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Restrictions on cleaning when machinery is in motion.
13.-(1) No young person shall be allowed to clean any Cleaning dangerous part of the machinery in a factory while the machinery dangerous is in motion by the aid of any mechanical power: and for this machinery. 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.
[.s 5 (1) (1)7.
accidents.
14. (1) Every accident which occurs in a factory or workshop Reports of and results in loss of life or disablement of any worker so as to serious 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, Appendix 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)].
III.
15. The doors of every factory and workshop and every door Fire-resist- therein giving access to a stairway shall be of fire-resisting material. ing doors.
wards.
16. The doors of every factory and workshop and the doors Doors to of every room therein in which more than ten persons are employed open out- shall, except in the case of sliding doors, be constructed or altered so as to open outwards.
room
17. While any person employed in a factory or workshop is Emergency
door-fasten- within the factory or workshop either for the purpose of employment
ings in or meals, the doors of the factory or workshop and of every
working therein in which any such person is, shall not be locked or bolted hours.
fastened in such a manner that they cannot be easily and immediately opened from the inside.
or
18.--(1) In the case of any factory which is either (a) a Fire-escapes. 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 therefrom 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.
of fire-
19. The proprietor of every factory and workshop shall maintain Maintenance in good condition and free from obstruction all the means of escape escapes. 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 "Fire Exit" or workshop to provide, and thereupon such proprietor shall provide, notices. 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 Fire. such precautions against fire and provide and maintain at all times appliances. in an efficient state, free from obstruction and ready for immediate use such means of dealing with fire as the Protector may direct.
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