackle

    42.    Steam boilers

    43.    Notification of repairs, etc., to boilers

    44.    Additional information on new boilers

    45.    Exemptions for steam tube ovens, etc.

    46.    Steam receivers and steam containers

    47.    Air receivers

    48.    Gas plants

    49.    Gas cylinders

    50.    Fees

PART VI
HEALTH AND SAFETY

    51.    Hazardous substances

    52.    Vessels, etc., containing dangerous substances

    53.    Bulk storage of dangerous substances

    54.    Precautions in relation to explosives, etc.

    55.    Precautions in relation to work in confined spaces

    56.    Prevention of fire

    57.    Means of escape in case of fire

    58.    Protective clothing and appliances

    59.    Removal of dust and fumes

    60.    Protection of eyes

    61.    Ionizing radiation

    62.    Non-ionizing radiation

    63.    Noise and vibration

    64.    Lifting and handling of weights

    65.    Information and training

PART VII
NOTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENTS, DANGEROUS OCCURENCES AND INDUSTRIAL DISEASES

    66.    Notification of accidents

    67.    Dangerous occurrences

    68.    Notification of industrial diseases

PART VIII
RECORDS

    69.    Posting of abstract of the Act, etc.

    70.    General register

    71.    Preservation of registers and records

PART IX
ADMINISTRATION

    72.    Appointment of inspectors

    73.    Powers of inspectors

    74.    Power to deal with cause of imminent danger

    75.    Inspectors not to disclose information

    76.    Improvement notices

    77.    Prohibition notices

    78.    Provisions on prohibition notices and improvement notices

    79.    Appointment of Arbitration Board

    80.    Appeal against improvement or prohibition notices

    81.    Certificates by the Director to be gazetted

PART X
OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

    82.    Offences

    83.    General penalty

    84.    Power of court to order contravention to be remedied

    85.    Penalty in case of death or bodily injury

    86.    Penalty on persons actually committing offence for which occupier is liable

    87.    Power of occupier or owner to exempt himself from liability on conviction of the actual offender

    88.    Proceedings against persons other than occupiers or owners

    89.    Owner of machine liable in certain cases instead of occupier

    90.    Special provisions as to evidence

    91.    Service of documents

    92.    Power to modify agreements

    93.    Power to apportion expenses

PART XI
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

    94.    Indemnity

    95.    Regulations

    96.    Repeal and savings

        First Schedule

        Second Schedule

21 of 1997

G.N. 72/1997

    An Act to make provision for the regulation of the conditions of employment in workplaces as regards the safety, health and welfare of persons employed therein; for the inspection of certain plant and machinery, and the prevention and regulation of accidents occurring to persons employed or authorized to go into the workplaces; and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing

PART I
PRELIMINARY

1.    Short title

    This Act may be cited as the Occupational Safety, Health and Welfare Act.

2.    Interpretation

    (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

    “air receiver” means—

    (a)    any vessel, other than a pipe or coil, or an accessory, fitting…