Obligation : Ensure adequate ventilation where combustion engines are operated
Type:Preventive Compliance
Frequency: Half Yearly
Action to be taken:
Ensure that the exhaust of all stationary internal combustion engines is conducted into the open air or have effective methods to prevent accumulation of fumes
Audit Requirement: Is the exhaust of all stationary internal combustion engines being conducted into the open air ? If not, do they have effective methods to prevent accumulation of fumes ?
Supporting Documents: Details of Internal Combustion Engines installed and exhaust appliances installed there
Related Sections:
Factories Act, 1948 Chapter:Chapter III - Health|14:Dust and fume:
(1) In every factory in which , by reason of the manufacturing process carried on, there is given off any dust or fume or other impurity of such a nature and to such an extent as is likely to be injurious or offensive to the workers employed therein, or any dust in substantial quantities, effective measures shall be taken to prevent its inhalation and accumulation in any workroom, and if any exhaust appliance is necessary for this purpose, it shall be applied as near as possible to the point of origin of the duct, fume or other impurity, and such point shall be enclosed so far as possible.
(2) In any factory no stationary internal combustion engine shall be operated unless the exhaust is conducted into the open air, and no other internal combustion engine shall be operated in any room unless effective measures have been taken to prevent such accumulation of fumes therefrom as are likely to be injuries to workers employed in the room.
Factories Act, 1948 
