Overview of Factories Act CAP 441: Safety Legislating for Workplace Protection
Learn about the key provisions of the Factories Act CAP 441, which imposes statutory duties on employers to ensure a safe working environment and health system for employees in factories. The Act covers aspects such as registration of factories, general health and safety conditions, inspection of plant and machinery, fire prevention measures, handling of hazardous substances, and regulation of lifting machinery. Understanding these regulations is crucial for compliance and safeguarding the well-being of workers in Zambia.
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UNIT 9: SAFETY LEGISLATING: THE FACTORIES ACT, CAP 441
A careful study of this unit will give you an understanding that an employer in addition to his common law duty to provide a safe working environment, also has a statutory duty to provide a safe and health system of work of his employees in a factory, pursuant to the provisions of the FactoriesAct,CAP 441.
A factory is defined as a place where manufacturingor processingwork isdone. The employer has a statutory duty to provide asafeandhealthsystem ofwork inafactory.
The factories Act is an addition to imposing a duty on the employer to provide a safe working environment, is also aimed at providing for the examination and inspection ofcertainplantandmachinery. It suffices from the above definition of a factory that the definition is so wide as to cover a very high percentage of workers in Zambia.
Factories must be registered with the Labour Commissionerunderpart III of theAct. Part IV of the Act provides for general health conditions in a factory. E.g. Cleanliness, overcrowding, ventilation, sanitary conveniences supervision. Lighting, medical and
Part V of the Act provides for general safety conditions in a factory E.g. Prime movers, Construction and maintenance of fencing Construction and supply of machinery; Training and supervision of inexperienced workers ; Floors, steps, gangways; Precautions with respect to explosive or inflammable dust, gas, Prevention and fighting of fire; Means of escape and warning in case of fire; Testing and examination of fire warning; Fire drills; escape; Regulations for fire prevention; Regulations for special safety arrangements for the prevention of accidents. stairs, passages and vapour or substance; Regulations for means of
Part V of the Act provides for lifting machinery in a factory E.g Hoists and lifts; Hoists and lifts used for carrying persons; Teagle openings and similar doorways; Chains, ropes and lifting tackle; Cranes and other lifting machines;
Part VI of the Act provides for welfare of employees in a factory EG. Drinking water; Washing facilities; clothing and change rooms; Facilities for sitting; First-aid. Accommodation for
Part X of the Act provides for special provisions on health, safety and welfare in a factory EG. Removal of and prevention of inhalation of dust or fumes; Meals in certain dangerous trades; Protective clothing, appliances and screening; Lifting excessive weights; Power of inspector to require certificate of fitness for work; Power to make regulations for safety and health; Power to take samples
Part XI of the Act provides for notification and investigation of accidents, occurrences and industrial diseases. dangerous Notice of the above, is to be given by an employer or occupier of a factory, to an inspector.
END OF LECTURE THANK YOU!
