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Factories Act

Section:7-A :General Duties Of An Occupier

Obligation : To ensure so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare of all workers at work in a factory

Type:Preventive Compliance Frequency: Monthly

Action to be taken:
Take all measures, prescribed or otherwise to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all workers at work in a factory.
Ensure that the following are conducive to the safety and without risks to the health of workers
(a) the provision and maintenance of plant and systems of work
(b) arrangements for use, handling storage and transport of articles and substances
(c) the provision of information, instruction, training and supervision
(d) the maintenance of all places of work in the factory
(e) the provision and maintenance of entrances to and exits from places of work and
(f) the provision, maintenance and monitoring of the working environment in the factory


Audit Requirement:
Is the Manager of the Factory satisfied as to the general safety conditions and prevention of risk to health at all places of work ?

Supporting Documents:
Written Confirmation of Compliance

Related Triggers:
Occupation of a Factory Premise
Starting A New Manufacturing Process
Startup of a New Establishment or Factory

Related Keywords:
Health
Safety
Welfare
Work Rooms/Work Area

Related Sections:
Factories Act, 1948
Chapter:Chapter I - Preliminary| 7-A:General duties of the occupier:
(1) Every occupier shall ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health , safety and welfare of all workers while they are at work in the factory.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (1), the matters to which such duty extends, shall include-
(a) the provisions and maintenance of plant and system of work in the factory that are safe and without risk to health;
(b) the arrangements in the factory for ensuring safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances;
(c) the provision of such information, instruction, training and supervision as are necessary to ensure the health and safety of all workers at work;
(d) the maintenance of all places of work in the factory in a condition that is safe and without risks to health and the provision and maintenance of such means of access to, and egress from, such places as are safe and without such risks;
(e) the provision, maintenance or monitoring of such working environment in the factory for the workers that is safe, without risks to health and adequate as regards facilities and arrangements for their welfare at work.

(3) Except in such cases as may be prescribed , every occupier shall prepare, and, as often as may be appropriate, revise, a written statement of his general policy with respect to the health and safety of the workers at work and the organisation and arrangements for the time being in force for carrying out that policy, and to bring the statement and any revision thereof to the notice of all the workers in such manner as may be prescribed.