SAFETY-LABOUR ACT 2006 - ACT 65 & 66 & 67 & 68
65. Striking gear and devices
for cutting off power : (1) In every establishment- (a) suitable striking
gear or other efficient mechanical appliance shall be provided and maintained
and used to move driving belts to and from fast and loose pulleys which from
part of the transmission machinery, and such gear or appliances shall be so
constructed, placed and maintained as to prevent the belt from cropping back on
the first pulleys; (b) driving belts when not in use shall not be allowed to
rest or ride upon shafting in motion.
(2) In every establishment
suitable devices for cutting off power in emergencies from running machinery
shall be provided and maintained in every work-room.
66. Self-action machines :
No traversing part of a self-acting machine in any establishment and no
material carried thereon shall, if the space over which it runs is a space over
which any person is liable to pass whether in the course of his employment or
other distance of forty five centimeters from any fixed structure which is not
part of the machine:
Provided that the chief Inspector
may permit the continued use of a machine installed before the commencement of
this Act which does not comply with the requirements of this section on such
conditions for ensuring safety as he may think fit to impose.
67. Casing of new machinery :
In all machinery driven by power and installed in any establishment after the
commencement of this Act-
(a) every set
screw, belt or key or any revolving shaft, spindle wheel or pinion shall be so,
sunk, encased or otherwise effectively guarded to prevent danger; and
(b) all spur,
worm and other toothed or friction gearing which does not require frequent
adjustment while in motion shall be completely encased unless it is so situated
as to be as safe it would be if it were be if were completely encased.
68. Cranes and other lifting
machinery : The following provisions shall apply in-
(a) every part
thereof, including the working gear, whether fixed or movable, ropes and chains
and anchoring and fixing appliances shall be-
(i) of good
construction, sound material and adequate strength,
(ii) properly
maintained, (iii) thoroughly examined by a competent person at least once in
every period of twelve months and a register shall be kept containing the
prescribed particulars of every such examination;
(b) no such
machinery shall be loaded beyond the safe working load which shall be plainly
marked thereon; and
(c) while any
person is employed or working on or near the wheel-tract of a traveling crane
in any place, where he would be liable to be struck by the crane, effective
measures shall be taken to ensure that crane does not approach within six meter
of that place.
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