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Cleaning dangerous machinery.
Reports of
serious accidents.
Appendix III.
Fire-regist-
ing doors.
Doors to open out- wards.
Emergency door-fasten- ings in working hours.
Fire-escapes.
Maintenance of fire-
escapes,
"Fire Exit" notices.
Fire appliances.
Restrictions on cleaning when machinery is in motion.
13. (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.
[.8 5 (1) (7)].
14. (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 to these by-laws, either at the office of the Protector or at a police station,
(2) If any accident causing disablement is notified under this by-law 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 Protector or at a police station.
Prevention of and escape from fire. [8. 5 (1) (k)7.
15. The doors of every factory and workshop and every door therein giving access to a stairway shall be of fire-resisting material.
16. 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.
17. 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
that they cannot be easily and immediately opened from the inside.
manner A
18. (1) In the case of any factory which is either (a) a building exceeding 60 feet in height or (b) a building in which more than twenty persons are employed, if the Protector is of opinion that the building is not provided with adequate means of escape there from in case of fire, he shall have power, and he is hereby empowered to require, by notice in writing, the proprietor of such factory to provide such means of escape as may be specified in such notice.
(2) Any such notice as aforesaid shall specify in detail the requirements of the Protector, and the proprietor of the factory shall, upon receipt of such notice, execute and do all such works and things as may be necessary in order to comply with every requirement so specified, including the submission of plans to the Building Authority.
19. The proprietor of every factory and workshop shall maintain In good condition and free from obstruction all the means of escape in case of fire provided in such factory or workshop, and no person shall wilfully alter, damage, obstruct or otherwise impair any such means of escape.
20. The Protector may require the proprietor of any factory or workshop to provide, and thereupon such proprietor shall provide, erect and maintain to the satisfaction of the Protector illuminated notices bearing the words "Fire Exit" in English and Chinese at any exit from the factory or workshop.
21. (1) Every proprietor of a factory or workshop shall take such precautions against fire and provide and maintain at all times in an efficient state, free from obstruction and ready for immediate use such means of dealing with fire as the Protector may direct.
22. (1) Every factory building or part thereof the cubic content Fireproof
of which is greater than 250,000 cubic feet shall be divided by walls walls, or floors of fire resisting material into compartments none of which shall exceed 250,000 cubic feet in capacity, to the satisfaction of the Building Authority.
(2) Every opening in such dividing wall or floor as aforesaid shall be fitted with doors of fire resisting material constructed to the satisfaction of the Building Authority.
23. In every factory adequate means shall be provided to the satisfaction of the Protector for closing in case of fire every opening in every floor through which a shaft or driving belt may pass.
certain
24. If any process, trade or occupation carried on in any factory Prohibition or workshop involves the use of any inflammable liquid as defined of smoking in any regulations under the Dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873, or and naked any mixture containing any such liquid, or any substance or thing lights in which in the opinion of the Protector involves danger from fire, the cases. Protector may prohibit smoking and the use of naked lights in such factory or workshop, and the proprietor thereof shall take such steps to enforce the prohibition as the Protector may direct.
Tenement factories.
25. The Protector may require that any tenement factory shall Fire
be provided with an enclosed concrete stairway with self-closing escapes. doors of fire-resisting material on each landing, and that the stairway be carried in concrete to the top floor of the building and continued either in concrete or in iron to the roof. He may also require the provision of a protected route to neighbouring buildings, or such other alternative means of escape as he may approve.
In the case
of such a factory extending laterally more than two house spaces on either side of an enclosed concrete stairway he may require an alternative means of egress from each house space or floor.
26. No tenement factory or workshop shall be situated on any Factory upper floor of a building of which the ground floor is licensed for etc., above the storage of any dangerous goods as defined in the Dangerous dangerous Goods Ordinance, 1873, or any regulations thereunder, unless the goods store. dangerous goods are housed in a structure effectively cut off, to the satisfaction of the Protector and the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade, by a structure of fire-resisting material from direct com- munication with the factory or workshop.
[By-law 10],
Appendix I.
REGISTER OF YOUNG PERSONS EMPLOYED IN AN INDUSTRIAL
UNDERTAKING.
Particulars relating to the industrial undertaking.
Name under which the industrial undertaking is carried on
Address at which the industrial undertaking is carried on
Name of employer or employers
Name of manager
Particulars relating to the Young persons:-
Name
Sex
Date of birth or estimated age at date of first employment
Address (residence)
Name of parent or guardian
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