Type:Preventive Compliance Frequency: Quarterly

Action to be taken:
Ensure all glazed windows/skylights used for lighting are kept clean on the inner and outer surfaces, and ensure effective provisions are made at all workspaces to prevent glare or the formation of shadows as may cause eye-strain and accident to workers

Audit Requirement:
Is sufficient and suitable lighting available in all parts of the factory where workers are working or passing ?

Supporting Documents:
Written Confirmation of Compliance
Related Keywords:
Lighting
Welfare
Work Rooms/Work Area

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Related Sections:
Factories Act, 1948
Chapter:Chapter III - Health| 17:Lighting:
(1) In every part of the factory where workers are working or passing there shall be provided and maintained sufficient and suitable lighting, natural or artificial or both.

(2) In every factory all glazed windows and skylights used for the lighting of the workroom shall be kept clean on both the inner and outer surfaces and, so far as compliance with the provisions of any rules made under sub-section (3) of Section 13 will allow, free from obstruction.

(3) In every factory effective provision shall, so far as is practicable, be made for the prevention of -

(a) glare, either directly from the source of light or by reflection from a smooth or polished surface;
(b) The formation of shadows to such an extent as to cause eye-strain or the risk of accident to any worker.

(4) The State Government may prescribe standards of sufficient and suitable lighting for factories or for any class or description of factories or for any manufacturing process.