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Factories Act

Section:13 :Ventilation And Temperature

Obligation : To ensure adequate ventilation and maintenance of a reasonable temperature in every workroom

Type:Preventive Compliance Frequency: Half Yearly

Action to be taken:
Adopt all standards prescribed by the State Government for adequate ventilation and temperature at workplaces, install measuring instruments at such places as may be prescribed and maintain records of these measurements. Walls and Roofs should be of such material and designed such that temperatures are kept as low as possible and do not exceed prescribed levels. Where the nature of work involves the production of excessively high temperatures, take measures to protect the workers from such temperatures

Audit Requirement:
Are all requirements as per Section 13 of the factories act regarding ventilation and temperature being complied with ?

Supporting Documents:
Records of Measurements of Temperature and Ventilation

Related Triggers:
Starting A New Manufacturing Process

Related Keywords:
Health
Safety
Work Rooms/Work Area

Related Sections:
Factories Act, 1948
Chapter:Chapter III - Health| 13:Ventilation and temperature:
(1) Effective and suitable provision shall be made in every factory for securing and maintaining in every workroom-
(a) adequate ventilation by the circulation of fresh air, and
(b) such a temperature as will secure to workers therein reasonable conditions of comfort and prevent injury to health; and in particular,-
(i) walls and roofs shall be of such material and so designed that such temperature shall not be exceeded but kept as low as practicable;
(ii) where the nature of the work carried on in the factory involves or is likely to involve, the production of excessively high temperatures such adequate measures as are practicable shall be taken to protect the workers therefrom, by separating the process which produces such temperatures from the workroom, by insulating the hot parts or by other effective means.

(2) The State Government may prescribe a standard of adequate ventilation and reasonable temperature for any factory or class or description of factories or parts thereof and direct that proper measuring instruments, at such places and in such position as may be specified, shall be provided and such records, as may be prescribed, shall be maintained.

(3) If it appears to the Chief Inspector that excessively high temperatures in any factory can be reduced by the adoption of suitable measures, he may, without prejudice to the rules made under sub-section (2), serve on the occupier, an order in writing specifying the measures which, in his opinion, should be adopted, and requiring them to be carried out before a specified date.