Section 68 of Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A: Steam receivers and steam containers

(1) Every air receiver shall— (a) have marked upon it, so as to be plainly visible, the safe working pressure; (b) in the case of a receiver connected with an air compressing plant either be so...

(1) Every cylinder for compressed, liquefied and dissolved gases, and its fittings, shall be— (a) so designed as to be suitable for the particular circumstances of their use; and (b) of sufficient...

(1) Every refrigeration plant capable of being entered by an employee shall— (a) have all control valves situated outside the cold storage room; and (b) have all doors of the cold storage room...

Any person who, for the purposes of this Part, desires that an examination of any equipment or plant be carried out by a person approved for that purpose under this Part, and any person who desires to...

(1) Every fixed vessel, structure, sump or pit of which the edge is less than one metre above the adjoining ground or platform shall, if it contains any scalding, corrosive or poisonous liquid, either...

(1) All goods, articles and substances stored in a workplace shall be stored or stacked— (a) in such manner as will ensure their stability and prevent any fall or collapse of the stack; (b) in such...

(1) Every ladder to be issued in a workplace shall be of good construction, sound material, adequate strength and suitable for the purpose for which it is used and shall be properly...

(1) Machinery, equipment, personal protective equipment, appliances and hand tools used in all workplaces shall comply with the prescribed safety and health standards and be appropriately installed,...

(1) All floors, steps, stairs, passages and gangways in a workplace shall be of sound construction and be properly maintained. (2) All openings in floors shall be securely fenced, except in so far as...

(1) All stocks of highly inflammable substances shall be kept either in a fire-resisting store or in a safe place outside any occupied building: Provided that no such store shall be so situated as to...

(1) Where work has to be done inside any chamber, tank, vat, pit or other confined space, in which dangerous fumes are liable to be present— (a) the confined space shall be provided with adequate...

(1) Where, in connection with any grinding, sieving or other process giving rise to dust, there may escape into any workroom, dust of such a character and to such an extent as to be liable to explode...

(1) In every workplace or workroom there shall be— (a) provided and maintained, and conspicuously displayed and free from any obstruction so as to be readily accessible, means for extinguishing fire,...

(1) Every occupier of a workplace shall design evacuation procedures to be used during any emergency and have the procedures tested at regular intervals. (2) Every occupier shall take immediate steps...

(1) The Director shall, after consulting the Council, establish safety and health requirements based on risk assessments, technical standards and medical opinion, for the safe handling and...

(1) Every manufacturer, importer, supplier or distributor of chemicals shall make available to employers, material safety data sheets for chemicals and other hazardous substances, containing detailed...

(1) Every supplier of hazardous substances, whether as manufacturer, importer or distributor of hazardous substances shall ensure that containers filled with hazardous substances, are— (a) plainly...

Every supplier of chemicals whether as a manufacturer, importer or distributor shall ensure that all chemicals are— (a) classified according to their characteristics, properties such as toxicity,...

Where corrosive substances are used and there is danger of an employee being splashed thereby, the employer shall provide for use by an employee in case of an emergency— (a) adequate and readily...

The Cabinet Secretary may, after consultation with the Council, establish or adopt exposure limits on hazardous substances in the workplace so as to protect persons employed.

(1) In every workplace in which, in connexion with any process carried on, there is given off any dust or fume or other impurity of such a character and to such extent as to be likely to be injurious...

Where work involves exposure to air pollution, noise or vibration or any other adverse working conditions, a medical practitioner may recommend redeployment if he is of the opinion that the employee...

(1) Every occupier shall provide and maintain an adequate supply of wholesome drinking water at suitable points conveniently accessible to all persons employed. (2) A supply of drinking water which...

(1) Every occupier shall provide and maintain for the use of persons employed, adequate and suitable facilities for washing, which shall be conveniently accessible and shall be kept in a clean and...

Every occupier shall provide and maintain for the use of a person employed, adequate and suitable accommodation for clothing not worn during working hours.

Every occupier shall provide and maintain, for the use of a person employed whose work is done standing, suitable facilities for sitting, sufficient to enable the person employed to take advantage of...

Every occupier shall provide and maintain so as to be readily accessible, a first-aid box or cupboard of the prescribed standard.

(1) An employer shall issue a permit to work to any employee, likely to be exposed to hazardous work processes or hazardous working environment, including such work processes as the maintenance and...

Employer shall not allow a person below the apparent age of eighteen years to be employed at any workplace or work process, or perform work, which by its nature or the circumstances, in which it is...

No person undergoing apprenticeship or indentured learnership shall be allowed to attend to any machinery, equipment, tools, plant or process unless adequate supervision and protection against...

(1) No person shall be employed at any machine or in any process, being a machine or process liable to cause ill health or bodily injury, unless he has been fully instructed as to the dangers likely...

No person shall be permitted to partake of food or drink where a poisonous or otherwise injurious substance is used so as to give rise to any dust or fume.

(1) Every employer shall provide and maintain for the use of employees in any workplace where employees are employed in any process involving exposure to wet or to any injurious or offensive...

(1) Every employer shall provide suitable goggles or effective screens to protect the eyes of person employed engaged in any of the processes specified in the Eighth Schedule. (2) Every employer...

(1) Where the Cabinet Secretary is satisfied that— (a) cases of illness have occurred which he has reason to believe may be due to the nature of the process or other conditions of work; (b) by...

Where a part of a building is let off as a separate workplace, the provisions of this Act shall apply to that part of the building used for the purposes of the workplace.

(1) The provisions of this Act shall apply to any premises (not being premises forming part of a workplace) in which a steam boiler is used, as if the premises were a workplace and as if the person...

(1) The provisions of this Act shall apply to any premises (not being premises forming part of a workplace) in which a hoist or a lift is used, as if the premises were a workplace and as if the person...

(1) Every occupier or owner of a vessel or platform erected over water or in water shall ensure that adequate measures have been taken to protect the safety and health of persons employed on any...

(1) In the event of any contravention in connexion with or in relation to a workplace of the provisions of this Act, the occupier, or if the contravention is one in respect of which the owner is by or...

(1) Any person who commits an offence under this Act for which no express penalty is provided shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand shillings or to imprisonment...

(1) Where the occupier or owner of workplace is convicted of an offence under this Act, the court may, in addition to or instead of imposing any penalty, order him, within the time specified in the...

If any person is killed, or dies, suffers any bodily injury, in consequence of the occupier or owner of a workplace having contravened any provision of this Act, the occupier or owner of the workplace...

A person who— (a) forges or counterfeits any certificate required by, under or for the purposes of this Act; (b) gives or signs any certificate knowing it to be false in any material...

Where an act or default for which an occupier or owner of a workplace is liable under this Act is in fact the act or default of an agent, servant, worker or other person, that agent, servant, worker...

(1) Where the occupier or owner of a workplace is charged with an offence under this Act, he shall be entitled, upon a charge duly made by him and on giving to the prosecution not less than three...

Where, under this Act, any person is substituted for the occupier or owner of a workplace with respect to any provisions of this Act, any order, summons, notice or proceeding which, for the purpose of...

(1) All offences under this Act shall be prosecuted, and all fines under this Act shall be recovered in a magistrate’s court. (2) In any proceedings under this Act, it shall be sufficient in the...

(1) If a person is found in a workplace at any time at which work is going on or the machinery is in motion, except during the intervals for meals or rest, he shall, until the contrary is proved, be...

(1) Any document, including any summons or order, required or authorized to be served under this Act may be served— (a) on any person, by delivering it to him, or by leaving it at, or sending it by...