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OSH IN CHEMICAL
INDUSTRIES
Chapter 2
Laws & Regulations
[ FMA 1967 ]

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FMA 1967 (Act 139)

Regulation and Rules
FM (Steam Boiler and Unfired Pressure Vessel) Regulation 1970
FM (Electric Passenger and Good Lift) Regulation 1970
FM (Fencing of Machinery and Safety) Regulation 1970
FM (Person In Charge) Regulation 1970
FM (Safety Health and Welfare) 1970
FM(Administration) Regulation 1970
FM(Certificates of Competency Examination) Regulation 1970
FM(Notification Certificate of Fitness and Inspection) Regulation 1970
FM(Compoundable Offences) Regulation 1978
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FMA 1967 (Act 139)

Regulation and Rules
FM(Lead) Regulation 1984
FM (Asbestos Process) Regulation 1986
FM (Building Operation & Works of Engineering Construction( (Safety)
Regulation 1986
FM (Noise Exposure) Regulation 1989
FM (Mineral Dust) Regulation 1989

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Arrangement of Sections (FMA 1967)

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1.
Short title.
2.
Interpretation of factory.
3.
Interpretation-general.
4.Appointment of officers.
5.Supervision of officers.
6.Officers are public servants.
7.Power of an Inspector
8.Obstruction an offence
9.Person not to reveal secrets
PART II SAFETY, HEALTH & WELFARE
10.Provisions relating to safety etc.
11.Persons exposed to explosive, inflammable etc.,
substances
12.Lifting of weight
13.Provisions against fire
14.Construction of machinery
15.Dangerous parts of machinery
16.Projecting material
17.Machinery for hire or sale must comply with regulations
18.Machinery manufactured or repaired must compile with
regulations
19.Certificate of fitness
20.Duties of persons employed
21.Duties of occupier
22.Provisions relating to health
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23. Exposure to elements

24.
Personal protectiveof
clothing
and appliances
Arrangement
Sections
(FMA
25. Provisions relating to welfare.

1967)

PART III PERSON IN CHARGE AND CERTIFICATES OF

COMPETENCY
26. Training and supervision of inexperienced workers
27. Chief inspector may make orders in circumstances
28. Young persons
29. Certain machinery not to be operated without
certificated staff.
30. Panel of Examiners and Boards of Appeal
PART IV NOTIFICATION OF ACCIDENT, DANGEROUS
OCCURRENCE AND
DANGEROUS DISEASES
31. Accidents and dangerous occurrence to be reported
32. Notification of industrial diseases
33. Investigation and enquiries
PART V NOTICE OF OCCUPATION OF FACTORY, AND
REGISTRATION
AND USE OF MACHINERY
34. Operation of factory
35. Building
operations
or
works
of
engineering
construction
36. Installation of machinery, etc
37. Application for registration.
38. Register
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39. Moving or alteration
of or addition to machinery to be
approved.

Arrangement of Sections (FMA 1967)

40. Periodical inspections
41. Questions for decision by an inspector and appeal from
such decision
42. Report of changes, etc
43. Machinery or factory no longer in use
44. Notice of sale, hire or transfer
45. Copy of report of enquiry may be supplied
46. Powers of the Chief Inspector and Senior Inspectors at
enquiries.
PART VI GENERAL
47. Criminal or civil liability unaffected
48. Fees
49. Chief Inspectors power
50. Offences
51. Penalties
52. Prosecutions
52A.Power to compound
53 Power to modify agreement
54 Power to apportion expenses
55 Exemptions
56 Regulations
57. Medical supervision
58. Repeal
59. Amendment of Schedule
First Schedule dangerous occurrence
Second Schedule serious Bodily Injury
Third Schedule Notifiable Industrial Diseases

Code of Practice
Code of Practice on Prevention and Management of HIV/Aids At The
Workplace (2001)
Code of Practice for Safe Working in A Confined Space (2001)

