Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Safety provisions in case of fire
(1) In every workplace or workroom there shall be— (a) provided and maintained, and conspicuously displayed and free from any obst…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Precautions with respect to explosive or inflammable dust or gas
(1) Where, in connection with any grinding, sieving or other process giving rise to dust, there may escape into any workroom, dust…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Precautions in places where dangerous fumes likely
(1) Where work has to be done inside any chamber, tank, vat, pit or other confined space, in which dangerous fumes are liable to b…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Fire prevention
(1) All stocks of highly inflammable substances shall be kept either in a fire-resisting store or in a safe place outside any occu…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Safe means of access and safe place of employment
(1) All floors, steps, stairs, passages and gangways in a workplace shall be of sound construction and be properly maintained. (2)…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Ergonomics at the workplace
(1) Machinery, equipment, personal protective equipment, appliances and hand tools used in all workplaces shall comply with the pr…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Ladders
(1) Every ladder to be issued in a workplace shall be of good construction, sound material, adequate strength and suitable for the…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Storage
(1) All goods, articles and substances stored in a workplace shall be stored or stacked— (a) in such manner as will ensure their s…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Vessels containing dangerous liquids
(1) Every fixed vessel, structure, sump or pit of which the edge is less than one metre above the adjoining ground or platform sha…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Examination and testing of plants
Any person who, for the purposes of this Part, desires that an examination of any equipment or plant be carried out by a person ap…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Refrigeration plants
(1) Every refrigeration plant capable of being entered by an employee shall— (a) have all control valves situated outside the cold…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Cylinders for compressed, liquefied and dissolved gases
(1) Every cylinder for compressed, liquefied and dissolved gases, and its fittings, shall be— (a) so designed as to be suitable fo…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Air receivers
(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…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Steam receivers and steam containers
(1) Every steam receiver and all its fittings shall be of good construction, sound material, adequate strength, and free from pate…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Steam boilers
(1) Every steam boiler and all its fittings and attachments shall be of good construction, sound material, adequate strength and f…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Register of chains, ropes and lifting tackle and lifting machines
A register, containing the particulars set out in the Sixth Schedule, shall be kept in every workplace with respect to all chains,…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Cranes and other lifting machines
(1) All parts and working gear whether fixed or movable, including the anchoring and fixing appliances, of every lifting machine s…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Chains, ropes and lifting tackle
(1) The following provisions shall be complied with respect to every chain, rope or lifting tackle used for the purpose of raising…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Hoists and lifts
(1) Every hoist or lift shall be of good mechanical construction, sound material and adequate strength, free from patent defect an…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Self-acting machines
(1) No traversing part of any self-acting machine and no material carried thereon shall, if the space over which it runs is a spac…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Construction and disposal of new machinery
(1) Where any machine in a workplace is a machine intended to be driven by mechanical power— (a) every set-screw, bolt or key on a…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Construction and maintenance of fencing
All fencing or other safeguards provided in pursuance of the provisions of this Part shall be of substantial construction, constan…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Hand-held and portable power tools and equipments
(1) Every employer shall— (a) be responsible for the safe condition of tools and equipment used by his employees, including tools…
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Occupational Safety and Health Act CAP 236A▤
Other machinery
(1) Every dangerous part of any machinery, other than prime movers and transmission machinery shall be securely fenced: Provided t…
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