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WELFARE
SAFETY
Introduction
Health and Safety form a integral part of an
environment. Health is a general part of well being . It not only include physical wellbeing but also mental and emotional wellbeing. Safety refers to the act of protecting the physical well being of an employee. It includes the risk of accidents caused due to machinery, fire or diseases.
Responsibility of Manager
Monitor health and safety of employees. Coach employees to be safety conscious. Investigate accidents. Communicate about safety policy to employees
Responsibilities of supervisors
of accidents. Coordinate health and safety programs. Train employees on handling facilities an equipments. Develop safety reporting systems. Maintaining safe working conditions.
fees, fines, compensatory damages, investigation time Lost production, lost goodwill from the workforce, from customers and from the wider community. Legal - Occupational requirements may be reinforced in civil law and/or criminal law;
HEALTH MEASURES
CLEANLINESS & WASTE MATERIALS
VENTILATION
TEMPERATURE
WELFARE MEASURES
WASHING FACILITIES CHANGING FACILITIES & ACCOMODATION FOR CLOTHING SANITERY FACILITIES FACILITIES FOR REST & TO EAT MEALS DRINKING WATER
SAFETY MEASURES
OPENABLE WINDOWS & THE ABILITY TO CLEAN THEM SAFELY
INTRODUCTION
The Factories Act, 1948 came into force on
OBJECTIVE
To provide safety measures and to
APPLICABILITY
It is Applicable to: whole of India. All Factories including Government
Factories.
HEALTH MEASURES
VENTILATION & TEMPERATURE
CLEANLINESS ARTIFICIAL HUMIDIFICATION LATRINES & URINALS LIGHTING
DISPOSAL OF WASTES
DUST & FUMES OVERCROWDING DRINKING WATER SPITTOONS
SAFETY MEASURES
FENCING OF MACHINERY
HOISTS & LIFTS CASING OF NEW MACHINES WORK ON MACHINERYIN MOTION
PROTECTION OF EYES
MAINTENANCE OF BUILDING
WELFARE MEASURE
WASHING FACILITIES FACILITIES FOR SITTING
CANTEENS
CRECHES
OTHER PROVISIONS
Working Hours, Spread Over & Overtime of Adults Weekly hours not more than 48. Daily hours, not more than 9 hours.
hours.
Spread over not more than 10 hours. Overlapping shifts prohibited. Restrictions on employment of women before 6AM
e.g. 14 years.
Non-adult workers to carry tokens e.g. certificate
of fitnekss.
Working hours for children not more than 4
A worker having worked for 240 days @ one day for every 20 days and for a child one day for working of 15 days. Accumulation of leave for 30 days.
DRINKING WATER
CONSERVA NCY
MEDICAL APPLIANCES
WORKING HOURS
WORK ON STAGING
Employee duty/responsibility
To take care to protect the health &
WE HAVE LEARNT
Labor welfare facilities are those which result in
improving the conditions under which workers are employed and work. These include not only the health but also welfare measures adopted for the benefit of the workers. The Factories Act, 1948 has provided for certain health and welfare measures for workers working in factories in India.