Guidelines
Guidelines For Public Safety and Health At Construction Sites
Guidelines On First-Aid In The Workplace (1996)
Guidelines On Occupational Safety and Health In The Office (1996)
Guidelines For The Formulation Of A Chemical Safety Data Sheet (1997)
Guidelines For Labelling Of Hazardous Chemicals (1997)

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Interpretation of factory.
Abstract of Part I - Preliminary
All
premises (factories)are covered under this act [details of the
interpretation can be found in the Act] unless;
a)any premises used for the purposes of housing locomotives or vehicles
where only cleaning, washing, running repairs or minor adjustment are
carried out.
b)Any premises where five or less persons carry on any work in which
machinery is not in used.
Machinery includes steam boiler
pressure vessel
holders
tackle

[7]

[9]

[3]

, pipelines

[4]

, hoisting machines

[1]

, unfired pressure vessels

, prime movers

[8]

[5]

, gas cylinders

[2]
[6]

[11]

, gas

[ eg lift, escalator, crane] and hoisting

[ eg. Chain, ring, pulley block], transmission machinery

driven machinery

, fire

material handling equipment

[12]

[10]

amusement

device [13] , or any other similar machinery and any equipment for the
casting, cutting, welding or electro-deposition of materials and for the
spraying. By means of compressed gas or air of materials or other
materials but does not include;
a)Any machinery used for the propulsion of vehicles other than steam
boilers or steam engines
b)Any machinery driven by manual
power other than hoisting machines
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c)Any machinery used solely for private or domestic purposes

[1]

any closed vessel in which for any purpose steam is generated under pressure
Part
I - Glossary
greater
than atmospheric pressure and includes any economiser used to heat water
being fed to the vessel, and any superheat used for heating steam, and any pipes
and fittings connected thereon.
[2] any enclosed vessel under pressure greater than atmospheric pressure by any gas or
mixture or combination of gases and includes any vessel under pressure of steam
external to the steam boiler and any vessel which is under pressure of a liquid or gas
or both, any vessel subject internally to a pressure less than atmospheric pressure
but does not includes gas cylinder
[3] means an enclosed vessel under pressure greater than atmospheric pressure which
is subjected to direct firing, but does not include a steam boiler
[4] means every engine, motor or other appliance which provides mechanical energy
derived from air, steam, water, wind electricity, combustion (fuel pr other sources)
[5] means the physical facilities or any part of the physical facilities through which
dangerous substances which may cause fire, explosion or adverse health effects to
any person (other than petroleum or petroleum products) in the form of liquid or
vapour or any combination of liquid or vapour are transported, and includes pipes,
pumps, compressors, meters, regulators and fabricated assemblies.
[6] means a steel cylinder or bottle used for the storage and transport of compressed,
dissolved or liquefied gases
[7] means any bell-shaped structure floating in a tank of water, in which gas is collected
for distribution
[8] means lifts, escalator, hoist, crane, sheer legs, gin, crab, winch, excavator, teagle,
runway, transporter or piling frame and allied equipment.
[9] includes a chain or rope sling, ring, link, hook, shackle, swivel, eyebolt, chain, rope,
pulley block and chain block.
[10]
means every shaft, wheel, drum, pulley, system of fast and loose pulleys,
coupling, clutch, driving belt or other device by which the motion of a prime mover
or other source of mechanical power is transmitted to or received by any machine or

Part I Glossary- cont

[12]
means any power driven equipment for handling materials, and includes
forklift, conveyor, stacker, excavator, tractor, dumper or bulldozer but does not
include hoisting machine;
[13]
means any contrivance or a combination of contrivances, or rides, equipment
or plant or any other similar device which are designed or intended to entertain or
amuse people and which can be installed repeatedly without loss of substance,
whether temporarily or permanently, at fairs, amusement parks or other locations;

Provisions relating to SAFETY.

