SAFETY-LABOUR ACT 2006 - ACT 63 & 64
63. Fencing of machinery. –
(1) In every establishment the following shall be securely fenced by the
safeguards of substantial construction which shall be kept in position while
the part of machinery required to be fenced are in mention or in use, namely-
(a) every moving
part of a prime mover, and every fly wheel connected to a prime mover; (b) the
head-race and tail-race of every water wheel and water turbine;
(c) any part of
a stock-bar which projects beyond the head stock of a lathe; and
(d) unless they
are in such position or of such construction as to be as safe to every person
employed in the establishment as they would be if they were securely fenced-
(i) every part
of an electric generator,- a motor or rotary converter,
(ii) every part
of transmission machinery, and
(iii) every
dangerous part of any machinery:
Provided that, for the purpose of
determining whether any part of machinery is safe as aforesaid, account shall
not be taken of any occasion when it being necessary to make an examination of
the machinery while it is in motion, such examination or operation is made or
carried in accordance with the provisions of section 64.
(2) without prejudice to any other provision of this Act relation to the fencing o machinery, every set screw, bolt and key on any revolving shaft, spindle wheel or pinion and all spur, worm and other toothed or friction gearing in motion with which such worker would otherwise be liable to come into contact, shall be securely fenced, to prevent such contact.
64. Work on or near machinery
in motion : (1) Where in any establishment it becomes necessary to examine
any part of machinery referred to in section 61 while the machinery is in
motion or as a result o such examination to carry out any mounting or shipping
of belts, Lubrication or other adjusting operation while the machinery is in
motion such examination or operation shall be made or carried out only by a
specially trained adult male worker wearing tight-fitting clothing whose name
has been recorded in the register prescribed in this behalf and while he so
engaged such worker shall not handle a belt at a moving pulley unless the belt
is less than fifteen centimeters in width and unless the belt-joint is either
laced or flush with the belt.
(2) The Government may, by
notification in the official Gazette, prohibit, in any specified establishment,
the cleaning, lubricating, or adjusting by any person of specified part of
machinery when those parts are in motion.
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