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Cleaning dangerous machinery.
Reports of serious accidents.
Factories and Workshops.
Restrictions on cleaning when machinery is in motion.
14. (1) No young person shall be allowed to clean any dangerous part of the machinery in a factory while the machinery is in motion by the aid of any mechanical power and for this purpose such parts of the machinery shall be presumed to be dangerous as are notified by an inspector to the proprietor of the factory.
(2) No woman or young person shall be allowed to clean such part of the machinery in a factory as is mill-gearing while the machinery is in motion for the purpose of propelling any part of the manufacturing machinery.
Notification of accidents.
15. (1) Every accident which occurs in a factory or workshop and results in loss of life or disablement of any worker so as to cause him to be absent for more than three days from his ordinary work in such factory or workshop shall within seven days from the date thereof be reported in the form in Appendix III, either at the office of the Commissioner or at a police station.
(2) If any accident causing disablement is notified under this regulation and the person disabled subsequently dies as a result of the accident, notice in writing of the death shall forthwith be given either at the office of the Commissioner or at a police station.
Prevention of and escape from fire.
16. The doors of every factory and workshop and every door therein giving access to a stairway shall be of fire-resisting material.
17. The doors of every factory and workshop and the doors of every room therein in which more than ten persons are employed shall, except in the case of sliding doors, be constructed or altered so as to open outwards.
18. While any person employed in a factory or workshop is within the factory or workshop either for the purpose of employment or meals, the doors of the factory or workshop and of every room therein in which any such person is, shall not be locked or bolted or fastened in such a manner that they cannot be easily and immediately opened from the inside.
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