Abstract of Part II Safety, Health and Welfare

a)
Foundations and floor shall be of sufficient strength to
sustain the loads.
b)
Roofs shall be of sufficient strength to carry where
necessary suspended loads.
c)
All floors, working levels, platforms, decks, stairways,
passages, gangways, ladders and steps shall be safe construction.
d)
Every opening, sump, pit or fixed vessel in a floor, or
working level shall be securely covered or securely fenced to
prevent risk of persons falling.
e)
All goods, articles [14] and substances which are stored and
stacked shall be ;(i)
Best ensure stability and prevent any collapse of
the goods, articles or
substances or their supports; and
(ii)
not to interfere with the adequate distribution of
light, ventilation,

Abstract of Part II Safety, Health and Welfare

Provisions relating to HEALTH

a) Every factory shall kept in a clean state and free from offensive
effluvia arising from any drain, sanitary convenience or other
source.
b) The maximum number of persons employed (at any time, any
work-room and in any factory) shall not be less than cubic feet
of space/ superficial feet of floor area per person.
c) Securing and maintaining adequate ventilation by the
circulation of fresh air.
d) Securing and maintaining
such temperature to ensure
condition of comfort and prevention of body injury.
e) Securing and maintaining sufficient and suitable lighting,
whether natural or artificial in every part of a factory in which
persons are working or passing
f) Sufficient and suitable sanitary conveniences shall be provided
and maintained for the use of persons in a factory

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Abstract
of employed
Part II Safety,
and Welfare
a)
Persons
shallHealth
be provided;
(i) adequate and suitable accommodation for clothing not
worn during
working hours; and
(ii) such arrangement as are reasonably practicable for drying
that clothing

b) Suitable places shall be provided and maintained reasonably

accessible to all persons employed therein;
(i) an adequate supply of safe and wholesome drinking water;
and
(ii) adequate and suitable facilities for washing which shall be
kept in clean
condition
c) Accessibility of a first-aid box or cupboard of the prescribed
standards
d) First-aid room shall be provided and maintained when there
are more than
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one hundred and fifty persons (150) are employed at any one

Abstract of Part IV Notification of Accident, Dangerous Occurrence and

Dangerous Diseases

a) Need to report to the nearest Inspector whenever any

accident as follows;
(i) causes loss of life of person (fatal)
(ii) causes bodily injury to any person that preventing him
from working for
more than four (4) days.
(iii) causes serious damage to machinery or other property.
etc.

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of Part
Generalwho contravenes sections 19(1), 31,
a) Abstract
Penalties;anyVIperson
34(1), 36(1), 37, 38(1), 39(1), 40(3) be liable to a fine not
exceeding five thousand dollars (5,000)

Note;
S31-Report of accident
S40(3)- every engineer or dredgemaster [15] in charge of any machinery and every
occupier of a factory shall as soon as he becomes aware of any defect therein
which is likely to cause bodily injury to any person or damage to any property.
Make a good or remove the said defect, and if the engineer, dredgemaster or
occupier is unable to make good or remove the said defect he shall cease to
operate such machinery or use such part or parts of the factory and forthwith
make a report thereon to an Inspector

b) Any person who contravenes any other provision of this Act,

be liable to a fine
not exceeding two thousand dollars (2,000)
c) Continuing offence, be further liable to a fine not exceeding
one hundred dollars (100) for each day .
Note: [15] dredgemaster means a person who hold a dredgemasters certificate of
competency. Dredge means any floating structure used for the winning of tin ore, for the
dredging of rivers and water-ways or for purposes of land reclamation and includes the

Abstract of Part VI General

Exemption
Any factory or machinery operated;a) By the armed forces
b) By agreement with the Government
c) Any machinery which is subject to the law relating to
merchant shipping.
Any factory and machinery operated by
a) The Federation Government & State Government shall be
exempted form provision of sections 34, 35, 38 & 48.
b) Section 36,37,39,40 & 43 only in respect of machinery other
than steam boilers, steam receivers and lifts; and
c) The Railway Administration shall be exempted from provisions
of sections 34, 35, 38 & 48 and Sections 36, 37 only in respect
of machinery other than lifts.
etc
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